Year 2

Great Fire of London

Great Fire of London

Today, we learnt about the Great Fire of London. We worked in paired to discuss and sequence the events.      

Subtraction work

Subtraction work

Year 2 used base 10 to support their subtraction work. They have started learning about and using column subtraction.

Evaluating our beautiful bird boxes

Evaluating our beautiful bird boxes

Year 2 Goodall have finished building and decorating their bird boxes. Complete with waterproof designs, a perch, and hanging handle. Today we talked about what went well what was difficult during the build and what we would do differently next time. We can't wait to...

Building a bird box structure

Building a bird box structure

Year 2 Goodall have built their bird boxes using MDF, wood glue and metal eyes. We have had to ensure our joins were straight to create a strong bird box that's ready to go outside!.

Adding two digits with dienes

Adding two digits with dienes

Today Year 2 Goodall have shown they can add 2 digit numbers using a column method and dienes. Can we recognise the tens and units within a number?

YEAR 2 LOCOMOTION JUMPING

YEAR 2 LOCOMOTION JUMPING

Year 2 consolidated their jumping skills and applied effective jumping techniques in a variety of ways. They showed understanding of how to apply the correct technique for jumping, skipping and hopping in games. [gallery type="rectangular"...

Consolidating jumping 

Consolidating jumping 

Today Year 2 Goodall have applied effective jumping techniques to a variety of games. They have also consolidated what they already know about jumping, skipping and hopping into a game.

BALL SKILLS – HANDS

BALL SKILLS – HANDS

Our final lesson this half term focused on bringing together the skills of throwing underarm and overarm together into games. The children had the opportunity to apply the principles of attack vs defence into a competition. [gallery type="rectangular"...

BALL SKILLS – HANDS – OVERARM THROW 

BALL SKILLS – HANDS – OVERARM THROW 

Year 2 have been developing their overarm throw. They engaged in a team game involving the 'batter' who threw the ball overarm and fielders who had to catch, retrieve, and throw the ball back to stop the batter scoring points. [gallery type="rectangular"...