Year 2 – Crimson & Scarlet
May 18 2025
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 …
May 09 2025
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 …
May 02 2025
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. …
Apr 25 2025
Welcome back after the Easter break. We hope you all have a lovely time and got to enjoy some time outside in the sun. What a fabulous first week back it has been. It has been great to see the children’s excitement about seeing each other and the beautiful new playground. How wonderful to see …
Apr 04 2025
A big thank you to the sun for shining on our last day of this term. Let’s hope this glorious weather continues for the next two weeks. This week we have found some budding scientists and engineers in Year 2! In Science, as part of our learning about materials and their properties, we designed and …
Mar 28 2025
It has been a very busy penultimate week of this half term in Year 2. In English we have seen some amazing narrative writing, based on the story ‘The Kapok Tree’. Children’s use of vocabulary and sentence structure is improving all the time. In Maths we have been looking at multiples and repeated addition. We …
Mar 21 2025
This week in Science, Year 2 have set up a fair test to investigate how durable materials are. We used sandpaper to rub each material and discovered that fabrics such as denim were more durable than thin fabrics such as polyester. In Maths we have been learning strategies to help us remember the 2’s, …
Mar 14 2025
This week, both classes in Year 2 have enjoyed a wonderful visit to the Cathedral here in St Albans. We were reminded of our local history and how our city got its name. Children really enjoyed the morning and were very well behaved. We all enjoyed dressing up to act out the story of St …
Mar 07 2025
Where are the weeks going? Time is certainly flying in Year 2 and things are looking up now that it is light in the mornings and the sun is shining! A highlight of the week has definitely been ‘World Book Day’. It was so lovely to see the excitement on everyone’s faces wearing their costumes …
Feb 28 2025
Welcome back after the half term break. In Maths we have been learning to tell the time. We know o’clock, half past, quarter past and to and can count round a clock in 5 minute intervals. With time telling, it really is a case of practice makes perfect, so we will keep revisiting this and …
