Welcome to Year 2 

Welcome to Year 2. We hope you have had a fantastic summer and are ready for an exciting year of learning. We are looking forward to getting to know you all better and getting started with the new term.

Things to remember:

Please bring your book bag to school each day with your reading book inside and a water bottle with your name on it.

PE days for both classes are Wednesdays (outdoor) and Thursdays (indoor). On these days, you should come into school wearing your PE kit with the approrpiate footwear. Full school uniform should be worn on all other days.

If you have any questions, then please ask one of us (Mrs Conway, Miss Begum or Mrs Spencer).

Topic Pathway

Revolutionary Reign Pathway

It's so Joan Miro Pathway

London's Burning Pathway

Land Ahoy Pathway 

Homework

Revolutionary Reign Homework

It's so Joan Miro Homework

London's Burning Homework

Land Ahoy Homework

VE Day - 08.05.25

Today, we have been celebrating the 80th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day to remember the end of World War II in Europe. The children have been busy filling their day with designing and making medals, creating Spitfire fighter planes, learning key facts about the Second World War, and decorating cupcakes. We also spent time on the field taking part in a wide range of different activities.

Pirate Day - 07.05.25

Wow! What an amazing day we have had at Beaumanor Hall! Our day has been jam packed full of pirate adventures. We spent our day solving clues using a treasure map, learning pirate facts, singing songs and visiting the secret pirate cavern. Our memory skills were put to the test when we played a matching pairs game and our accuracy and balancing abilities were challenged during our 'grog' relay race. Finally in the afternoon, we had to use our pirate brains to solve perplexing pirate maths problems.

Global Goals - Art - 07.04.25

As part of our Global Goals learning, we have been looking at how to use Aboriginal Art to communicate a message about pollution in our oceans. At the beginning of the week, we explored two Aboriginal Artists: Bronwyn Bancroft and Emily Kame Kngwarreye. Their work has inspired our own art where we have been practising the pointillism technique using cotton buds to create a pattern. We then created our sea creature along with a piece of plastic as part of our final piece to respond to Global Goal 14: Life beneath water.

Bushfire Art Part Two 18.03.25

After crafting our bushfire scene with collage, we applied the dry brushing technique to add more depth to the artwork. We blended red and yellow using our brushes, concentrating on the direction of our strokes to simulate flames. To finish, we smudged various shades of charcoal, including grey and black, to create a smoky atmosphere. Here are some of our pieces!

Bushfire Art  12.03.25

This week, we experimented with various techniques for our Australian bushfire art. We learned how to layer different shades of tissue paper to create a collage effect, as well as how to use dry brushing and charcoal smudging. We’ve begun applying these skills to our final piece. Here’s what we’ve created so far—be sure to check back next week for updates and to see our finished artwork!

World Book Day - 06.03.25

We have had a fantastic day celebrating 'World Book Day'. The morning was spent visiting other year groups and taking part in a variety of reading activities. Our class focussed on the author, Rachel Bright, and looked at some of her beautifully illustrated books. This inspired us to design our characters and come up with a character profile using a range of different adjectives. In the afternoon, we drank hot chocolate and cozied up under a blanket with our favourtite book. We finished the day buddying up with Year 5 children and looked at the new Boom Reader app on the iPads.

D.T. - 14.02.25

As part of our London's Burning topic, we made loaves of bread. Before we started, we compared the bakeries from the time of the Great Fire of London with bakeries that we get today and learnt about the importance of hygiene. Then, we conducted a taste test of different types of bread to see what we liked and didn't like. Finally, we made the bread dough by weighing out all the ingredients carefully and took it in turns to knead the bread before baking it in the oven. We were very pleased with our results!

English - 07.02.25

In English we created posters to warn Londoners about the Great Fire. We advised them how to stay safe and how to remain calm. See some of our creations below:

    

Science - 20.01.25

In science today we conducted an experiment to test how waterproof different materials are. We discovered that cling film was the most suitable material as it didn't let much water through the beaker. This experiment helped to understand that the properties of materials are essential in selecting materials for specific purposes.

English - 06.12.24

 Today in English, we have been putting our acting skills to test by performing freeze frames to show the animals' emotions in the book, 'Leaf'.

Maths Investigation - 29.11.24

We had a very competitive maths lesson today where we were set the challenge of seeing how many polygons we could make in 10 minutes. We worked systematically to help us work quickly and efficiently. See our creations below:

Art - 12.11.24

To kick off our Joan Miro unit of work, we explored the different colours that make up the colour wheel. We started with the three primary colours and then mixed these colours to make the secondary colours.

Glockenspiels - 17.10.24

We have been working hard in our glockenspiels lessons and we are now beginning to play a recognisable tune. Today. we learnt to play the song, 'Twinke, Twinkle Little Star'.

PE - 09.10.24

We started our new unit of PE today, looking at why cooperation is important in sport. Using our team building skills, we took part in a range of different activities to identify the benifits of working together. One activity involved working together as a group to build a free-standing hula hut.

    

Art - 08.10.24

Over the last two weeks, we have have been sketching a drawing of Queen's Park in the style of Lowry and using different art materilas, such as sketching pencils, charcoal and oil pastels, to produce different tones of light and dark.

Art - 24.09.24

In our Art lesson today, we were introduced to LS Lowry - a famous Victorian English artist. We examined some of his famous art pieces and anotated what we liked and disliked about the pictures. We also made observations about the colours, shapes and themes that have been used.

 

Maths - 10.09.24

Today, we explored how to flexibly partition a 2-digit number. Using part-whole models and base ten equipment,we were able to recognise how tens and ones can be arranged in different ways to create different parts that add up to the same whole number.