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Year 2 Blog

Year 2 End of Spring

29th March 2025Erzsebet Zoughi-Lantai

In Year 2 children are closing a busy Spring term celebrating their achievements and hard work. We are very proud of the effort they make and thankful to all parents who support them day by day.

 

English

This half term children explored list poems and a ‘beat the baddie’ story about Rapunzel. In our Hook lesson children built Rapunzel’s tower. We role played the different characters of the story to help children imagine how a certain character can behave and why.

They practised writing extended noun phrases, fronted adverbials, possessive apostrophes, conjunctions as well as similes, rhymes, comparatives and superlatives. Children are getting really confident at writing complex sentences and at editing their own work to make improvements.

Maths

Children immersed themselves in multiplication and division. In Year 2 we are focusing on the 2, 5 and 10 times tables, we use different strategies like skip counting or repeated addition. To divide, we can group, share or skip count. Our TT Rockstar competition runs weekly. Please, encourage your child to play at home. We also learnt measuring length, height, mass, volume and temperature.

Science

In Science children have learnt about microhabitats like pond, grass, wooden logs, etc. and their features. We talked about what habitat is suitable for worms – an animal that all children are familiar with. Children found out how animals can adapt to extreme habitats like the Arctic areas or the Sahara. At last we learnt how energy is transferred through a food chain from some kind of plant as a producer through preys to the top of the food chain where the predator can be found. We made our own food chains.

Gardening at Wigmore!

In Yew class we have been busy tending our garden. We dug up the soil, raked it, planted some spring onions and have been watering them since. We love our garden and we can’t wait to see our vegetables to grow. Poplar class is growing carrots, Rowan class is growing tomatoes.

 

Geography

 

In Geography we travelled around the world – all continents and oceans. Children researched what climate, animals or places different continents have and why. We learnt how the climate can change in relation to the Equator, the further we are from the Equator the colder it gets. Children used maps, atlases, globes and digital mapping to locate places and they really became experts on how to read maps as well as locating features on blank maps.

 

DT

A very exciting half term for DT, children have made delicious, healthy snacks and sold them. We explored hygiene, safety and food preparation as well as the importance of healthy food. Selling their own produce made children really excited, they worked with enthusiasm following instructions carefully to produce appealing, scrumptious fruit cakes, salads and kebabs. Thank you to all other year groups who purchased our food and for their positive feedbacks too. Children are super thrilled to decide how to spend the profit they made.

 

 

Reading

Children had a superb day on World Book Day.

Credit to all mums and dads for the amazing costumes!!!

                          
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Year 2

7th February 2025Lisa Ely

Year 2

The children have started 2025 with a bang! They are enthusiastic and trying their hardest, particularly enjoying the Number Bonds challenge. Please keep encouraging your child to learn their number bonds at home. We have lots of prizes up for grabs!

 English

If your child has come home talking about giraffes or sharks in the Inspire swimming pool then we do apologise! This will be because of our English unit. We have been learning how to write to inform people in English. We have written to parents to explain the dilemma of giraffes in the pool and children will soon be writing to parents as if an animal of their choice has invaded the pool too! Here is the video that the children were shown: https://www.literacyshed.com/diving-giraffes.html

 

Maths

It’s times tables time! The children in Year 2 have been learning their 2, 5 and 10 times tables! The children have been using counters to show equal groups as a way of visualising their times tables. Please encourage your child to login to their TTRockstars account so that they can develop fluency in maths.

 

Reading

We have been learning about the book The Secret of the Black Rock. Our curious character, Erin Pike, with her striking white hair, is on a quest to uncover the mysterious black rock. However, her exciting adventures lead her to the dangerous sea, leaving all the children wondering and on the edge of their seats! The children have loved reading this story and we can’t wait to explore what happens next. Here are some pictures of intensity scales of Erin’s feelings that we completed in one of our lessons.

