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Year 2
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 Bonner and Miss Quillan would like to welcome you to our Year 2 class page for 2022-2023. Our aim is to keep you informed of things that are happening in our class.
Summer Term Updates
Dates for Your Diary
Easter
We finished off the term with our annual Easter activities including Easter bonnets and gardens. These were absolutely amazing so much time and effort had gone into producing these. Thank you so much.
Big Lent Walk
We challenged ourselves to take on The Big Lent Walk! We did this to raise money to help people as they overcome poverty for CAFOD.
Comic Relief - Mad Hair Day
To support Comic Relief we decided to hold a mad hair day in school. We support this charity because we know it helps many people and communities overcome the challenges that they face.
Recycling Project - Windchimes
The whole school took part in a recycling project which was to make a wind chime from materials that would usually be thrown away. We talked about the importance of recycling and how the using single use plastics can be a problem for the environment. We have displayed these around the playground.
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas!
We have been getting into the Christmas spirit in Year Two creating Liverpool Skylines to sell at the Christmas Fair and using a variety of techniques to make an Advent wreath including painting, colouring and cutting. We have also been practising for our Christmas production Lights, Camel, Action! This tells the story of Christmas in the format of a dancing show. Our speaking and listening skills have improved so much we could speak audibly and fluently and gain the interest of our listener. We took part in a festive daily mile wearing our best Christmas jumpers - keeping fit is fun!
Christmas Party
Lights, Camel, Action!
A visit from Father Christmas and the Santa Dash
Christmas Fair
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 T. shirt. Some people made new 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.
DT - 4 wheeled Vehicles
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. Thank you so much Steph.
Judaism - A guest speaker to tell us all about the religion
Today we were lucky enough to listen to Michelle who told us lots of facts about Judaism. We learnt what the Star of David is and what it looks like, we saw a Menorah, we found out that the Torah Scroll has lots of stories and rules in it and we discovered what a Mezuzah is. Thank you so much!
Judaism - Visit to a synagogue
We have been learning all about the Jewish faith in RE lessons. Our learning has been enhanced through visits and visitors who taught us all about the faith and different traditions. We have also visited the synagogue in Childwall where Dennis told us all about the the Synagogue and what happens during Shabbat. Thank you so much we enjoyed our morning!
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.
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.
PSHE - Keeping ourselves safe
Today PCSO Moss visited school to talk to us about how we should act when we are out and about in our local community to make it a safe and respectful environment. She is returning soon to support us during national road safety week. Thank you so much for your visit.
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!
Odd Socks Day 2022 - Anti-Bullying Week
Today the whole school wore odd socks as part of an initiative run by the Anti-bullying Alliance. The purpose is to spread the message that we should encourage people to express themselves, celebrate individuality and be unique! #oddsocks #antibullying week.
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.
History - Chronology
We revisited the concept of chronology and examining a source. We began by looking carefully at 8 pictures and identifying something that they had in common, year two decided they were all linked by Liverpool.
We sorted the photographs into two piles, one of pictures that we knew something about and one of the pictures we did not recognise. We carried out a brain dump of all the facts we knew then researched the ones that we did not, a picture of the old docks and a portrait of King John. We researched these and were happy that we had knowledge about them. Once we had done this we revisited the term chronological order and tried to put the images in chronological order discussing why we made those choices. We thought this was difficult so we added years and captions to our images. We tried to re-order the pictures using this information and were much more successful than before.
PSHE - Say No To Racism
Today we all came together to wear red and blue to support the 'Say No to Racism' campaign. We thought carefully about how we all deserve to be treated fairly and are welcome in our school.
Our school supports everyone and does not accept any forms of racism.
DT - Desk Tidies
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.
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.
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.
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!
