Year 2 News
Mrs Lamb
(Teacher)
Mrs Shaw
(Teacher)
Mrs Garnett
(Teaching Assistant)
Snow Much Fun!
KS1 absolutely loved playing in the snow this morning! There was so much excitement as they made snowmen, snow angels, and even…
Meet the Teacher Meetings
Thank you to everyone who attended our ‘Meet the Teacher’ meetings on Wednesday. We hope you found the sessions informative and engaging.…
Bon Voyage Butterflies!
After an exciting couple of weeks waiting for our class caterpillars to create their cocoons, transform into butterflies, and emerge with…
The Butterfly House
What a wonderful day we had at the Butterfly House! Despite the forecast, we were blessed with sunshine and the children enjoyed…
St. John’s history trail with Y1 and Y2
Today Year 1 and Year 2 took part in a History trail at St. John’s Church, Ranmoor. Mary and Liz led us…
Father Paddy – Year 2
Year 2 had a wonderful visit from Father Paddy on Tuesday morning. Before his visit, the children thought about questions they would…
Glorious Globes!
Y2 have been enjoying creating their very own paper mache globes over the last 2 weeks. Next week, the children will be…
Spellings – Summer 1
Spellings – Summer 1 Please click the link for Summer 1, Year 2 spellings. These have also been sent home. …
Perfect Pizzas!
Year 2 had a little taste of Italy on Thursday morning with a trip to Pizza Express! The children enjoyed flipping dough,…
Magical Melodies with Concerteenies!
Today the Concerteenies graced us with their enchanting performance of “Mouse and Bear.” Our Reception, Year 1, and Year 2 children were…
Conisbrough Castle
On Monday, Year 2 had a fabulous day visiting Conisbrough Castle in the beautiful sunshine. When we arrived, we started with a…
An Eggcellent Day!
On Monday morning we had a mysterious call from Mrs Jones in the office, a strange egg had appeared over the weekend…
Spring Reading
The following books form part of our class reading spine and are the focus of our Literacy lessons over the Spring Term.…
Christmas Craft-a-noon!
Thank you to all the parents for coming to help us this afternoon. We had great fun decorating biscuits, making beautiful angels…
Christmas Love
This week, we watched a beautiful advert called ‘What is Christmas Without Love?’ this inspired some fantastic pieces of writing. The children…
Super Scooters!
On Wednesday, the Year 2 children completed their Scoot-a-Thon. The children were incredible and collectively they scooted a marathon (42 kilometres)! Huge…
Chimpanzees of Happy Town and the children of Reception, Year 1 and Year 2
This morning Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 went to the Crucible Theatre to watch the Music in the Round perform ‘The…
Judaism Week EYFS/KS1
Judaism Week October 9th – 13th was Judaism Week in school. All children in the school have travelled around the different teachers in…
Year 2 Sponsored Scoot-a-thon!
Year 2 are excited to take on the challenge of scooting a collective marathon on Wednesday the 15th of November. If you…
Music Makers!
Taking inspiration from the story ‘Starry Eyed Stan’, Year 2 spent an afternoon creating their very own instruments. The children looked at…
Autumn Reading
We love reading in Year 2 and enjoy sharing many books together. The following books form our class reading spine and are…
Spectacular Sculptures!
Year 2 visited the Millennium Gallery on Wednesday morning. The children had a wonderful time exploring the gallery with Karen the sculpture…
Music in the Round Singing Workshop for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2
This afternoon Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 each had a workshop with Caroline and Mrs Draper. The workshop was to get…
Game Time!
Year 2 had a fabulous time playing different maths games this morning. The children enjoyed creating tangrams, playing dice games, draughts, Sum…
Thank you to everyone who attended last night’s meeting. Please find the slides attached. Parent’s Information Meeting Y2 2023
Y2 Animal Groups
Y2 have been learning about the different animal groups; mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians. We had fun matching the adult animal…
Colourful Collage
In science, the children have been learning all about mammals, fish, birds, insects, amphibians and reptiles. They enjoyed a wonderful afternoon creating…
Autumn 1 – Spellings
Please find the Year 2 spelling lists for Autumn 1 in the attached PDF document. Autumn 1
Y2 Butterfly House
Year 2 had a fabulous time at the Butterfly House today. We saw lots of different animals including owls, parrots, giant tortoise,…
Beautiful butterflies!
The butterflies have arrived! This week all four of our chrysalides have transformed into beautiful butterflies. Today, we released them into our…
Marvellous Metamorphosis!
Something magical is happening in the Y2 classroom! Our four little caterpillars have become chrysalides and we have now moved them into…
Environmental Experts in Y2
As part of our Geography topic, we have been learning about the vital work of David Attenborough and his important message about…
Year 2 Botanical Gardens
On Tuesday, Year 2 enjoyed a wonderful trip to the Botanical Gardens in the beautiful sunshine. First, we met Laura at the…
Year 2 are Potty About Plants!
This week we have been learning all about how plants grow well. The children loved spending time in our beautiful garden planting…
Ice Fishing
Year 2 tried an ‘ice fishing’ experiment on Tuesday. The children added salt to the ice, the salt caused the ice to…
Y2 Maths World Cup
ear 2 competed in the Maths World Cup on Tuesday. The competition was very exciting and involved not only our fantastic maths…
Y2 Addition & Subtraction Methods
Please find links to two videos which demonstrate the formal written methods used in Year 2 to calculate addition and subtraction of…
Y2 Conisbrough Castle Crew!
On Monday, Year 2 had a fabulous day visiting Conisbrough Castle. This was a fantastic opportunity to bring their learning about castles…
Year 2 Stick to Castles
On Thursday, Jenny from the Alfresco Learning team came to Year 2 for a workshop! We made a castle using bamboo sticks…
Witchcraft and Wizardry at the Steel Cauldron
Year 2 had a magical time at the Steel Cauldron on Wednesday morning. The children were treated to a fantastic morning of…
Mysterious Egg Discovered!
Mr Coe made the fascinating discovery in the St Marie’s wood at the weekend. Not knowing what to do with it he…
Father Paddy Visits Year 2!
Fr. Paddy visited us on Tuesday and spent time talking to us about the Bible and its history… did you know it…
Year 2 Get Creative!
Congratulations to our Year 2 children who had an amazing afternoon of Christmas creativity on Monday. Thank you to the parents who…
Remembrance
This week, to mark Remembrance Day we have been learning about Walter Tull. As part of our learning, we have looked at…
Fr. John Visits Year 2!
On Tuesday, Year 2 had the pleasure of a visit from Fr. John. He talked to the children about the sacrament of…
The Relics of St. Bernadette Livestream
This morning Y1 and Y2 joined in with an online liturgy. The relics are now in the Archdiocese of Birmingham and schools…
Y2’s busy art afternoon
Year Two began this afternoon by listening to two different pieces of classical music: Tchaikovsky, ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy’ and Gustav…
Judaism in Year 2
Year 2 have been learning about Judaism this week. They learned about the Jewish day of rest, Shabbat. Shabbat happens each week…
Year 2 Parents Information Evening
Thank you to all of those who were able to make the meeting last night. It was lovely to see you all.…
Mrs Garnett
(Teaching Assistant)