Holly Blog - Year 2
Great Fire of London Workshop
Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Today we had a great time learning about the Great Fire of London.
Great Fire of London Workshop
Sports Day
Friday 30th June 2023
We had lots of fun at Sports Day today. Well done to everyone for taking part!
Holly Sports Day
Rye Meads Trip
Friday 23rd June 2023
Year 2 had a great time on their trip to Rye Meads Nature Reserve. We explored different habitats and found minibeasts by log rolling, net sweeping and pond dipping!
Rye Meads
Animals Workshop
Thursday 8th June 2023
Today we had a visit from Wild Science where we got to see and learn about different animals and their habitats. We even got to hold and stroke some of them!
Animals
Compass Points
Wednesday 7th June 2023
Today we used compass points to help the pirate reach the treasure!
Compass
Geometric Patterns
Wednesday 7th June 2023
We have been learning about patterns and sequences. Today we used different shapes to make our own geometric patterns.
Geometric Patterns
History
Wednesday 24th May 2023
Today we had a visitor in our history lesson. Kerri used to go to Tanners Wood when she was little and we asked her lots of questions about what it was like. This helped with our learning about local history and it was very interesting to find things out. One of the most interesting things we found was that there used to be a small swimming pool on the KS1 playground - it was empty when Kerri attended but it must’ve been filled once!
History
Coronation Day
Friday 5th May 2023
On Friday we loved making crowns to celebrate the King's coronation!
Coronation Day
Game On
Wednesday 26th April 2023
We loved our Game On session this week where we got to practise ball skills. We learnt how to dribble with a ball.
Holly - Game On
Easter
Thursday 30th March 2023
Today we made some Easter nest cakes for our marble jar treat.
Easter Cakes
Sponsored Easter Egg and Spoon Run
Wednesday 29th March 2023
Holly class loved taking part in their sponsored egg and spoon run!
Holly Egg & Spoon
World Book Day
Thursday 2nd March 2023
We loved dressing up for World Book Day! Can you guess the stories from our costumes?
World Book Day
The Mighty Pen Workshop
Monday 27th February 2023
Holly Class had lots of fun exploring the villain character in today's workshop with The Mighty Pen. We tried out different villain voices and actions to develop ideas about the character type.
Monday 27th February
Year 2 Christmas Play
Thursday 15th December 2022
Year 2 did a fantastic job with their performance of 'Lights, Camel, Action!' They have worked very hard and we were extremely impressed with their singing, dancing and acting.
Year 2 Play
Christmas Fayre
Friday 9th December 2022
Today we had lots of fun at the Christmas fayre - we event had a visit from Santa Claus!
Christmas Fayre Holly
Time to Dance
Friday 18th November 2022
This week it was Anti-Bullying Week. We took part in lots of activities to celebrate this and promote the 'Reach Out' message. We even had a go at learning to dance with Curtis Pritchard in his Time to Dance video!
Anti-Bullying Week
Monday 10th October 2022
Romero Britto Art
Recently we have been exploring artwork by Brazilian artist Romero Britto. We had a go at creating our own animals in the style of his work.
Thursday 22nd September 2022
Science Investigation
In Science we have been investigating materials and how suitable they are for different purposes. We carried out an experiment to find out which material would be best for mopping up spilt water. We dipped the materials in water and watched carefully to see which absorbed the water the fastest.
Thursday 7th July 2022
D&T
Today we learnt how to use a saw to cut dowling rods. We then used the rods to make axles for our moving vehicles!
D&T
Friday 1st July 2022
Sports Day
We had great fun today at Sports Day!
Sports Day
Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Rye Meads Nature Reserve Trip
We had lots of fun on our trip to Rye Meads Nature Reserve. We explored different activities where we searched for minibeasts in their habitats. Looking at both land and pond habitats, we tried log rolling, sweep netting and pond dipping! We found lots of minibeasts, including millipedes, grasshoppers, ramshorn snails and leeches!
Rye Meads Trip
Wednesday 25th May 2022
The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations
Jubilee
Thursday 28th April 2022
In Holly class we have been looking after tadpoles and watching them grow. This week they have started growing legs and they are turning into young froglets!
Sponsored Bunny Hop
Here are photos from our sponsored bunny hop.
Friday 11th March 2022
D&T day!
Today we had lots of fun exploring engineering and inventing. We had an assembly with Innovation Ben who inspired us to think of problems that we could invent solutions for. We then designed our inventions which will be entered into the 'If you were an engineer what would you do?' competition. In the afternoon we had a go at an egg drop challenge and tried to make towers out of spaghetti and marshmallows.
Thursday 24th February 2022
Maths!
Today we were learning about block graphs. We made a tally of how many of each coloured smartie there was in a tube and then represented this data in a graph.
Wednesday 9th February 2022
Safer Internet Week
Today we learnt about being safe online. We made posters to show how we are going to play our part to be safe when using the internet.
Monday 7th February 2022
Feeling Good Week
As this week is feeling good week we had a meditation session where we learnt how to meditate.
PE
Mystery Reader
Today we had a visit from a mystery reader - it was Tilly-Rae's Mum!
Year 2 Christmas Play
A big well done to Year 2 for their Christmas play - they did a fantastic job!
Christingles
We made Christingles today and thought about all of the things we are hopefully and thankful for.
Friday 10th December 2021
Christmas Fayre
Today we had lots of fun visiting the Christmas Fayre!
Friday 19th November 2021
Anti-Bullying Week
This week we have been celebrating Anti-Bullying Week. The theme this year was ONE KIND WORD. This afternoon we wrote one kind word for each of our peers. It made us feel happy, loved and cared for to read all of the kind things people had to say about us!
Friday 12th November 2021
Mystery Reader
Today we had a visit from a mystery reader - it was Maggie's mum!
Thursday 11th November 2021
Game On
This afternoon Year 2 had their a Game On session. We learnt lots of fantastic skills needed for rugby, like throwing and catching the ball and also how to score a try.
Thursday 21st October 2021
Art Day!
We have had a fantastic day learning how to draw cartoons, comic strips, superheroes and even bubble writing.
Friday 15th October 2021
Thank you all for your generations donations to the Watford Food Bank for Harvest.
Friday 8th October 2021
On Sunday it is World Mental Health Day. Today we talked about mental health and what we can do to improve our mental health and support others. We created our own superhero’s with super powers that can help people with their mental health!
