Welcome to Year 2
Miss Warren is the Year 2 class teacher and Miss Jones the Year 2 teaching assistant.
Please click on the links below to find information including our long term plan and newsletters. You can also see some of the exciting things we have doing in class by scrolling down our class page. We will continue to add pictures and information throughout the year.
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Playtime in the MUGA
How exciting! Year 2 got to try out our brand-new MUGA (Multi-Use Games Area) at playtime. We tested our scooting and cricket skills, while Miss Warren practised ducking out of the way of the occasional stray ball!
African Arts & Crafts
Year 2 have worked hard to complete their clay huts and have produced some African-style weaving- a wonderful blend of creativity, culture and craftsmanship!
Outdoor Learning Day- Spring 1
We had a fantastic Outdoor Learning Day filled with creativity, exploration, and hands-on learning!
Children took part in a range of activities linked to our Africa topic and our maths focus for the term.
Here is what we got up to:
Active Maths: We practiced our 10 times tables through energetic outdoor games and movement challenges.
Safari Adventure: After creating the Big Five African animals, we headed into the woodland for a safari to spot them in their natural 'habitats'.
African-Inspired Necklaces: Using rolled paper 'beads', pupils designed and created colourful necklaces inspired by traditional African beadwork.
Djembe Making: Everyone worked creatively to make their own mini djembe drums, decorating them with patterns and colours.
African Vegan Stew: We finished the day by making and tasting a warm, delicious African vegan stew.
It was an exciting day full of teamwork, creativity, and outdoor adventure!
Out Of Africa
In Art & Design lessons children are sculpting with clay to create their own versions of Maasai mud huts. Using clay to shape, roll, pinch, pull and join materials and exploring techniques such as making impressions and experimenting with pattern and texture. They are currently 'works in progress' but I think you will agree they are shaping up beautifully...we have some talented sculptors in Year 2!
Gymnastics
In PE we are developing our gymnastic skills, we are working on balancing and making gymnastic shapes with our bodies. For more of a challenge we have worked in small groups to incorporate a shape into a routine. We then performed our routine and other children had to spot which gymnastic shapes we had used.
Active Reading
We were delighted to welcome Claire Bolton from CVHS back for another active reading session. The children engaged brilliantly, using movement, voice and imagination to explore the story in a lively, memorable way.
Street Feet
Year 2 listened carefully as they learnt essential road safety skills with support from the fantastic Street Feet team. The children enjoyed practising how to stay safe and make sensible choices near roads.
New Year Goal Setting
Year 2 have kicked off the new term with positivity and purpose as they explored the theme of goal setting. The children have been thinking carefully about the year ahead- what they want to improve and what they hope to achieve, and how they can become the very best versions of themselves.
In Design & Technology, the class created their own picture frames, learning new skills and taking pride in their craftmanship. Inside each frame, they placed a picture of themselves achieving their personal goals- a wonderful reminder of their ambitions and a celebration of their creativity!
We are incredibly proud of the thoughtful ideas the children have shared and the enthusiasm they have brought to this project. We have created a display as a daily inspiration to keep striving, improving and believing in ourselves.
Back to School
In Year 2 we are excited to be back together again following the Christmas break. We have been busy creating a shared 'Christmas Memories' board, writing about our favourite memories of Christmas and creating illustrations to accompany them. It was a great way to get us back into the swing of writing, whilst sharing our exciting news!
Nativity 2025: The Bethlehem Bake Off
This year's Nativity brought a delightful twist to the traditional story as our children performed The Bethlehem Bake Off- a heart-warming celebration of teamwork, talent and Christmas cheer.
Our Year 2 children shone in the lead roles, delivering confident performances filled with humour, character, and charm. From star bakers to bustling crew members, every child brought the story to life with enthusiasm and pride.
The production was filled with catchy songs, lively storytelling, and plenty of festive fun. We are incredibly proud of all our pupils for their dedication and hard work, and we 're delighted to share the joy of this special performance with our school community.
Materials Investigation
As part of our Science learning in Year 2 we have been investigating materials and their different properties. Children learnt that different materials need to have different properties depending on their purpose- this got us thinking about umbrellas and what is needed when choosing a material for one!
We learnt the vocabulary- absorbent and waterproof. Then made predictions and then conducted an experiment to test which materials were waterproof.
