Blog Author: Jonathan Fyne

In Computing we learnt how to turn our drawings into digital art using the app Sketchbook. We then app smashed and added our digital drawings to Seesaw so our parents could see them. This is part of our Story Land unit of work where we will write, illustrate and record our own stories.

Year 2 are learning how to multiply and working on their two times tables. We worked practically to answer questions by putting the counters into equal groups.

Year 2 are loving our new outdoor and adventurous activities in PE. Co-operation, teamwork and concentration have been needed as we enjoyed den making and building a bridge strong enough to hold a bucket.

Year 2 love to do the Mile A Day. So much effort put into trying to complete 11 laps! #enjoy

Our history lesson started today with a question....What could we do if there was a disease and lots of people were dying? We had some good ideas but found out that there was no medicine to help and if you went to hospital then the people in hospital would get the disease. We found out that this…

Year 2 learnt all about the importance of rationing during World War 2. They used different sources to answer questions and found out about the different foods and other items that were rationed.

Today we looked at another aspect of the war effort at home and learnt about rationing. We then followed a WW2 recipe to make rock buns using some items that were rationed during the war.

This week we are learning about The Home Front. Today we focused on the war effort at home and made our own propaganda posters. 

Year 2 enjoyed learning about why we celebrate Bonfire Night. We used picture sources to discuss the different events and wrote about what we knew about Guy Fawkes and what questions we would like to ask him. We learnt all about the plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament and wrote the…

Year 2 revisited their walk to the park by looking at the route on Google Maps. We learnt about compass directions and found out we walked south. We then drew a map of the route using some map symbols.

Year 2 children were so excited to get their hands on our Gold Award! Look at the beaming skills

Year 2 enjoyed their Geography field trip to the local park, as part of our theme ' The Place we Live'

Geography

First we learnt how to read and follow the map of our route. We stopped on the way to identify physical and human features.

Art

When we arrived at the park, we had to…