This term we will be learning all about WW2 and what it must've been like for a child during this important time in History.

Week commencing 21st June 

This week year 2 were evacuated! 

The children said goodbye to their parents with their bags packed at school.

They went to the train station and were put on a train to a designated destination. Some went to the countryside in England and others went to Australia and South Africa!

Week commencing 14th June 2021

Year 2 took part in a workshop all about evacuation. We learnt about: why children wore gas masks; when WW2 began and ended; who went to war and who stayed behind and what happened to children during WW2. We are now going to use this information to help us write a diary entry for next week. 

This week we have been learning about what it was like to be a child during WW2. We tried on gas masks that didn't fit or kept falling off! The siren kept going off so we had to black out our windows and get under tables for safety. Even when we were outside, we needed to find shelter from any falling bombs. 

In this project will be exploring some courageous and influential people such as Martin Luther King Jnr, Malala, Michelle Obama, Rosa Parks, Emmeline Pankhurst and many more individuals who have fought and continue to fight for equal rights. 

For our Science this week we have been looking at ways to keep healthy! 

We made two different smoothies in class and then we tried them. 

We then picked our favourite smoothie and wrote a set of instructions on how to make it! 

We had great fun making and trying the smoothies! 

Week 4-commencing 10th May 

We have been recapping multiplication this week. We have been using the 'x' symbol and familiarising ourselves with the five times tables. We have also been exploring odds and evens this week as well! 

Fun fact we found out: did you know that when you times an odd number by 5, the answer is always odd and when you times an even number by five, the answer is always even!

This week we have learnt about Malala and how she stood up for girls to go to school. We have completed some research on finding places around the world where inequality is still happening. 

Week 2- Commencing 26th April

This week in RE we have been exploring forgiveness and why it is important to always forgive. We also explained ways we can show forgiveness. 

We are Engineers!

Thursday 10th November- Year 2 became Engineers! We had the wonderful Peter from Wonderstruck visit us and tell all about how Rockets fly into space. We saw many different experiments including Mrs Baldock getting a sledgehammer and hitting Peter whilst he lay on a bed of nails with piles of concrete on top of him!! We learnt about combustion and the Science of burning. We then made out rockets in pairs and watched them fly 50metres into the sky. Charlie and Teddie in 2.1 were the winners with their rocket flying the furthest. 

Friday 27th November 2020

We have been having an exciting couple of weeks, with lots of making and instruction writing. In preparation for Christmas, we acted out the Christmas Nativity and in Science we also learnt about Charles Macintosh and John Dunlop then created posters about these famous inventors! 

Our school trip to the Burton Art Gallery!