Year 2 have had a wonderful start to their Christmas activities. We went on a trip to St Peters Church where we heard the story of the Christmas Journey. The Wise Men, Shepherds and Inn Keepers each told their part of the story and helped us do some activities. We have been practising our performance for our Christmas Show and are excited to show our parents next! In literacy, we have started our new story A Crows Tale and started off by creating our own colourful crows. As the week goes on, we will find out how he lost his colours. 

The Year 2 team would like to say a huge thank you to all the parents, grandparents and adults who attended our Fantastic Finish on Wednesday. The children loved singing their song to you and watching the re-enactment of the Great Fire of London. We can't wait to show you the paintings we make next week with the prints you created together. This week, we travelled back in time to discover what school was like in the past. The children took part in a very special History lesson with their own (and very 'strict') old-fashioned teacher, writing on chalk slates and playing with traditional wooden toys. In science, we have been very busy exploring materials; investigating which types of balls bounce the highest and ensuring we carry out a fair test.

The children in Year 2 have settled into the new school year wonderfully and have been an absolute delight! In Literacy, they have been enjoying writing their own stories inspired by The Owl Who Was Afraid of The Dark, showing great imagination and creativity. Our new topic on The Great Fire of London has really captured their interest too - they already know lots of fascinating facts and can sing and sign to the Great Fire of London song. In DT, we've been exploring structures in preparation for creating our own Tudor houses, and in science we've been investigating materials and their properties. It's been a brilliant start to the year.

Wow, what a wonderful few weeks for year 2! We have been very busy with sports week where we developed lots of new skills and tried different sports! We loved learning how to play flag football and basketball! In Art, we have been exploring clay and how to use it to make a sculpture. We have also been preparing for our artist visit and learned about pop art! This week we had sports day and had lots of fun taking part in all the activities! It was lovely to watch the children try their best, showing resilience and respecting their peers by cheering them on all the way. We were also visited by MIND Hertfordshire, who came to talk to us about our feelings and emotions. They introduced us to Ziggy the puppet who talked to us about this. 

What a few weeks we have had in Year 2! 

We had a fantastic trip to Mountfitchet Castle and experienced what life was like years ago. We enjoyed learning about knights and climbing up the watch towers. This has inspired our writing!

 We also had a knights, kings and queens day, where we went to school dressed up. We learned how to sword fight, built catapults and met a real-life dragon! 

We also celebrated VE Day and enjoyed a street party in the playground. We listened to music and enjoyed the party food! 

Thank you to all the parents who joined us for our fantastic finish! We made our moving monsters and evaluated our final product. 

Wow what a few weeks we have had. 

We have loved learning and writing about the Titanic. We have been writing poetry about the Titanic's journey. We worked in teams to try to save the bear from the ice, we couldn't believe how cold the ice was on our hands! 

We celebrated Red Nose Day and enjoyed making our Red Nose Day cake! 

In Maths we have been learning about money. We have enjoyed learning about the value of different coins and applying our new knowledge to solve tricky problems.