Class Two

Diversity Day

During Diversity Day class 2 enjoyed reading Specs for Rex written by Yasmeen Ismail. Rex has new glasses and he HATES them! He does NOT want to wear them to school, and he tries to hide them in the strangest places! But it’s pretty tricky hiding specs that are so big, round and RED.

It’s funny how things turn out though, because Rex’s specs end up winning him a gold star and a new friend. Even better, he can SEE properly. A beautiful story about the positive effects of being, well, maybe just a little different.

We spoke about the word ‘Neurodiversity’ and what we thought this word meant. As a class we learnt that everyone’s brain works differently and that this word is used to describe the different thinking styles that affect how people communicate with the world around them.

PE Sending and Receiving

Class 2 enjoyed developing their throwing and catching skills. We focused on pushing the ball with both of our hands, releasing the ball when your hands are pointing at the target and using two hands and wide fingers to catch the ball. We applied our previous knowledge to enjoy and have fun with our partners.
In groups of four we took turns to throw the ball at a cone, once we had successfully hit the target we could turn the cone over. We explored using different throws such as underarm, overarm or chest pass. To challenge ourselves we used different size balls and discussed if this made the activity difficult or easier.

Our next activity involved us standing opposite each other either side of a hoop. We enjoyed throwing the ball using a chest pass to our partner making sure our hands are ready to catch.
We learnt pulling the ball towards our chest while catching stops the ball falling out of our hands.

Photography

Class 2 really enjoyed our art topic on photography. We tried to create our own photographs using natural resources we found round our school grounds. We enjoyed placing objects on special paper and exposing the paper to sunlight, created blue images called cyanotypes.

Significant People

Over the past few weeks class 2 have been focusing on historical significant people. We have been looking at Ibn Battuta the famous explorer, Neil Armstrong the first American to walk on the moon and Amelia Earhart who was the first female pilot to fly across the Pacific Ocean. We have really enjoyed plotting these three historians within our own timeline, learning all about their achievements and why we remember them.

Listen and Appraise

This week we listened to Wonderwall by Oasis. Most children in the class enjoyed the song especially the beat of the drum and the guitar. Some children found the music a little too loud so it was not their favourite song.

PE

Sending and Receiving

We practised our sending and receiving during PE today. We enjoyed rolling the ball to each other and stopping the ball with any part of our body. We then repeated the task but this time we could only stop the ball with our hands as well as trying to move our feet to get in line with the ball. We learnt that we need to keep our eyes on the ball and stop it with wide fingers.
We enjoyed rolling the ball in any direction and making the ball travel through our partners legs or under their arms.

We discussed questions such as

How will we send the ball further?

How do we gain more power when throwing or rolling the ball?

Photography

DT Photography

Class 2 had a fantastic time using our photography skills to capture both the Anglican and Metropolitan Cathedral. We came back to school cropped and put filters on our chosen photos.

World Book Day

World Book Day 2025

Today we enjoyed coming into school dressed in either yellow or our favourite character from our favourite books. We all loved showing each other and discussing what happens in our characters book.

As a class we read and discussed the book The Magic and Mystery of Trees (The Magic and Mystery of the Natural World) written by Jen Green and illustrated Claire McElfatrick.
We discovered how trees communicate and warn each other of predators, how they nurture their networks, record the past, and anticipate the future to ensure their survival. There’s so much more to trees than meets the eye.

From the highest branch all the way down to the complex “wood wide web” of roots, every part of a tree plays an important role. Not only in its own growth, but that the ecosystem of the whole forest or woodland. Did you know that trees take care of each other and that whole forests are connected? As a class we loved learning all about how trees help our world.

Can I Join Your Club?

Diversity Day

During Diversity Day we had the pleasure of ready ‘Can I Join Your Club?’ By John Kelly. Our book was about a Duck who wants to join a club. But he needs to be able to ROAR to join Lion Club, or TRUMPET to join Elephant Club. And all he can do is QUACK! What’s a Duck to do? Why, set up his own club of course… where everyone is welcome to join!

We discussed what it feels like to be left out and how including others can be the best solution to make everyone happy. 

