Year 2: Blog items
Year 2 Transparent, Translucent or Opaque?
Date: 13th Jun 2023 @ 3:47pm
Today, Year Two began consolidating our Science learning by recapping our knowledge learnt in our Everyday materials and their properties unit. We flashbacked different materials and their properties before conducting an investigation to find the most suitable window for the three little pigs house to ensure they were hidden from the wolf but light would be able to fill the house. We tested a variety of materials and described them using key language transparent, translucent and opaque. We decided the best materials were the ones that were translucent.
Date: 24th May 2023 @ 5:02pm
Today, Year Two participated in our annual sports day. We completed lots of different activities including: races, speed bounce, welly throw, bean bag challenge, under and over team races, stuck in the mud, speed stack and a rest station where we refuelled with water and had a much needed sit down. Throughout the afternoon, we demonstrated many characteristics such as team work, determination, perseverance and participation and everybody should be proud of the effort they showed. Well done Year 2!
Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 3:54pm
Today, Boundary Primary School were lucky enough to have a visit from Fisher's Farm and Year Two got to spend some time with the animals. We looked around their different pens and asked the visitors many questions about the animals including 'What do they eat?', 'Do they have any other family?' and 'How do you care for the animal?' We were exciting to touch all the animals including: goats, donkey, dog, rabbit, chicken, ducks, cow, lamb, pig and the sheep dog.
Ella-Rose wins the National Literacy Trust poetry prize!
Date: 19th May 2023 @ 12:02pm
During Thursday's assembly, Ella-Rose was presented with a bundle of books by Get Blackpool Reading as she won the National Literacy Trust poetry competition. Here is Ella-Rose’s poem:
"Litter, litter goes in the bin,
To throw it on the ground is a really big sin.
The earth is home to lots of creatures and bugs, they don't come in our home and throw litter on rugs.
Dont sin it, bin it! working together we can win it."
Ella's class were also given their own copy of "The Creature Choir" by David Walliams. Well done to everyone who took part!
Date: 16th May 2023 @ 4:37pm
Today, we had a very special visit from vicars from the local church Matt and Matthew. They came in and discussed how the church is a community for members of the congregation and shared that they pray and sing together when they attend. They also talked to us about the importance of praying and reading the bible and how this guides Christians lives. Lastly, they shared with us the clothes they wear and how they conduct communion by members of the congregation sharing wine (blackcurrant juice) and bread.
Year 2 Making good behavioral choices
Date: 12th May 2023 @ 1:41pm
This week, Year Two explored different types of behaviours and discussed the importance of making good choices in regards to our actions and behaviours. We talked about what good behaviour make look and sound like before sorting a range of actions into good choices and poor choices. Also, we discussed how we are in control and it is important to have self-control at all times to allow us to make good choices.
Date: 11th May 2023 @ 12:11pm
Today, we began to find ¾ of an amount by using a bar model to help us. We split our bar model into 4 equal parts and shared counters accurately. Then we had to count how many was in 3 groups to find the answer.
Year 2 Celebrating the Coronation of King Charles III
Date: 5th May 2023 @ 3:48pm
Today, alongside the rest of the school we have celebrated the coronation of King Charles III by starting the day with a special assembly learning all about the coronation and what it entails before returning to class to participate in some exciting activities. Year 2 started by playing some regal games including: corners, tin can alley and croquet. Then we made our crowns ready for our royal lunch. In the afternoon, we made collages of King Charles III and other fun activities.
Year 2's Final Forest School Fun!
Date: 4th May 2023 @ 5:20pm
Today was our final session of Forest School in Year 2 and what fun we had! We used lots of the resources we could find including leaves, flowers and string to create our own stick creations, some of us got creative enough and began to build a den. Other children helped chop up fruits so we could enjoy fruit kebabs by the fire and dip them in some melted chocolate or caramel. We loved our final session in Year 2 and cannot wait until it's our turn next year.
Date: 4th May 2023 @ 8:13am
This half term, in Computing, we are looking at algorithms and programming floor robots. Yesterday, we focused on making predictions of where different algorithms will land on the floor robot mats before testing how accurate our predictions were. Finally, we create our own 4 step algorithm and again predicted where it would land before testing how accurate we were.
Year 2 Forest School Fun Part 2
Date: 4th May 2023 @ 7:58am
Last week in Forest School, we learnt all about the Elder tree. We begun the lesson by creating a shelter using a parachute to protect us from the wind and after we came out we went on a hunt to find the only Elder tree in our Forest School area. We then used parts of Elder to use a hack saw to make a small piece and pushed the middle out so we could thread some string through to create necklaces or bracelets. We had so much fun and enjoyed getting creative with the Elder. Those that decided they didn't want to make something had plenty of fun den building and planting some seeds.
Date: 26th Apr 2023 @ 11:55am
Today, we continued our fractions unit by practicing finding thirds by sharing amounts into three equal parts. We used counters and carefully checked we had split them into equal parts then counted the answer. We used our prior knowledge of finding halves and quarters as well as our division knowledge of sharing equally.
Year 2's Summer Forest School Fun
Date: 20th Apr 2023 @ 2:57pm
Today, Year Two enjoyed the first of their final three forest school sessions whilst they are in Year 2. Today we began the session by checking on the progress of the tadpoles and thought about where in their life cycle they are at. Then, Jenna and Michelle had set up lots of different dandelion activities for us to do. We could choose from making dandelion patterns on a piece of fabric by bashing rocks onto the dandelions and leaves to leave marks on the fabric, we could make dandelion pom-poms using wool as well as washing dandelions ready for us to make dandelion tea. At the end of the session, we tried the dandelion tea we had made, some of us enjoyed it whilst others thought it tasted disgusting. We are looking forward to continuing our forest school fun next week.
