Year 2 – Crimson & Scarlet
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 …
Nov 16 2025
Another very creative week in Year 2 inspired by Remembrance Day, The children really reflected on the history and independently took the inspiration into their continuous provision learning. During Friendship Friday and Anti-bullying week we reflected on what makes a good friend. Lots of lovely ideas that we know the children will put into practice, …
Nov 13 2025
We hope you all had a lovely half term break. We are all raring to go for the next half term and the lead up to Christmas with lots of fun activities planned. The term has started off as busy as ever. In English we read Jim and the Beanstalk which has led on perfectly …
Oct 24 2025
On Wednesday we embraced our creative selves and spent the day focusing on our observational skills using pen, pencil and wax. We created some vibrant Autumn leaves with wax and ink, using the wax resist technique. We have enjoyed learning about Diwali as a festival of light this week and we made some wonderful rangoli …
Oct 17 2025
Well the highlight of our week has got to be our wonderful trip to Mountfitchet Castle. What a fabulous place for exploring a motte and bailey castle and how the Normans lived. The visit really brought all this term’s learning to life and the children in Year 2 did Alban City School proud, demonstrating excellent …
Oct 10 2025
We had a great start to the week visiting St Peter’s church to introduce our RE topic of symbols. We met Reverend Mark and spotted symbols in the church and talked about their hidden meanings. We found candles, a cross , a dove, the organ, the bell and the lectern. The children particularly enjoyed it …
Oct 03 2025
In English we have read ‘The Castle the King Built’ and written some great sentences about the people who helped the King. We thought about their skills and the materials they used and why. For example the blacksmith who melted and hammered metal to make horseshoes and armour. In Maths we have really thought about …
Sep 27 2025
Well that’s another fabulous week done in Year 2. As the children embrace the new ways of working we are starting to see their independence and creativity grow. In English have enjoyed looking at the features of information texts, furthering our knowledge about castles and matching up information with a subheading. We are pretty much …
Sep 19 2025
In our second full week of term we have continued to learn about castles. In our discovery time we have improved our ideas and worked out how to make all the features of a castle. On Wednesday we were challenged to think about what sort of castle Zog would live in. We came up with …
