Year 2: News items
Y2 - Diwali Party, by Miss Khan
Date: 23rd Oct 2025 @ 2:42pm
Today at school, we had our Diwali party!
We dressed in our best bright clothes, made cards, played party games and made/decorated our very own diya lamps out of clay!
We also ate lots of scrumptious party food - thank you to everyone that brought in some tasty treats!
It has been the best day, now we are ready for a half term break :-)
Information to Parents / Carers w/c 20.10.25, by Mrs Clifford
Date: 20th Oct 2025 @ 11:35am
World Mental Health Day!, by Miss Warden
Date: 16th Oct 2025 @ 11:54am
Last week we supported World Mental Health Day. We enjoyed taking part in lots of different activities to promote positive mental wellbeing, including a fantastic yoga session where we learnt all about breathe work. We loved seeing a sea of yellow throughout school. Thank you to our well-being ambassadors for arranging such a great day!
Info to Parents w/c 6.10.25, by Mrs Clifford
Date: 3rd Oct 2025 @ 3:42pm
Info for parents for w/c 29.09.25, by Mrs Clifford
Date: 1st Oct 2025 @ 10:18am
Y2 - Baking Cupcakes, by Miss Khan
Date: 26th Sep 2025 @ 1:03pm
Today is our MacMillan coffee afternoon!
To support this event, Y2 went into our wonderful food tech room to bake a few batches of fairy cakes to be sold later today.
We carefully weighed the ingredients and took turns to mix the ingredients together, showing our school value of teamwork.
We hope you can make it to the bake sale to try one :-)
Information to Parents / Carers w/c 22.9.25, by Mrs Clifford
Date: 22nd Sep 2025 @ 1:44pm
Y2 - Finger Gym Friday, by Miss Khan
Date: 19th Sep 2025 @ 4:15pm
Today, we had our first finger gym Friday session!
We manipulated modelling clay to form different shapes, eventually creating our very own snails!
The children loved this activity and can't wait for the next one :-)
Y2 - Carbon Monoxide Safety Workshop, by Miss Khan
Date: 16th Sep 2025 @ 4:06pm
Today, Y2 had a safety workshop all about carbon monoxide and the dangers that it can present.
We had an introductory assembly, followed by a session in our classrooms with 'Safety Seymour', where we had the opportunity to engage in lots of role play activities.
We also got a goody bag to take home, including a carbon monoxide alarm for our house to keep us safe!
Thank you to Miss Jones for organising, we had a great day :-)
Information for Parents / Carers 15.9.25, by Mrs Clifford
Date: 15th Sep 2025 @ 1:28pm
Y2 - Pizza Making, by Miss Khan
Date: 3rd Jul 2025 @ 12:58pm
This half term, our Science topic is 'Little Masterchefs'.
Part of our topic involved making our very own pizzas!
We made the dough from scratch, learnt how to knead the dough & added the toppings.
They were delicious :-)
Y2 - Tally Charts, by Miss Khan
Date: 30th Jun 2025 @ 3:48pm
Today, we began our new Maths unit on Statistics. One of our favourites!
After we had learnt how to form / read / interpret the data in a tally chart, we went outdoors to create our own!
We used objects in our environmnent and worked in small groups :-)
Y2 - Sky Arts Week, by Miss Khan
Date: 20th Jun 2025 @ 3:52pm
This week in school, it has been Sky Arts Week.
We have engaged in lots of discovery, exploration and mark making this week.
As the weather has been so lovely, we spent some time outdoors to complete our artwork too!
We have done mark making with a range of mediums, created a re-imagination of Paul Klee's artwork and joined a live lesson with Darcey Bussell!
Y2 - Explanation Texts, by Miss Khan
Date: 13th Jun 2025 @ 4:08pm
In English we have been learning all about explanation texts.
In Science we have been learning all about plants.
So for our hot write, we wrote an explanation text - all about plants! We are so proud of these pieces of writing that we just had to show you :-)
Y2 Trip to MOSI & Bridgewater Hall, by Miss Khan
Date: 12th Jun 2025 @ 4:40pm
Today, we had the pleasure of doing two school trips in one day!
Off we went on the tram to the amazing Museum of Science and Industry, where we got to visit the experiments room and watch a show about revolution.
After lunch, we wandered down to the bridgewater hall to watch the Halle orchestra play an under the sea themed concert with songs & dancing for us to join in with!
Once we were safely back at school, we got to enjoy an ice lolly to cool us down after a busy day! We had the best time :-)
Year 2 Knowledge Mat and Curriculum Information Sheet for Summer 2025, by Mrs Clifford
Date: 22nd May 2025 @ 3:18pm
Y2 Planting, by Miss Khan
Date: 8th May 2025 @ 3:37pm
In Science, we having been learning all about plants.
Over the past couple of weeks, we have been able to plant our own plants and will be observing their growth over time.
We are also investigating how the amount of sunlight affects plant growth by putting some pots in different locations.
VE Day Afternoon Tea Thursday 8th May, by Mrs Clifford
Date: 6th May 2025 @ 9:12am
Y2 Forest School, by Miss Khan
Date: 30th Apr 2025 @ 4:09pm
Last half term, we had the pleasure of attending forest school sessions with the wonderful Mr Moore.
We made mud paintings, collected wood, engaged in den building and even made fires!
Take a look at a snippet of us in action :-)
Y2 Airport Trip, by Miss Khan
Date: 29th Apr 2025 @ 4:05pm
Yesterday, year 2 had the pleasure of visiting Manchester Airport on a school trip!
We were so excited for our adventure, travelling by coach and taking our packed lunches with us.
We had the opportunity to watch planes take off and land on the runway, visit Concord and go inside an actual plane!
Take a look at us as we sat in the cockpit, dressing up as pilots and cabin crew.
After lunch, we finished off our day with a trip to the onsite play area - what a fabulous day :-)
Curriculum Information Sheet and Knowledge Mats for Year 2, by Mrs Clifford
Date: 4th Apr 2025 @ 1:46pm
Y2 DT, by Miss Jones
Date: 27th Mar 2025 @ 1:51pm
Our Spring DT topic was Textiles. We used a 2D template to create a 3D butterfly. We looked at diffrent types of stitches and then thought about ways to join decorations to our fabric.
Y2 - Library Trip, by Miss Khan
Date: 25th Mar 2025 @ 3:48pm
Today, we went on a little journey over to Stretford library!
When we arrived, we completed a book scavenger hunt, we created our own bookmarks, listened to a story read aloud to us and even got to choose a book each to bring home!
We had such a wonderful morning and were fully immersed in the wonderful world of books.
Thank you to Mrs Toft for organising this trip for us :-)
World Book Day - EYFS and KS1 Staff outfits!, by Mrs Clifford
Date: 6th Mar 2025 @ 2:05pm
Have a look at the incredible outfits our staff wore on World Book Day 2025!
Y2 - Local Area Study, by Miss Khan
Date: 4th Mar 2025 @ 5:01pm
In Science this half term, we are learning about "Living things and their habitats".
Today, our focus was a local area study. We took a trip to Moss Park and went on a scavenger hunt, ticking off the plants, animals and habitats that we found along the way!
How many can you spot?