Date: 19th Apr 2023 @ 5:00pm
Today, we planted some cress seeds, sunflower seeds and runner beans so we can observe their changes over time. We are exploring whether beans need soil to germinate and if cress needs light to grow into a healthy plant. We look forward to looking at them over time and exploring their changes.
Date: 5th Apr 2023 @ 4:58pm
This week, Year Two have been making their moving vehicles based upon their initial designs. First, the children built their axles, wheels and chassis using construction kits before chosing a box of an appropriate size to use as the body of their vehicle. Next, we painted the boxes the colour we stated in our design and today we thought about the features of a moving vehicle and added them to our final masterpiece. We used a variety of materials to create windows, doors, registration plates, handles, aerials and windscreen wipers. The children have loved making their cars and cannot wait to share their learning with you.
Date: 3rd Apr 2023 @ 4:17pm
Today we used the Now Press Play equipment to put ourselves into Mary Seacole’s shoes and live key events of her life. We started out working in Jamaica with our mother to heal sick soldiers and help treat a soldier who has cholera. We then see Florence Nightingale is recruiting nurses for the Crimean war but we got told they don’t want us. We then decide to use our own money to travel to Crimea alone to help soldiers on the battlefield. Eventually, after returning from the war we are rewarded with a medal from Queen Victoria.
Date: 31st Mar 2023 @ 11:57am
Today, we continued our measures unit by exploring the capacity of a variety of containers. Before we began, we predicted how many cups we thought each container would need to reach full capacity. Then, we tested how many cups it took to fill each container to full capacity. We learnt that container F (the jug) had the largest capacity as it took 17 cups to fill but container E had the smallest capacity because it only took half a cup to fill.
Date: 30th Mar 2023 @ 2:10pm
This half term in Year Two we have been dancing. We have created our own dance to Matilda's Revolting Children as our class author is Roald Dahl. During the weeks we have really been focusing on dancing to the music using our emotion thinking about the lyrics and how the children would be behaving. Whilst improvising we had to think about the different levels of the dance and ensuring we were in time.
Date: 24th Mar 2023 @ 11:21am
On Thursday all the children fully embraced a whole school art day. From Nursery to Year 6 you could hear the sound of paper being ripped and cut as the children created collages of different things you can find in their home town of Blackpool. From transport in Year 3 to famous landmarks in Year 5, from trees and flowers in Year 1 to collaged signs in Year 6. The children have created some superb pieces of artwork and these are all going to be displayed together to create a whole school mural.
Date: 24th Mar 2023 @ 8:16am
This half term in Music we have been doing lots of listening and describing using our Music Mats. We have been using appropriate musical vocabulary such as tempo, pitch, beat, rhythm and dynamics. This week we have been using the glockenspiels to compose and transcribe our own music in response to the song Helping Each Other. We have been writing down the notes and the names so that we can play it back again next week.
Date: 21st Mar 2023 @ 4:43pm
Today, we continued our wheels and axles unit by practicing our marking our skills ensuring we measured our lines accurately to ensure it would fit on our vehicle. Also, we practiced accurately and neatly cutting out our markings ready to be stuck on our vehicle. We are looking forward to beginning building our moving vehicles next week!
Date: 16th Mar 2023 @ 3:01pm
Today in Music, Year Two continued to explore the key question 'How does Music make the world a better place?' by exploring different instruments and songs. We practised singing the songs I am the music man and hands, feet, heart as well as comparing different music from around the world. Lastly, we listened carefully to different instruments playing and had to identify the instrument it came from.
Date: 15th Mar 2023 @ 12:01pm
Today, we continued our measuring journey by practicing measuring in metres. We discussed appropriate things to measure using a metre ruler before going outside and using our ruler to mark 1m, move the ruler along and measure another metre for longer objects.
Date: 10th Mar 2023 @ 4:20pm
Today, alongside the whole school we celebrated Science Day with our theme of Space and year two were tasked with learning about the sun. We begun the day by watching videos about the sun and learnt lots of facts including: it would take 20 years to fly to the sun from Earth, the sun is the centre of the solar system, Earth orbits the sun and completes 1 full orbit every year and the sun is actually a star made up of gases. We recorded our information on strips of card and stuck them down as sun rays beaming out of our big sun in the middle. Next, we used our new knowledge of obitting to model how the Earth orbits the sun and the moon orbits the Earth and learnt it takes 28 days for the moon to orbit the Earth- our models also helped us imagine the size difference between the sun, moon and Earth. The excitement continued as we visited the space wonder dome exploring stars, the sun, the moon and all the other planets which we named. We also were fully immersed and amazed by exploring what it would look like and feel like in space. During the afternoon, we got more creative listening to two pieces of space themed music- the final countdown as well as Holst Venus and appraised them. We also thought about the similarities and differences between the two pieces of music. Lastly, we ended our exciting day by creating our own sun art using different techniques including pointilism to complete our paintings.
Year 2 Exploring free and fixed axles
Date: 9th Mar 2023 @ 1:28pm
We investigated different types of axles - fixed axles and free axles to see if they were different. We found that the free axles moved faster and they were able to turn . The fixed axles were slower and they could only travel in straight lines.
