Welcome to Year 2 with Miss Jenkins, Miss Gibbons, Mrs Doherty and Miss Charlesworth!
Autumn 2
PE
This half-term, we have started our new topic of Dance and Gymnastics! Today, we practised a range of gymnastics positions. We worked in pairs and tried to copy our partner’s movements, focusing on control and balance.
The Great of London
We had an amazing Great Fire of London Day! We enjoyed an immersive experience where we met Samuel Pepys, who told us all about the fire. We practised putting it out and wrote in our pretend diaries to retell the events of 1666.
To end the day, we gathered around a small fire to roast marshmallows. We thought about how hot the flames would have felt, what the smoke might have smelled like, and what it would have been like to live during the Great Fire.
Maths
In maths this half-term, we have been practising addition and subtraction using Base Ten equipment. We have also been thinking carefully about how to add across a ten and explaining our strategies.
Autumn 1
Wacky Hat & Hair Day - 17/10/25
Year 2 loved Wacky Hat & Hair Day, we had lots of fun!
PE
We’ve really enjoyed PE this half term! Our focus has been on invasion games, where we’ve been learning how to attack and defend effectively. We’ve also had lots of fun outdoors, taking part in exciting team-building games with the Leeds Rhinos coaches!
Art
In Art, we have been exploring colour through painting. We began by learning about primary and secondary colours and tried a fun technique where we soaked our paper in water to see how our primary colours mixed and transformed. We had lots of fun and created some really imaginative designs!
European Day of Languages - 26/09/25
Today, we celebrated the European Day of Languages! We explored languages from around the world- including some of our own- and used our Geography skills to identify languages spoken across Europe. We had a fantastic time learning a song and discovering interesting facts about French animals.
The fun continued with games, colouring activities, and we finished the day by tasting some delicious French pastries!
Writing
We have been reading the story Stuck, all about a boy who throws lots of items into a tree. It inspired our own writing, and we had fun writing letters to Floyd, giving him advice on what he could have done differently.
Maths
We have started the year exploring place value and learning how numbers can be represented in different ways. Using Numicon and base ten, we have been developing our understanding of tens and ones, identifying whether numbers are odd or even, and using this knowledge to compare numbers.
First week in Year 2!
We had a fantastic first week in Year 2, settling back into our school routines and classroom rules. We enjoyed a lively game of “Find Someone Who…” bingo, which helped us discover fun and interesting facts about our friends and teachers. Later in the day, we got creative and made beautiful Sunshine Mosaics using lasagne sheets!
