On Wednesday afternoon, year 2 went to Dane Court to take part in 4 sporting events. They threw a vortex, did a standing long jump, ran 300m and had a sprinting race! They all took part well and were very respectful to the Dane Court pupils who ran the events. In maths, they have been learning ab...

This week, year 2 have continued reading about the adventures of the Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton. They have written from the perspective of an angry pixie and written a poem describing the enchanted tree. They have been using thesauruses to find new and exciting language instead of using vocab...

HOME LEARNING Next week, year 2 will be finishing their special booklets (SATs). As they are doing the reading papers, we would like the children to read as much as possible over the weekend and through the week. LEARNING THIS WEEK In English this week, year 2 have been describing an Africa...

In the first week of term 5, year 2 have revisited shape. They have investigated 2D and 3D shapes and used the mathematical vocabulary to describe them (sides, edges, faces, vertices). The children also went on a 'shape hunt' around the school to see where shapes are used in everyday life...

In maths this week, year 2 have investigated the features of 2D and 3D shapes. They used vocabulary such as vertices, sides, edges and faces. Also this week, the children have begun to work with repeating patterns as well as looking at using language to describe direction (turn, left, right, clockwi...