Today, the children in Year 2 enjoyed a short trip to church to learn more about baptism. They learnt about the differences between an adult baptism and a baby's baptism. Keziah from the church was very engaging and informative and we were so proud of...
Year 2 enjoyed conducting their fieldwork and walked around the local area, observing how land has been used and how sustainable Hackney is. A table was used to record different types of land uses we observed and also what sustainable solutions Hackney has put in...
Our writing this term is based on our Humanities topic Sustainability. We started reading the book: "The Adventures of a Water Bottle," by Alison Inches. The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle is a book that presents the recycling journey of a plastic bottle from its...
During our Humanities lesson this week in Year 2, we have been looking at Queen Elizabeth 11. We discussed different sources and whether they were primary or secondary. Primary sources offer first hand evidence or original accounts of an event, while secondary sources analyse, interpret...
This week in our writing, we have been looking at different settings and using powerful adjectives to describe them. We also used thesauruses to improve our vocabulary and to use a range of ambitious adjectives, verbs and adverbs. The children came up with a word...
Yesterday the children went to Buckingham Palace. What an amazing day we had! We were privileged to glimpse King Charles and Camilla. We also saw Prince William and Kate, who waved enthusiastically at the children. The excitement in the air was palpable! After that we...
Our new topic in PSHE this term is Relationships. This week we discussed families and how modern families can look different but the most important thing is that the contain lots of love! The children then went on to write ingredients for a loving family....
In our writing this week we have been reading the book, Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine. The children worked well together to design a bathing machine fit for a Queen. They were supplied with card, scissors, tape and a picture of a bathing machine, they were...
This week in Year 2, we have been looking at measuring in centimetres. The children enjoyed using rulers to draw lines of different lengths using a ruler. The rule was to always start measuring from 0. [gallery ids="21706,21707,21708,21709"] ...
This week for the children's Steam lesson they finally got to make their pizzas and enjoy eating them. They chopped up the different ingredients and spread the tomato puree on the pitta bread. After that they sprinkled grated cheese on top. The excitement in the...