-No children were soaked during this experiment! :)
Lucy Pittaway
Year 2 have been exploring the artwork of Lucy Pittaway. Using chalk pastels, we created our own bright, countryside-inspired pieces, thinking carefully about size, placement, and layering to give our artwork a sense of depth.
Bee Diverse
We had a visit from the Equans team and we had fun taking part in a bee themed workshop. We learnt about the importance of bees to our ecosystem and how to encourage bees into our green spaces. We made seed bombs to help build bee numbers in our local area.
Pilgrimage 2025
'God's Gift of Water' was the theme for our pilgrimage this year. We enjoyed a retelling of Noah's Ark by Mrs Taylor along the route and searched for animals to pair up for the ark journey along the way.
Autumn Outdoor Learning Day
We headed outdoors and continued our class read of 'The Jolly Postman'. We read the postcard from Jack to the giant and worked in teams to create our own giant postcards from the giant in reply.
For Math we continued to work on our skills when counting in 10's and 1's. We collected sticks to use as tens and used conkers to use as ones and placed them on a place value grid.
We created amphibian habitats in the woodland, remembering what conditions amphibians like and what their needs for survival are.
Welcome to Year Two!
Seaside themed day - May 2025
We had a fantastic time at our seaside themed day. We loved building sandcastles and making flags to decorate them. We investigated the rock pool and collected shells and sealife. We enjoyed drawing shells, playing seaside bingo and reading books in our beach hut tent.
Wheeled vehicle project
We have really enjoyed our DT topic on wheeled vehicles. We started off by discussing different kinds of vehicles. We decided what we would like to make and drew a design of them. We then painted our boxes, measured and cut using saws. We were very careful and sensible. We added axles and wheels. Once we had completed all of this we got on with decorating them. We made ice- cream vans, fire engines. sports cars and much more. We hope you enjoy looking through the slideshow. Well done Year 2.
Look at our finished products! They are fantastic.
Outdoor Learning Day - March 2025
We had a great time during our Outdoor Learning Day. We enjoyed looking for signs of spring. We saw daffodils, nests and the heron. We then worked in groups to use found objects to make 2D shapes. We even tried to make hexagons and octagons. In the afternoon we enjoyed spending time in the wooded area. We collected adjectives to help us with our setting description work. We loved looking in the pond at the frog spawn.
Street Feet
We had a great time learning about Road Safety. We took it in turns to be the traffic and to cross the road safely. We learned a new song with actions to help us remember how to cross the road safely.
CLASS NEWS AND ACTIVITIES
Nativity 2024
What a fantastic Nativity we had! It really feels like Christmas now.
Well done to all the children. You were all fantastic and we are very proud of you.Thank you to all our parents/carers who helped their children learn their lines or provided a costume.
'Maths is Fun' week
We had a fabulous time during 'Maths is Fun' week. We worked together to play number bonds dominoes and bingo. We also worked with a partner to complete a hundred square challenge. We needed to fill in the missing numbers. Some of us won a 'Marvellous Mathematician' sticker. What a great time we had!
Outdoor Learning Day - 10.10.24
We have had a great today and the rain held off. This morning we looked for signs of Autumn and recorded what we saw. We then worked in a team to make a number grid. This afternoon we went in the 'Wild Area' and made artwork in the style of Andy Goldworthy.
Pilgrimage Trip
Class two thoroughly enjoyed their visit to the Mosque at Thorton Lodge and a lovely walk around the local area. Please see below for photographs of our special day.
CLASS VISIT TO TROPICAL WORLD - 21/6/24
We had a lovely, sunny day out to Tropical World in Leeds today! We enjoyed having a tour of Tropical World in the morning, looking at all the living things there and finding out about their habitats! We then had a 'butterfly scientist' workshop in the afternoon, learning about the parts of a butterfly, before becoming scientists and identifying different butterflies using identification grids. We then created our own butterfly masks! Take a look at a selection of photographs from our day below.
SUMMER OUTDOOR LEARNING DAY - 14/6/24
We have had a great outdoor learning day today! We have been exploring living things and their habitats, as part of our new science topic. We had a fabulous day minibeast hunting, pond dipping, making observations of minibeasts and then creating bar graphs for the minibeasts we found in the Vicarage area. We also designed and created our own minibeast 'hotels'. Take a look at the photographs below of our lovely day.
