St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 2: Blog items
Year 2 Blog Friday 3rd October 2025
Date: 3rd Oct 2025 @ 1:50pm
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
WE HAVE NOTICED THAT SOME CHILDREN HAVE NOT CHANGED THEIR BOOKS RECENTLY.
A FEW MINUTES OF READING EVERY NIGHT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. THANKS.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (10.10.25):
door floor poor because find kind mind behind child children
Sumdog: Complete the 'Addition and Subtraction Facts' challenge.
Counting: At home, count in 2's, 5's and 10's forwards and backwards.
You may also like to practise the 10x, 5x and 2x table on Hit The Button. Follow the link below:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
We listened to some more chapters from the book. We collected discussed why dark can be exciting.
We wrote a letter to Plop telling him not to be afraid of the dark and about all the exciting things he could do in the dark.
Phonics
We have been revising the long o sound, ui as in juice, ue as in glue, u-e as in cube, u-e as in rule, ew as in flew.
SPaG
We have been learning about conjunctions (joining words) and writing sentences including... and, but, because, so. The children are trying to use them as often as possible in their own writing.
Maths
The children have been adding/subtracting a multiple of 10 to/from a 2 digit number, 26+20 or 41-30. We have also worked on number bonds to 10 and 100.
RE
This week, we have read Psalm 139 together. The children learnt that a Psalm is a bit like a song or a prayer. They responded to the Psalm with their own art work in the style of Eva Crawford.
Geography
The children know the seven continents and five oceans so well now. During our lesson, we looked at the continent of Europe in more detail.
Forest School
We made shelters using logs, tarps and ropes. There was some tricky knot tying too.Great teamwork and resilience was shown.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Huxley
Super Learner - Buzz
Superstar Writer - Lara
Bookworm - Genevieve
Mathematician - Kamali
Special Mentions - Lilly-Mae was given a special mention from Mrs Cliffe for the way she sorted her wellies out in Forest School.
Jesse F. got a special mention for his super den building in Forest School, he showed resilience and problem solving skills.
Thank you for all your generous Harvest gifts.
Year 2 Blog Friday 26th September 2025
Date: 26th Sep 2025 @ 8:54am
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
WE HAVE NOTICED THAT SOME CHILDREN HAVE NOT CHANGED THEIR BOOKS RECENTLY.
A FEW MINUTES OF READING EVERY NIGHT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. THANKS.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (03.10.25):
friend house school full pull one once ask our push
Sumdog: Complete the 'Addition/Subtraction' challenge.
Counting: At home, count in 2's, 5's and 10's forwards and backwards.
You may also like to practise the 10x table on Hit The Button. Follow the link below:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
We have started learning through the story of The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark. The owl is called Plop. We wrote sentences to describe him, using adjectives and connectives.
In pairs, we discussed why he might be afraid of the dark and wrote some possible reasons for this.
We wrote in character as Plop.
Phonics
We have been revising all the long e sounds,ee as in sheep, ea as in leaf, ie is in field, e-e as in Steve, ey as monkey, y as in baby.
Maths
The children learned how to add a 1 digit number to a 2 digit number, 26+4 and we looked at subtraction in the same way.
We have been counting in 10's and learning the 10x table.
French
PE
The children have really improved their under arm throwing and catching. They have played various mini games and learnt about the importance of dodging to get away from a defender.
RE
The children have started to make their Noah's Ark puppets which they will use to act out the story.
We also read the story of God's Rainbow which explains God's promise, love and faithfulness.
Science
We learnt about the plants that live in a desert habitat. We discussed how the plants have adapted to survive in the desert.
Forest School
We talked about the Autumn Equinox which was on Monday. We talked about how this marks the start of Autumn and how day and night get equal time for a brief moment.
We went on a fungi hunt in our top field. We noticed the different shapes, sizes and colours. We know not to touch them.
Thank you for sending in donations for Harvest.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Lilly-Mae
Super Learner - Seb
Superstar Writer - Freya
Bookworm - Jaxon
Mathematician - Cara
Special Mentions - Rudy for being a good friend and Bobby for using his lovely manners.
Year 2 Blog Friday 19th September 2025
Date: 18th Sep 2025 @ 2:18pm
Year 2 have had another fantastic week, filled with lots of interesting and enjoyable learning.
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (26.09.25):
says your they by here there where love come some
Sumdog: Complete the 'one more/less than' challenge.
Counting: Count forwards and backwards to one hundred.
Stop at random numbers. What is one more/less than that number? What is ten more/less than that number?
English
This week we all received a letter from Bakery Bill. He answered our qustions and told us how he's geting on. We wrote some instructions about how to look after a baby. We planned and wrote an alternative ending to his story. We also created and descibed a sweet item for his bakery.
Maths
The children have been learning how to work out one more/less than and ten more/less than a given number.
We have also been comparing two numbers and deciding which is the greatest or which is the least.
R.E
We re-read the story of Noah's Ark, focusing on the rainbow being a sign of God's promise (covenant) - never to send another flood again.
The children made their own rainbows and could write/draw the most important parts of the story.
History
Year 2 are thoroughly enjoying learning about The Great Fire of London. We learnt where the fire started and how it spread so quickly (causes).
Forest School
We all chose our own learning this week. There was leaf cooking, leaf identifying, stick wrapping, bug hunting and apple finding. Great imagination, co-operation and teamwork was shown.
