Year 2 children enjoyed a festive Easter egg hunt with Mrs Openshaw this week, searching for Easter eggs in and around the school grounds including the Forest school area.  The event involved the children searching for hidden, colourful eggs, sometimes featuring numbers or patterns.  The e...

Year Two wanted to conduct an experiment on ice. We decided to find out the answer to the question, what makes ice melt the quickest? We came up with our own ideas of what we could use in the experiment and settled on: salt and sugar (with one block of ice as a control where we did nothing to it). T...

This week the children have been exploring the Bible and have been focusing on the four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.  They have been learning about The Old Testament and the New Testament. They have been finding out where different scriptures are located. For example, the creation sto...

Year 2 children celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day by learning about equality and fairness.  Through storybooks and videos, the children focused on his dream for kindness and peace.  The children drew portraits of him and expressed their own dreams for a better world for all.  The...

This week the Year 2 children have been thinking about their New Year's resolutions and have come up with many wonderful ideas.  The children focused on small, achievable goals like reading more books, sharing toys, trying new foods, practicing sports, doing chores, giving to charity or sav...