Science

Exercise

We have been discussing how we can keep our bodies healthy. We learnt that you need to eat healthy foods such as fruit and vegetables while also drinking plenty of water. We found you need to do lots of exercise and get enough sleep to help our bodies grow. We learnt keeping ourselves clean in one of the best ways to stay healthy.
We found out how we can take our pulse either from our wrists or our neck. We took our pulse when we did not exercise and how it changes once we have done exercise.

Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading with Kathryn White

Class two had the pleasure of reading “Home For Grace” written by Kathryn White. We learnt it was about a woman who appears with a sleeping bag, living in a shop doorway, Jess is full of questions. Where is her home? Why did she leave? And what will happen when the snow comes?

Class two enjoyed being part of the zoom with the author and discussing the underlying themes of kindness, understanding and empathy.

Gymnastic

PE: Gymnastic
What a fantastic start to our gymnastic term. We have been recapping how to position our bodies into different balances. Our favourite balance is the side star and the dish while making sure our arms and legs are straight. We are looking forward to learning more about gymnastics in year 2.

Diversity Day

Today during Diversity Day we read the book ‘I am Enough’ and we have learnt that the book promotes self-acceptance, self-esteem, and empowerment. The book tells us about the importance of accepting ourselves as we are, celebrating our uniqueness, and recognising our worthiness. Our question today was ‘What does it mean to be enough?’ we enjoyed sharing our thoughts and ideas during our P4C.

Star of Wonder

What an amazing afternoon we have just had watching the production Star of Wonder. We enjoyed laughing and participating alongside the actors.

Computing

Class Two spent their computing lesson creating digital art and using AI to create animated drawings. The first part of the lessons we looked at how we can use apple pencils and pro-create. Children used the different brush tools to edit a picture. We then used Sketch meta to change a drawing into an animated image.

PE

Dance

Class 2 listened to different types of music, we then followed our leader to what type of movement we should use in contrast with the music. We have been working on creating different dance moves and today we have enjoyed putting them into a sequence. We used three dance moves, a travelling movement, a jump and a turn, this was so much fun.

2D and 3D Shapes

Class 2 began our maths lesson sorting and matching the correct 2D and 3D shape to its correct name. We then discussed our shapes and how many sides a pentagon, hexagon and octagon has.

Science

During science class 2 have been looking at habitats and how some animals survive in extreme cold weather. We carried out an investigation about blubber, this involved holding ice in one hand then ice covered in ‘blubber’ in the other to see how ‘blubber’ works.

How to Build a Beautiful Home for a Bog Baby

Class 2 looked at a set of instructions on how to build a beautiful home for a Bog Baby. First we read our instructions and checked we had all of our equipment, we then followed our instructions carefully to create a beautiful home. We then generated verbs and adverbs to describe the actions.

Class 2 PE

We explored different feelings using music as stimuli. We then got into partners mirroring each other to a piece of music, we enjoyed being slow and delicate to a calm piece of music or fun and energetic to a fast tempo piece.

Fantastic work class 2!

Year 2 Science: Habitat

Class 2 have been researching the different types of habitats and the animals that may live there, we then researched and created our very own. We enjoyed creating habitats from forests to desserts and also designing the animal that may live there.

Geography

We learned the names of all 7 continents and worked hard to label them on a world map.

NSPCC

we really enjoyed having the NSPCC and Buddy in class to teach us how to ‘Speak out and Stay Safe’.

Speaking and Listening in Spanish

This week we worked hard to explain our likes and dislikes about different toys. We use ‘me gusta’ and ‘no me gusta’ to discuss our preferences.

Oral Storytelling – The Bog Baby

To help to prepare us for our writing, we worked together to retell the story with actions.

Debugging

In computing we discussed the words bug and debugging. We know that when code doesn’t work, it might be because of a bug so we have to work hard to debug and fix the problem. We worked together to do this, entering code to pick the corn. We then read the book, Stevie and the Big Project which explained that mistakes and failures are just First Attempts In Learning.

Computing

Today, we recapped our knowledge of the word algorithm. We then inputted code to control the Angry Birds, helping them to navigate their way to the target.

