Year 2KW: Blog items
Date: 30th Mar 2025 @ 12:21pm
This term the children have been learning about Queen Victoria and as part of the learning the children visited Portland basin in Ashton to find out what is was like to live in Victorian times. During the day, the children got to explore a victorian town, dress up in Victorian clothing, find out what it was like to learn in a victorian school, explore victorian artefacts and what it was like to work in as a child in victorian times.
The children were shown how to cook and clean. They were told not to give eye contact ad keep their heads down when an adult was speaking to them. Some of the children were very scared.
They experienced what it was like to work in the mills and in the coal mines. All the children worked hard because they didn't want to a nail in their ears for poor work!
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They looked closely at artefacts. They described them and then had a go at working out what they were and what they were used for.
They loved pretending to live in victorian times
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They all had a wonderful time and learned so much!
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Wolfenden
Date: 30th Mar 2025 @ 11:59am
This week, we have been learning about 3d shapes and have used 2d shapes to make them. We have been identifying, naming and sorting the shapes and then using the correct mathematical vocabulary to describe them. It has been tricky, however as the week as progressed the children have become better and better at describing thier properties.
The children used sentence stems and the hard to read and hard to spell words from the working wall to help them.
This is how they described their shapes.
This is a cube. It has 6 square faces. It has straight sides and It has vertices. It has squared cornered vertices. It has no sharp points.
They found 3d shapes in the environment and talked about the shapes that they could see in school and at home.
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Wolfenden
Date: 27th Mar 2025 @ 2:44pm
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We are absolutely, amazing at generating adjectives!
Date: 24th Feb 2025 @ 12:55am
Hello,
In English, we have been generating adjectives to describe a setting. We have been learning about Wuhan in China and have been using adjectives to describe what we would see, smell and hear. We used the adjectives to write descriptive sentences. Our ideas were absolutely, amazing!
We put all our ideas onto our Working wall and used them to help us write descriptive sentences.
Date: 24th Feb 2025 @ 12:39am
Hello,
The children have been working hard to remember their 2 times table. They have counted in steps of 2 using fun songs to help them recall the number facts. They have used the maths area in the classroom to help them group objects into 2's. They have enjoyed exploring the patterns that they can see and use this to sove multiplication equations.
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This class just love to count!
Date: 24th Feb 2025 @ 12:29am
The children have been learning about Wuhan and its location in relation to where it is in China and in the world. As part of the launch the children found out about some of the traditions in China, how Chinese New Year is celebrated and had lots of fun making masks and puppets. look at some of their work!
As you can see they had lots of fun!
Date: 19th Jan 2025 @ 10:20pm
Hello,
The children have really enjoyed multiplication and have enjoyed using songs to help them remeber the 2,5 and 10 timrs table. The children have used objects, drawn pictures and used sentence stems to complete problems and to explain their thinking. Look at their hard work!
The children have enjoyed working with the Manchester City Coach this week. They worked in teams and kicked the footballs to each other. They had to really concentrate and aim the ball accurately at a friend. the friend had to stop the ball and pass it to their friend. They found it a bit tricky!
Another fun filled week
Have a lovely weekend!
Date: 19th Jan 2025 @ 9:54pm
Hello and Happy New Year!
Well, it has been a very snowy return back to school. As always, the children have handled the cold, icy weather really well and got on with their learning.
The children have been very busy and have settled back into their learning in a mature and sensibe manner. It has made me feel very proud!
The children enjoyed working in small groups in their Purposeful play session. They focused on sharing and taking turns. They absolutely loved it!
They have also enjoyed working collaboratively and practically in maths lessons. They have been grouping and completing repeated addition problems. Look at their work!
I think you will all agree they have made a fantastic start back!
Have a lovely weekend
Date: 19th Nov 2024 @ 10:04pm
Hello,
This week, the children went on a visit to the Greggs Factory. The children were very excited and couldn't wait to see how bread is made now in comparison to in London 1666.
They walked all the way to Openshaw Village which took them 45 minutes. Luckily, the weather was glorious and the sun was shining bright. The children walked around the factory and were lucky to watch how the bread dough is made, how the bread is kneaded into buns, how it is cooked and how it is packaged. They got to visit the warehouse where the ingredients were stored and watch how the ingredients are weighed and put into bags. Before they could go onto the factory floor they had to wash their hands and put on a special hat and jacket.
