Year 2: Blog items
Forest school, by Miss Jones
Date: 8th Jan 2025 @ 3:05pm
2J has a great first session in forest school with Mr Moore today. We wrapped up warm and enjoyed den building.
2K - Trip to Pizza Express, by Miss Khan
Date: 11th Oct 2024 @ 4:30pm
On Wednesday, 2K were lucky enough to visit Pizza Express in Manchester on a school trip!
This linked nicely to our Science topic on 'Healthy Me' as we discussed the ingredients needed to make a healthy pizza.
It also links to next half term's 'Cooking & Nutrition' DT topic.
Take a look at us in action :-)
Y2 - Cake Baking, by Miss Khan
Date: 26th Sep 2024 @ 5:17pm
Tomorrow (Friday 27th September) is the Macmillan coffee morning.
Moss Park will be hosting a coffee morning, followed by a cake sale after school!
Y2 have been busy baking cakes to sell - come along and try one! We made so many that we even managed to have a sneaky one for ourselves :-)
Y2 - Dragon Masks, by Miss Khan
Date: 5th Jul 2024 @ 4:01pm
This week in DT, we have been looking at 'Sliders & Levers'.
Our task was to make a dragon mask, using a slider!
This linked nicely with our current English text,' Tell Me a Dragon'.
What do you think of our masks?
Y2 - Pizza Making & Bread Tasting, by Miss Khan
Date: 5th Jul 2024 @ 3:55pm
Another activity from STEM week!
Our Science topic has been 'Little Masterchefs', so we put our aprons on and got to work making pizzas.
We also tasted a variety of breads that we might use for our favourite sandwiches.
Here we are in action :-)
Y2 - Technology, by Miss Khan
Date: 3rd Jul 2024 @ 3:49pm
This week during STEM week, we have been lucky enough to have a lesson delivered by our fantastic school digital leaders!
We loved using iPads, Chromebooks and Beebots to learn new things.
Thank you to Mr Lewis and all of the junior digital leaders for organising such a well-run session :-)
Y2 - Engineering, by Miss Khan
Date: 2nd Jul 2024 @ 3:42pm
This week, it is STEM week!
Today, our focus was on engineering, using crafting materials to build aircrafts such as paper aeroplanes, helicopters and gliders.
We also built paper towers and had a competition to see who could build the tallest tower.
Thank you to all the grown ups that came in today to help us - we loved it :-)
Y2 - PE, by Miss Khan
Date: 27th Jun 2024 @ 3:53pm
This half term, Y2 are looking at "Send, Receive", "Return" in PE.
We focused on the "send" element today, discussing what this means and choosing different ways to send a piece of equipment to the target.
The weather was perfect for our PE lesson :-)
Y2 - Sports Day, by Miss Khan
Date: 20th Jun 2024 @ 4:02pm
Today, we had our school sports day!
The weather was glorious, there were ice pops for all and we LOVED cheering on our friends.
Well done to everyone that took part, especially our grown ups! Take a look at us in action :-)
Year 2 - Finger Painting, by Miss Khan
Date: 19th Jun 2024 @ 4:32pm
This week, Y2 have been using our lovely Atelier to help us have a break from SATs papers!
We have done some finger painting to create a British flag.
Have a look at our classroom windows when you are next on the infant playground :-)
Y2 - History Posters, by Miss Khan
Date: 23rd May 2024 @ 5:35pm
In History, we have been learning about seaside holidays in the 1950s.
For our final lesson, the big finish was to make a reconstruction of a beach in the past.
Have a look at what we made :-)
Y2 - Writing, by Miss Khan
Date: 20th May 2024 @ 4:40pm
This half term in English, Y2 have been learning about explanation texts.
In Science, we have been learning about plants.
So for our hot writes today, we paired the two together to create these beautiful pieces of writing, full of facts about plants!
Take a look at some of our work, we are really proud of it :-)
Y2 - Fractions, by Miss Khan
Date: 10th May 2024 @ 3:40pm
This week, we have been learning all about fractions in maths.
Today, we went outdoors with the chalk to create visual representations of the fractions we have learnt.
