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Year 2 News

Here you will find all the news articles from the Year 2 Team.

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  • Year 2: How can we apply what we know about materials to be an inventor?

    Published 16/11/23
    We have been spending our Science time learning about properties of materials, and how inventors like John Dunlop and Charles Mackintosh used materials to invent new products like pneumatic tyres and raincoats. We looked at our recycled material
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  • Year 2: What did Charles Mackintosh invent?

    Published 09/11/23
    This week, we learned about Charles Mackintosh - inventor of the raincoat! We used different materials to test which were waterproof and which weren't, and then we designed a new raincoat out of those materials. The children were very creative in
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  • Year 2: What are the careers we can have in medicine and how have they changed over time?

    Published 02/11/23
    Our highlight of this week is that we started our History topic, which is all about how medicine and the roles of medical professionals have changed over time. We started this week by investigating what the role of a doctor would have been like over
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  • Year 2

    Published 19/10/23

    What comparisons can you make between Worcester Park and London?

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  • Year 2

    Published 12/10/23

    What can you remember about Peru / Poland?

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  • What are the features of a diary?

    Published 05/10/23
    In Maths this week, the children have been consolidating their knowledge of numbers to 10 and 100 and spotting the similarities between each of them. They have written question and exclamation sentences in English and have begun to look at the featur
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  • How are different materials used for different purposes?

    Published 28/09/23

    Children in Year 2 have thrown themselves into their learning this week - we're all hoping they find that chocolate cake soon!

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  • What can we learn from the stories of Jesus?

    Published 21/09/23
    Throughout the week in English, the children have been showing us how detailed they can be in their use of adjectives in sentences, as well as adding extra details by using the conjunctions ‘and, but, so’. In Maths, they have been applyin
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  • What are the continents and oceans of the world?

    Published 14/09/23
    This week we have been really working on good classroom behaviours, and working as a team. We have played team games and listening games through PE, and the children have shown that they can really work together nicely. Please continue to encourage y
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  • What is a noun?

    Published 07/09/23
    We have had a brilliant first week in Year 2. The children have been amazing, adjusting to being in their new classrooms, and have resiliently worked through the heat as well. We have spent a lot of our afternoons having some PSHE time to c
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  • What activity would you create for future Sports Days?

    Published 13/07/23
    We have had a wonderful time in school this week. The children have been working very hard in English on their Paperbag Princess writing, and have retold the story in a very detailed way, using lots of interesting vocabulary - well done Year 2. In Ma
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  • What can you tell your grown-ups about your new classroom and new teachers?

    Published 06/07/23
    This week, the children have been looking ahead to Year 3. Not only have they spent time with their new classes, they have also spent time in their new rooms with their new teachers. There has been a real buzz around the school as excitement for the
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