Year 2 spent an afternoon predicting and exploring.

First, we predicted the microhabitats where certain creatures and plants were likely to be found.  We discussed our reasons for our predictions.  After thinking about how to care for the environment, we went outside to explore potential microhabitats.  We were thrilled with our findings and keen to share.  We compared our findings with our predictions.

Year 2 are stepping back in time to learn about The Great Fire of London.

Year 2 enjoyed celebrating our school’s 150th anniversary. The children loved writing with chalk and chanting their number bonds.  Initially, it was strange to stand up when an adult came into the classroom, but the consensus was that it was a great movement break.  They enjoyed listening to our visitors from the Wymondham Heritage Museum and were fascinated by the forms of punishment.  A few children said that they preferred the books we write in today as you get to see all your work. They were disappointed when they cleaned their slate before another writing task.

So far, Year 2 has looked in detail at numbers to 100, with a focus on making tens. They built on this to organise their representations in a place-value chart, placing pieces of equipment under the correct place-value headings. Once the children were comfortable with organising equipment into place value charts and understood the column headings, they began to write numbers into in the correct place and worked on questions in their worksheets.