Yesterday, Y2 have learnt about royal residences as part of our Magnificent Monarchs topic. We discussed the differences between palaces, castles and stately homes, then we explored some key royal residences across the country. Finally we looked at the significance of each residence. The children are really enjoying this topic so far!
This term, we have been exploring the concept of friendship during our Thursday morning worship sessions and we have been lucky enough to have our gorgeous Y6 friends to support us each week. Today, Y2 thought about why they deserve to have friends. They wrote their name on a piece of paper and then took turns to go around and write positive things about each member of the class, to show them why they deserve to have friends. We all found this quite a moving experience; it is a lovely feeling to receive so many positive comments from others!
Year 2 had a fabulous time on our whole school beach trip. Lots of toe dipping in the water and sandcastle building as well as tonnes of giggles, laughter and memories made. What a super day with brilliantly behaved children too! Thank you Year 2, Mrs Wood and Mrs Wells loved it!
Wowsers! What an amazing afternoon Year 2 had at our St. Oz Music Festival. We danced and sang our little hearts out! Massive thank you to all of our parents and carers for the amazing outfits and support. Hopefully this will be the first festival of many!
Today, year 2 evaluated their products and thought about what went well and what could be improved. Children were able to say if their product looked like their design and if it was fit for purpose. We can’t wait to see our parents tomorrow for COOL afternoon so they can help us with the communicate part of our STEM week!
Yesterday, year 2 enjoyed building their Gamelan xylophones. We used different joining techniques and learnt how to roll tubes from paper and cardboard. Parts of the build were tricky but the children have done so well!
Year 2 were so lucky this morning as we had a visit from the children from Keelman’s Way school. During worship this week we are look at disabilities and the children taught us all about their school, shared some of the symbols that help them find their way around as well as different ways they communicate. We also joined in with them to sing the song Elephants have Wrinkles using Makaton. We learnt so much from them and they really helped us understand what it is like going to school with a learning disability.
Yesterday Year 2 started their Music STEM week with the THINK stage. Our project is going to be to make our own xylophones that could be played along to Gamelan music from Indonesia. We had lots of fun investigating and researching existing xylophones to see what they could be made out of, the sound they make and how the sounds are created. Next we will be creating our plans and we can’t wait to get building.
Year 2 had a lovely morning taking part in this terms Prayer Space sessions in the nature garden. They completed the five different stations with lots of respect and took time to reflect and think about many issues such as friendship, thankfulness and people less fortunate than themselves. Great discussions were had by all and Mrs Wood and Mrs Wells were very impressed with their maturity and the empathy they showed for others.
On Friday, Year 2 had an absolutely brilliant trip to the Laing Art Gallery! In the morning children explored the gallery, looking at portraits, landscapes and other artworks and completed various self led tasks. Children were very interested and there was lots of sticky knowledge evident in their discussions. Then in the afternoon we did a super, hands on portrait workshop which linked amazingly well to our current art topic. A great time was had by all!