Science
We learnt about different habitats around the world and the animals that live in them.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Gigi
Super Learner - Ella and Reuben
Superstar Writer - Genieveve
Bookworm - Amelia
Mathematician - April
Special Mentions - Joshua Wright for bring a caring friend and Kamali for showing resilience in his learning.
Year 2 Blog Friday 12th September 2025
Date: 12th Sep 2025 @ 8:40am
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book.
This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (19.09.25):
said, are, the, was, his, today, is, were, has and you.
Sumdog: Complete the 'Place Value - Tens and Ones' challenge.
English
We have been learning through the story of Burglar Bill.
We wrote him a letter telling him all about ourselves. We also made a poster.
In handwriting we have been learning how to form our letters with lead-ins.
Phonics
We have been revisiting ee as in tree, ea as in leaf, e-e as in Steve and y as in happy.
Maths
Place value - we have been learning how to represent 10s and 1s using different equipment. We have used Base 10, straws ,counters and cards.
R.E
Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed reading the story of Noah's Ark. Using pictures and sentences they retold the story brilliantly.
Computing
It was interesting to learn and understand what Information Technology (IT) is.
The children identified items/objects that were IT and were not IT. They drew pictures and labelled them so well.
Golden Assembly
Star-Arianna
Bookworm-Zac
Super Learner-Nelly
Mathematician-Joshua I.
Writer-Isabella
Special Mentions-Emma and Rhodes
Year 2 Blog Friday 5th September 2025
Date: 5th Sep 2025 @ 11:47am
The children have had a great week back and settled into Year 2 really well.
We are looking forward to a fantastic year of learning together.
Thank you for completing your holiday books. We have enjoyed reading them together.
English
We role played being Burglar Bill and wrote some questions for him when he was in the hot seat. We wrote sentences about what information we knew about him.
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Maths
We have been working on place value this week.
The children used base ten to make two-digit numbers.
They also did a lot of counting and recapped adding and taking 1 and 10 from a number.
RE
We spent time looking at the Bible and discussing any stories we had already heard.
The children learnt that their are two parts - The Old Testament and The New Testament.
They even started to recognise whether a story was written in The Old or New Testament.
Geography
Our new topic is Continents and Oceans.
The children labelled a world map with all seven continents.
History
The Great Fire of London - we watched a video clip about how the fire started.
The children drew a scene from the fire labelling it with things they had learned.
PE
The children have revisited the fundamental skills of underam throwing and catching.
They played mini-games and displayed fantastic team work.
Art
We discussed the work of Andy Goldsworthy. We then went outside and chose different things to sketch. We looked very closely at what we were drawing.
Forest School
We had a look at all the fruit growing on our trees. We tidied up the nature area by working together to collect all the rubbish which has appeared over the holiday. We reminded ouselves about keeing safe at Forest School. We chose our own learning and demonstrated superb problem solving, teamwork and resilience.
Science
We started our new learning about Living Things. We sorted pictures of objects into groups ,living and dead. We then added another group which was things which have never been alive. We sang a great song about our learning which included the life processes which living things have.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Faisal
Super Learner - Reuben
Superstar Writer - Zac
Bookworm - Harry
Mathematician - Ella
Special Mentions - Cerys for her beautiful manners and Hannah for being a caring friend.
Date: 18th Jul 2025 @ 9:33am
Thank you from all of us for your amazing support and your very generous gifts.
Have a great summer.
See you on Tuesday 2nd September.
Mrs Corbett, Miss Gravili, Mrs Deighton & Mrs Tiley
Special Mentions of the Term
Florence, Wilbur, Jonah,Amelia C.
Year 2 Blog Friday 11th July 2025
Date: 8th Jul 2025 @ 10:07am
Home Practice
Reading:
In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book.
This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Sumdog:
Counting:
Spend time counting in 3's forwards and backwards to 60 or even 100. Look at how that links to the 3x table.
Times Tables:
Please keep learning the 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables (and division facts) ready for Y3.
Follow this link to play 'Hit the Button' and 'Tables-Teaser'.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://nrich.maths.org/problems/tables-teaser
English
Using books from our library, the children wrote interesting information texts about a topic of their choice.
They included facts and detailed diagrams.
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Maths
We learnt more about capacity and volume this week.
The children estimated how much liquid a container held and measured accurately using litres and millilitres.
They also solved tricky word problems related to capacity and volume.
RE
Our Bible story was The Good Samaritan.
We looked in more detail at who the characters were and how they interacted at the time.
PE
In PE, we had an orienteering competition.
The children displayed great map skills and team work and had a lot of fun.
Year 6 Performance
We spent Wednesday afternoon watching the Year 6 dress rehearsal.
It was very exciting and entertaining.
Art/Forest School
The children were very creative, using materials from nature to create their own art work.
Science
We made our boats and tested them to see if they floated and if they were waterproof. We came to some conclusions.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week-Henry P.
Super Learner-Adam
Superstar Writer-Orlaigh
Bookworm-Wilbur
Mathematician-Felicity
Special Mentions-Devyn for being a kind and caring friend.
Teddy for great listening.
Year 2 Blog Friday 4th July 2025
Date: 4th Jul 2025 @ 10:35am
Home Practice
Reading:
In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book.
This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Sumdog:
Counting:
Spend time counting in 3's forwards and backwards to 60 or even 100.
Times Tables:
Please keep learning the 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables (and division facts) ready for Y3.
Follow this link to play 'Hit the Button' and 'Tables-Teaser'.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://nrich.maths.org/problems/tables-teaser
English
Year 2 are really enjoying our new book, Harry And The Jaggedy Daggers by Jan Fearnley.