Computing

We started off the year learning all about spreadsheets. The children collected data from their class about the types of houses that children live in. We then presented this data on our computers. Here are some of our pictograms:

 

 

PE

The children have really been enjoying learning about balance through their gymnastics unit in PE. They are making sure that they perform quietly and with pointy toes – all whilst making sure that they are showing balance.

 

 

Science

In Science children are learning about animals and their habitats. They have learned about things that are alive, dead and have never been alive. Ask your child what they know as they have shown a great interest in this. They recently enjoyed exploring the school grounds to identify minibeasts and describe the habitats they live in. This topic will continue next half term when the children will be lucky enough to enjoy a visit to Whipsnade Zoo. 

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Year 2 blog

20th December 2024Farhana Siddique

English

This half term the children learnt a story called ‘George and the dragon’ which was about a dragon afraid of mice. The children learnt how to use noun phrases and write in the past tense. Next, the children learnt a poem called ‘A few frightening things.’ The children enjoyed innovating this and writing their own poems about frightening things. They also wrote some amazing Christmas poems and are doing well at using rhyme.

Maths

In the second term, we focused on place value, addition and subtraction using pictorial methods such as drawing tens and ones grids and using concrete resources of dienes. We learnt to regroup and exchange when numbers are too large. Next, we explored 3D shapes, familiarising ourselves with the key terms: vertices, edges and faces. In the picture, students are sorting shapes based on their qualities.

To strengthen children’s number sense we launched the Number Bonds competition that has been really popular. Children worked hard on their number bonds both at school and home. As they completed the different levels, they took ownership of their own learning showing great resilience and independence.

Reading

This term in reading, we explored two captivating stories that children enjoyed. We began with the vibrant storybook ‘Leaf.’ Children loved the emotional ending where the polar bear returns home and we had discussions about Leaf’s feelings to infer emotions from the text. We then read the book ‘Ossiri and the Bala Mengro’ which had children in suspense at the end when they were predicting what might have happened to Ossiri’s instrument when the mysterious figure showed up. 

Science

This half term we learnt about animal and human survival as well as balanced diet, the importance of exercise, sleeping and hygiene. Children had a go with counting their heart beat after different activities. We used our working scientifically skills to compare results and came to the conclusion that the more rigorous activity we do, the higher our heart rate gets. At the end of our unit we conducted an experiment to find out how germs spread. Children used glitter to trace and observe how easily germs can spread from one person to the other. We also learnt how to wash our hands properly.

History

In history we used our enquiry skills when answering the question ‘Who was our most powerful monarch?’ We explored the reign of many kings and queens. We have learnt, researched, compared and even debated to find the answer to our question.

Design and Technology

In DT, we explored the elements that make an ideal car and the essential components needed to create a moving vehicle such as axles, chassis, and wheels. The children thoroughly enjoyed designing their own models and incorporating resources from home to create their very own car and they turned out amazing!

Year 2 Blog

Year 2 Blog

18th October 2024Farhana Siddique

English

In English we studied the book ‘Meerkat Mail’ which is about a meerkat who is looking for the perfect place to live. He visited lots of hot countries so we wrote about him visiting a cold place. The children wrote postcards home to the family about where he lived and we created a comic strip about his journey.

We then looked at a non-fiction text which was a non-chronological report about meerkats. The children have been learning how to structure the text and use a range of vocabulary.

Maths

We have been working on number and place value using a range of concrete apparatus such as tens frames, dienes, rekenrek and cubes. The children are now working on adding and subtracting two two-digit numbers crossing a 10.

Reading

We started our reading sessions with a book called ‘Look Up.’ The children were enthused to learn about meteors and space. They also enjoyed role play and empathising with different characters. We then moved on to a non-fiction book about The Great Fire of London which has sparked lots of interest from the children about their upcoming trip to The Tower of London.