Take a look at what we did :-)
Y2 - Souvenir Gallery, by Miss Khan
Date: 24th Apr 2024 @ 4:35pm
In History, we have been comparing holidays from the 1950s to our modern day holidays.
Today, we were looking at what photos and souvenirs can tell us about a holiday.
Thank you so much to everyone that printed photos and brought souvenirs in! We loved learning about each other's holidays and sharing our stories.
Y2 - Great Science Share Day, by Miss Khan
Date: 23rd Apr 2024 @ 5:27pm
Today it was the 'Great Science Share Day'!
Our investigation was all about spinning - we aimed to answer "what type of footwear helps to create the best spin?"
Thank you to everyone that managed to bring in some socks for the children to use for this investigation - we really enjoyed it :-)
Y2 - Eid Party, by Miss Khan
Date: 12th Apr 2024 @ 3:05pm
Today, we celebrated Eid with some crafting, party food, dancing and colouring.
Many of us also got our henna done which was very exciting!
We have loved our party day! Thank you so much to everyone for bringing party food in and helping make our day extra special :-)
Y2 - Planting, by Miss Khan
Date: 11th Apr 2024 @ 4:53pm
This half term, our Science topic is "Young Gardeners".
Today, we recapped the parts of a plant. We then learnt about the process of germination.
We planted our own bulbs and are excited to see what these turn into!
Y2 - Textiles, by Miss Khan
Date: 19th Mar 2024 @ 3:58pm
Today, we designed, made and evaluated our stuffed animals to complete our DT topic on Textiles!
Each of us designed either a monster or an owl teddy. We then threaded the needles, stuffed, sewed and decorated our animals.
Take a look at us in action :-)
Y2 - Zoolab, by Miss Khan
Date: 13th Mar 2024 @ 5:00pm
Today, we had the pleasure of having Zoolab in school to show us some animals!
This was for our Science topic. The Zoolab leader spoke to us about prey, predators and food chains.
We loved holding the animals and sharing our ideas.
Thank you to Miss Warden for organising this experience for us :-)
Y2 - World Book Day, by Miss Khan
Date: 7th Mar 2024 @ 3:21pm
Today it is World Book Day - the perfect day for a class full of budding readers!
We started the day with a wordsearch, followed by an assembly where we got to parade our costumes around.
Next, we designed our own book covers for a story of our own, and created our own bookmarks to take home!
We read one of our favourite Julia Donaldson books, 'The Smeds and the The Smoos' and took a trip to our school library for some relaxing reading.
We have had the best day and everyone looked amazing! Thank you for all your efforts with costumes :-)
Y2 - Watercolour paints, by Miss Khan
Date: 1st Mar 2024 @ 3:12pm
Today, we had a lovely, calming afternoon using our brand new watercolour paints to create our own artwork, inspired by a journey.
We then used felt tips to add symbols on, to mirror the aboriginal art we have been learning about.
We loved it :-)
Y2 - Geography Picnic, by Miss Khan
Date: 8th Feb 2024 @ 4:07pm
Yesterday, Y2 had a picnic as part of our Geography topic!
We have been looking at the journey that food goes on to get to us and which foods originate in different parts of the UK.
We tried some Scottish oatcakes and Irish soda bread - it was amazing!
Y2 - Chinese Dance Workshop, by Miss Khan
Date: 6th Feb 2024 @ 4:07pm
Today, we had the pleasure of doing a Chinese Dance Workshop with the very lovely Miss Louise!
We learnt some facts about Chinese New Year and practised some dance moves.
We also had to work as a team to move along the dragon costume - it was so much fun :-)
Y2 - Library Trip, by Miss Khan
Date: 26th Jan 2024 @ 12:48pm
Yesterday, Y2 went on a walk to Stretford Library!
The librarian read us a story, then we went on a scavenger hunt before choosing our own books to take out.
Lots of us got the opportunity to use our library cards for the first time which was very exciting!
Thank you to Mrs Toft for organising this for us :-)
Y2 - Dreamtime Art, by Miss Khan
Date: 19th Jan 2024 @ 3:03pm
This half term, our Art topic is focused on 'Journeys'.
Today, we looked at Dreamtime Art from the Aboriginal tribe. We created our journey images using the dot technique.
We really enjoyed our calming afternoon!