After the factory tour the children returned back to the classroom where they got to meet some special characters and decorated biscuits. The children went back to school with a special Gregg's cake that hasn't even been in the Greggs shops yet!
The children were very tired but had a fantastic time! The Gregg's team were very kind and extremely helpful.
The children were very lucky and even got to eat the cakes that they decorated! They have asked to go back soon.
Thanks
Miss Wolfenden and Miss Edey
Date: 19th Nov 2024 @ 9:31pm
Hello,
The children have enjoyed learning about and celebrating Bonfire night. They have linked this learning to the festival of Diwali, the festival of lights. The children shared the story of Rama and Sita and enjoyed finding out How and Why Hindu families celebrate Diwali. As part of this learning the children made lanterns and Diva lamps. They enjoyed sculpting the clay to make a pot and then using the mark making tools to add patterns. They finished their work by using paints to decorate them. They used their reading skills to independently read and follow instrucctions to make lantern. Look at what they created!
Thank you
Miss Wolfenden and Miss Edey
Date: 19th Nov 2024 @ 8:54pm
Hello,
We all hope you had a fantastic half term break and are excited to be back. This week the children have been introduced to the new topic ' The Great Fire of London' and have enjoyed completing the Launch activities. As part of the Launch the children created ' London in 1666' pictures using pastels and tissue paper. The children used charcoal to sketch tudor houses. They are a very creative class and really enjoy getting creative! I think you will agree that their creations are beautiful!
In maths, the children have been continuing to use the concrete objects in the classroom to add amounts. They have worked hard to add 3 addends and find the total. They have used their knowledge of number pairs to ten to help them!
I think you will agree they have made a fantastic start to the new term!
Thanks
Miss Wolfenden and Miss Edey
Date: 13th Oct 2024 @ 8:58pm
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Date: 6th Oct 2024 @ 8:07pm
Good Afternoon,
This week, the children have been learning about the features of an instructional text. They have read instructions on How to make Whiffy Stew and then enjoyed collecting the ingredients to make it from the school playground. They enjoyed getting messy and filling their cups with sloppy mud and water!
After that, they read the instructions and made the stew. They absolutely had a wonderful time and it was lovely to see them all laughing and smiling outdoors. it was a good job the sun stayed out too.
Thanks
Miss wolfenden
we are becoming confident, independent learners!
Date: 23rd Sep 2024 @ 12:27pm
Hello,
We cannot believe how fast the school weeks are going. it is lovely to see the children becoming more and more confident as the days go by. This week there has been a real focus on the children using the classroom provision to support their independent learning.
In maths, the children have used concrete objects to make groups of 10. They were asked to find as many different ways of representing 10 and they were encouraged to work as part of The Ant Team. it was lovely to see them talking to each other and helping each other with their learning. Look at their hard work.
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Thanks
Miss Wolfenden
It has been a busy week in Year 2!
Date: 15th Sep 2024 @ 5:59pm
Hello,
Well all we can say is that it has been a busy week in year 2 this week. The children have settled in well and are becoming more and more confident at working independently, which is lovely to see. The children have enjoyed joining in with Mrs's Hughes Celebration assembly this week and were particularly excited when they worked with Miss Kent during singing Assembly. Our children are so talented at singing and performing and it is lovely to see they come alive when they sing and dance.
This week was the launch to our new Geography topic ' What will we see when we travel from Pole to Pole' The children made passports, created suitcase lists and boarding passes which they really enjoyed. Some of the children would make great travel agents! This week they will be using globes, maps and Atlases to locate the Continents and Oceans of the world. If would like to help them further have a look at the knowledge organiser below to see the skills, knowledge and new vocabulary that they will be learning.
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They have a fantastic week and have made all the staff very proud. We know that they will continue to work hard next week too.
Thanks for all your support
The Year Two Team
Date: 17th Mar 2024 @ 10:14am
Adam from Sublime Science finished off Science Week with KS1. He put on a exhibition in the playground all about how to create some rockets using fizzy water, a pump and mentos sweets. He used different sized bottles and changed the amount of mentos sweets that went into the fizzy water to see how far each rocket would go. Some rockets went out of our school playground!!