We have made predictions about the characters, setting, storyline and ending and produced great story maps.
Maths
Using part whole models has really helped everyone solve missing number problems this week.
RE
Our Bible story was The Good Samaritan.
The children retold the story on story fans and beautifully illustrated them.
PE
In PE, we made our small games of rounders into two bigger games with more fielders and batters.
The rules changed slightly to make it more challenging, but everyone had a lot of fun. Some of the teachers joined in too!
Science
We planned an investigation to make a boat to carry Harry across Bottlenose Bay after his own boat has been smashed to smithereens.
We are going to make and test our boats next week. We discussed which materials would be best as the boat has to float, be waterproof and strong.
NSPCC
We had a visit from a lady from the NSPCC. She talked to us about keeping safe and who we could talk to if we had a problem.
Tag Rugby
We had a great session with our South Ribble coach. He taught us how to hold the ball, score a try, do a swing pass and pick up the ball without stopping.
We then had a game.
Moving Up Morning
We had our second moving up morning in Year 3. Mr Campbell was impressed with out listening.
Year 2 Blog Friday 27th June 2025
Date: 26th Jun 2025 @ 4:04pm
Home Practice
Reading:
In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book.
This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Sumdog:
Counting:
Spend time counting to 100 forwards and backwards.
Then challenge yourself and go beyond 100. How far can you count?
Times Tables:
As we are so close to the end of term, there will be no more times tables quizzes in class.
However, please keep learning the 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables (and division facts) ready for Y3.
Follow this link to play 'Hit the Button' and 'Tables-Teaser'.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://nrich.maths.org/problems/tables-teaser
English
The whole school have been busy writing about a special person in their lives.
Year 2 have all done a great piece of writing, including fantastic punctuation, spelling and handwriting.
Maths
The children have been working on number sequences.
They really enjoyed spotting patterns and continuing the sequences themselves.
Skipton Castle
We had an excellent day and the children's manners and behaviour was golden.
They remembered a lot of information from our lessons, but also learnt new/interesting facts about castles and life at the time.
Year 2 are great dancers and the energy and enthusiasm they displayed was wonderful.
Art - Flowerpot Project
The children have painted, made and decorated wooden flowerpots which will be sold at the Summer Fair.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week-Noah
Super Learner-Elyse
Superstar Writer-Jonah
Bookworm-Noa
Mathematician-Eliza
Special Mentions-Rose for being a caring friend and all the children in Year 2 for their excellent behaviour and great questions at Skipton Castle.
Hopefully see you at the Summer Fair on Saturday 12.00-2.30
Year 2 Blog Friday 20th June 2025
Date: 19th Jun 2025 @ 4:59pm
Home Practice
Reading:
In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book.
This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Spelling:
Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (27.06.25):
January February March April May June July August September October
Sumdog:
Counting:
Follow the link below to play the 100 square couting/ordering game.
https://nrich.maths.org/problems/100-square-jigsaw
Times Tables:
We will quiz your knowledge of the division facts for 2 in order on Thursday (26.06.25).
English/Maths
This week, we have been doing reading, maths and SPaG quizzes.
The children were fantastic at working hard and doing their best, well done Y2.
R.E.
The children learnt about the fruits of the spirit and how we can show these in our everyday lives.
Science
We observed our flowers which are growing outside our classroom.
Geography
We had great fun decorating African masks.
P.E
In PE, a visiting coach from South Ribble Tennis Centre taught tennis skills and games.
Year 2 were amazing, they displayed great listening, balance, catching and hitting skills.
Art
During our lesson, the children created beautiful pastel pictures of nature for our class assembly - God's Wonderful World.
They also coloured and decorated the letters for our banner - live wisely, think deeply, love generously.
Parent Assembly
The children really were fabulous in their class assembly - God's Wonderful World.
They read clearly, sang beautifully, danced greacefully and their art work was fantastic.
Well done Year 2.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week- Henry Y.
Super Learner- Zack W.
Superstar Writer- Amelia L.
Bookworm- James
Mathematician- Henry P.
Special Mentions- All of Year 2 for their fabulous assembly.
Year 2 Blog Friday 13th June 2025
Date: 13th Jun 2025 @ 8:37am
Home Practice
Reading:
In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book.
This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Spelling:
Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (20.06.25):
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Sumdog:
Counting:
Count in 2s, 5s and 10s forwards and backwards to 100. See how fast and accurate you can get.
Look at how they relate to the 2s, 5s and 10 times tables.
Times Tables:
We were busy doing our assembly rehearsals so did not do our quiz this week.
We will quiz your knowledge of the 2 times tables in a muddled order on Thursday (19.06.25)
English
During our lessons this week, we have been working on our comprehension skills and recapping things we learnt about in spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Our current topic is Place Value.
The children have been learning to partition numbers in different ways. We also learnt to use the greater than >, less than < and equals signs = in number sentences.
R.E.
We have spent a lot of time this week preparing for our assembly about God's wonderful world. The children have been writing prayers, designing posters, singing and dancing.
Next week we will be learning about the Fruits of the Holy Spirit.
P.E
We have been busy learning the dance moves for this years 'Dance from the Heart' celebration.
Year 2 have picked up the moves very quickly and bring so much energy to the dance.
Art
After drawing music inspired sketches last week, the children used these to paint larger pieces of abstract art. The results were fabulous!
We studied the artist - Wassily Kandinsky.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week- Florence
Super Learner- Charles
Superstar Writer- Harper
Bookworm- Eliza
Mathematician- Isaac
Special Mentions- Orlaigh for beautiful reading. Adam and George for beautiful art work.
