Spring 2

A highlight of this half term was our school trip to Milestones museum. Year 2 enjoyed learning about what life was like in Basingstoke in the past. When we got back to school, we spent time reflecting on this trip and writing a recount. We also wrote a story following the book Journey. We have looked at weather poems too. 

In Geography,  we have been busy creating maps with keys. We also learnt about the weather and tracked this weekly throughout the UK. We then put this data is a graph. 
 

Our Art learning focussed around the artist Clarice Cliff. We used different painting techniques to create our own Clarice Clive style plate. We also used technology to create our own art deco pattern. 
 

Science has been all about plants! We planted our own plant and watched it grow. We learnt about all the things it needs to flourish. We also did a science experiment about plants. We gave each plant a different amount of water and noticed the difference this made. 
 

we look forward to more fun in Summer 1. 

Spring 1

What a great half term we have had in Year 2 learning all about the Titanic! Our learning journey started with an exciting topic launch where the hall was turned into the Titanic. The children loved role playing within the different classes and eating their biscuits. 
The Titanic flowed through most of our learning. In English, we focused on Samsons Titanic Journey where the children did some lovely descriptive writing. We also created Non-Chronological reports about the Titanic. In Art we sketched and painted the ship. 
We had a DT day where we designed and created a healthy wrap. 
In Science we looked at hygiene and keeping healthy.

In Indoor PE we learnt a titanic based dance. We worked on our striking and fielding in our outdoor lessons. 
 

We look forward to another super half term in Year 2. 

Autumn 2

We have had a very exciting half term in Year 2 learning all about London and the adventures Paddington has there! 

Our learning has been based around different Paddington stories which has been really fun. In English, the children wrote their own Paddington adventure stories where Paddington explored different famous landmarks. The children really got into role and pretended they were Paddington in London. Our Geography learning has been based around the UK and the different countries within it. We also looked at world maps, atlases and globes to find Paddington's journey from Peru. We made some comparisons between England/ London and Peru and noticed how different they really are! Our Art learning has been based on Paddington too! We learnt different sketching techniques and put this into practise by sketching our very own Paddington! We then used watercolour to paint him. They look great! 

All of this learning and more was celebrated in our Paddington Christmas assembly.

The Year 2 team are so proud of what the children have accomplished this half term. Well done Year 2 Super Stars! 

Welcome to Year 2

2024-2025

Autumn 1

What an amazing start we have had to the year! The children have really thrown themselves into their learning and are very excited about our first topic - The Great Fire of London! We have been super impressed with their interest and curiosity in maths and they have blown us away with their use of expanded noun phrases in English. 

We have also been discovering the properties of materials in science and they have carried out some amazing investigations already - deciding on the absorbency of materials to use to make a bucket for firemen.

Important Information

PE Days - Monday and Thursday

Library Day - Friday

The Year 2 Team.

Sycamore Class Teacher - Mrs Gough

Willow Class Teacher - Miss Murrells

LSAs - Mrs Bush (All day)