Welcome to Year 2.
Our Teachers are Miss D’Souza, Mrs Moore and Mrs Garcia and our Teaching Assistants are Miss Moss, Mrs Middleton and Mrs Parikh.
Jul 112025
Terrific temple
What a busy week for Year 2! On Wednesday, we all boarded a coach and headed off to Bhaktivedanta Manor near Watford to learn more about the Hindu faith. We visited the shrine room, learnt about traditional music and even got to wear wonderful Indian clothes. We then had a delicious vegetarian lunch together. It was great fun to have a ride on a cart pulled by oxes before visiting cows on the farm and feeding them.
This week, we also had transition day. Everyone got to see their new classes and meet their new teachers. We will have so many fascinating topics in Year 3!
It was great to see such colourful and professional looking portaits at the open evening as well as children’s framed art work which everyone took great time and care to complete.
What have been your highlights of the year? There are so many to choose from.
Have a lovely weekend.
The Year 2 team
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Jul 042025
Scientists and artists
We’ve had a fantastic week in Year 2, full of some really great learning experiences!
We visited the science fair which had been prepared by Year 6. There we were able to learn about so many aspects of science by taking part in the activities pupils had set up. Did you know that electricity can be conducted by acidic fruit like lemons? Do you know how to make a coin disappear by playing with light and water? Do you know about the pH of different liquids? It was really fun and interactive and the Year 6 children worked so hard on their research and presentations.
In English, we have been identifying the features of leaflet writing and have started writing our own leaflets on ‘Keeping Healthy’. Homework this week is about this.
We ended the week with a very enjoyable art workshop, run by Hugo’s Mum in Scarlet class and two Year 12 students. We learnt more about mono printing and created our own portraits using a printing technique. What impressive results!
Time for a rest! Have a lovely weekend
The Year 2 team
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Jun 272025
Cracking Careers!
This week in Year 2 we have all been very busy. In English, we read a story about a monster which comes to life at the flick of a switch. Children then designed their own monsters before writing amusing instruction manuals to explain how to use the monsters. We had great fun reading them! In maths we have been learning about differnt methods to solve word problems.
At the end of the week, we celebrated ‘Careers Day’. We had a facinating talk from a parent who manages many aspects of airports. It was interesting to learn how many jobs there are to do in order for people to travel safely all over the world.
We also had a talk from a market researcher who finds out which products may be sucessful. We took part in a survey about our favourite ice-cream flavours. Perhaps you can do your own survey at home with a tally chart?
Finally, we enjoyed an amazing performance from a youth orchestra. We were able to experience and learn about instruments such as the double base, flutes and timpani drums.
We hope to see you at the Summer Fair this weekend.
Have a lovely time.
The Year 2 team.
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Jun 232025
Disco dancing!
This week, children have been very creative in maths. They were set the challenge of using a set number of straws to create different 2D shapes. We even discovered the name of a 12 sided shape! Do you know it?
In History, we have been learning about the life of Nelson Mandela. We did some ‘hot seating’ and children imagined that they were in his shoes and other children asked brilliant questions about his life. Did you know that he became the president of South Africa?
Also in Year 2 this week, children have taken great care to create fantastic pieces of art which will all go on display in the school art exhibition on the 10th July. We have brilliant, budding artists! Children have been further developing their story writing this week too! Watch out for some funny aliens in English books.
We have continued to enjoy our new playground this week with the wonderful weather. There have been some very inventive creations using the lose parts outside, such as a rollercoaster and dens.
Finally, we all had great fun dancing away at the school disco!
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 2 team
Jun 132025
Fantastic Fractions!
This week, Year 2 have continued their learning about fractions. We used toy cars and had to place the cars at given points on the ‘road’. For example, one car got to 1 and 1/2 meters. Children worked out where to place the car from the start line. Everyone got really stuck in and enjoyed this!
We also used jugs and other containers to measure and find half, quarters or thirds of amounts of water. Perhaps you could look at bottles or jars at home. You could look at the capacity and work out what half, quarter or a third would be?
This week we have also had fun preparing art for our school art exhibition which will take place on 10th July, at the open evening.
We have had some some lovely drawings of plants and trees for homework this week. Well done children for your great efforts!
Have a lovely weekend in the sunshine!
The Year 2 team
Jun 062025
A Wonderful World!
Welcome back to our final half term of Year 2! We hope you all had an enjoyable week off school.
