As part of our Topic work, we are enjoying finding out about how the plague was spread by fleas in 1665. We have enjoyed watching the video below that has helped us learn about what would happen if you had the plague!

On Thursday we had a visit from lots of different nocturnal animals as part of our Night topic.

The racoon is an animal that uses it's sense of smell to help it during the dark nights.

The royal python uses its tounge to help it sense where things are.

Chameleons can change colour to match their surroundings.

We also met a tarantula....

we were very brave!!!

Today Year 2 have enjoyed a session in a Planetarum from Think Tank.

We went on a journey into the night guided by a friendly Owl who answered questions on what we could see as well as telling us about the constellations and planets.

We found out that night time is when the sun has set and we can see other stars.

We how stars are grouped together into pictures called constellations.

We travelled into Space and looked at the eight planets and one dwarf planet. It was a super way to start our Night topic!

It was all go in Year 2 this week! We have started to look at Stories during Literacy and we read the story of Mr Grumpygroo! After writing super character descriptions, we then looked at drama techniques thinking about how Mr Grumpygroo felt during the story! Some excellent drama and thoughtful questions took place! In Math, the children have continued to work hard at their Mental Maths and Problem Solving!

We would like to wish all the children a very happy half term!

The Year 2 Team

Year 2 parents were invited into school this week for our Inspire Workshop.

We looked at the calculations policy for Year 2 and had to solve lots of addition, subtraction and multilpication problems together.

We used examples from the Working Wall to help us.

We also looked at reading and thought about how parents can ask questions to help deepen understanding of the text.

We read different stories and looked at how we can play different games, based on what we have read, to develop our imagination and creativity.

We all really enjoyed the morning! Thanks to everyone that came. Information has been sent home for those that were unable to attend.

Year 2 have had fun during breaktimes, in the snow, this week.

We made snow angels,

tried to build snowmen

and had lots of fun!

We have had a super week in Y2! In Maths we have been learning about fractions of shapes and numbers! In Literacy we have begun our new topic 'Information Texts' We used our knowledge of Antarctica from last term to produce some super pieces of information! We also started new topics in Science and Topic. In Science we found out about various materials and their properties and in Topic we have been looking at Mexico. Both classes have super new role-play areas which the children are really looking forward to using. The main highlight of the week was the arrival of snow on Friday! It was very exciting and the children really enjoyed getting outside at break and having fun in the snow! 

Happy New Year to all Year 2 children and Parents! We have had a super first week back at school with lots of fun and exciting activities! This week at WCPS has been Maths Is Fun and Friendship week. In Maths, we have looked at a range of lessons linked to Maths including, Co-ordinates, Graph Work on History and Science, Rotation and drawing a range of 2D shapes. We also looked at measuring and Science when making paper aeroplanes and estimating when working in PE! The children also had great fun learning how to do Sudoku! To finish Maths week we looked at repeating patterns when making a piece of music with a rhythmic pattern!

During Friendship week, the children produced some super acrostic poems about friends, worked well when role-playing situations on dealing with bullying and also made friendship hands saying what makes a good friend!

The highlight of the week was our work in PE using the gym equipment. The children had great fun working on the equipment and can't wait until next week to use it again!

A very busy term is over in Year 2! The children were amazing in the Christmas production of Children of the World! The children have worked very hard this term and we are proud of all their efforts!

Wishing you all a happy Christmas and New Year!

The Year 2 team