Year 2 and 3 have learned lots about light and shadows in our “Bright Sparks” topic this term. One of our favourite experiments we have done is investigating how shadows change. We all managed to make the length of a shadow change by moving the light source closer and further away from different objects. Then...Read More

Year 2 and 3 have been reading and writing poems around the theme of space this term. We have all enjoyed learning more about space through poetry as well as practising our rhyming, riddle skills and limerick writing. We had a poetry reading session where the children could stand up in front of the class...Read More

Year 2 and 3 have been exploring light and shadows in science lessons this term. We have been learning all about how shadows are created when the light from a light source is blocked. We used our knowledge of shadows to create some exciting shadow puppets, blocking the light and only allowing the light to go...Read More

In year 2 and 3 we have been learning all about the world we live in including all the cities, counties, countries of the UK. To help us learn about the four countries which make up the United Kingdom (and their respective capital cities) year 2 made some aerial maps out of play dough, using...Read More

Year 2 and 3 have been investigating how light travels in science lessons this week. We have previously discovered what a light source and a reflector are and used our prior knowledge to test how light travels. The children used card cutouts, mirrors and torches to test whether light travels in straight lines. We concluded...Read More

This morning, years two and three took to the stage to show the school and their parents all the fantastic things they had been learning about in class. They talked about learning about light in science lessons, writing letters in literacy, studying the Great Fire of London in history and they also sang a very...Read More

Just before Christmas, year 2 and 3 learnt about how children less fortunate than themselves may be spending Christmas on the streets or in overcrowded housing. We all watched this Christmas appeal advert from the charity Shelter and many members of the class were moved to tears at the thought of children their own age...Read More

In year 2 and 3 we have been learning all about the world we live in including all the cities, counties, countries of the UK. To help us learn the seven continents and 5 oceans of the world, we made some maps out of playdough, using atlases to help us. The class definitely enjoyed creating...Read More

In year 2/3, we have been learning about animals and their habitats in science lessons. We have learnt all about how animals survive in their environments and how to draw food chains showing how animals get energy to live. We decided to investigate our woodland habitat in the school grounds. Our investigation hoped to find out...Read More

Year 2 and 3 were visited by the North Yorkshire Rotters and their smoothie BMX bike to learn about how to reduce food waste. The children were very surprised to learn that the amount of food wasted by families in the UK every year was the enough to fill Wembley stadium! One of the ways...Read More