Welcome to Year 2
Miss Stothert and Mrs Butler - Class Teachers
Mrs Kennedy and Mrs Scales - Teaching Assistants
Summer term
PSHE
This week, as part of wellbeing week, the children have been doing additional PSHE lessons. Yesterday Year 2 were looking at how technology can make us feel. They each made their own feeling faces to show how different scenarios would make them feel. The children all learnt that if something they see makes them feel scared or uncomfortable they should go and tell a trusted adult.
Dance
Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed learning a dance with Louise in preparation for the summer fair! Weren't they amazing on Friday afternoon!
Maths
Time flies when your having fun!... Year 2 have been learning about time. To consolidate their learning they played a time game which they all thoroughly enjoyed.
RE
This week in RE, Year 2 have been learning about Pentecost. The children looked at the different symbols of Pentecost including a dove. They then got to make their own out of a paper plate!
English
In English, Year 2 have been working hard looking at the poem The Owl and The Pussy Cat by Edward Lear. This week, they have managed to learn the poem and show their understanding through adding actions. Here is their performance!
Prayer and liturgy
This week, Year 2 were amazing in our class prayer and liturgy. They read, acted and sang beautifully, showing parents, teachers and year1 and 6 all the super learning which they have been doing in RE in the last half term.. Well done Year 2!
Maths
In maths this week, year 2 have been looking at fractions. We began the week looking at halves, identifying them and splitting amounts in half. Then we moved onto quarters, again by splitting things into 4 equal groups. To make sure these groups were fair, Miss Stothert brought in a cake which we split into half and then quarters. We looked at different ways to split cakes into quarters before getting to try it ourselves! It's a good job fractions need equal groups otherwise it wouldn't be fair if Miss got a big piece and we didn't!
Science
In science, Year 2 have been learning about plants. This week they have each planted some sunflower seeds. One group is going to have no water, another group is going to have no sunlight and is in the cupboard, another group has no soil, the final group has water, soil, and sunlight. Year 2 did well predicting and explaining which plant they thought would grow the best and why.
PE
In PE, Year 2 have been doing the unit "Go Outdoors", this involves the children getting outside completing problem solving and team work tasks and games. Today, we played a game of "The Floor is Lava" where they had to order themselves in height, age and alphabetically without setting off their spot. Then there was a obstacle course to complete, where they had to stay connected to their pairs the whole time. Year 2 worked hard working together to solve these problems!
Spring Term
RE
In Year 2 as part of our Desert to Garden theme, we have been looking at the Resurrection of Jesus. The children noticed that Jesus was always wearing white, we spoke about why this could be and how do we remember this in our day to day lives. The children made links between Jesus and candles, reminding us that Jesus is the light in our lives and we learnt about Paschal Candles. The children then made their own for this year.
Yoga Day
On Wednesday, the school celebrated Yoga Day. Each class had a yoga session with South Ribble, which Year2 thoroughly enjoyed. They all listened, tried their best and turns out they have super balance and are very flexible!
DT
In DT this term, Year 2 have been looking at food. Each child brought in a piece of fruit, cut it up and made it into dippers which they had with some yogurt. There was lots of smiling faces when they got to eat it afterwards!
English
This week in English Year 2 have been learning about persuasive writing. To start with they had to verbally persuade Miss Stothert that each one of them deserved some sweets... They were very convincing arguments!
Science
Today in science, the children have been learning about growth. They used tape measure to measure their friends, children from other year groups and even some teachers. They found that Mr Niblock was the tallest at 2m! Through doing this activity the children could see how people grow over time, until they are an adult when they no longer grow taller.
Computing
Year 2 have been inputting data into pictograms. Each child found a black, red or blue object. We then made a tally chart to help us work out how many of each we have collected. The children took this data and created their own pictograms.
RE
In RE, year 2 have been learning about Jesus' crucifixion. To help us remember this special time the children have been making "Garden's of Hope." They aren't finished yet but here's some pictures of them being made up.
World Book Day
Year 2 have had a fabulous day on World Book Day. They started the day as a class sharing stories with their teddies, before they went round with children in their houses participating in a range of activities from treasure hunts, to penguin fact files and making bookmarks.
RE- Thanksgiving
Year 2 have been learning the actions for the "Holy Holy", they managed to learning all the words and designed actions to match.
Science
In science, Year 2 have been testing the strength of materials. They had to work out how to make a material stronger, in this case we used paper to make a bridge. It was very exciting to see how many cubes it could hold before it collapsed.
Celebrating our new nursery!
Monday was very exciting for Mary Mags! We had Arch Bishop Malcolm in to bless us and our new nursery. The children sang our school song "All are Welcome" beautifully. In the afternoon, the children had the opportunity to look round the new nursery, and celebrated this special day with juice and a bun!
PE- Dance
Year 2 have thoroughly enjoyed having dance with Louise this half term! Look at the amazing routine and skills they have developed to the theme "animals in their habitats".
Trip to the park
Year 2 have had a fabulous morning at Avenham and Miller park. The sun was shining and although it was cold, they soon warmed up after our walk. The children were impeccably behaved and were excited to see lots of features in the park which they have been researching this week in English. They even found time to play on the park, which had five star reviews all round.
PSHE
This half term in PSHE, Year 2 are learning all about keeping healthy. This weeks focus was on keeping our teeth clean. The children learnt why it is important to look after our teeth and then we had a practice of cleaning our own teeth. They were very excited to clean their teeth and take their toothbrushes home.
Maths
This week in maths we have been learning to multiply and divide by 2. Miss Stothert brought in her socks to pair up. Then the children were able to count up the groups of 2 and use this to make our number sentences.