Year 2 Blog Friday 6th June 2025
Date: 5th Jun 2025 @ 6:50pm
Home Practice
Reading:
In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book.
This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Spelling:
Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (13.06.25):
beautiful colourful careful grateful useful hopeful powerful cheerful peaceful awful
Sumdog:
Counting:
Count in 2s, 5s and 10s forwards and backwards to 100. See how fast and accurate you can get.
Look at how they relate to the 2s, 5s and 10 times tables.
Times Tables:
Our next quiz will be on Thursday (12.06.25)
We will quiz your knowledge of the 2 times tables in a muddled order.
English
This week we started our new book, Stella and the Seagull. Year 2 drew and wrote about the main events of the story in order on a flow diagram.
They noted down interesting vocabulary about Stella and the Seagull and used these words in their own sentences and wrote a fantastic diary entry about Stella's day.
We finished our shape work this week.
The children have been completing arithmetic and reasoning end of term quizzes.
R.E.
We learnt about how the Holy Spirit helped different people in the Bible, including Jesus, Mary, the Disciples and Saul (Paul).
P.E
The children have been playing mini games of rounders. We have got some great throwers, catchers and batters in Year 2.
History
We learnt about the first wooden castles - The Motte and Bailey Castle. Can you remember which part is the motte and which part is the bailey?
Year 2 found out about active listening and the checklist we can use to see that we are really listening carefully.
It is so important for our learning and for good relationships too.
Forest School
We went in our log circle area. We built dens, did some mud cooking, made daisy chains and played games.
Tough Kidda
What a fantastic afternoon, full of fun, excitement, music and energy.
Year 2 were amazing!!
Careers Fair
We went into the hall and met people with different jobs. There were police, a surgeon, an estate agent, a film maker , a costume designer and a surveyor.
We tried on some uniforms and asked really good questions.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week- Noa
Super Learner- Harrison
Superstar Writer- James and Leo
Bookworm- Devyn
Mathematician- Amelia F.
Special Mentions- Zack W. Dylan and Rowan for challenging themselves in Forest School
George for being a really good friend.
Year 2 Blog Friday 23rd May 2025
Date: 20th May 2025 @ 9:57am
Home Practice
Reading:
In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book.
This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Spelling:
Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (06.06.25):
couldn't wouldn't shouldn't haven't isn't I'll can't didn't they've you'll
Sumdog:
Counting:
Starting at 0, count in twos forwards and backwards to 100 and beyond if you want!.
Times Tables:
Great effort this week.
Our next quiz will be on Thursday (05.06.25)
We will quiz your knowledge of the 2 times tables in a muddled order.
English
This week we wrote our own versions of Snail Mail. We used envelopes and had some really great ideas. We carefully checked our spellings and made sure our book looked beautiful. We then went on a book tour and read our stories to the children in Reception, Year 3 and Year 4.
Maths
We have been learning about shape this week.
The children have named and discussed the properties of 2D and 3D shapes.
They used the following mathematical vocabulary, sides, edges, vertices, vertex and faces.
R.E.
May is the month of Mary.
We found out more about Mary in our Collective Worship, wrote prayer cards to her and decorated them beautifully.
P.E
Sports Day was a great success.
The children were amazing and did so well, they showed super skills and sportsmanship.
We also enjoyed a session of cricket with a visiting teacher from South Ribble. He commented on Y2's excellent throwing and batting.
Science
We came to some conclusions about the best conditions for beans to germinate and grow well.
We have brought some beans home to grow.
Forest School
We showed great teamwork when building our shelters. There was also excellent communication and resilience shown. We also had the wool out and super creativity was shown.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week- Charles
Super Learner- Grace
Superstar Writer- Wilbur
Bookworm- Amelia L.
Mathematician- Melodie
Special Mentions- Amelia C. for being a good friend.
Sam, George, Zack W. and Sam for great effort in the cricket festival.
Year 2 Blog Friday 16th May 2025
Date: 15th May 2025 @ 8:31am
Home Practice
Reading:
In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book.
This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Spelling:
Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (23.05.25):
knee know knight knife knock knew knot knit knead knack
Sumdog:
Counting:
Starting at 0, count in fives forwards and backwards to 60.
This will really help with telling the time. You could also look at the clock and count in fives around the numbers on the clock face.
Times Tables:
Great effort in our quiz this week.
Next week, Thursday (22.05.25) we will quiz your knowledge of the 2 times tables.
English
We started a new book called Snail Mail. We had a great discussion about what snail mail is and the developments in technology which mean we can communicate with each other more easily and quickly.
We used the map from the book to find out where Tiger the snail visited. He sent a postcard from each country.
We used the atlases and globes to see where the places are and what the flags look like.
We then planned our own story which we will write next week.
Maths
We have been learning about time this week.
The children now know, five, ten, quarter/fifteen, twenty, twenty-five and half/thirty minutes past the hour.
You could look at the minutes to the hour (as above) and keep asking your child to tell you the time. It will really help them to become more familiar with all the times.
We used clocks to make the times ourselves and we went outside to make shadow clocks.
R.E.
We learnt about Saint Paul's story, he was called Saul at first.
The children sequenced the events themselves then illustrated their work beautifully.
P.E.
We have been preparing for Sports Day (19.05.25).
It's been great fun using the track and improving our athletics skills.
History
We found out more about Queen Elizabeth II and her favourite palaces and castles, such as Windsor and Balmoral.
