Year 2

Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term

Year 2 Autumn 1 - Knowledge mats

Hello and welcome to Year 2. Thank you to all the children, parents and families for being ready for the new term. 

What an amazing day we have had. We used numicon in Maths to recap our number bonds and did a super prediction for our next English text - The Way Home for Wolf.

Our PE day for this term is now on a Thursday. Please ensure your child has a PE kit in school by tomorrow. 

If you have any questions, please message me on here or see me after school. Many thanks for your continued support,

Miss Brindle

A recap of our first week in Year 2. We worked on our numbers to 20 in Maths, played games in PE, used the xylophones and iPads in Junior Jam and had some fun in the sun.

We found out that 100 years ago our school was a church.

The children loved spot the difference to work out the differences between our church from the past to present. We then went on a walk around our school grounds to look at the special plaques.

Our History topic this term is The History of Mill Hill.

Our topic in Maths is Place Value. Today we have been partitioning numbers to 100 using the base 10 equipment and our part - part - whole models. Great work Year 2!

In our PSHE this term we are looking at me and my relationships. Yesterday we looked at a range of emotions. We found out that we all react differently to emotions and that it is okay. We used a circle time and role play to help us understand this.

Our topic this term in PE is gymnastics. We are very lucky to have Blackburn Rovers lead this session. We performed different stretches to warm our bodies up, then used the equipment to balance, throw and jump. Great effort Year 2!

We had a lovely afternoon yesterday looking at our special books. The teachers brought some of their books in too. We talked about why these books are special to us. Here are a few of the pictures we took.

Last week in English we used our 5 senses to describe winter. On Friday we wrote a winter poem. Today we worked in groups and used our excellent oracy skills to perform them to the class. What amazing poets you are Year 2!

Our topic this term in Science is Living Things and Their Habitats. Yesterday we went to investigate what microhabitats we could find on our school grounds. The children loved exploring using their magnifying glass.

Year 2 are enjoying music this morning.

Junior jam are very proud of Year 2 today!

We have been creating our own number lines in maths on Friday afternoon with Mrs Hargreaves. We created our own number lines using base 10 and numicon and then labelled them in chalk. Our learning continued inside.

What a wonderful afternoon we had listening to Rev Alice talking to us about why the Bible is so special to her. Thank you for taking the time to come and talk to us.

Rev Alice brought her Bibles so we could look at them. Some were her very own, some belonged to her family and some from her church.

To celebrate Poetry Week, Yr 2 and Yr 3 pupils have been mixed into groups to participate in various poetic activities. My group activity gave the children the opportunity to watch different types of performance poems and discuss what made them special.

A wonderful morning as part of our poetry week. Mrs Hargreaves has had a great time reading a range of different poetry books in our school library.

This week it has been poetry week! In Years 2 and 3, we have done a variety of workshops. In this session, we learnt all about acrostic poems and had a go at writing our own Autumn one.

This week Olivia is reader of the week!

Art week in action

This week we created observational drawings of our teddies, wait until next week for our final drawings to be revealed. 

We also used different techniques and materials to create different textures. We then looked at a range of emotions and used these to create drawings of characters. 

What fantastic artists you are Year 2! We are so proud of you

Art week in action - Year 2

Every Monday reading books should be brought back. The more times your child/ren has read and an adult has signed the more raffle tickets they will get to put into a draw. Every Friday the draw will be drawn and the child will receive a personalised bookmark and a certificate.

Lolita is the reader of the week for last week and Aliza is the reader of the week for this week

READER OF THE WEEK 14.10.24

This week in Year 2 it’s DT week! The children are so excited because our topic this autumn term is wheeled vehicles.

As part of our investigating we went out on a local walk to conduct a tally to see which vehicles were the most popular and which colours the vehicles were. This research will help us when we come to design our final product.

Year 2 DT Week 14.10.24

Beginning to make our wheeled vehicles. 

Today we used the hacksaw to saw the wood. This helped to create our axle, we then attached wheels to the chassis and the body. The children used super listening skills to keep them safe. 

