This is our Year 2 related news. You can find this along with more Year 2 related information on the Year 2 page.
In Year 2’s liturgical prayer this week, we celebrated the upcoming feast of Pentecost. The children shared the scripture and acted out the story. They explained the meaning of the Holy Spirit in detail and shared details of times they have felt filled with the fruits of the Holy Spirit.
Years 1 and 2 had great fun watching Tango’s Big Adventure. The children listened and interacted well throughout the performance. They were the perfect trainee zookeepers. The children learnt that no matter how different we are, we are all family and are all loved.
Year 2 were very excited to receive a visit from The Fire Service this week. The children enjoyed listening to the firefighters talk about their jobs and hearing about how they can stay safe at home. We went out onto the playground to see the fire engine and the highlight was an opportunity for all of the children to have a go at firing the hose!
Year 2’s class liturgical prayer took place this week. The theme was based on the scripture verse ‘Love one another as I have loved you’ and the children told the story of the feast of St Valentine to develop this message. The class also described how they could live out these values in their daily lives and spread God’s love to others all around us.
Mrs Nickeas
Year 2 had a lovely time making and delivering our community Christmas cards this week. The children were extremely sensible and polite when leaving school and on our walk. A few of our neighbours even came out to say hello!
In Year 2 we have continued to enjoy sharing our class Advent calender each day. The children have enjoyed reading each others reflections and prayers. We have also made some beautiful nativity scenes to help us recall the events leading up to the birth of Jesus.
Year 2 have been learning all about the art of puppet making in DT. The children have talked about the different ways of making puppets and the materials used. This week we have designed and labelled our puppets describing the tools and materials we will need ready to start the construction phase next week.
In Year 2 in Geography, we have looked at weather and at the seasons. We combined the skills of Geography and Art to really think about how the world around changes as we go through each day, when investigating the weather, as well as through the year when thinking about the seasons.
This week Class Dojo has been rolled out to parents and children in years 2, 3 and 4. Year 5 have been trialing the app for the past week and it has proved extremely successful. It is an excellent tool for communicating between school and home. Teachers are able to answer questions and queries relating to home learning and children can also upload their work to their own portfolio so teachers can have a look and provide feedback.
All parents in years 2,3,4 and 5 should have now received an invitation to join Class Dojo and have also received a QR code so the children are able to set up their personal portfolios. Follow the instructions, download the app and you are ready to go. If you haven’t received your invitation or QR code please contact the school office.
Elizabeth has shared her home learning on her seaside snack project. Mrs Haste was most impressed and said that it looks delicious. Maybe you could follow Elizabeth’s instructions too. Well done.
Home learning for all year groups is now available on the class pages. Some of the work may need downloaded to look at but the majority should be able to be completed within the children’s home learning books.
For maths there are also links to both the Power Maths scheme of work which we follow in school and has been adapted for use at home and also the White Rose Hub which is very similar, easy to use and navigate.
Please continue to use Times Tables Rockstars (we can see who has been using it regularly) and reading on a daily basis.
Finally, don’t forget to keep fit and active with PE with Joe Wicks each morning.
Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed World Book day this week. They came to school dressed up as their favourite book characters. We had a classroom filled with Harry Potters, Where’s Wallys and many more. Their favourite part of the day was having a guest come and tell them a story – Mr Whittle! Another special part of the day was the opportunity for the whole school to silent read at the same time. Year Two were excellent at this and liked reading their favourite books. Another Great World Book day – Well done Year Two for your fantastic costumes!
This week Year Two went to The Lowry Art Gallery. The children particularly enjoyed a special workshop where they studied the famous LS Lowry painting – Going to the Match. They then used Lowry’s techniques when drawing buildings and produced some fantastic pieces of Art work! The children also had an opportunity to look around the Art Gallery and expertly completed a tricky quiz. Well done Year Two!
The school council would like to thank all KS1 children who entered the Book Review Competition. They had a hard task reading over the wonderful reviews in order to select the winners but eventually managed to choose 2 winners from each class and a further 2 runner-ups. Well done to everyone who entered and especially the winners and runners up.
