Welcome to Year 2

"In all the work you are doing, work the best you can. Work like you are working for the Lord, not for the people"

Colossians 3:23

Mrs Connell, Mrs Johnson and Mrs Bonner would like to welcome you to our Year 2 class page for 2024-2025. Our aim is to keep you informed of things that are happening in our class.

Summer Term

RE - Treasures

We enjoyed sharing what we had been learning in our RE lessons with our friends and family today. We explained how we all have special treasures inside of us and that we can share them with others, we can be kind, helpful, caring and hardworking. We told the story of Levi and explained how he changed and showed the world the special treasures inside of him. He chose to follow Jesus.

Healthy and Active Weeks - Science, PSHE

Over the next few weeks we have got lots of activities planned to help us keep active and learn what our bodies need to be healthy.

Dodgeball

We played dodgeball today, perfecting our skills and tactics!

Children's University Graduation

Year Two attended the Children's University graduation ceremony at Edgehill University! Well done to all those who graduated this year.

RE - Al Rahma Mosque Visit

Year Two were very luck to get the opportunity to visit The Al Rahma Mosque in Liverpool. We learnt a lot about Islam. Abdul then visited us in school to give us some more information. Thank you so much for welcoming us all.

Attendance Reward

Year Two visited the Enchanted Forest for the second time as a reward for very good attendance. We loved exploring and playing there, we had so much fun!

Geography - Human and Physical Geography

After learning what human and physical geography is in our lessons, we went on a walk around our local area to identify these. Now we are confident with identifying them we will apply this knowledge to another place in the world.

Spring Term 

Science - The Wonderdome

We got to visit The Wonderdome today which is a mobile planetarium and we loved it! We learnt all about stars, the planets and what it is like to walk on the moon.

World Book Day - Poetry by Matt Goodfellow

We loved performing for the school to celebrate World Book Day! Each class came together in the hall and performed a Matt Goodfellow poem; the poem that we performed was called A Special Badger and we loved it.

Design & Technology - Textiles 'Trashion Show'

Well done to everyone who took part in this years 'trashion show' - your designs were fantastic. The children have been working hard to design and make a new stylish product from an old item of clothing. Some people made new clothing creations, cushions, bags and hats.. The project made us think about the importance of recycling, so that we can cut down on the waste we produce and look after our world better. 

History and English - Titanic Learn and Present

We worked with Altru drama to learn all about The Titanic and what happened to it before we begin the unit of work. We found it so interesting to learn what it was like onboard the ship and the story of what happened to it. We were relieved to know that this event changed the law and there has not been another incident like this since.

British Values - Respect

Year two explained to the rest of the school what respect is and how we show it. We know that respect is thinking about peoples feelings, wishes and rights and we recognise that we have to show respect for ourselves, others and belongings. We thought about how if we treated everyone like we would all like to be treated then that would show respect.

PSHE - Friendship 

We took part in our school friendship assembly. We talked about what makes a good friend and how we can all be good friends. We recognised that if everyone was a good friend to each other there would be no bullying at all!

Autumn Term 

Diary Dates

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas!

We have been getting into the Christmas spirit in Year Two, using a variety of techniques to make an Advent wreath including painting, colouring and cutting. We have also been practising for our Christmas production! This tells the story of Christmas from the point of view of the angels. Our speaking and listening skills have improved so much we could speak audibly and fluently and gain the interest of our listener. 

We enjoyed going to our annual Christmas Fair, taking part in Christmas jumper day and having a Santa Dash. We finished off by having lots of fun in our end of year party! 

Merry Christmas from Year Two!

Art - Liverpool Buildings

Today we used a view finder to concentrate on sections of famous Liverpool buildings. We could then use this small section to add detail to our outlines of buildings because it helped us to identify the shapes and lines that we could use.

Remembrance Day Collective Worship

Today we took part in a Remembrance Day Collective Worship to remember those who have suffered and those who have lost their lives in wars. We observed a minutes silence at 11 O'clock.

DT - Making a 4 wheeled vehicle

We worked with Steph to design and make a 4 wheeled vehicle. Steph gave us all a design criteria for our vehicles. They had to fit a toy driver in, carry the driver when moving without the driver falling out and the bearings must hold the axle in the correct place securely. We made the chassis then used cardboard to make the body because we knew that the properties of cardboard meant it could be cut, bent and folded. We all learnt some new vocabulary  like axle, bearing, chassis, boot, bonnet and body. 

Show Racism The Red Card - Tolerance and Respect

Our school supported the show racism the red card initiative. We thought about what racism meant and what we should do to stop it. We wore red or blue clothes to show our support.

Desk Organisers - DT

We worked with Steph to design and make desk organisers today. We thought about the shapes that we wanted to make the containers and selected a template to divide the cardboard into the correct number of sections. Then we folded the sections and stuck the tab down to make the outside of the container. We used pegs to hold the tab in place until the glue had dried. We did this for three different sections. When we had finished we attached the containers to a base board so that we can use them. This activity helped us to improve the skills that we need to complete our next unit of DT work.

Hello Yellow! - PSHE

We raised awareness of mental health by wearing yellow and discussing ways in which we can have positive mental health. We reminded ourselves that we have got lots of things that make us happy and that we should treat everyone with kindness.

Macmillan Coffee Morning and Collective Worship

Today we celebrated the Macmillan Coffee Morning in different ways. Our families gathered in the hall to raise money while enjoying delicious cakes.  At playtime we all got the opportunity to buy cakes too! Thank you for your generosity.

History - Liverpool Landmarks

When we worked with Altru we found out the names of some famous Liverpool Buildings and we identified some more when we produced Liverpool skylines in art. We were all really interested so we carried on our learning at home. Thank you so much for supporting us with our learning.

History and Art - Liverpool

We visited the Liverpool waterfront to put all of our History topics into context and to see the buildings that we will be using in art to create our skyline prints.

We walked along the front from the Ferry Terminal to the Albert Dock identifying any statues or memorials and what they represented. We will use these images when we study Remembrance. We also looked at the three graces and photographed them so that we could use these in art when we sketch the buildings and produce a skyline print. We also went to the Merseyside Maritime Museum to take part in a Titanic workshop, this workshop told the story of what happened onboard the Titanic from the point of view of a passenger. We loved the role play of the story!

British Values - Democracy

This week we went to the polls to vote for our new year two school councillors. All of the children who wanted to be considered for the job had to complete an application form saying why they would make a good school councillor and what they would like to do. These application forms were submitted and then shortlisted. Those children on the shortlist presented their ideas to the class before voting. Well done to our two new councillors!

History and English - Learn and Present

Today we worked with a drama company called Altru to produce a play called The Pool of Life. This documented the local history of Liverpool from the ice age, King John, The Beatles, football and  history of important buildings! We loved having fun while learning historical facts and improving our speaking and listening skills. At the end of the day we performed our play to another class.

Art - Alma Thomas

We have been studying African American artist Alma Thomas in our art lessons. When we looked at her work we identified hot and cold colours and that she had used paint to create a mosaic effect. We chose the colours that we wanted to use and mixed some of them to make them lighter or darker. We also practised using our paintbrushes to get the shapes that we wanted to use. 

We created our own paintings in her style for our Mission display this year.