Tomorrow we will be beginning to paint and decorate them to fit our design criteria. Ready to bring them home on Thursday

Beginning to make our wheeled vehicles.

This morning we have been very lucky to have Paul Cookson in school - a famous poet. We did a full school assembly. 

Afterwards Year 2 enjoyed a session with Paul, he helped us learn a poem about wheeled vehicles to link with our current DT topic. We then showed Paul our poem from poetry week - Little Trotty Wagtail, he couldn’t believe how well the children recited it weeks later.

Wow, what an amazing DT week it has been! The children have had so much fun creating their own wheeled vehicle. We tested them out in the hall to see if they met our design criteria - we wanted them to move and be colourful. I think we all achieved that! 

A huge thank you to all the parents/carers who attended our open classroom to show off our DT products at such a short notice. We really appreciate your support.

Wow, what an amazing DT week it has been!

 Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term

Year 2 Autumn 2 - Knowledge mats

Today we went on a local walk to look at different habitats and micro habitats. The children had so much fun with some even saying “This is the best day ever!”. They showed excellent behaviour and learnt lots about our science topic.

Year 2 History Show Its

For our final history lesson, the children created posters and presented them to the class about the history of Mill Hill. We do show it’s for the children to show us what they have understood from the topic. 

Excellent efforts Year 2. Well done

English - we created fact files all about foxes.

Science - we looked at different habitats and why animals are best suited to that habitat.

Geography - we learnt the new vocabulary for our topic and matched up the definitions.

Junior Jam - we learnt our body parts in Spanish.

On Wednesday Year 2 had a visit from the fire service. 

We learnt all about good and bad fires and how to stay safe in a fire. We got to try on the different uniforms and look at a variety of equipment they use. 

Ask your child/ren at home how they can keep safe in a fire

On Wednesday Year 2 had a visit from the fire service.

This afternoon we got to go and engage in Prayer Experience Day. The children said that they found this fun, exciting, calming and relaxing. It was lovely to reflect and see the different ways in which we can worship.

We are at the pantomime! The children are so excited and can’t wait for it to start.

Friday's snowball disco. All the children enjoyed themselves that much that we forgot to take pictures as we were too busy dancing!

Wow what an amazing time we have all had planning, rehearsing and performing our nativity. This year being the most special because it is their final one in the infants. We are so proud of each and every one of them. Great effort Year 2!

Year 2’s last ever nativity performance!

Our VIP from Year 2

In our PSHE class, we learned about different types of bullying. We acted out scenarios, discussed how to get help if bullied, how to support others, and explored the reasons why someone might bully.

Wow what an amazing last week we have had at school filled with festivities. 

Father Christmas came to visit our Christmas party, we made lots of Christmas crafts and enjoyed watching a Christmas movie with snacks this morning. 

Merry Christmas to all our families. Thank you so much for your support in 2024, we really appreciate it. We wish you a happy new year and look forward to welcoming to you back on Monday 6th January. 

Love from

Miss Brindle, Miss Green and Mrs Wood

Wow what an amazing last week we have had at school filled with festivities.

Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term

Year 2 Spring 1 - Knowledge mats

Wow what an amazing first week we have had back in school.

We have started many new topics for our spring term. 

2. We recognised which shapes are 2D and 3D in Maths.

3. We took part in an experience day in English. We searched our school for a Bog Baby - the children had so much fun and we are thoroughly enjoying this story.

In English today we created our very own Bog Baby from our story. The children had so much fun being creative and imaginative, we are looking forward to describing our character tomorrow.

We have had a super week in Year 2 again! 

We wrote our character descriptions of the Bog Baby, the children are enjoying this unit so much and creating fantastic pieces of work.

We sorted the objects and materials in Science.

Listen to the videos to hear our Fluency Bee in action, discussing odd and even numbers.

This week in English we have been sequencing the story of the Bog Baby.

This morning the children have retold the story of the Bog Baby using their excellent oracy skills. The children used prosody and showed great teamwork during story telling.