Science
This week in science, year 2 have been experimenting with different materials to see if they can change shape. They stretched, squashed, twisted and bent lots of materials to see which was best. The PlayDo was definitely a popular choice!
PE
This half term, year 2 have been lucky to have Louise for dance. They are fabulous and are enjoying learning a dance all about animals in their habitats. Here you can see a penguin sliding down a hill.
Maths
This week in maths the children have been exploring division. Division can be seen as sharing things into equal groups so we shared 42 sweets between 21 children. I wonder if you can work out how many they had each?
Science
Materials.
Year 2 have been amazing at sorting the materials out and describing their properties.
Computing
In computing, the children have been learning all about programming. There task was to create an algorithm so the BeeBot can successfully get to a given location.
Year 2 had lots of fun in the snow!
RE
We have been looking at special books. We brought in our most special books to share with the class. We explained why it was special to us and got to enjoy them with our friends.
Autumn Term
Nativity
Shine Star Shine! We were amazing last week in our nativity, remembering the true meaning of Christmas. We sung, danced and acted our hearts out and everyone was very proud of us. I think the West End is the next stop for some of us!
RE
In RE we are learning about how Christians prepare for Christmas. Today we looked at the Advent wreath. We learnt all about the candles and what each one symbolises and then we had a go at making our own. This was tricky as we had to work together to read and follow a set of instructions ... but it will help us with our English as soon we will be writing our own set of instructions!
Christmas Crafts
Thank you to all those who attended the Christmas craft morning, the children (and parents) had a fabulous time!
RE
In RE this week we have been learning about Judaism. We have learnt all about the Sabbath and Shabbat. We even got to try some Challah bread. It was really yummy!
English
In preparation for writing our own Twisted Tales we have been doing some research on some fairy tale classics.
Science
To learn more about our topic microhabitats and to develop our Super Science skills. We have made a wormery for our class. We are now going to be observing to worms to see what they do in the soil!
English
On Monday, we received a very strange letter and a suitcase was left in our classroom! We put on our detective hats to try and work out who left them both. We had lots of brilliant ideas, but they definitely from Fairy Tale Land!
We have really been enjoying reading stories in our new outdoor classroom!
RE
Today we have been 'Brightening up for CAFOD.' We all brought in some money, wore bright clothes and even brought a bright tin for our local foodbank. We have learnt all about the fantastic work CAFOD does and together we designed our own people who "brightened up" for CAFOD.
English
This half term in English we have been looking at the story The Way Home for Wolf by Rachel Bright. We started off by thinking all about Wilf and how he was feeling and thinking during the story. Then we looked at real life Wolves and wrote a fact file about them. We were then able to choose our own animal to research! We made a fact file about them too! Inspired by our class text, we wrote our own stories with our researched animal as the main character. We even got to turn them into books. Here's some of our work.
Maths
Last week in maths, we were practicing ordering 2-digit numbers. Here we are playing greater than/ less than.... or as it's more commonly known higher or lower.
PE
With Year 6 being away, Phil kindly offered us an extra PE session. We really enjoyed practicing our curling skills. Next stop... Winter Olympics 2026.
Art
In art we have been looking for patterns in nature. So we went outside and we found out that they are everywhere!
Science
This week in science we have been learning about life processes. To help us remember them we came up with some actions.
Guess which this is: sensitivity, growth, movement, reproduction, nutrition or excretion.
PE
We started the year practicing our handball skills, we really enjoyed it and can't wait to try it again!
Summer Term
Gullivers World
Explorer Day
Morning sports day games
Spring Term
RE
In our RE lessons this half term we have learnt about the different parts of a Mass at the important stages that take place each time. He we are learning about Communion and the significance of it.
DT
After working hard to design and construct our own vehicles, we tested how well they worked using different ramps around the classroom. We the evaluated our vehicles, thinking about what we could or would change if we repeated the task again.
English
We used role play in our English lessons this week, thinking about what the characters in the Lighthouse Keepers Lunch might say to each other. We they used these ideas to write our own speech bubbles.
Art
We have continued to used our sketching skills to draw pictures of lighthouses. We looked at a variety of photos, sketches and paintings online before creating our own designs.
World Book Day
We enjoyed a day of activities about the book The Colour Monster.
Maths
We have been learning about division this week. We practically worked together dividing our class into different groups of children.
PE
We have been enjoying Dance sessions in PE this term. We worked with Louise to create a dance all about lighthouses!
Maths
We have worked hard this week to identify, name and talk about the properties of a variety of different 3D shapes.
Autumn Term
In Art lessons we have looked at different landscapes found in Scotland.
We identified different features within the landscapes including mountains, rocks and water. We then carefully sketched our own versions of our chosen landscapes.
In PE we have worked hard to carefully improve our ball skills, in particular under arm throwing. We have learnt to throw to targets accurately and have enjoyed playing team games.
Olympic gymnast Daniel Purvis came to school to visit us!
Our whole school had an assembly with him, which was very interesting. We learnt all about how he became a gymnast and how he continues to succeed and stay healthy in his life each day.
We also completed circuit activities with Daniel, look at the photos below to see us in action!
French Languages Day
Today we enjoyed learning how to pronounce some of our favourite foods in French and also enjoyed taste testing different varieties of delicious croissants from Lunko.
In Geography lessons we have been learning to name and locate the 7 continents and 5 main oceans. We have used maps and globes to help us identify different parts with growing independence.
Maths
In our Maths lessons we have worked very hard learning about the place value of different numbers.
We have used base ten to identify and create different two digit numbers, used part-whole models to partition numbers and practiced counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.
