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Throwing fun in Year 2
We loved our throwing lesson, especially the flip it game at the end. It got VERY competitive!
3Hello and welcome to Year 2.
Our Year 2 Team: Miss Hathaway, Miss Dudley, Mrs Carpenter, Mrs Kelly, Miss Wilson and Mrs Lawson.
In Year 2 we always try our very best and come to school ready to learn with big smiles on our faces. We ae excited for the year ahead and can’t wait to see all of the wonderful work that you produce.
Information for Parents
Please click here for our Autumn Term Overview 2023
Please click here for 2GH Timetable
Please click here for 2TD Timetable
PE
PE kit consists of navy blue shorts or leggings, a sky blue polo shirt and trainers or pumps.
Year 2GH have PE every Wednesday.
Year 2TD have PE every Thursday.
Homework
Homework and Spellings are given every Friday.
Reading
Please encourage your child to read every night for around 5-10 minutes.
Keep up to date with our latest news by following us on X (formerly Twitter) @SmithdownPrimY2
We loved our throwing lesson, especially the flip it game at the end. It got VERY competitive!
3We retold the story in teams and performed the story to our friends.
2In Year 2 we have discovered Blooket and we can’t get enough! We’ve used it to test our times table knowledge this week (as well as lots more too.)
8As part of our Geography topic we are comparing Kenyan villages and cities with Liverpool. We are making pic collages in computing to depict life in each area. On Thursday we made our Village posters of Maasai. Keep your eyes peeled for more next week as begin to compare and contrast in more detail,
6We made our own maps of Lila’s village and used compass point directions to direct a friend around the map.
6We know the names and properties of so many 2D and 3D shapes now! Great work Year 2!
A fantastic community picnic. The sun shone.
An amazing community food table with so many lovely dishes to share.
26We created posters on Word.
We shared our favourite animals, changed the font, colour, size and style and even added images too,
Amazing work Year 2
37Today we explored the bold, italic and underlining tools (as well as recapping our knowledge of fonts, colour and size.)
8We had lots of fun making different amounts in Maths today. We can’t wait to go shopping with our families to help with the money
11Year 2 have started to usePowerPoint in Computing. We have looked at how to add text, change the font, colour and size. We also started to change the theme.
9This Friday (3rd May) there will be a camp fire for year 2 children and their grown ups. Look forward to seeing you there.
50We had lots of fun using different joining techniques to build our own chairs. Take a look at some of our fantastic structures
We made chairs as part of our DT topic on stable structures.
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We worked so well in teams to start to build our chairs in DT
Should Jack climb the beanstalk? We tried to persuade him and we took sides in class. We came up with some great reasons for and against the idea.
We worked hard in art today to make expressive collages of the Titanic.
962GH have been painting using primary colours. We made sure that the paint was thick so that we could move it around the page and created our own ‘impasto’ techniques.
85We have started our multiplication journey. We have been busy learning about repeated addition this week.
81This Friday, 8th December 2023, we will be having our very own Santa Dash! A chance to squeeze in an extra fitness session whilst having some festive fun ??♀️????♂️?????
Watch this space! ?
42We have been investigating our first explorer Ibn Battuta in Year 2. We researched the countries he visited and how he travelled today.
We started our new Christianity topic by looking at Christian symbols and artefacts. Christians believe God has many titles so we thought about the different labels we have.
126Year 2 have been sorting things into 3 categories-alive, dead and never been alive. We had a lot of fun looking at the things that were alive too!
32Year 2 have been sorting things into 3 categories – alive, dead and ever been alive. We had a lot of fun looking at some living things from the playground too!
332GH made some beautiful poppies to help us remember today.
