Year 2 2023-24
Welcome to our class page. Please check regularly for our curriculum updates and information, weekly spelling lists, letters and more.
Mrs Bourne
Art: Our final pieces inspired by Henri Rousseau, created through exploring different techniques of using chalk pastels, oil pastels and think paint.
Art: We have been learning how to create tones and tints as we created our own versions of Henri Rousseau’s ‘Tiger in a tropical storm (surprised!’
Music: Our body percussion workshop
Music: Our body percussion video 1
Music: Our body percussion video 2
DT: We are very proud of our finished hand puppets.
Music: We have been learning a call and response song from Ghana.
DT: We enjoyed learning about and exploring how marionettes and puppets work, ready to design and make some of our own.
Science: We saw some amazing animals at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park.
Science: We have been investigating plants and animals in our woodland and pond habitats.
Music: We have been using percussion instruments to create sound effects for Jack and the Beanstalk.
Music: Group 2
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DT: Picnic food project. We can cut, peel or grate ingredients safely and hygienically and we can measure or weigh using scales or cups. Our picnic was delicious!
Thank you to Stagecoach for a fantastic workshop. We learnt some great dance moves and explored ‘hot seating’ ,creating our own characters.
Stagecoach Workshop: our fantastic final performance.
Forest School: Creating ‘Log dogs’.
We enjoyed our first session of Forest School.We worked together to explore the environment and also enjoyed some popcorn cooked on the fire.
Mrs Routledge taught us about Chinese New Year. We loved the dragon.
Computing: We have been developing effective questioning skills by creating and using Binary Trees.
Dance Workshop: Watch our fantastic dance routine thanks to Mary from Flex
Flex Dance Workshop Group 2
DT: We are very proud of the moving vehicles we have designed and made. We held races to test and evaluate the success of our designs.
DT: We have demonstrated a range of joining techniques to produce a product with wheels.
We have had a fantastic Times Tables Rockstar Day with Year 3&4.
We enjoyed our dance workshop with Lorna from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance
Music: We have been learning to listen to and repeat patterns on body percussion.
Step inside your story: We really enjoyed listening to author Robert Tregoning reading his wonderful story, ‘Out of the blue’. We then put ourselves into our own stories and created flip books.
Art: We have been inspired by Henri Matisse’s black line portraits and have created some of our own. We explored using thick and thin lines in our work.
Art: We have been exploring mixing primary colours to make secondary colours and creating our own colour wheels.
Art: We have be exploring adding white to colours to create tints and then adding black to create darker tones.
Science: We have been working together to sort and classify animals and their offspring.
Our Classroom:
Daily reminders:
Reading book
Water bottle
Waterproof coat
Small healthy snack
Weekly reminders:
Monday - Library
Tuesday - PE
Wednesday -
Thursday -
Friday - PE
Spelling Quiz - lists are available on this page and on Spelling Shed
(5 dojo points for spelling practice)
Reading at home check (read at least 3 times to receive 5 dojo points)
TTRS check (5 dojo points for playing during the week)
Weekly homework:
Reading at home (at least 3x per week)
Times Tables Rockstars/ Maths Shed (at least 3x per week)
Spelling Shed/ Look, cover, write, check spelling List (at least 3x per week)