YEAR 2 MINI OLYMPICS EVENT - 5/6/24
A selection of Year 2 pupils went to Colne Valley High School to represent our school in a mini olympics event with other local primary schools in the Colne Valley. They did a fantastic job in a variety of different activities, such as the egg and spoon race, relay racing and even welly wanging!
COLNE VALLEY FOOTBALL COMPETITION - 21/5/24
Some of our Year 2 children represented the class in a Colne Valley football competition at the high school. They played excellently as a team, with amazing passing, fabulous footwork and lots of brilliant goals scored! Well done to everyone involved.
CLASS VISIT TO HAREWOOD HOUSE - 26/4/24
Year 2 had a wonderful, sunny visit to Harewood House. We enjoyed exploring the grounds, including the 'woodland wonderland' and the adventure playground! We also took part in a 'wild woods' workshop, being detectives to identify different trees and also learning how to measure the height of a tree using a trundle wheel! Take a look at a selection of photographs below from our super day out.
SPRING OUTDOOR LEARNING DAY - 21/3/24
Year 2 had a super outdoor learning day today! We looked for signs of Spring in the playground, spotting lots of daffodils, bluebells and buds on the trees! In class we have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes. We then took our learning outside and created our own 2D and 3D shapes using natural resources. We counted the number of sides, edges and vertices of the shapes we created.
During the afternoon, we visited the wild area. We looked at colour wheels, then tried to create our own natural colour wheels, using natural objects we found in nature. We had a fabulous day! Take a look at some of our photographs in the slideshow below.
WORLD BOOK DAY - 7/3/24
Year 2 have had a wonderful day for World Book Day today. We have taken part in lots of 'book-themed' activities, including designing our own book covers, making bookmarks, taking part in a character quiz and creating their own stories! We also made our own obstacle courses in PE, based on the story of 'we're going on a bear hunt'. Take a look below for a selection of photographs from the day.
DESIGN TECHNOLOGY - 19/12/23
We have been busy planning and creating picture frames as part of our design technology topic on structures. We learned how to use a cardboard brace to strengthen the corners to make our structures more secure. Take a look at the slideshow below to see a selection of photographs of the creation process.
EYFS AND KEY STAGE 1 NATIVITY - 12/12/23
The children performed a fantastic rendition of the nativity 'A Christmas Toy Story'. There was some fabulous singing and performing! Please take a look at the photographs below.
MAKING BIRD FEEDERS - 22/11/23
As part of our English work, we have looking at the non-fiction text '10 ways I can save my world'. We have been exploring ways we can help our local environment. We made bird feeders and hung them up around our school playground to encourage birds to visit our school. We also learnt that feeding the birds in winter will help them get ready for nesting in the spring. We will now be writing a set of instructions about how we made them.
MATHS WEEK ENGLAND - 13/11/23 - 17/11/23
Year 2 have taken part in some super activities this week, as part of 'Maths Week', including a 'terrific triangles' workshop and a 'robot monsters' investigation! Please look at a selection of photos below.
FARM DAY - 22/9/23
We have had a fabulous farm themed day today! In the morning, we wrote some super riddles about farm animals, which the children confidently read out to the rest of the class. We listened to the clues and then tried to guess the animals! After that, 'Ian's mobile farm' visited school and brought a selection of his fabulous farm animals! We enjoyed stroking and finding out about all the animals, including alpacas, miniature donkeys, miniature sheep, goats, chickens and lots more. We especially loved Meg the sheepdog! During the afternoon we wrote our own postcards about the farm animals we saw and completed some 'farm themed' activities on the laptops. What a fabulous day we have had! Please look at a selection of photos from our day below.
AUTUMN OUTDOOR LEARNING DAY - 15/9/23
Year 2 had a lovely, sunny outdoor learning day! We spent the morning looking for signs of autumn in our playground and then making a checklist of things we found. We also used natural objects to represent different numbers and our own base 10 equipment to link with our maths learning this week!
During the afternoon, we explored our wild area and made our own self-portraits using natural materials. We then created our own interpretations using inspiration from Andy Goldsworthy and made our own beautiful artwork and patterns. We also completed an obstacle course in the Vicarage garden! Take a look at the slideshow below for some photographs from the day.
YEAR 2 RECOMMENDED READS
Please have a look at the link below for a comprehensive list of recommended books for Year 2. There are some fantastic classic stories and new titles to help your child with their reading journey!
Please feel free to ask for paper copies of any information that you find on this
website from the school office.