135We investigated the question are the oldest children the tallest today in @SmithdownPrimY2 #smithdownsci
143Lots of discussion with our connect retrieval task today matching features of different stages of development. It was lovely to hear some of our fabulous new vocabulary being used independently #smithdownsci @SmithdownPrimY2 @baronbedford @Edu_Meadows
39After learning about life cycles, @SmithdownPrimY5 kindly invited us to watch their butterfly release this afternoon. 4 classes of pure excitement ? #smithdownsci @SmithdownPrimY2
39Today we kicked off our topic and @Curriculum_USP project in @SmithdownPrimY2 by recapping what an animal is and learning about vertebrates/invertebrates @baronbedford @Edu_Meadows #smithdownsci
40First day back for me today and a lovely day spent with @SmithdownPrimY2 counting and discussing precious items important to us @misshath2 #smithdownre
39We retold the model text. We used picture clues to help. We are ready to write our own circular story now #smithdownwriters #smithdownreaders
43This week we have been busy using flexible partitioning #smithdownmaths
36We reviewed our favourite photographs and discussed the impact the darkness or light had on our pictures #smithdowncomputing
34In computing we took photographs in dark places. We then spoke about lighting, used torches and other light sources to improve our pictures #smithdowncomputing
34Year 2 were hard at work on Friday – ordering numbers #smithdownmaths
32Year 2 have worked so hard to share the Jewish creation story with each other this week #smithdownre
42So proud of these boys in Year 2 who have represented our school in the first sporting competition of the year! Exceptional behaviour, some amazing football and lots of smiles! Thank you @Liverpool_SSP for a great afternoon #smithdownpe ⚽️
40We used a range of different scales on our empty number lines. We had to place the numbers where we thought they would go. #smithdownmaths
39On Friday Year 2 were hard at work estimating the position of numbers on a number line #smithdownmaths
36We are loving our computing topic – photography! Today we thought about what makes a good photograph and had to capture a range of different images using different criteria. #smithdowncomputing
31We loved voting for our new School Councillor today #smithdownextra @IrelandIreland1 @SmithdownPr
41Year 2 had such a good time on the tour bus looking for local landmarks and your behaviour was exceptional too #smithdowngeog
36Working hard partitioning 2 digit numbers in maths today #smithdownmaths
37We worked on our dribbling skills in PE today #smithdownpe
46Today we explored our local area using Google maps. We used our postcode to find our own homes and spotted familiar places around school too. #smithdowngeog
36We then went back to class and reviewed our work
36We started our new computing topic and became photographers this week. We played photography bingo and experimented with different subjects #smithdowncomputing
26We worked in teams to make a better map than Anna and Crocodile #smithdownreaders #smithdownwriters
41Subtracting multiples of ten in maths #smithdownmaths
38So proud of these superstars adding in multiples of tens today #smithdownmaths
35Roll and stop in PE. We explored stopping the ball with our hands and feet this week #smithdownpe
42In maths this morning we started to estimate the position of multiples of ten on a number line. #smithdownmaths
28.We then moved onto learning about the surrounding waters of the UK. We completed a jigsaw of the UK and used a map to help us to label the water around us. #smithdowngeog
32In Geography this afternoon we used an atlas to help us name the countries of the UK and the capital cities. We worked so well with a partner #smithdowngeog
36On Friday we put Anna and Crocodile in the hot seat #smithdownreaders @clpe1
36PE IS BACK!! We had a lovely PE lesson in the sunshine today. We aimed at a target from different distances #smithdownpe @misshath2 @SmithdownPr @SmithdownPrimY6
44Today in maths we put objects into groups of ten and then counted them. We recognised that ten ones made a ten too. #smithdownmaths
Wow 2GH, I am so impressed with your predictions about our new story. You also asked some really inquisitive questions @misshath2 @SmithdownPr
39This morning we found some treasure chests in our room. We found some clues about our new story. #smithdownreaders @misshath2 @SmithdownPr
44Year 2 have been reading ’The Beautiful Oops’ and thinking about how we can celebrate our mistakes and turn them into something special. #smithdownart @SmithdownPrimY2
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