Science
We had a good look at our beans and the different conditions are starting to have an effect on the germination and growth of the beans. We will bring them home next week and continue to grow them.
Forest School
We learnt about the flower moon which happened on Monday. A full moon happens once every 29 and a half days and May is when wildflowers start showing their beauty, so this Moon got the flowery title. We looked at pictures of the lunar cycle and then we made our own flowers out of natural materials.
Art
The children worked in groups outside to create mini tree houses using natural materials.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week- Felicity
Super Learner- Henry P.
Superstar Writer- Noah S.
Bookworm- Adam
Mathematician- Rowan
Special Mentions- Charlie, Henry Y. and Jonah for bring kind friends and playing well at breaktimes.
Date: 8th May 2025 @ 11:43am
Home Practice
Reading:
In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book.
This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Spelling:
Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (16.05.25):
hopping dancing looking clapping waving
walking drying crying sitting dropping
Sumdog:
Counting:
Starting at 0, count in fives forwards and backwards to 100.
Times Tables:
We repeated the division facts for 5 (in order) this week in our quiz.
Next week, Thursday (15.05.25) we will quiz your knowledge of the division facts for 5, in a muddled order.
English
We learnt through the book, "The Ugly Five". It's a rhyming story about animals in Africa.
We used it as inspration to write our own poem about one of the animals featured in the book.
We had a writing workshop where we discussed our ideas and helped each other out with rhyming words.
We then wrote a rough draft of our poem and finally published our poem in our English book.
We read our poems to the children in Year 3.
SPaG
We revisited the rules for adding ing to a word.
Maths
We continued to learn about fractions of amounts using bar models.
We also learned about fractions when describing a turn.
R.E.
Exciting news about our new Pope Leo XIV
P.E.
We have been preparing for Sports Day (19.05.25).
It's been great fun using the track and improving our athletics skills.
Science
We closely observed the beans which we planted last week and noted down any changes.
Forest School
We have a new lodge. When the children went in for the first time they described it as "AMAZING", "FANTASTIC" and "BRILLIANT".
In our session this week we did some cloud gazing on blankets using our senses to really experience being outside.
Computing
The children are working so well on code.org and have been progressing through the lesson so proficienly.
Art
The children made their stick people, using thread, string and ribbon. They looked fantastic.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week- Isaac
Super Learner- Rose
Superstar Writer- Dylan
Bookworm- Ellie
Mathematician- Florence
Special Mentions- Lydia and Charlie for being really kind and helpful
Orlaigh-Superb listening and participation in Yoga
Year 2 Blog Friday 2nd May 2025
Date: 1st May 2025 @ 9:40am
Home Practice
Reading:
In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book.
This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Spelling:
Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (09.05.25):
dropped hopped chased looked danced
dried cried tried placed raced
Sumdog:
Counting:
Starting at one quarter count forwards in quarters. For example, 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 1, 1 and 1/4, 1 and 2/4, 1 and 3/4, 2, 2 and 1/4, 2 and 2/4, 2 and 3/4, 3.
We enjoyed doing this in class and the children started to spot the pattern.
You could try counting in halves too!
Times Tables:
Great work on your division facts for 5 in order.
Next week, Thursday (08.05.25) we will quiz your knowledge of the division facts for 5, in a muddled order.
English
We wrote about something sad which has happened to us as this is something Lila has to think about in the story.
We learnt about rainsticks and made our own out of a cardboard tube.
We wrote instructions for how to make a rain maker and tested the instuctions on Miss Whiting.
SPaG
We learnt about the different rules for adding ed to the end of words.
dropped hopped chased looked danced
dried cried tried placed raced
Maths
Our new topic is fractions.
We built on our knowledge of halves and worked on finding quarters of shapes.
Art
Our project this half term is stick people.
The children spent time in the nature area searching for the perfect stick to use for making their own stick people.
Back in class, they used their sketch books to explore and draw some of their great ideas.
Forest School
This week we did some wild weaving. This is really good for developing our fine motor skills, creativity and imagination. We carefully put the rubber bands on the base and then used grasses, leaves and flowers in our piece of work. Usually we do not pick anything but today we could pick a few things. At the end of the session we had a reflection, we told whoever was next to us what we liked about their work.
We also discussed the cotton tree seeds and how they are all being dispersed by the wind.
Science
We planted beans to investigation the effects of different conditions on germination.
Geography
The children completed a quiz and looked more closely at the animals and geographical features of Nigeria.
History
Our new topic is Kings, Queens and Castles.
We thought about the Kings and Queens that we know already, including what information/facts we know about them or their reign.
R.E
The children retold and illustrated the story of the Ascension so well.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week- Devyn
Super Learner-Eliza
Superstar Writer- Elyse
Bookworm-George
Mathematician-Harper
Special Mentions-Felicity and Noah B. in Reception for super wild weaving in Forest School.
Amelia L. - Being a lovely friend to everyone.
Year 2 Blog- Friday 25th April
Date: 24th Apr 2025 @ 10:21am
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It's great to have everyone back in class after the Easter holiday and you all look so smart in your summer uniforms!
Home Practice
Reading:
In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book.
This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark!
Spelling:
Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (02.05.25):
which witch peace piece through threw stair stare male mail
Sumdog:
Counting:
Starting at 100 or 50, count back in fives.
Continue like this, then try to go faster!
Times Tables:
Great work on your 5 Times Tables.
Next week, Thursday (01.05.25) we will quiz your knowledge of division facts for 5 in order.
English
We started our new learning through a book called "Lila and the Secret of Rain".