This week, Year Two have made Community Christmas Cards to be delivered to houses in Denton. They then went on a trip to personally post the cards to houses in the community. We hope it spreads some Christmas joy.
This week, Year Two have performed the Christmas Play Babushka. The children thoroughly enjoyed acting, singing and doing actions. They have worked very hard over the last few weeks learning their lines and perfecting their actions. Well done Year Two! What a fantastic Performance!
This half term Year 2 have been learning about self portraits. They have used black pens to create the outlines and were introduced to using watercolours. The children really enjoyed experimenting with the colours.
Year Two have been learning all about Healthy Eating. They enjoyed designing, making and evaluating a healthy snack. They particularly liked trying the different types of fruit and yogurt
Year 2 had a fantastic time learning about Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong on Tuesday morning through their time travelling guide. The children particularly enjoyed acting out the port of Genoa, travelling on a ship, and exploring new lands. They were then able to apply this to what they know about Neil Armstrong and learnt how the two explorers were very similar despite being many years apart. At the end of the session the children were made honorary time travellers.
As part of Year 2’s topic on ‘Where does our food come from?’ they have been learning about different foods from around the UK. They began by locating these on a map and placing them in the correct place. They the correct places for foods such as haggis, jellied eels, Bakewell tarts, soda bread and also Welsh cakes. Then on Tuesday they had the opportunity to be Masterchefs as they carefully followed the recipe and made some fantastic Welsh cakes.
Year 5 have been busy practicing their sporting, leadership and teamwork skills for the past few weeks. They have organised and lead activities for the younger children in year 2. In the coming weeks they will be undergoing an assessment to see if they qualify to be Junior Play Leaders.
Year 2 had a fantastic time at Sky High Adventure on Wednesday. For two hours the children climbed, clambered and caved their way around a variety of obstacles. Once split into two groups the children began to explore the array of activities. One group took to the high ropes course which involved the children showing off the balancing and coordination skills as well as a lot of bravery. Following that they then entered the deep, dark cave to begin exploring. In the meantime the other group explored the variety of different climbing walls that were on offer. They demonstrated exception grip, balance, strength, determination and bravery to reach the top of some very tall and challenging walls. The groups then swapped over and experienced the other activities. It is clear to see that year 2 have some budding spider men and women among
their ranks as well as exceptional bravery and determination throughout. The children’s behaviour and listening was excellent and they had a thoroughly enjoyable (and exhausting) time.
In year 2 we have been busy planting lettuce seeds as part of our science topic – Young Gardeners. We had to read the seed packets carefully to make sure that we were planting them in the correct conditions and are now carefully taking care of them. Hopefully we will have enough for a salad soon!
Years 1 and 2 had a great morning out at the Romiley Forum watching Aladdin. The morning was full of laughs, dancing and singing. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and their behvaiour was excellent throughout. Well done to all.
Years 1 and 2 put on two fantastic performances of their nativity Prickly Hay on Tuesday and Wednesday. The children have worked exceptionally hard over the past few weeks rehearsing, learning lines, singing songs and perfecting dance routines and their dedication paid off as the children were brilliant. The audiences thoroughly enjoyed the children belting out such classics as Prickly Hay, Christmas is for Everyone and Stable Hoedown. Also, some of the dancing was a joy to behold. Well done to Year 2 for their fantastic acting and performance and well done to Year 1 for being such an enthusiastic and brilliant choir. Thank you to Miss Davies, Mrs Cheug and Mrs Ratcliffe for their help and support.
Year 2 lead the school in an excellent collective worship on Thursday telling everyone about how God has chosen people to do special jobs and how we must then trust in God. They told us about some very important people from the Old Testament; Moses and Abraham before acting out the story of Daniel who was saved by an Angel after being thrown in the lion’s den.They then told us about people they trust and how they felt when they were chosen for special jobs or responsibilities. Finally they gave us an excellent rendition of their song ‘You Can Trust in God’. Well done Year 2.
