In 2 Blue we have had a great start to our year 2 journey. We have worked together to create our class guidelines, looked at and created our own pointillism art and designed and made our own worry dolls to use in case we have a worry that we want to share. We are looking forward to the rest of the year because if it is as fun as the first week then are in for a treat! 
I have loved being with these amazing children over the last two years. They are an absolute credit to you and I am going to miss them dearly. We went out of year 2 in style!
As part of our Learning Means The World Theme, ‘Powhatten People’, we found out that Pochahontas attended a masquerade ball and had to learn how to dance. This was very different from the customs she was used to in her tribe. We made our own masquerade masks and learned how to do a dance typical for that era.
Even though the weather was hot we kept our cool and completed all our races with a smile on our face! We hope you had as much fun watching us as we did taking part.
We took part in the whole school careers day. Lots of businesses and people with interesting careers came and joined us for the day. We have been learning about civil engineers and their role in building bridges, I’m sure you’ll agree our bridges were much better than any you see on your travels! We looked at the world of advertising through the use of media videos and green screen. The children enjoyed watching Mrs Chisholm discover her new career, she is obviously wasted as a Teacher and needs to be on the big screen!! We also looked at Halfords and their cars and what they do everyday. We found today very interesting and we now have lots of fun ideas and goals for our future – watch this space!
Some of year 2 were lucky enough to be invited to take part in an orienteering session at Marine Park. They received a map and had to look for different numbered stations around the park. Each of these stations had a letter, number and a picture. The children had to collect the data from each station to fill in their quiz sheet at the end. The children were all amazing and we have had a brilliant afternoon.
Year 2 have been making our own birds as part of our Going Wild’ theme. We have loved learning about the elephant bird so we decided to try and make one. We used our Design and Technology skills to sew around our shape. We then added stuffing, closed our bird with more stitches then added on eyes and wings. I think you’ll agree we are SEW great!
Year 2 have really enjoyed taking part in our Futsal session. We tried lots of new tricks like The Ronaldo step over, The Neymar Rocket and the side step pass. It was so much fun!
Year 2 have been using their science skills and have been looking at naming and identifying common animals that are birds, fish, mammals, reptiles and amphibians. We used our research skills to find out what each group of animals had in common. We are sorting superstars!
In our ‘Going Wild’ theme we have been looking at animal prints and the different textures, colours and combinations our wild animals have. In art we have tried to copy these prints using a range of materials and techniques. We then designed our own print for our imaginary animal.