Reggie was very proud of his art today, so proud he made a special visit to my office and made my day.

We looked at the Blnd Bartimaeus story and looked at how Jesus was a friend to everyone.

The children showed excellent jumping and throwing skills in PE.

In Science we researched which objects could squash, bend, twist and stretch.

Our Maths topic is money.

Yesterday we looked at making an amount. We recognised that we could make the same amount in different ways and how to make an amount using the fewest number of coins. Click the videos to hear our work in action. 

Great mathematicians Year 2!

Wow what an amazing last day of term we have had celebrating love. Today we researched Keith Haring - an American pop artist. We then recreated some of his artwork by drawing big shapes of love inspired by his art. We all had so much fun being creative.

Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term

Year 2 Spring 2 - Knowledge mats

Today in Art we have created observational drawings of fruit. The children have shown creativity and resilience. We have used Soft B pencils to use different techniques such as: hatching, cross hatching, stippling, smudging and scaling. Well done Year 2!

Multiplication and Division in Maths. This morning we have used counters to make equal groups. We then used repeated addition and multiplication facts.

World Book Day 2025 in Year 2. Wow what an incredible effort every single person made today. We really appreciate the effort you have gone to with the costumes and the jar competition. Thank you!

Isaac is the reader of the week for this week. He reads at home and has made huge progress because of this he has moved up a reading group this week. Well done Isaac.

This week in Maths we have been using numicon to help us to understand doubling, halving and the odd and even numbers.

Annabella is the reader of the week for this week. Well done for improving your reading at home Annabella! Keep it up!

Year 2’s Reader of the week is Arya!

This week ALL of Mrs Wood’s group got speller of the week for all improving their spelling score weekly and showing excellent progress.

Salad Investigations in DT! The children tasted and rated Caesar, Greek, and Waldorf salads today, choosing ingredients for their final salad designs.

Year 2 developed great cutting skills (bridge/claw) in DT this morning using play dough and safety knives, preparing for afternoon salads.

Salad creation in DT! The children chopped, grated, and beautifully presented their work. Stay tuned for the end product.

Fantastic DT week! The children designed and created colourful, healthy, and tasty salads, meeting all criteria. We are so proud! Enjoy your salads.

Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term

Year 2 Summer 1 - Knowledge mats

Our History Show It! For 10 weeks we have been learning all about different explorers/significant people from the past. The children have loved this topic and enjoyed working as a team to show what they had learnt.

In our Science topic we have been looking at the importance of hand washing. Yesterday we performed a Science experiment using pepper, water and a bowl to show how important it is to wash our hands and stay hygienic.

Year 2 artists have been exploring colour mixing this week! They successfully combined the primary colours red, yellow, and blue to create the secondary colours purple, orange, and green. Some children even experimented with mixing warm and cool colours.

We visited our school church this afternoon to learn why Christians see it as special. We focused on the pulpit, font, altar, lectern, crosses, and the Bible.

Our VE Day picnic lunch! Thank you so much for your efforts in dressing your children in red, white and blue, they all look fantastic! We really appreciate it.

In Science, we explored plant origins, focusing on broad bean seeds. We compared soaked and dry seeds, discovering the protective seed coat. Peeling it back, we found the young root and shoot. The children thoroughly enjoyed their scientific investigation

This afternoon in Art we are exploring water colours.

Year 2 have been busy bees completing some tests today. We are also the Attendance HERO winners for this week! As a reward we enjoyed an extra playtime and had some fun in the sun.

Our Year 2 artists got creative with sgraffito today, layering paint to reveal exciting designs by scratching through the top coat. What super artists you are Year 2!

Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term

Year 2 Summer 2 - Knowledge mats

Break time fun in the sun.

Year 2 artists have been exploring colour mixing this week! They successfully combined the primary colours red, yellow, and blue to create the secondary colours purple, orange, and green. Some children even experimented with mixing warm and cool colours.