Diversity Day

Today we found out about the life and events of Martin Luther King Jr. We shared the book ‘Martin’s Big Words’ and listened to some of his famous speech. We spoke about our dreams for ourselves and the world. In P4C we discussed the question – should you always treat everyone the same?

Preparing to write a diary

To help us prepare for our writing, we produced and rehearsed a story map. We are going to use the images to help us with our writing.

Fire Station

What a fantastic trip to the fire station this week! We were able to compare what we have learned about The Great Fire of London to the equipment they use today.

Comprehension

After reading our comprehension text, we worked together to label a diagram, using the information from the text to help.

Super SPAG Work

This week some of the children worked in our new building to show off their fantastic SPAG skills. We have been focussing on using words like and, because or so to add more detail.

Making Salads

We showcased our chopping, cutting and grating skills when making our salads. We used our planning to select ingredients to make our delicious salads and we cannot wait to taste them!

Partitioning

This week we have been demonstrating our knowledge of partitioning, using equipment to show how many tens and ones in a number.

PSHE

The children watched a video about bullying this afternoon before making a decision! The class thought about the effects of bullying and how we can stop bullying.

Collective Worship

In class 2 we looked at the effects of loneliness and how we can help others.

Collective worship

It was fantastic to see Year 2 listening and speaking about politics this afternoon!! The children learned about voting and choice, and had lots of questions to ask!

Spanish Olympics

Today class 2 had the opportunity to be apart of the Spanish Olympics. Some class 5 pupils lead different activities that involved class 2 showing off their Spanish skills.

Class 2 Apple Pencils & Digital Art

Class 2 spent their computing lesson using Apple pencils & iPads to create a digital piece of art. Children have been looking at the artist Henri Matisse, they created a design on a piece of paper and then using Sketchpad and apple pencils recreated it to be a digital piece of work.

Collective Worship

In class we spoke about what it means to be an Olympian. The children said it takes resilience and a great attitude to be an amazing Athlete.

Forest School Club

Each week in Forest School Club the children enjoy an activity of their choice, this weeks task was a “Bug Hunt”. We had so much fun exploring the Early Years outdoors looking for different insects.

Computing

The class modified images they’d saved onto iPads, by cropping or adding filters, resulting in some eye-catching effects!

English – Conscience Alley

Today in class 2 we did conscience alley trying to persuade Jack to either go up the Beanstalk or not!

PSHE

We have been learning about body language and different emotions this afternoon.

Geography

The children marked continents on a world map this afternoon before discussing places in the world they had visited and using Google Earth to explore!

Computing

P.E. – cricket

The class practised their cricket skills this morning, using throwing skills, aiming for the stumps and acting as a back stop.

R.E.

We ended our topic with a quiz, but before this we thought about how Muslims and Jewish people care for the world and others.

Water Safety

Thank you to our visitors teaching us the importance of staying safe in and around water. We learnt techniques how to keep ourselves safe and what to do if we see anyone in need of help.

Rhythm

In music we practiced rhythm with our egg shakers.

Geography – Pre-task map skills

The children spent the afternoon completing their pre-task – using an atlas to find countries within continents.

Listen and Appraise

Listening to Ed Sheeran’s ‘Lego House’ this afternoon, the children enjoyed the gentle ballad, while one member of the class recognised the actor who appeared in the music video.

Art – sculptures

The children produced some amazing sculptures this week as the class ended their art topic!

Minibeasts

Today in science we looked in some plant pots to find some creepy crawlies. We found some woodlouse and a slug!

Spanish

Today in class 2 we learnt how to say how old we are.

Music

Today we listened to some classical music and used egg shakers to follow along with the beat.

Computing

Today we spoke about how to be safe on the Internet. We used a traffic light to determine if a website was safe or not.

Listen and Appraise

Class 2 listened to a song from Somalia. The children really enjoyed the song and the music video.

PE – throwing and catching

The children began their new topic by practising their throwing and catching skills!

Goodbye Barnstondale!

Thank you to everybody at Barnstondale who made our residential such a memorable time!

Collective worship

The class listened carefully this morning in collective worship, learning about the events of D-Day on the 80th anniversary of this significant event.

Evening campfire

A lovely end to another day at our Barnstondale residential, a campfire with marshmallows, songs and stories!

