Year 2 couldn't believe their eyes when Paddington Bear turned up in their classrooms!
We had a great time talking about our exciting new London topic and what we wanted to find out.
Congratulations to our Year 2s
on graduating from Key Stage 1!
Our talented performers celebrated the milestone by treating their parents, carers and grandparents to a wonderful version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar including singing, dancing, acting and poetry.
Well done Year 2 - we're very proud of you and know you'll have an amazing time in Key Stage 2.
Graduation Rehearsal
This week Y2 took their geography learning outside to read facts about the people and their lives in Kenya. The children were super engaged in their learning and used their reading skills to seek out the answers to some interesting questions.
Caterpillars in Year 2
On Thursday 18th April, Year 2 had an exciting delivery of 5 tiny caterpillars. They have already grown rapidly and we have learnt lots about life cycles in Science. The children have been using the word s chrysalis and metamorphosis with such confidence! We can’t wait to observe the next stage of their life cycle. We will keep you posted.
Y2 were amazed in Science this week, we made some close observations for 20 minutes of 3 woodlice in a tray. Each quarter of the tray was set up differently so we could learn about what conditions they prefer for their habitat.
We learnt that most, but not all, of the woodlice prefer dark, damp conditions for their habitat.
Woodlice Choice Chamber Habitats
Design and Technology
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We have had a wonderful week learning about how people in 1666 bravely tackled the terrible fire in London. We learnt all about modern fire engines and compared them to the fire service in1666. Working in small groups, we were challenged to make our own moving fire engines. We spent a fun afternoon investigating wheels and axels and we even made a prototype of a fire engine before designing and making our final product. We all worked brilliantly in our teams, and we were thrilled with our fire engines; we used lots of new skills and we had great fun making them!
Church Visit
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Year Two went on a wonderful visit to All Saints Church in Sedgley. We were given a very warm welcome by Reverend Catherine and spent a fabulous morning in church. We played a great game of Eye Spy where we had to go around the church looking for special items, including the font, stain glass windows, candles, pews and bibles. We learnt all about Baptisms and the special time of Advent.
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Year 2 welcomed our parents into school to join us for an exciting History lesson! To our surprise we travelled back in time to 1666 where we met the very famous Samuel Pepys who was thrilled to be reunited with his rather smelly cheese! Samuel Pepys told us all about the events in London at the time of the Great Fire of London and we were able to ask him lots of questions to help us learn about the past. It was a very exciting morning and we learnt so many fascinating facts!
Parent Workshop
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Children in Year 2 imagined that they were a young Prince Charles this week and wrote powerful speeches to persuade the world to protect our environment.
They bravely took to the podium to deliver their super speeches to world leaders and we were really impressed with their confidence, clarity and passion.
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