History

The children really enjoyed our history topic on The Great Fire of London and are particularly looking forward to their trip to The Tower of London. Next they will be learning about important monarchs in British history. They will find out why William was called William the Conqueror, what gave Bad King John his reputation and why Queen Elizabeth was adored by the British public.

Art

The children had a great time in our art lessons! We looked at ‘Nancy McKrosky – Suite in Black and White, 1992’  mural and have been practising different methods of shading. The children have also had a go at some observational drawings.

 

Year 2 Blog

Year 2 blog

29th January 2024Daniel Pateman

Year 2

2024 is off to a flying start! Our Year 2’s have come back to school with a spring in their step – ready to learn and be their best. Here are just a few of the fantastic things we have been up to in Year 2:

 

Maths

It’s times tables time! The children in Year 2 have been learning their 2, 5 and 10 times tables! Currently, Rowan class are #1 in the school for TTRockstars with Poplar class not far behind. The children have been using counters to show equal groups as a way of visualising their times tables. Please encourage your child to login to their TTRockstars account so that they can develop fluency in maths.

 

Computing

We started off the year learning all about spreadsheets. The children collected data from their class about the types of houses that children live in. We then presented this data on our computers. Here are some of our pictograms:

 

PE

The children have really been enjoying learning about balance through their gymnastics unit in PE. They are making sure that they perform quietly and with pointy toes – all whilst making sure that they are showing balance.

 

English

If your child has come home talking about giraffes in the swimming pool then this will be because of our English unit. We have been writing to inform in English. We have written to parents to explain the dilemma of giraffes in the pool and we will soon be writing to parents as if an animal of their choice has invaded too! Here is the video that the children were shown:

 

 

 

 

 

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Off to a flying start in Year 2!

8th November 2023Karen Owen

It has been a great start to the new school year. The children have settled well into their new classes and have gotten used to having a new class name.

 

English

In English we studied the book ‘Meerkat Mail’ which is about a meerkat who is looking for the perfect place to live. He visited lots of hot countries so we wrote about him visiting a cold place. The children wrote postcards home to the family about where he lived and we created a comic strip about his journey.

 

Maths

We have been working on number and place value using a range of concrete apparatus such as tens frames, dienes, rekenrek and cubes. The children are now working on adding and subtracting two two-digit numbers crossing a 10.

 

History

The children really enjoyed our history topic on important monarchs in British history. They found out why William was called William the Conqueror, what gave Bad King John his reputation and why Queen Elizabeth was adored by the British public.

RE

This half term, the children have been learning about how people in different cultures and religions celebrate special events. We have studied the importance of a Hindu wedding, the Dastar Bandi celebration for Sikhs and Hanukah for Jewish people.

 

Art

The children had a great time in our art lessons! We looked at the art created by the Danish artist Piet Mondrian and produced our own work using the three primary colours. We then moved onto creating light and dark shades of the primary colours and mixing these together to make secondary colours for our Kandinsky-inspired art.

This half term we will be reading:

 

Thank you for supporting your children at home with their reading and spellings. Look out for information on our Christmas carol concert and our trip to the zoo in January.

 

– The Year 2 team 🙂

 

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Sizzling Summer

29th June 2023Karen Owen

We can’t believe how quickly the time is going. The children worked hard on their end of year assessments and have shown progress in all areas. We are very proud or them all.

English

Our book for the start of the term was

which was about a man in the moon who was looking for a friend, which he found in the most unexpected place. The children wrote their own ending, describing what the new friends did together.

We have just started our non-fiction topic of information texts. Today the children worked together to identify the features of an example of this type of text.

Maths

We have completed all the topics that the children need to learn in year 2 and are spending the rest of the term revisiting areas that they were unsure of. We have been working on using concrete apparatus to solve multiplication and division questions.

Computing

The children are really enjoying their cross-curricular work looking at creating digital art on the Chromebooks.

This was impressionist art based on the work of Monet. The children had to create a sunset picture.

This was based on pointillism and the work of Georges Seurat. The children created their pictures using varying sizes of dots.