Look at the amazing Art work we have created this afternoon! We have created Art in the style of the artist - Georgia O’Keefe. The children had so much fun.

The rain won’t dampen our spirits. We are so excited to get on the train and go to Blackburn Youth Zone, we can’t wait for a morning full of activities.

A train journey and Year 2's Youth Zone fun adventure. Parachute, sports games, fun activities and arts and crafts. What an amazing time we have had!

Y2’s prayer experience. On Monday we enjoyed a prayer experience day outside, we looked at all the different types of praying and the children had so much fun!

Painting a shape's outline, shadow, and shading with watercolours.

Autumn 1

Partitioning in maths.

In Spanish we have been learning how to say the days of the week and months of the year.

We are learning how to make music using Garage Band in computing.

We are learning about music theory with Mr Hannon.

Exploring the history of Blackburn

Printing in art.

Jump Start Jonny during wet play to get us moving.

Using teamwork to build a bridge for Wilf.

In art, we created card wraps.

Autumn 2

Dance with Blackburn Rovers.

Some of our learning from this week in Geography and Art.

Looking at the Eatwell Guide in science to see what makes a balanced diet.

DT Week

Investigating wheeled vehicles for DT.

Some pictures from D.T week. The children enjoyed making their own wheeled vehicles.

More pictures from DT week.

Christmas Crafts in Year 2

KS1 Christmas Party!

Spring 1

Investigating materials in science

As part of our experience day for English we made a brood box to help us write our own instructions.

In Art, we are looking at collage done in different ways

What a busy week in Year 2!

Art inspired by Bridget Riley.

Number Fun Day 2023

Blakewater enjoying their winner's treat from Ninja Coffee!

Spring 2

Our Geography topic this half term is Australia.

In Maths, Year 2 have been making equal groups.

Year 2 have been printing in Art this afternoon.

Throwing and catching in PE.

After reading the book ‘The mega magic hair swap”. We used different materials to create hair styles that we would like.

The Mega Magic Hair Swap

Music with Junior Jam 03.03.23

In Science, we changed materials using different forces.

This week is Science week. This afternoon we took part in a paper aeroplane experiment. We made different paper aeroplanes and measured the distance that they travelled. The children had so much fun!

Science Week in Year 2 - Paper Aeroplanes

Science Week - Charlotte from Elektec came to talk to us today.

A walk to look at the colours of nature.

We continued with our experiments for science week. 

Ask your child how we created rainbow paper today.

Science Week in Year 2 - Rainbow Paper

In Geography, we have been looking at the capital cities in Australia and some of the landmarks.

Investigating salads for D.T week.

Taste testing some salads

Practising our skills in DT today. We’re ready to make our salads tomorrow.

Preparing our salads

Enjoying our salads.

Summer 1

Year 2 - Gymnastics with Blackburn Rovers.

Mark making in Art.

Ask us about what was happening here.

Learning about quarters in Maths.

This half term we are learning to play the keyboard with Junior Jam.

Today we have started looking at time. We started by looking at o’clock and half past.

We have made collages to celebrate the King’s Coronation.

This afternoon we went for a walk to look for micro habitats in our local area.

Telling the time in maths today. Please help your child to tell the time on an analogue clock.

Taking inspiration from ‘The Owl who Was Afraid of the Dark’ by Jill Tomlinson.

Observational drawing in Art.

Learning about food chains in Science.

Measuring in Maths

Using a picture gallery to find evidence in History.

Summer 2

Comparing mass in Maths today

Art inspired by Indigenous Aboriginal Art.

Team games in P.E

Investigating puppets in D.T.

Practising our knotting, threading and sewing skills before we make our puppets.

Today we used our sewing skills to create our puppet. Keep your eyes peeled for the final product.

Litres and millilitres

Sorting seeds in Science.

Using Aboriginal Art to create our own didgeridoo.

Learning how to read a thermometer in Maths.

Firework experience day for English.

We have had a wonderful day at the beach.

Campfire experience day for English.

