Year 2

Christmas Time!

We've had a brilliant build up to the end of term. As well as a visit from Father Christmas himself, we've had an amazing Christmas party as well as completing lots of different Christmas activities. 

Children in Need

Thank you so much for your donations towards our Children in Need collection. The children looked fantastic in their spotty clothes!

Forest School Y2MH

The children have absolutely loved their first sessions of Forest School. We've linked our time in there to our Science Curriculum, so we've been finding things which are alive, dead, or have never been alive. We've experimented with making bird's habitats, focusing on what a shelter needs to be. We then tested them to see if they could protect an egg if it fell from a tree! 

Spooooooky Day!

We finished the half term with a Halloween Spooktacular. The children enjoyed a scary lunch, party games, pumpkin craft and their first marble treat of the year. They all looked very scary. 

Comic book Visitor

Today we had a visitor from comic book illustrator and author Rick Eades. The children were very excited to create a Halloween themed character and story with Rick, and loved watching a real illustrator at work! We'll be carrying on with our comics as the week continues in Literacy. 

Autumn 1 has been Forest School time for Mrs Hanley's class. The children have had a wonderful time making clay animals, building shelters and even sitting around the fire circle making birds nests. On the last day we had a fire and toasted apple slices in the Autumn sunshine!

In Science in Mr Hughes' class, the children have been studying Materials this half term. The children have been sorting materials and conducting experiments on 'which material is best for mopping up a spill' and  waterproofing a book bag, as well as finding out if 'hard objects can absorb water'. Next half term, Mr Hughes' class will be studying Habitats outside in Forest School, while Mrs Hanley's class look at Materials. 

Here's the link for the Year 2 Leavers power point. You will need to copy and paste the link into your browser.

https://wellfieldinfants-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/p/rfairclough/ETW9LA-v34FMvigOwuZ-5K0BP5Ktau1g9NseTu3bKMOL4g

Science Fun

As part of Science week, we met with the Year 6 children from the Junior school, who showed us lots of exciting experiments!

Drama Workshop

We had great fun at our Drama workshop with Andy, recreating some Olympic moments!

Football PE

We've been working hard with our football coaches recently in PE, particularly on our dribbling skills.

Our Trip to Knowsley Safari

We had an amazing time at Knowsley Safari Park. We found out about lots of different animals from our guide too!

WORLD BOOK DAY

The children had a great time on World Book Day, and all looked fabulous in their costumes. We wrote some book reviews, were read stories by the juniors and had a book quiz!

Multi-Skills at Ashton High School

We had a lovely afternoon doing a range of sporting activities with some of the older students at Ashton High School. They kept us very busy and we were very tired on the way home!

Mental Health Awareness Week

We had a lovely week thinking of ways to cope with our emotions. We made our own game all about the Zones of Regulation, we 'filled our buckets' with kindness, we did some beautiful craft based around 'The Heart's Invisible string' and we finished the week with a Friendly Friday French breakfast of croissants and pain au chocolat!

Thank you to everyone who came to our singalong and stay and play morning. 

                     The children loved having you in school with them                          and everyone had a wonder time creating special memories. 

We hope it brought a little festive magic to your Christmas. 

SPOOKY DAY!

We finished the half term off in style by dressing up and having a spooky party. The children all looked amazing and we had a very special day. 

Forest School

The children in Year 2 have been enjoying the great outdoors in their Forest School sessions. They collected party objects for a mythical creatures birthday party. They created balloons, presents, cakes, party hats and decorations. 

School's 50th Celebrations

To celebrate the school being 50, we held a 70s day in school! We had talks from people who knew the history of the school, had a 70s music inspired Wake Up and Shake Up with the parents, and had a 70s party with lots of dancing in the afternoon. 

Coronation Party

We had a wonderful day celebrating the King's coronation. The children looked spectacular in their costumes and we even had sunshine in the afternoon for our street party on the playground. 

Illustrator Visit

This week we very lucky enough to be visited by author and illustrator Sarah Parkinson. She showed us how to draw some different objects relating to the King's coronation, which we'll put together as part of our coronation display. 

Comic Relief

The children looked fabulous and we raised lots of money too!

World Book Day 2023

We've had a fantastic World Book Day in Year 2. The children all looked fabulous, dressed as book characters or new words. We read with our friends in Year 5 and did lots of fun book activities besides!

Book Review

In Year 2, we've started a weekly book review. This is a short presentation about a book the children have read at home to the rest of the class. So far, it's been very popular!

We've also given the opportunity to write a book review of a story we've read in class. A winner is then selected at random to win a copy of their chosen book!

Clay Pinch Pots

We've had great fun recently making vases using 2 clay pinch pots. We'll decorate them using oil pastels and a black ink wash!