30 Nov

Y2 Instructions

We have been learning all about instructions in literacy recently.  Today we thought carefully about how to make jam on toast.  First we had to use very specific language to tell Mrs Cross what to do.  We then had a go at making jam on toast ourselves before finally writing up what we had learnt.…

14 Nov

Make 10 to add two small numbers

Today we used the ten frames to practise quite a tricky but very important skill in maths.  We were learning to use ten to add numbers.  This means that instead of using our fingers to calculate 6 + 7, we used our number bonds to make the sum 6 + 4 + 3.  As we know 6 + 4 = 10 already, we only have…

10 Nov

Pastel Sparkler

Look at the amazing detail on these beautiful sparkler pictures.

10 Nov

Pastel Fireworks

Look at our beautiful pastel sparkler pictures. We worked really carefully to make sure they only smudged where we wanted them to.

10 Nov

Portrait Gallery

Just a few of the fabulous self portraits that we’ve been creating recently.  As you can see we have been using lots of different media to colour them in.

9 Nov

Bonfire Collage

This week we did an art project inspired by Bonfire Night.  We worked in teams to create a bonfire collage.

7 Nov

Using our own colour mixes

After mixing our own colours we created our own firework pictures.

7 Nov

Colour Mixing

We learnt all about the primary colours today.  We mixed them together to make orange, green and purple before using all six colours to paint a firework filled sky.

20 Oct

Plasticine Portraits

We made plasticine reliefs of our faces in art this week.  Do you think they look like us?

17 Oct

Fieldwork… Out & About in Our Local Area!

Today, Year 2 went on a visit around our local area, to consolidate our term’s learning where we have focused upon the area in which we go to school!
Over the weeks, we have looked at aerial photographs and maps of Lancaster and, after zooming in further, Scotforth! We learned about human and…