Shooting range

The children practised their shooting skills this afternoon, using a rifle to aim at a target.

Obstacle run

These children enjoyed navigating this tricky obstacle course!

River crossing

Another example of teamwork this morning as this group completed a harnessed river crossing!!

Woodlands teamwork

The children worked really well together to complete the canon run and then supported each other in a rope walk!

Breakfast time!

After a good night’s sleep on their first night, the children enjoyed a lovely breakfast in preparation for another day of activities!

Free time!

After a fun afternoon of activities, the children enjoyed some of the play equipment in Barnstondale.

Archery

Excellent target skills this afternoon, taking careful aim for the bullseye!

Rock climbing

The groups enjoyed rock climbing and abseiling this afternoon – a great demonstration of bravery, skills and resilience!

Barnstondale residential

After arriving safely, the children began building shelters in the woods!

Science

Class 2 planted some bulbs today and when we come back from half term we will see how much they have grown.

English writing

Here are a couple of examples of our writing contributions this half term, based on ‘The King who banned the Dark’

R.E

We watched a video about the creation story and then we drew pictures to match what happened on each day. The children thought about how powerful God must be and the importance of looking after the Earth.

Collective Worship

The children listened to important safety messages today about Rail Safety and how to stay alert when near rail lines.

Spanish

We recapped everything we have learnt this half term. We also enjoyed some of our favourite Spanish songs.

Finding 1/3

Today in maths we learnt how to find 1/3 of a number.

Music

Today we practiced pitch lines.

Fractions work

The children practised recognising fractions today and their written notation! Well done Class 2!

Computing

Listen and Appraise

The children loved the familiar sound of Alicia Keys this afternoon, singing along to her hit ‘This girl is on fire’. Very popular indeed!

Recognising fractions

The children enjoyed putting the equal parts together to recognise halves, thirds and quarters.

The King who banned the dark

Spine Building visit

History – Cathedral visit

As part of their History topic ‘Changes in our city’ the children visited Liverpool Cathedral today to learn more about this famous landmark and its history.

Tennis stars

The children enjoyed practising their tennis skills this morning in P.E. – using forehand and backhand!

Listen and Appraise

The children loved the distinctive sound of Pink this afternoon, listening to ‘What about us?’. They were surprised to know she is playing part of her tour in Liverpool this summer!

RE – Why should we care about others?

The children began their RE topic by discussing what it means to care for others and why it is important. They watched the story of the Good Samaritan and thought about what it means to be a good neighbour. Some of the children acted as the injured old man receiving help!

Yoga

Breathing exercises were a great way to begin the yoga session this afternoon.

Healthy eating

In PSHE today, the children recapped the benefits of healthy eating and choosing the right foods for a sensible diet. They watched a 1Decision video before making the correct choice for the character.

Spanish

Today Class 2 wrote sentences for the first time!

Y2 English

The class looked at writer knowledge using our sample text.

Music

In Class 2 we are learning about musical elements. We learnt a song called ‘Rhythm in the way we walk’.

Year 2 Sorting and Presenting Data

This morning Year 2 have been continuing with their presenting data topic, by creating top trump cards about different animals. Children conducted research and gathered records and fields  about 4 animals of their own choice. Using excel we then inputted the data to create a digital version of a top trump card. 

Computing

The children worked hard this morning to create a database of animals! They looked at things like height, weight and life expectancy.

The King who banned the dark

Wonderful examples of work on our washing line, as the children immersed themselves in our new Literacy Counts unit.

Listen and Appraise

Taylor Swift’s ‘Shake it off’ was certainly the most popular song for some time in our Listen and Appraise session. The children loved it!

Tennis

The children practised forehand and backhand skills this morning in P.E.

DT – Chairs

The children made the finishing touches to their chairs this afternoon – there were some wonderful designs and plenty of hard work too!

Collective Worship

The children discussed the five ways of well-being this afternoon, then looked at what the word community means and how we can give to others.

Yoga

Such magical tree poses this afternoon!

Conscience Alley

The children did brilliantly today, giving reasons for and against banning the dark!