A theme has been running through the week – Our Wonderful World.
In RE we we spent some peaceful time outside listening to sounds and seeing what is around us.
In Art, we have done some super observation drawings, inspired by things in our wonderful world, which will be used at a later stage when we learn about printing. What budding artists we have!
In PSHE we shared ideas about how to look after the world, our families, our school and our pets. Lots of very considerate and caring ideas were discussed.
In Maths, we enjoyed cutting tortillas into fractions to see that some fractions are equivalent. Perhaps you will see some fractions at home too when you cut fruit or vegetables into halves and quarters.
In History we reminded ourselves about our previous learning about Mary Seacole, Florence Nightingale and Grace Darling. The children didn’t actually need much reminding though – they remembered so much. We were very impressed!
In Science, we designed and carried out an investigation to see if seeds can grow without soil. This is called hydroponics. You may see bags of seeds which have been placed around the classroom, some with soil, some without. We will wait eagerly to see what happens. If you have a chance, try to plant your own seeds in a pot or in the garden and see how they germinate and grow.
It has been a great week Year 2. Well done!
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 2 team
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May 242025
Ready! Steady! Go! …It’s half term!
We can’t believe we have come to the end of our penultimate half term of Year 2. Time certainly flies when you’re having fun!
This week in Year 2, children have been learning about seeds and bulbs as part of their Science lessons. We learnt that we can eat some bulbs such as garlic and onions. Children enjoyed cutting these open to see what they are like inside. Out of all of the vegetables and fruits we looked at we found that the advocado had the biggest seed. We may try to plant it and see what happens. Perhaps you can plant some seeds at home and observe how they grow?
Children have worked very hard this week to write and illustrate some lovely stories. They have also worked well to answer questions about stories they read. Well done, everyone!
A great term ended on a high with sports day. It was so lovely to see everyone joining in and supporting each other, everyone giving their best and smiling all the way through. The weather was perfect, and so were the children.
We haven’t set any homework, but there are spellings to learn for a test on the first friday back, and of course keep up the reading!
Have a lovely half term break.
The Year 2 team
May 182025
A trip to Cape Town!
This week, Year 2 have written their very own sequel to a book that we read about a Grandad who goes on an adventure in a camper van. Children imagined that they travelled to South Africa and visited sites such as Table Mountain, the Orange River and Cape Town.
We used our learning in Geography to describe theses places and detail what you could do there.
There has been some wonderful learning in maths and children have been solving problems which involve division.
We have also visited the field to practice for Sports Day. It is set to be a fun event! Let’s hope for blue skies.
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 2 team
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May 092025
London bound!
It has been a short week, with the bank holiday and our trip to London, but we have still managed to fit a lot in!
The highlight has got to be the wonderful trip to the National Gallery. We had an amazing day and the children did ACS proud. The experience the children had was worth the long coach journey and everyone was amazed by the enormity of the gallery and the paintings. We enjoyed being ‘art detectives’ and discussing ‘A Regatta on the Grand Canal’ by Canaletto as well as many other beautiful works of art. Everyone was exhausted at the end of the day (especially the adults)! Thank you so much to the parent volunteers who came with us. We couldn’t have done it without you and really appreciated having you there.
In English we have focused on writing a recount of our visit to London. The children are writing really well in the past tense and using a variety of time connectives.
In Maths we have been looking at rules of divisibility and thinking of different ways to prove calculations and answers.
In Geography we discussed and sorted physical and human features, and looked at lots of examples of them in South Africa.
We hope you have a lovely weekend.
Best wishes
The Year 2 Team
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May 022025
Sunny Days
This week, children have been learning about different methods we can use to divide in maths. We have made greeat progrerss so far! Learning times tables can help us to divide as it is the inverse.
In Geography, we have started to learn about South Africa. We have used the Atlas to find out more. We have found that it is very different to the Uk and has many beaches, mountains and wildlife.
In art, we have started to create out own stick people using sticks and a range of material. We will finish these in the next lesson and will have to name them.
In English, we have enjoyed a lovely story about a Grandad travelling in a camper and visiting places like the jungle and the beach. Soon we will write our own sequel. Where in the world would you want to visit?
Next week, we will be visiting the National Gallery in London so don’t forget your packed lunches. It is set to be an exciting day!
Have a lovely weekend.The Year 2 team-