This was inspired by the work of Piet Mondrian, which uses lines and blocks of colour to create art work.

Science

The topic this term was plants and the children investigated what a plant needs to be healthy and strong.

The children are looking forward to the coming activites for the end of the school year, including our trip to the seaside.

Let’s hope the weather stays fine.

The year 2 team

Year 2 Blog

Magical May

12th May 2023Jennifer gilbert

We’ve had a great start to the Summer term here in Year 2. Pupils are really enjoying their  learning journeys and are making a lot of progress all round.

English

In English, we have had a big focus on how to form a sentence and improving our handwriting. We have been developing our understanding of different sentence types and we are starting to use them within our writing. It is important for us to remember the different punctuation to use. We have started to learn how to write in some different styles of writing. An activity we really enjoyed was adapting the story ‘George and the dragon’. We wrote our own stories using our own characters and settings. It was great fun sharing these with the class.  We are now learning to write instructions.  We will write our own set of instructions on how to catch a dragon.

Maths

During our Maths lessons we have had lots of fun recapping the four operations and using those skills to solve tricky problems. We have also spent time developing our use of mathematical vocabulary and ensuring that we use this when explaining our reasoning behind our answers. When we looked at fractions we were able to discuss the different fractions and what they mean, then apply this knowledge to find fractions of shapes and amounts. We have started looking at time. We are beginning to develop skills such as remembering the difference between the minute and hour hand, identifying half past, quarter past and quarter to.

Topic

We have absolutely enjoyed learning Ghana in our Geography lessons. We looked at the world map and located where Ghana is. We also identified some physical and human features of Ghana and UK. Our next topic is ‘Seaside in the past’.

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End of spring term blog

31st March 2023Karen Owen

We cannot believe that the spring term is over. It has gone so quickly. We have been very proud  of the children and the hard work that have done.

English

The children completed their own guides to looking after a monster. Here are some examples below:

We then moved onto study a poem called ‘Into the blue’ by Hilda Offen. This was about a balloon travelling over the towns and countryside. The children then imagined they were holding a balloon and floating across the sky. We were so impressed with the work they produced that we are creating a display in the corridor for all to see. Here is a sneak peak.

   

Maths

The children have been looking at measurements. They have enjoyed measuring the hall and comparing the capacity of different containers.

Geography

We have moved on to compare the UK with Ghana. The children first looked at human and physical features of any country before moving onto compare those of the UK and Ghana.

DT

The children got straight to work in our Design and Technology lesson as we taste tested different fruits for our fruit kebabs. We tried to decide which of the fruits we would recommend to our client and why. We practiced cutting the different pieces of fruit to get to grips with different tools. We soon discovered that some techniques just made juice fly everywhere! Then the children designed and made their own fruit kebabs. They were given a selection of fruit to choose from and then threaded them on a skewer. The best part was that they got to eat the kebab. They then had to evaluate their product. When asked what they would do to improve their kebab nearly everyone said they would include more fruit.

Here are some examples.

The year 2 team hope you have a great Easter

See you in the summer term.

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Year 2 Spring 2

8th March 2023Karen Owen

We cannot believe that it is march already. The children have been working extremely hard.

English

In English we have started our new topic of explanation text. We have been reading Monsters: An owner’s Guide by by Jonathan Emmett and Mark Oliver. The children had to write a description on one of the monsters and the rest of the class had to guess which monster they were describing.

 

 

 

Maths

The children have been investigating the topic of multiplication and division. They have been using inverse operations to work out missing numbers in a calculation.

 

Geography

We have started our new topic of Around the World. We started by identifying the 7 continents and the 5 oceans of the world before looking at the locations of the hot and cold areas of the planet.

Art 
Our topic this term was shading. The children have been experimenting with lines of different shapes before moving onto shading. Here are some of our excellent results.
The adults in year 2 are very proud of all the work the children are producing.
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