Lila lives in a Kenyan village where it hasn't rained for a long time. We wrote predictions from the front cover and we wrote in role as Lila.
Maths
We have been subtracting 2-digit numbers from 2-digit numbers with exchange. We have used Base 10 equipment and represented the 10s and 1s by drawing lines and dots.
Art
The children used nature and objects from around the classroom to create seed, root and shoot sculptutres.
They were very creative and explored manipulating the materials by folding, twisting or bending.
Forest School
We noticed many changes in the nature area. Bluebells and forget-me-knots are growing and the daffodils have died away.
Geography
The children learnt a lot of facts about Nigeria and created super fact files.
History
Our new topic is Kings, Queens and Castles.
We found out about the different parts of a castle and labelled our own.
R.E
We read Luke's Gospel story of the Ascension and thought about how the disciples felt. We will retell the story in our own words next week.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week- Leo
Super Learner-Jonah
Superstar Writer- Amelia F.
Bookworm-Zach D.
Mathematician-Charles
Special Mentions-James for being a super member of Year 2
- Joshua W.(Year 4) for beautiful manners.
Year 2 Blog- Friday 4th April 2025
Date: 3rd Apr 2025 @ 11:55am
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Spelling:
There will be no spellings to learn over the holiday.
Sumdog:
Counting:
Starting at zero, count in twos forwards and backwards to 100.
Play the 'follow me' game where one person says the multiple of two and the other person says the next multiple of two.
Continue like this, then try to go faster!
Remember when we multiply by 2 we double the number and when we divide by 2 we halve the number!
English
The children wrote some great Easter shape poems (bunnies, eggs and crosses) and tried to use alliteration and similes.
Maths
We learned how to add 2 digit numbers by exchanging, for example,26 + 37, the 7 and 6 can be exchanged for 1 ten and 3 ones, which makes the addition easier.
We are continuing to learn our 2,5 and 10 times tables.
R.E.
The children learnt about the Resurrection and wrote about finding Jesus' empty tomb from the perspective of Mary Magdalene, Joanna or Mary the mother of James.
D.T.
We had a great morning making our vehicles. We followed our plans and made a chassis, axles and wheels. We also evaluated our vehicles.
Forest School
A great Easter egg hunt!
We worked in teams to find all the eggs.
Library Visit
We walked down to the library and Lorraine read three stories to us. We listened so well and contributed to the discussions.
We followed instructions to make a paper bunny.
We also explored the library and read some of the books.
Orienteering
We had a great session of orienteering. We worked in pairs and learnt how to orientate the map and use it to find the markers.
We collected clues. We showed excellent teamwork and it was great fun!
Golden Assembly
Special Mentions of the Term
Devyn, Amelia L.,Felicity,Adam, Henry P.,Charles.
Raffle Winners
Charlie, Jonah, Amelia F.,Harper
Happy Easter,
we hope you enjoy the holiday with your families and friends.
Year 2 Team.
Year 2 Blog- Friday 28th March
Date: 25th Mar 2025 @ 9:50am
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark!
Spelling:
Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (04.04.25):
sword castle ghost gnome knit write thumb by bye buy
Sumdog:
Counting:
Starting at zero, count in fives forwards and backwards to 100.
Play the 'follow me' game where one person says the multiple of five and the other person says the next multiple of five.
Continue like this, then try to go faster!
Times Tables:
Great work on your 5 Times Tables.
Next week, Thursday (03.04.25) we will quiz your knowledge of the 5 times table in a muddled up order.
English
We continued our learning through the story of Rosie Revere Engineer. We discussed cause and effect and answered questions about the story.
We also read about another inventor, Marvelous Mattie. The children wrote at length about her life and inventions.
SPaG
We learnt about silent letters in knight and sword. We also discussed another homophone, by, bye and buy.
Maths
We continued our learning about measuring. We used rulers, metre sticks and a trundle wheel to measure lengths. We discussed when it's appropriate to use the different equipment.
We have been practicing our 2,5 and 10 times tables.
SUMDOG NEWS-Year 2 came 245th out of 4000 schools in the Spring competition.
Melodie came 43rd out of 36,000 pupils.
What fabulous achievements!
R.E.
The children learnt about the Sacarment of Reconciliation in more detail. They found out that there are five stages to this
sacrament and wrote/decorated some beautiful sorry hearts.
P.E.
The children played some traditional playground games and worked on their ball skills.
Forest School
We worked in our garden, thinning out our seedlings and planting them in bigger pots. We also closely observed wild flower seeds using magnifying glasses.
We also had time for some chid-initiated learning in our nature area.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week-Harrison
Super Learner-Jonah
Superstar Writer-Melodie
Bookworm-George
Marvellous Mathematician-Zach D.
Special Mentions-Frankie-Lovely art work in R.E.
Florence in Year 5 for holding the door open and using her beautiful manners.
Reading Trail Award
Well done to Isaac who has completed the Lancashire Reading Trail. He read and reviewed 50 books. What a fabulous achievement!
Katie from Kingsfold Library visited our class to present Isaac with his award and a book signed by the author.
Please could your child bring a small card board box (no bigger than a shoe box) into school by
Tuesday 1st April for our D.T day.
Thank you for supporting the Mother's Day pop-up shop.
We hope you all have a lovely day.
Date: 18th Mar 2025 @ 10:09am
Welcome to your Friday Blog.
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark!
Spelling:
Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (28.03.25):
careful harmful graceful helpful useful thoughtful cheerful joyful grateful beautiful
Sumdog:
Counting:
Starting at zero, count in fives forwards and backwards to 100.
