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  • Year 2: What have you learned about toys?

    Published 24/03/26
    Throughout our topic, the children have explored the history of toys, including the earliest types, the materials from which toys are made, notable toy manufacturers such as Ruth Handler and Mattel, and the reasons behind the changes in toy materials
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  • Year 2: What are the features of micro-habitats? (Designing a bug hotel).

    Published 16/03/26
    This week we used what we have learned in Forest School and Science to design bug hotels. We thought about different minibeasts and their micro-habitats. A big factor in where a minibeast lives is down to their diet. For example: Cate
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  • Year 2: How do you make a jam sandwich?

    Published 11/03/26
    In English, we have been practising instruction writing. In order to better understand how to write instructions clearly, we wrote and then followed instructions on how to make a jam sandwich. The children were able to clearly describe the steps i
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  • Year 2: What toys did our parents and grandparents play with? How do they compare?

    Published 04/03/26
    Toys from the past were made with different materials to today’s toys. In the past, most toys were made with wood, metal or fabric. More modern toys are now made with plastic. Lots of modern toys are electric.  During History this week
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  • Year 2: How can I do different jobs in a group?

    Published 25/02/26
    In order to be an effective team member, sometimes we lead, and other times we listen. We need to take turns with different roles so that everyone feels like they have had a chance to try and show what they can do. We need to show that we can empathi
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  • Year 2: How do we stay safe online?

    Published 11/02/26
    Tuesday this week was Safer Internet Day. The aim of the day is to promote awareness of what the internet is and how we should be using it safely.  We have spent some time talking about how we might use the internet safely. We also read a sto
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  • Year 2: Can you describe what happened to us last week?

    Published 04/02/26
    In English, we have written a recount of our encounter with some dragon eggs. The children had to explain the details of the day by using time adverbs (first, then, next, after, etc) and use adjectives to create expanded noun phrases (three large, co
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  • Year 2: What is a day in the life of a Chinese student like, and how does it compare to your school day?​​​​​​​

    Published 28/01/26
    This week in Geography we compared our school day with a typical Chinese school day.  There are lots of similarities and differences to our school days. Some similarities are: wearing uniforms, learning maths and literacy skills, as well as a
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  • Year 2: What are the physical features of China and why are they significant?

    Published 21/01/26
    The children have been really enjoying their time learning more about the human and physical features of China, and using their computing skills to create their Google Slides pages. 
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  • What is inside a seed?

    Published 15/01/26

    This week in year 2 we have been talking about healthy food and we made our own healthy wraps, which were delicious! 

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  • Year 2: Can you describe where China is on a map? Can you remember any countries that share a boarder?

    Published 07/01/26

    This week in year 2 we have introduced our new topic of China and looked at where it is on the map. We have been looking at money and learning how to make different amounts. In writing we have been looking at retelling the story of Zog using time adverbs to help us.

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  • Year 2: Who was your favourite character in ‘A Christmas Collar’?

    Published 16/12/25
    This week, Year 2 have been reading a story called ‘A Christmas Collar’. It was about a dog called Lumi, who finds one of Santa’s reindeer collars! The children have been practising how to retell a story, as well as how to describe
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