DT – making chairs

The class started making their chairs this afternoon, using cardboard, tape and lots of hard work!

Computing – modifying text

The children began their new computing unit by discussing the features of a keyboard, identifying some important keys.

P.E. – tennis

Amazing skills from the children this morning as they practised tennis skills, balancing the ball, hitting and throwing. Well done everyone!!

Yoga

The children welcomed Georgia back this half term for their yoga sessions – excellent poses Class 2!!

Listen and Appraise

The children loved the energy and tempo of ‘Hey ya!’ by OutKast this afternoon!

Number mastery

The children demonstrated excellent maths skills this morning, knowing how to split numbers to reach ten to help with subtractions.

DT – developing skills

The class used a variety of ‘attachment techniques’ this afternoon, practising the skills required to construct their chairs!!

PSHE – Sharing images online

The children thought carefully this afternoon about the things that should and shouldn’t be shared online. They made a common sense decision using the 1Decision clip!

DT – Chairs

After researching different types of chair and their features, the children tried constructing their own using Lego sets!

Diversity Day

Well done to all the children today, completing our Diversity Day work using the book ‘Specs for Rex’. The children discussed how it is ok to be different and everybody has something unique about themselves. In the story, Rex was worried about wearing new glasses, but he soon found they had positive effects!!

Class 2 Presenting Data

This Morning Class 2 has been exploring Databases. To begin we had a class discussion about the different types of information you can have and what private information is. Children then moved onto look at the type of information you can have and what an ‘online’ and ‘offline’ database is, we listed some different examples. As a class we then created an offline database about Class 2 and children explored and collected information from an online database.

Spanish vocabulary

A fun lesson with Mrs Grindley, the children learning the names of farm animals in Spanish!

Learning musical notes

The children were practised their musical notes with Mrs Grindley and impressed with their knowledge and application.

Listen and Appraise

Class 2 enjoyed the acoustic sounds of Tracy Chapman in our latest Listen and Appraise session, with children commenting on her distinctive voice.

Exploring emotions

Our PSHE lessons have been focusing on the emotions of worry and anger this half term.

Blue for Bobby

The children remembered Bobby Colleran today and listened to the importance of crossing the road safely and cars obeying the speed limit.

Listen and Appraise

The children enjoyed the acoustic sounds of Oasis this afternoon, with their single ‘Don’t look back in anger’. They enjoyed the guitar sounds especially!!??

Collective Worship

The children listened attentively to how women in the past fought for equality and talked about inspirational women – as Class 2 learned about International Women’s Day.

Listen and Appraise

The children loved the rock sounds of Guns’n Roses this afternoon with their classic ‘Sweet Child ‘O Mine’ – there were some fantastic air guitars!

World Book Day

The children wore some wonderful costumes and outfits today, as they celebrated World Book Day in style. There were superheroes in class, along with wizards and princesses! The children were also excited to take home their free book.

PSHE – Worries

The children discussed strategies on how to deal with worries this afternoon – why sharing worries is important and which adults can be trusted to speak to. The class also watched a 1Decision clip before choosing the best action.

Music

In class 2 we learnt some new songs.

Listen and Appraise

The children listened to two legends this afternoon, as Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney sang ‘Ebony and Ivory’. They enjoyed the song and discussed its message.

City Photography

The children took some wonderful photographs this week for their Art topic, looking at landmarks, objects or patterns around the city centre before choosing and editing their final choices.

Festivals – RE

The children ended their topic about how and why people celebrate special and sacred times, by comparing the festivals of Easter, Passover and Eid. They then completed a quiz, which was lots of fun!!

Photography walk

The children enjoyed a fantastic afternoon taking photographs of objects, patterns and places of interest, as part of their Art topic.

Music – Listen and Appraise

The children enjoyed the pulsing sound of Survivor’s ‘Eye of the Tiger’ this afternoon. It was certainly familiar and had the children using their air guitars!

Art research

Thank you to Ms Kurs today, who spoke to the class about photography!

Science – Checking our pulse

Today in science we learnt about our heart rate and if we do exercise our heart rate will be faster. We went out to the playground to test this.

Art research

The children were excited to start their Art topic this afternoon, looking at different types of cameras and discussing their uses.

