Blog Author: Mrs Cross

Look at our fabulous finished puppets!!!

In class over the last couple of weeks we have been learning about shape and today we were very lucky to be joined by Elijah's parents.  They came into school with a big box of polydrons so we could learn more about 2D and 3D shapes.  They taught us some very complicated shape names like a…

After exploring lots of other types of puppets, we decided to design and make our own hand puppets.  Take a look at our pictures to see all the things we had to do throughout the designing and making process.  Mrs Cross was really impressed with our skills and I'm sure you will all…

In Science this week we were learning about the importance of looking after our bodies.  We all know that we should exercise to keep fit and strong so today the children were investigating the impact of intense activity on our bodies.  Can you see which exercises the children were  doing?  They…

A very big thank you to all the parents who found the time to come into school to read with us.  We really enjoyed it!!

On World Book Day the children joined classes so they could read together.  We shared our books with children from Year 4.

Look at our fabulous costumes for World Book Day!!

Do you know who we all are?

In class, Year 2 are learning all about 2D and 3D shapes.  To help us to learn how many vertices and edges on a 3D shape, we made some shapes using cocktail sticks and mini marshmallows.  Do you know how many edges there are on a cube?

To start our new maths topic about 2D and 3D shapes, we sorted lots of different shapes into groups.  Can you tell what our sorting criteria were?

Year Two are learning all about puppets.  First we explored different types of puppets using books, pictures and the real thing before having a go at making our own finger puppets.  

We had to make a template by drawing around three fingers and adding some detail like a unicorn horn or pointy…

Three firefighters came to visit Year 2 this afternoon.  They taught us all about keeping safe from smoke and fire in our homes.  We learnt to "Get out, call them out and to stay out"!  What would you do if there was a fire in your home?

We had a very exciting visit from some real life superheroes!  The recycling wagon came to see us at school and told us all about recycling including the importance of reusing as much as we possibly can.  We learnt that our land fill sites are getting too full so we must all do our bit.  An easy…