‘Learning For Life’

Class 2 

Welcome to Year Two

The emphasis in Year Two is to follow the Key Stage One Curriculum, which focuses on the development of the individual child and provides high quality learning opportunities for the children to learn through play. The children are able to explore, take risks, have fun, form friendships, think critically and form their own ideas.

Meet the Class 2 team…

 

 

 

 

 

Mrs Ellis – Class Teacher

Mrs Jennings – Teaching Assistant

Take a look around Class 2…

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Fun with shapes

Fun with shapes

Class 2 have enjoyed learning about 2D and 3D shapes. We used straws and blue-tac to create our own 2D shapes and counted the number of sides and vertices in each shape.

Practising our sawing skills

Practising our sawing skills

In D.T, Class 2 have been learning about wheels and axles. We practiced our sawing skills in preparation for making our own moving vehicles. We understand that an axle is essential for helping our wheels move effectively. While practicing sawing, we used a ruler to...

A trip to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

A trip to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Class 2 enjoyed a visit to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The children learnt about lots of different sculptures - what materials they were made from and who made them. They did lots of sketching, exploring and finally got to build their very own sculptures.

Odd Socks Day!

Odd Socks Day!

During Anti-bullying week, Class 2 rocked their odd socks to celebrate what makes us all unique. The children learnt about the 'respect' and what that looks like in their school. They could share ways in which they can be respectful at school. We had ideas like...

Moving Monsters

Moving Monsters

Class 2 have had a great time exploring how objects move. They have learned about mechanisms, pivots, inputs and outputs and investigated ways to attach levers and linkages to create movement. Their next exciting step is to design their own moving monsters before...

Forest Friday

Forest Friday

  Forest Fridays have returned for Class 2, bringing plenty of outdoor adventures! The children have loved exploring the meadow, building habitats and digging for bugs. There have definitely been a few muddy hands and faces, but that's all part of the fun.

Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside

Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside

As part of our topic "Oh I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside," the children have been learning about the history of the seaside. They have investigated what is still the same about the seaside and what is different. They have also explored how seaside holidays have...

‘Tinkering’ with bee-bots

‘Tinkering’ with bee-bots

Class 2 have enjoyed using the bee-bots to learn all about programming and debugging. They had challenges to complete by giving the bee-bot a set of instructions to land in the correct place. Class 2 have wrote commands, directed a bee-bot and worked as a team.

Bug hunting

Bug hunting

Class 2 have loved our bug hunt as part of their science learning. They searched for bugs and used ID charts to identify them. The children thought carefully about the habitats of insects and bugs. They certainly found a few creepy crawlies!