[gallery ids="12540,12541,12550,12555,12548,12552,12549,12542,12553,12551,12556,12543,12544,12545,12547,12557,12558,12554"] The children in Year 2 are very excited about their topic Bright Lights, Big City. They have had the opportunity to learn about The Great Fire of London. During the Engage Stage of the topic the children became bakers, just like Thomas Farriner, who...
[gallery ids="12476,12483,12477,12459,12467,12478,12472,12460,12479,12473,12461,12462,12463,12465,12466,12468,12475,12469,12470,12471,12474,12480,12481,12482"] Year 2 visited St Mary’s Church in Beddington Park. The children have been learning all about the Church as a Christian place of worship during their religious education lessons. They have learnt about the features and purpose of the church and its importance to...
[gallery ids="12487,12488,12489,12490,12492,12493,12494,12495"] We were delighted to welcome so many of our Year 2 families to our Harvest Assembly. The children in Year 1 and Year 2 Children sang brilliantly. Each class shared a poem about Harvest, including the ones the Year 2 classes had written themselves. ...
[gallery ids="12358,12344,12345,12346,12347,12348,12350,12351,12353,12355,12356,12357,12359,12360,12361,12362,12363,12364,12365,12366,12367,12368,12369,12370,12371,12372,12373,12374,12354,12375,12376,12377,12378,12379,12380,12381,12382,12383,12384,12387,12388,12389,12390,12391,12393,12394,12395,12396,12397,12398,12399,12400,12402,12403,12404,12406,12408,12410,12411,12424,12428,12429,12430,12431,12432,12434,12435,12436,12437,12438,12440,12441,12442,12443,12444,12446,12439"] A huge thank you to June and Barry Williams for arranging and funding a visit from Anna who rehomes animals at The Dragon Shelter. The children in Year 1 and Year 2 were excited to meet lizards, iguanas, bearded dragons, snakes, a cockatoo and a...
[gallery ids="12233,12234,12235,12237,12238,12239,12240,12241,12242,12243,12244,12245,12246,12247,12249,12339,12338,12337,12336,12335,12334,12333,12332,12331,12330,12329,12328,12327"] The children in Year 2 were delighted to welcome their grown-ups into school to share their learning with them. The grown-ups learned about writing in Year 2 and how to support their children with writing at home. The grown-ups then helped the children to...
[gallery ids="12141,12143,12153,12144,12145,12155,12146,12154,12147,12142,12148,12156,12149,12160,12150,12159,12151,12157,12152,12158"] Year 2 have become fully immersed in learning about orchestras. They have listened to and watched several clips on the internet about orchestras and developed their knowledge further through reading non-fiction books. They used this knowledge to co-operate in small groups and create posters...
[gallery ids="12059,12060,12061,12083,12062,12063,12064,12065,12082,12066,12067,12085,12068,12069,12070,12071,12057,12056,12055,12084,12054,12053"] The Year 2 term started off with musical exploration!! Our first topic is 'Beat, Band Boogie,' which is all about exploring instruments, learning the names of the instruments, how they are played, what sounds they make and which orchestral family they belong to. The...
[gallery ids="12038,12046,12049,12039,12045,12041,12042,12040,12043,12044,12047,12048"] The Year 2 children are happy to be back at school and eager to learn. They have settled in well to their new classes and are enjoying learning as a year group both inside and outside. The children are keen to show the adults...
Following their visit to Hever Castle, children in Year 2 are considering how to make their own strong, stable model castles. As part of this process they explored making structures with a range of materials, both small and large scale. The children learned several techniques...
Children in Year 2 have explored many scientific ideas already this year. They were delighted to have the opportunity to use the microscopes which the school has been loaned by the Royal Microscopy Society. The children were excited to use the microscopes to see everyday...