Year 2 Blog

We used our paint mixing skills to create different tints and tones for our skyscapes. We then added tree silhouettes to complete our pictures. We hope you like them!

Last week in Year 2 we used the three primary colours to mix secondary and tertiary colours to create a colour wheel. We then used our colour wheels to create these striking eye pictures.  

Year 2 has become the home of cartography over the last week. Having been studying the story of Where the Wild Things are this term, we had began to wonder how Max could have travelled to a mysterious far away … Continued

Last week Year 2 was the scene of a dastardly crime. Having started the term excited by the appearance of exquisite paintings in the Year 2 classrooms, the children were dismayed to find, on return from break, that the wonderful … Continued

The sun was trying to burn through the thick cloud on a grey Wednesday afternoon. The children of Year 2 were sat upright in their tables. The vast expanse of the internet lay at their feet. Before they could begin, … Continued

Another week, another task from Traction Man. Our latest brief, the most suitable material for an underwater action suit. We put our thinking caps on and devised a series of tests to ascertain whether materials were waterproof, flexible, transparent and … Continued

Last week in Year 2 we received a mysterious letter in a red envelope adorned with golden stars. We could not contain our excitement when we opened this magical envelope to find a letter from a super hero named Traction … Continued

In Year 2 last week we thought a lot about what it is like being new to somewhere, just like how we are new to Year 2. We imagined what it might be like to be from another planet arriving … Continued

This morning, 2B invited me to watch their signed performance of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong. It was a beautiful performance and I could really see the hard work the children had put in to learning all of … Continued

It has been a fabulous start to the year. The children have settled into life in the classroom well and have begun getting used to the routines and expectations of Year 2. Already they have shown how brilliantly they can … Continued