Play the 'follow me' game where one person says the multiple of five and the other person says the next multiple of five. Continue like this, then try to go faster!
Times Tables:
Great work on your 10 Division Facts.
Next week, Thursday (27.03.25) we will quiz your knowledge of the 5 times table in order.
English
This week we started learning through a book called Rosie Revere Engineer. Rosie makes all sorts of gadgets and gizmos from things which she finds. She really perseveres and inspires her friends.
We wrote some predictions about the story from looking at the front cover. We answered questions about the story and we learnt how to use part of the question in our answer.
SPaG
We learnt how to use the suffix ful, care becomes careful, harm becomes harmful. We also discussed grateful and beautiful.
Maths
We finished our learning about measuring mass and capacity. We completed assessments about our recent learning.
We also learnt how to use a ruler to measure lengths and we played a game where we had to estimate and then measure lengths
Forest School
We worked in our nature area. Some of us used drainpipes and worked together to investigate how water travels through them. We showed excellent problem solving skills.
Science
We learnt about the life cycles of hens and frogs.
We observed our seeds again and recorded their progress in our diaries.
P.E.
We practised our ball skills through playing some old fashioned games. We were throwing, rolling, aiming and also counting up our scores. We were all great team members.
Silent Disco
This was brilliant fun! We all wore the headphones and danced away. The hall was transformed into a real disco-it was dark with flashing lights.
Yoga and Mindfulness Festival
We had a great session with our South Ribble coach. We learnt some yoga poses.
Fairtrade
We learnt about the journey of a banana from where it is grown to our supermarket shelf. We role played the journey with real Fairtrade bananas and used atlases to find places in the world where Fairtrade products come from.
R.E
The children learnt more about Holy Week by exploring religious art. They chose their favourite painting and explained why they liked it.
Year 2 Blog- Friday 14th March
Date: 13th Mar 2025 @ 11:38am
Welcome to your Friday Blog.
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Spelling:
Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (21.03.25):
easily quickly sadly strangely cleverly luckily happily quietly busily coldly
Sumdog:
Counting:
Starting at zero, count in twos forwards and backwards to 100.
Play the 'follow me' game where one person says the multiple of two and the other person says the next multiple of two. Continue like this, then try to go faster!
Times Tables:
Great work on your 10 Division Facts.
Next week, Thursday (20.03.25) we will quiz your knowledge of the 10 division facts in a muddled order.
Follow the link below to play 'Hit The Button' and do a bit more practise on your 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
English
We finished our learning through the story of Manfred The Baddie. We wrote questions for a quiz to see how well we knew the book. We wrote a poster to try and find the missing scientist after he was kidnapped. We finished designing our diabolical machines and wrote a description about how they worked.
SPaG
We learnt about how to use the suffix ly.Nice becomes nicely, terrible becomes terribly.
Maths
We have been learning how to measure mass and capacity. We practised reading scales.
My Happy Mind
We finished our learning about being grateful. We designed our own poster.
Forest School
We planted the remaining seeds from last week.
We worked in the log circle area.
We spotted buds starting to appear.
Science
Some of the seeds we planted last week have started to grow and we can see the shoots appearing. We know that in the other pots there will be growing happening from the time-lapse videos we have watched, we just can't see it yet!
We recorded what we observed in our growing diary.
Freddy Fit
Everyone had a great time keeping fit with Freddy. He also talked to us about healthy eating and getting enough sleep.
Golden Assembly
We had a brilliant assembly. We all joined in with a dance which the students from Japan taught us.
We also watched some former pupils perform Irish dancing to celebrate St Patrick's Day.
We said goodbye to Yuichi and his students at the end of their two weeks in school.
Date: 4th Mar 2025 @ 10:01am
Welcome to your Friday Blog.
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Spelling:
Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (14.03.25):
knight night bare bear flower flour hear here see sea
Sumdog:
Counting:
Starting at zero, count in fives forwards and backwards to 100.
Play the 'follow me' game where one person says the multiple of five and the other person says the next multiple of five. Continue like this, then try to go faster!
Times Tables:
Great work on your 10 Times Table.
Next week, Thursday (13.03.25) we will quiz your knowledge of the 10 division facts in order as seen below.
Follow the link below to play 'Hit The Button' and do a bit more practise on your 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
English
We continued our learning through the story of Manfred the Baddie. We closely examined the picture of his hideout and discussed what features an effective hideout needs. We designed and labelled our own hideout.
Manfred has henchmen who work for him. We wrote in role as Manfred as he decided he needed to recruit some more henchmen and hench ladies!
We wrote great descriptions of all the attributes and skills these people would need.
SPaG
We learnt about contractions, I'm, there's, here's, doesn't.
Maths
We continued our learning about money. We found different ways to make amounts with coins. We used our knowledge to solve problems involving money.
R.E.
We had a lovely collective worship about the start of Lent.
We made our own Lenten promises which will be displayed in the hall.
My Happy Mind
We discussed all the experiences we are grateful for. We recognised how it is so important to take time to appreciate all the experiences we have.
Forest School
We had a great session in our nature area. We spotted all the flowers growing and how they have changed even from last week.
We had the den building equipment out and demnstrated some excellent teamwork.
World Book Day
Everyone looked brilliant in their costumes for World Book Day.
We read a lot of books and even had a parent come and read the end of day story (Zog) to us.
We also went outside and did a book scavenger hunt and designed our own book tokens.
Y2 really enjoyed the day!
