Year 2 – Crimson & Scarlet
Feb 06 2026
This week has been all about ‘changing and growing’ and we have found out all about metamorphosis. We have been so creative in our discovery time showing how different animals grow and change. In English we have planned the second part of our ‘Paper People’ stories. We can’t wait to read the stories next week …
Jan 30 2026
In Science we learnt about how humans change and grow. We thought about what we needed as a baby and what we can do now. Luckily, Miss Hanbury was back and we got to ask her lots of questions about her baby including if he had ever been on a train or plane. (He has …
Jan 23 2026
In English we have introduced the story ‘Paper Dolls’ by Julia Donaldson. It is such a wonderful story and the children have loved the rhythm and repetition. We have seen lots of fabulous creations in Discovery time and look forward to our own paper dolls going on adventures. In Maths we have been working on …
Jan 16 2026
The highlight of the week has got to be the opening of our class coffee shop. The children have thoroughly enjoyed role playing, ordering drinks, writing receipts, counting out money and making items to sell. What a fantastic way to learn about money! This week we have completed our non-chronological report about the rare creature …
Jan 09 2026
Welcome back to the Spring term of Year 2. Time is flying! We hope you all had a peaceful break and are happy to be back into a routine! We have started the week reading a non-chronological report about a strange creature called a ‘Tigglewump’ and have been inspired to create and name our own. …
Dec 19 2025
What an exciting week, with Christmas themed work and practising for our amazing concert! Remember to keep reading and look out for the TTRS battle starting on January 1st. Thank you for your generous presents and thank you to all of you for your hard work this term. All that remains to say is…. we …
Dec 12 2025
Excitement for the holidays is building and we are starting to bring Christmas into our continuous provision. We have had a cracker with paper hats inside, sleighs, Christmas trees and presents in Crimson class! The story we are working from is the brilliant ‘Meerkat Christmas’ by Emily Gravett, about Sunny the Meerkat who searches for …
Dec 05 2025
We have worked hard on our final piece of writing about the story of Rapunzel and are proud of the results. In Maths we worked on finding the difference using unifix blocks: Find the difference between 24 and 9. For our independent tasks we made a poster about doubling numbers and edited a piece of …
Nov 28 2025
There was a lot of excitement in school on Thursday morning with the last minute closure due to local water supply issues. Everyone, including teachers, love a surprise couple of hours off school! Excitement continued on Friday morning with non-school uniform in advance of the Winter Fair. Despite all this, Year 2 have continued to …
Nov 21 2025
In English we have been reading an alternative version of ‘Rapunzel’ by Bethan Woolvin. We have thought about Rapunzel’s character and used adjectives to describe her and the witch. Next week we are planning to learn the story through actions and write it. In Maths we have been working with multiples of 10 to make …
