Year 2 have been fantastically busy recently.

In English, they have been fantastic writers. They have been working hard on their handwriting and they are independently writing their own ‘journey tales’. The children prepared for this by creating their own expanded noun phrases and similes in order to describe the setting of the story.

In R.E., the children have been focused on their unit based around the concept of ‘symbols’ and Harvest and the Harvest loaf. They have enjoyed learning why Harvest and the Harvest loaf are so important to Christians. The children are going to come up with their own ideas of what might be a suitable alternative symbol of Harvest.

In P.E., the class have been working on the fundamental skills of running, jumping, skipping and hopping, whilst enjoying tag rugby lessons with Mr. Linfield.

The class have also been fantastic historians. They have been enjoying learning about King James I, Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. They have also learnt about Catholics and Protestants, why Guy Fawkes was so upset with the King and what his fate was.

In science, the children are coming to the end of their unit on Living Habitats by learning about the habitats of a variety of creatures, including mini-beasts and also looking at food chains.

Finally, in music the children have learnt to sing the song Tony Chestnut with actions and are we about to move on to learning to play the tune on the glockenspiel.

In computing, Year 2 have been deepening their knowledge of online safety.

Finally, in PSHE the children have made a great effort at learning to tie their shoelaces.

They have made a great start to the year and I look forward to seeing what they will achieve.