Yesterday we had a visit from Daniel the firefighter. He told us all the ways the fire service help us and taught us how to stay safe in a fire. Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service offer a FREE fire safety check and will provide and fit smoke alarms if needed. https://www.lancsfirerescue.org.uk/contact-us/home-fire-safety/ or call 0800 169 1125

This afternoon Rev Cath told us all about the features of the church.

Autumn 1

Wow what a fantastic first day in Year 2! We have done lots of super learning and it has been a pleasure getting to know your children. 

Miss Brindle, Mrs Brownlie and Mrs Wood

Our topic this term in history is the local history of Mill Hill.

Yesterday we went on a local walk on Norfolk Street to find out the history of our school. The children were amazed at the differences over 100 years ago.

Ask your children what they learnt.

What a fab afternoon! Year 2 enjoying PE in the sunshine improving fundamental movement skills.

We started our maths lesson singing and dancing to our maths song of the week. Play this song to your children to help them with their maths learning at home. https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-counting-with-john-farnworth/zbct8xs

We did mastering maths to work out all the different ways we can make 6 using tens frames and counters.

Wow what a fantastic first gymnastics lesson with Blackburn Rovers. The children loved climbing, balancing and some even said they are proud of facing their fear of heights.

Blackburn Rovers Year 2 14.09.23

Our PSHE topic this term is ‘Me and My Relationships’, in our lesson we recognised the different ways of expressing feelings and the helpful ways of responding to others feelings. Great circle time discussions Year 2!

Today we had some very special visitors. Miss Keegan and Patrick came to answer our questions about how humans grow.

Today we went on a very wet walk to Mill Hill train station as part of our History topic to look at the similarities and differences from the past to the present. Despite the weather the children had so much fun. 

There is also a photo of how Mill Hill train station looked like in the past.

Today in R.E we had visitor. Rev Cath came to talk to us about the Bible and tell us why it is a special book. She brought in some different bibles for us to look at.

This week in gymnastics we focused on balancing shapes on the floor, balancing across apparatus and performed jumping shapes, 

Ivan is Blackburn Rovers star of the week for making super progress in gymnastics since Year 1 and being resilient. We are so proud of you, well done Ivan!

Today in Maths we have been using the inequality symbols to compare objects. We looked at the greater than, less than and equal to symbol and used Numicon to help us > < =

We love gymnastics on a Thursday with Georgina from Blackburn Rovers. Today we practised our teddy bear rolls, log rolls, tuck rolls and forward rolls. 

Ethan is Blackburn Rovers star of the week for improved gymnastics and super listening, well done Ethan!

Year 2 looked at other holy books today and what they mean to people of different religions.

Our DT week in action so far, our topic this Autumn term is Wheeled vehicles. 

We have investigated the different vehicles by taking part in a road survey and researched the different parts and purposes of vehicles. 

Autumn 2

Today we have learnt about the continents in Geography.

We love Junior Jam Friday mornings in Year 2.

Our class novel in English this term is ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’. Last week we researched about foxes we looked at different websites to find out facts to create our own fox fact file. 

Ask your children at home what they learnt about foxes.

Today in geography we built on our understanding of continents and oceans by using maps and globes to locate the north, east, south and west of Europe.

Today in Science we learnt how to keep our teeth clean and healthy, with Sarah and Joanna from Darwenside Dental Practice.

A snippet of our teeth activities.

No Pens Day

In maths the children worked in teams to cut and sort shapes correctly. 

In Art we learnt about the work of Anthony Frost and then used ICT to respond to his art work.

No Pens Day

Look what special delivery arrived in Year 2 today. We can’t wait to see what the elf gets up to on the countdown to Christmas.

Yesterday in our science lesson we looked at the importance of hand washing. We took part in an experiment to watch the germs disperse when we apply soap. 

Try this fun experiment at home with your children

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KirHm_sYfI

The importance of hand washing.

What a fantastic morning in Year 2! We are very lucky that two very special reindeers came to visit us for our ALWAYS treat.

Our special visitors - Year 2