Year 2
Hello and welcome to our Year Two page.
What an exciting year we have ahead of us! Please follow our Y2 class Twitter page (@Y2sandalmagnaca) to see what we do in our learning, to find out about the exciting things which we have planned and for useful resources to support learning at home.
In Year Two, learning through exploring and being creative underpins all that we do and we adopt a 'cross curricular' approach to learning. Whenever possible, the children's lessons will be based around their curriculum studies for each half term and their reading, writing and maths skills will be applied in all subjects. The Year Two team are excited about being part of your child’s learning journey and highly value the impact which a strong parent- teacher partnership can have. If you have any questions, please see us informally any time as your drop off your child or pick them up, or if you require more time, feel free to make an appointment by telephoning the school office.
Our school day includes daily phonics, reading, English and mathematics lessons. The children in Year 2 also have a rich and varied timetable including weekly science, history, geography, RE, PE, art and computing lessons, with lots of extra experiences to help us to learn.
Please ensure your child has the correct uniform and wears appropriate, outdoor PE kit to school every Friday (warm in winter and cool in Summer), as PE will be outside whenever possible. Your child will need to bring a water bottle to leave in school and this will be cleaned each day.
We look forward to an exciting year working with both children and parents and welcome any questions that you may have.
Fruit Faces
Date: 10/04/2016
Last half term we produced some beautiful artwork inspired by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. We designed our 'Fruit Faces', then collaged them with photos of fruits before a pastel skill lesson that led to our finished…
Waterstones
Date: 05/03/2016
We were very kindly invited to go to a workshop at Waterstones in Wakefield. Louisa - an ex pupil organised this with us and led the activities when we were there. It was a very soggy day with the snow…
World Book Day
Date: 05/03/2016
We had a great time celebrating World Book Day 2015. Everyone in Y2 made an effort and looked fabulous. In the afternoon we had three wonderful stories: Mr Pearson read 'The Gruffalo', Mrs Jackson read…
Fire Service Fun
Date: 21/02/2016
As part of our topic: 'Help I need somebody!' the local fire service agreed to come and visit us. They came on Friday and we got to see the fire engine and all have a sit in it! Mr Ted even got to sit…
Dance Workshop
Date: 21/02/2016
On Thursday we were treated to a cool, fun 'Street Dance Workshop'. The session was only half an hour but we learnt a whole dance routine to 'Up Town Funk'. Mrs Thompson and Mrs Rashid watched the session…
Mr Ted's London Adventures
Date: 12/02/2016
Mr Ted has been very well behaved this half term and he has really enjoyed his trip to England's capital city - London.Can you name any of the sights he has seen? Have you ever been to London?We travelled…
Collaboration in gymnastics
Date: 04/02/2016
Our final gymnastics lesson today. All the children worked fantastically in teams to create and perform a short gymnastic routine to music. We were very impressed with how brave everyone was performing…
Circus Treat 100% Attendance
Date: 04/02/2016
Last Friday 12 children in Y2 were treated to a fun circus experience for attending school 100% for the last three weeks. In the morning they were treated to a show and shown the equipment that they would…
Amazing Gymnastics
Date: 28/01/2016
We had a wonderful PE lesson this afternoon. Mrs Thompson was really impressed as we all showed high levels of 'Collaboration' and 'Stickability. We tried really hard to try 'counter balancing' working…
Class of the Week!
Date: 28/01/2016
YAY! We did it again! Last week Class 2 were fantastic. Not a single red or yellow card given. Well done again. Keep it up - the trophy looks good in our window.
