Hi to all of you in Year 2 (and your parents!),
I just wanted to say that I hope you have all had a brilliant holiday and I am really looking forward to seeing you all bright eyed and bushy tailed on Tuesday 3rd September!
I've been into school during the holiday and our classroom is all good to go! I hope you like the displays I've created for us. I'm sure we'll have lots of fun with our new topic, Why Is Britain Great, and learn lots about materials in science too. I also am really looking forward to creating seaside collages in art too.
See you all on Tuesday and maybe you'd like to share some holiday photos with the class - just email them to [email protected] and pop Year 2 in the subject bar!

Year 2 have been learning all about Kenya in our 'Super Safari' topic. We found out that the Maasai Tribe still live in the Maasai Mara in Kenya. They wear traditional jewellery and especially like to wear large necklaces using lots of beads to make different patterns. Traditionally, the more beads that make the necklace, the richer the wearer looks.
We had great fun creating and wearing our own Maasai necklaces. 

In Science we have been learning all about how plants grow. We planted our own cress seeds and have nurtured them until they were ready for us to take home and enjoy in a sandwich!
​Yum! Yum!

On Wednesday 12th June the whole school had a Den Building Day!
Year 2 had a fabulous time building our dens and finding out whether they were water-tight. We learnt to work together as a team and to communicate well with our friends.
After the session there were a few very soggy children! We hope we get to do it all again next year.

Year 2 have just completed their Design Technology unit on making puppets. During this unit they have learnt to sew using running stitch.
We hope you'll agree that these puppets that they designed and then made themselves are absolutely fabulous.
​Well done Year 2!

We are so proud of our Golden Ticket achievers, who have reached an epic 150 Dojos.
Here are a group of Year 1 and 2 Golden Ticket winners using their reward time to get creative and making some lovely trinket boxes.

We have been using a song to learn the names of the seven continents of the world for our Summer Safari topic!
​We think we know them pretty well by now! Can you count all seven?

Over the last half term, Year 2 have been putting together a dance based on the story of the Three Little Pigs.
We hope you enjoy our performance!
See if you can spot the four Big Bad Wolves!

​Today we learnt about measuring in metres (m).
We looked at a metre stick and estimated things that were longer than one metre, shorter than one metre and about one metre in length. We used the metre stick to check if we were right.
Next, we went around KS1 and estimated some longer distances. We then measured the lengths with a trundle wheel.
We also measured each other!

This half-term in PE, the children have been focusing on their gymnastic skills.
We have been practising balances learned in Year One and learning new Year Two balances. We have then linked three balances together to create short solo sequences.
The children have really amazed me with their fantastic flexibility.
Well done Year 2!