It was so much fun!!!
Date: 17th Mar 2024 @ 1:03am
This week has been Science week and the children have enjoyed immersing themselves in science activities. On Thursday, they joined Adam from Sublime Science in the hall for a science assembly. Adam demonstrated how fun science can be and the children became very excited when they watched him carry out a range of science experiments.
On Friday, the children took part in science workshops where they got to make slime!
We had so much messy fun! We all had a wonderful day!
Date: 17th Mar 2024 @ 12:31am
This week the Parents/ Carers were invited into school to take part in a Dragon Making Workshop. The children and adults were asked to use a range of joining techniquesto attach boxes,card, paper, tubes, and straws together to create a dragon body and head. Then, they used paint and collage material to decorate their dragons. They worked hard as a team and both Mrs Cooper and I were proud to see all the children listening to each other, taking turns, sharing resources and helping each other. It was truly lovely to see. After the children completed their dragons they were asked to perform a dragon dance.
Look at their learning !
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We had so much fun!
Come and have a look at the dragons. They are displayed in the shared area.
Date: 17th Mar 2024 @ 12:02am
The children have been matching, identifying and naming 2d shapes. They have enjoyed using the mathematical language sides, vertices, straight, curved same, different, Polygon, regular, irregular and equal to describe the properties. They have used venn and Carroll diagrams to sort the shapes according to a given criteria. They enjoyed generating their own criteria to sort shapes and playing games where they have to guess the criteria. They found it a bit tricky but Mrs Cooper and I were super proud of how hard they worked.
Can you see how they have sorted the shapes?
Date: 16th Mar 2024 @ 11:44pm
This half term the children are learning about the topic 'Where would you prefer to live; Wuhan or China?' The children have been learning about the continent Asia, The country China, the city of Wuhan and the Hubei region. As part of the learning the children have been using maps and globes to locate Asia and the country China. They looked closely at aerial photographs and maps to identify the human features in Wuhan. They have been using geographical words such as mountains, rivers, hills, coast, sea, oceans and forests to help them describe what they can see. They looked closely at images of Wuhan and used them to create and label models of some of the landmarks.
Date: 16th Mar 2024 @ 11:26pm
The children have had a really busy half term and they have worked so hard. Mrs cooper and I both agreed that they desrved a really treat. The children had decided that they wanted to make pancakes, create models and paint pictures as a reward. They had a fantastic time!
Look at all the fun they had!
Date: 16th Mar 2024 @ 11:16pm
The children have really enjoyed finding out about hot and cold places and using a range of research techniques to find out about different animals and the habitats that they live in. The children used google, images and books to find out information and use it to write non-chronological reports. Mrs cooper and I were so impressed. All the children displayed a real interest in their learning and motivated each other to complete tasks. They all agreed that this topic was one of their favourites!
Look at the concentration on their faces!
Date: 16th Mar 2024 @ 10:59pm
In P.E,the children have been learning about throwing and catching the ball. They have been throwing the ball underarm and learning how to use a chest pass. They have been making a cup to catch a ball in a stationary position. They have been learning how to defend and have been using these skills to play simple games. The children have been working in pairs and have been bouncing, throwing and catching the ball whilst moving around the playground.
Date: 16th Mar 2024 @ 10:47pm
In Maths, the children have been learning about making groups. They have been looking at objects and then sorting them. They have then counted the objects in the groups and have used the mathematical words equal and unequal to describe if the quantities in the groups are an equal amount.The children have used this knowledge to solve practical problems and have worked collaboratively as a team to help each other.
It was lovely to see the children using the outside area to work mathematically!
Date: 16th Mar 2024 @ 10:23pm
In Art, the children have been learning how to sketch penguins. They have been using continuous line to draw an outline and then looked at the different shapes they could draw to create the head and body. Then they used the side of the pencil to shade parts of the body. The children then used this knowledge to create a 3d display of penguins.
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The children applied all the skills they had learnt to create penguins with a range of different media. The display looks amazing outside Mrs Hughes's office!
