Blog Author: N Billingsley

Happy New Year! Year 2 have made an excellent start to their new unit of work this week. In the coming weeks we are going to be learning more about how to reduce waste, re-use/re-purpose items and the importance of recycling.  

In Design Technology we are making our own moving pictures using lever and slider mechanisms. 

This half term we are learning all about rules and why they are important for keeping us safe and healthy.  Our focus in this lesson was on washing hands.  We put glitter on our hands then had to wash it off. We noticed that even when we washed our hands really well, there were still some pieces…

This half term we are looking at materials and their properties. We started off by being a recycling machine. We sorted lots of different objects based on the materials they were made from.  We are looking forward to learning more about the properties and uses of materials.

On our walk in Moor Park we were lucky enough to have the opportunity to speak with some members of the community who were clearing up litter and cleaning out the waterfall. We had the chance to help by using the tools to remove the leaves from the path. It was great fun!

It was an excellent day for a walk in Moor Park today. We gathered lots of ideas for our writing and enjoyed looking at the autumn leaves, seeds and berries.  Great behaviour and knowledge Year 2!

Year 2 have been developing their food preparation skills over the last few weeks and have successfully made their own dips and smoothies. 

We had a fantastic time this week when we walked around the local area. We talked about the different things that we could see, hear, smell and feel. Mr Ingleby and Mrs Billingsley were impressed with the behaviour of the children and how good they were at spotting interesting things in the local…

This week we have been learning about exercise and how it keeps us heathy.  We investigated how different exercises made us feel.

In Science, we have been thinking about what humans need to survive.  We were good at recognising the difference between needs and wants.

We have been getting ready to move on to year 2.  We have been thinking about our feelings and how we can have lots of different feelings inside us at the same time.  Our craft activity with fish in a pond helped us to think about how we stay in control of our…

We have been investigating plants and naming the different parts of the plants. We went into the garden and pulled up some weeds so we could see the roots.  As you can see, some of the weeds didn’t want to come out of the ground!  We enjoyed looking at the different parts under the…