Year 2 PE Skipping
The children practised their jumping and team work skills when using french skipping ropes.
Year 2 Design & Technology
The children used a cardboard template and a tangle of wrapping paper to create their own version of a patchwork quilt.
Y2 Children’s University
Y2 took part in a Children’s University master class all about Space.
Year 2 Art & Design
The children looked at the illustration ‘Waves’ by American artist Beth Krommes and listened to Fingal’s Cave by Mendelssohn. They then responded to these stimuli by choosing their own materials to make a range of marks to create their own version of…
Art and Design: Drawing
The children experimented with ripping different types of paper and explored making marks with black paint.
Year 2 Design and Technology: Structures
In D & T the children have been testing out differsnt ways to use paper to build structures of varying strength. One group managed a structure of card that was nine storeys high today!
Design & Technology: PotatoRosti
We talked about the differences between processed food and fresh food. The children then used peeling, grating and squeezing techniques to make their own potato rosti, which could be a healthy breakfast or snack.
Food and Nutrition: Overnight Oats
The children learnt about different types of food and then they made a healthy breakfast by layering oats with fruit they had chopped themselves.
Science- Plants and Animals in our Environment
We explored the area outside the classrooms for plants. We used magnifying glasses to look carefully at the plants’ features.
Y2 Feast of English Martyrs
On Sunday it is the feast of the English Martyrs. In class today Y2 found out about the English Martyrs.