Year 2 had a fantastic time learning about Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong on Tuesday morning through their time travelling guide. The children thoroughly enjoyed acting out the port of Genoa. sleeping on the sheep and meeting the natives of the new world. They were then able to apply this to what they know about Neil Armstrong and how the two explorers were very similar despite being many years apart. In class we have also been able to link this to our learning about Captain Cook. Following the session the children were all made honorary time-travelers.
Year 2 spent a glorious science lesson in Victoria Park on Monday 14th! The lesson was all about observing plants and the differences between them. They made tree bark rubbings to compare the texture of trees, accurate drawings of the flowering plants and learnt how dandelions disperse their seeds. The children behaved beautifully and were a credit to the school! Many thanks to the parent helpers who made the trip possible.
On Monday afternoon, 2G had some very unusual visitors! Andy from Animals InTuition was kind enough to show us his amazing animals and tell us about their young and their natural habitats. We all enjoyed handling Gromit the Sandfish, Elsa the Leopard Gecko, Thomas the Vietnamese Tree Frog, Mr Tickles the Royal Boa Python, Jerry the Guinea Pig and Esio Trot the Red Footed Tortoise. We learnt lots about the animals, and some of us were very surprised to find out that Mr Tickles was very smooth to the touch and not slimy at all! 2G did the school proud with their perfect behaviour, inquisitive questions and gentle manner with the VIPs.
Congratulations to our Y1 and Y2 children on their fantastic performance in our Nativity play – Baubles. It was great to see and hear such lovely singing, confident speaking and acting. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and may have discovered new talents! Thank you to everyone who came along to watch the performances and to the school staff for preparing the children so well.
St. Mary’s ended National Poetry day with each class performing a recital of a famous poem. The poems ranged from, ‘The Ning Nang Nong’ by Spike Milligan to ‘Macavity – The Mystery Cat’ by T.S. Elliot. Enjoy our videos below.
Congratulations to our Y1 and Y2 children on their fantastic performance in our Nativity play – A Midwife Crisis. It was great to see and hear such lovely singing, confident speaking and acting. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and may have discovered new talents! Thank you to everyone who came along to watch the performances and to the school staff for preparing the children so well.
This term we have been exploring ‘Saint Lucia.’
First of all we practised our map skills by locating where Saint Lucia is and how to travel there. We found out about the climate and thought about what you would need to pack to go on holiday. We explored the landscape and discovered the wildlife with help from ‘Animals Intuition’ to help us think about habitats in Science.
We then designed new rainforest creatures based on what we learnt about animals. Some examples included a ‘Sparrot’ with features of a spider and parrot as well as a ‘Parfrog’ which looked like a parrot with frogs legs!
In Design Technology we explored different types of musical instruments. We created tropical fruit patterns before designing and making our own musical instruments.
Class 2D visited Staircase House in Stockport as part of their learning about the Great Fire of London. The children really enjoyed their day. They especially enjoyed dressing up and the opportunity to build their own house. The children produced a persuasive leaflet, encouraging other people to visit Staircase House, when they got back to school. This is an extract from Zara’s leaflet:
A Visit to Staircase House – the most exciting place on earth
What is it like at Staircase House?
By Zara Hogan, Class 2D
Year 2 enjoyed a great introduction to their topic on Australia when some native Australian animals visited their classroom with their handler. The children were able to touch and hold some of the animals. They are now going to find out more about the animals and their habitats in their topic work.
Santa was able to squeeze a visit to St. Mary’s into his busy schedule. First of all he had requested a ‘pupil progress’ meeting with Ms Reeves, then with a big smile on his face he visited our EYFS classes and Years 1 and 2 who all sang their favourite Christmas songs for him.
Congratulations to our EYFS and KS1 children on their excellent performances in their Christmas production. Our EYFS children sang a selection of Christmas songs with great joy and gusto. While our Y2 gave a very confident performance of Babushka even enough many of them were feeling under the weather, ably supported by our Y1 choir, who showed tremendous promise for next year.
