Year 2 – Crimson & Scarlet
May 22 2026
The week started and finished in a very sporty way. We started with a visit from the athletics Olympian Jodi Williams and our sponsored exercises and ended with a really fun sports day. Weren’t we lucky with the weather? In Maths we have had fun learning about capacity. We have linked this with our work …
May 15 2026
We have had lots of fun this week transforming our sticks into a stick person. We started by playing with materials to create something that grew from a ‘seed’. Then over the rest of the week, creativity and techniques have been oozing in Year 2. We’ve used sticks, wool, felt, fabric, pipe cleaners, lace, cotton …
May 08 2026
We have thoroughly enjoyed celebrating Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday today and all the incredible things he has done for our planet. We wrote some lovely letters to him telling him how much we have loved his films (we watched a few clips today) and all about our favourite animals. It was fantastic to go …
May 01 2026
What a lovely week we have had in Year 2 made all the better by the sunshine. In English we have all used our imagination and created a ‘habitat Swap’ for an animal. Imagine seeing a penguin in the city, a tiger in the Arctic or a polar bear in the rainforest! We have all …
Apr 24 2026
We have had an exciting week learning about how animals have adapted to life in the arctic and the rainforest. Did you know that in rainforest Tree Frogs have sticky pads on their paws to stop them from falling off slippery leaves? Did you know that reindeer dig through the snow to find moss to …
Apr 17 2026
Welcome back to the Summer term. We hope you all had an enjoyable break. Our English this week has involved immersing ourselves in the rainforest. We have imagined what we would hear, see, smell and feel if we visited a rainforest. Our discovery time has given time to show the rainforest in so many creative …
Mar 27 2026
Fabulous learning has continued into the last week of term, despite everyone being very tired and more than ready for a break! In English we have written some excellent instructions for making bread rolls, using ‘bossy verbs’. Why don’t you try making your own bread rolls over the holidays? You will definitely have some keen, …
Mar 20 2026
It was really good to get to see you all in the Parent Consultations over the last two weeks, and get to show you all the great work and learning your children have been doing. In Maths this week we have been having fun with our times tables and arrays. The week began by making …
Mar 13 2026
This week we have been focusing of what is the same and what if different about St Albans and Lyme Regis. Did you know that Lyme Regis doesn’t have a train station ? We created some impressive venn diagrams. Later in the week we thought about how St Albans has changed from ‘then to now’. …
Mar 06 2026
We have had a very busy week. It started with everyone designing their own Dragon Machine to help the dragons find their way home. They were very imaginative, filled with pipes, cogs and pulleys – we even had lifts and ladders to get people aboard! Lots of children then made their machine in Continuous provision. …