We welcomed our visitors from Japan.
We are so lucky to have a student in Year 2. She is enjoying spending time with us and seeing how we learn.
Year 2 Team.
Year 2 Blog Friday 28th February 2025
Date: 28th Feb 2025 @ 1:01pm
Welcome back after our half term break.
It was great to see everyone at Parent's Evening and
share/celebrate Year 2's learning and progress so far.
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Spelling:
Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (07.03.25):
there their they're who what why when where which how
Sumdog:
Counting:
Starting at zero, count in tens forwards and backwards. Then choose a different one-digit number to start on. For example, 3, 13, 23, 33 or 9, 19, 29, 39.
Times Tables:
Our first times tables quiz went really well.
Next week, Thursday (06.03.25) we will quiz your knowledge of the 10x table in a muddled up order.
Follow the link below to play 'Hit The Button' and do a bit more practise on your 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
English
We read our new story, Manfred the Baddie by John Fardell.
The children drew the character and talked about different words (adjectives) they would use to describe him.
They learnt to write expanded noun phrases, which they will use for a character description next week.
Maths
The children have been solving muliplication and division word problems.
They found out that sometimes they need to share, group or draw pictures to work out the answers.
Science
We went outside to observe and draw the crocuses, daffodils and snowdrops which are growing.
R.E.
Year 2 wrote some beautiful prayers for our new prayer tree display next to the library.
We were very lucky to be the first class chosen and wrote prayers asking God to help Pope Francis get better soon.
P.E.
Our new focus this half term is games/fundamental skills.
The children thoroughly enjoyed learning and playing some 20th century playground games.
History
We found out about Tim Berners-Lee who was famous for inventing the World Wide Web.
Music
Year 2 have had great fun experimenting with Chrome Music Lab (a free website they may wish to visit at home) to create their own sounds.
We will be looking at this website to make some high and low pitched sounds over the coming weeks.
Year 2 Team.
Year 2 Blog- Friday 14th February
Date: 11th Feb 2025 @ 9:52am
Wow! This half term has flown by!
Well done to everyone in Y2 for working so hard and doing great learning over the last few weeks.
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (28.02.25):
could should would called about friends other favourite altogether again
Sumdog: Complete the 'Multiplication/Division' challenge.
Counting: Play the monster game below and work on your number and problem solving skills.
https://nrich.maths.org/problems/robot-monsters
Times Tables: After half term, Y2 will be doing times tables quizzes just like their spelling quiz.
The first times table quiz will be on a Thursday (27.02.25) and it will be the 10x table in order. For example, 1x10 = 10, 2x10 = 20 etc.
A 10x times table poster was sent home to help with this.
Follow the link below to play 'Hit The Button' and do a bit more practise on your 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
English
We planned and wrote our own story book based on The Magic Finger and tried to use eveything we had learnt from the story so far.
SPaG
We spent time learning about the different ways to spell to, too and two. Then we learnt the differences between their, there and they're.
Maths
During Maths lessons, we have been learning a lot about multiplication and division.
The children have used arrays, repeated addition and times tables to solve problems and looked at sharing and grouping to help them answer division questions.
Forest School
This week we discussed how to be safe around the fire.
We toasted marshmallows.
We also had plenty of time for our own learning and exploring.
R.E.
The children learnt that when we want to say sorry to God, we can go to Church and have the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
The children wrote out the special prayer (Act of Contrition) that is said with the Priest and decorated it beautifully. They also thought about how we can put things right by doing good things (Act of Penance).
Art
The children were architects and moved from drawing buildings to making model structures using art straws, card, paper, lolly sticks and pipe cleaners.
Have a great Half Term Holiday with your family and friends.
Year 2 Team.
Year 2 Blog- Friday 7th February
Date: 6th Feb 2025 @ 11:31am
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Spelling:
Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (14.02.25):
November December Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Sumdog: Complete the 'Addition and Subtraction Problems' challenge.
Counting: Play the two-digit target game below and work on your place value skills.
https://nrich.maths.org/problems/two-digit-targets
Follow the link below to play 'Hit The Button' and do a bit more practise on your 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Recently, the children explored some of the interactive games on top mark maths.
If they would like to play at home, follow the link below.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
English
This week we started learning throught a new book, "The Magic Finger" by Roald Dahl.
We read and watched the first part of the story and wrote a prediction.
We also wrote some instructions about how to build a nest like the one the Gregg family built in the story.
We are trying so hard to make our writing look beautiful on the page.
SPaG
The children learned how to change an adjective into an adverb by adding 'ly'. For example, slow - slowly or helpful - helpfully.
Maths
We have completed the addition and subtraction topic and moved on to multiplication.
The children learnt how to find the difference between numbers.
We have also been learning about repeated addition, arrays and how these relate to multiplication.
PSHE
We have been learning that there are times when people are trying to be kind to us and may touch us,
but we might not like or want this, e.g. when a friend gives us a hug but they squeeze us so tight that it hurts.
They might think it’s fun, but for us, it’s not - because it hurts.
Science
We learnt about two inventors,John Dunlop and John McAdam.
Forest School
We planted the bulbs we looked at in our Science lesson last week. We also made a forest eye.
This is good for practising our knots and it also develops our fine motor skills.
P.E
Year 2 performed some excellent sequences on the large apparatus.
In their sequences they included a clear start, travel, balance, jump, roll and finish.
Geography
We discussed the weather and seasons and identified which clothes were appropriate for the different weather types.
The children also wrote about their favourite weather and explained why they liked it.