Diversity Day Spring 2

Using Tom Percival’s ‘Meesha Makes Friends’ as a stimulus, the children produced some excellent instructions of how to make friends before completing a P4C session with the question ‘Should there be rules for making friends? Would rules make it easier?’

Listen and Appraise

The children ended the half term listening to ELO’s ‘Mr Blue Sky’ enjoying its happy, bright tune and the animation too!!

What matters most?

As part of their topic on festivals across faiths, the children discussed what matters most to believers at Easter.

Your voice matters

The children learned that their voice matters – by expressing their feelings and understanding their rights, children can improve their mental health.

Safer internet day

The children discussed the importance of being safe online this afternoon and the need to make common sense decisions and always speak to a trusted adult.

DT – skills in action!

The children worked hard again this afternoon, using a hacksaw to cut dowels to the correct length – these would act as axles on their vehicles!

Listen and Appraise

Lots of memories brought back (for the adults at least!) as the class listened to Lynn Anderson’s country hit ‘Rose Garden’. One girl in particular loved this style of music!

Working on our vehicles – DT

As the class began to assemble their vehicles, the children displayed great sawing skills as they cut their axles!

LLP reading event

The class enjoyed listening to author Lucy Farfort this morning, after enjoying her book ‘In our Hands’ – a book about hope, unity and positivity! They also drew characters who would transform the world! The book links in well with the upcoming Mental Health and Wellbeing Week.

Festivals – RE

The children began their topic today, thinking about celebrations which are important before looking at the important Christian festival Easter and retelling the story.

DT – making our designs

The children worked diligently as they began using their designs to make their vehicles for our wheels and axles topic!!

PE – gymnastics

The children were excited to use the school apparatus this morning, practising balances, rolls and climbing skills!

Listen and Appraise

The children enjoyed listening to singer songwriter and musician Joan Baez this afternoon, enjoying the acoustic guitar playing!!

HMD – Collective Worship

As Holocaust Memorial Day approaches this week, the children of Class 2 listened attentively as they learned about this time in history and the theme of discrimination.

Scratch Jnr

The children enjoyed creating a city setting this afternoon, giving a car instructions to drive through the scene!

DT skills in the classroom

The children worked well this afternoon to assemble their wheels and axles onto their vehicle body, even trying them out on the classroom floor!

Listen and Appraise

The children were familiar with the ‘Fab Four’ from Year 1 and they loved listening to ‘Help’, particularly enjoying the music clip of John, Paul, George and Ringo.

Collective worship

The class listened attentively to the importance of Martin Luther King Jnr today, in a week where his inspirational life was remembered in the USA.

Maths – finding equal groups

The children enjoyed a practical activity this morning, finding equal groups as they begin their division topic in Maths.

Listen and Appraise music

We loved Little Richard’s fantastic piano playing during our first music appraisal of the half term!!

Wheels and axles

The class began their DT topic this half term by researching wheels and axles, using Lego to make vehicles!! There were some wonderful examples!

Gymnastics stars!

Class started their new PE topic for the half term by practising different ways of travelling before demonstrating a range of balances!

English Hook

The class were introduced to objects relating to their new English book today. They had some wonderful ideas, predictions and questions!!

Yoga wind down!

Class 2 took the opportunity to relax at the end of their yoga session!

Class 2 return to yoga!

A lovely start to the new term this week as the children started their yoga sessions again! Thank you Georgia, good to have you back!

Diversity Day – I Have A Dream

Such rich discussions this morning during Diversity Day! We thought about the impact of Martin Luther King’s life and speech, then formulated a question for the class!!

A Special Visitor

We had a very special visitor in school on party day, every class had the opportunity to visit the grotto and they left with some gifts.

A Special Visitor

A big thank you to this parent this afternoon who delighted and informed the class about life as a Muslim! The children contributed with such knowledge and showed great respect!

Stop Animation

We worked creatively this morning to create a stop motion animation film!! The children worked together to design a setting and characters before making the animation!

Arrays

We used arrays this morning to understand commutativity.

Geography Work

The children used images of Brisbane, Australia and Formby to discuss similarities and differences between these two locations.