Meet the Year 2 Team
Year 2 Teachers
Miss Brindle
Year 2 Class Teacher
Mrs Brownlie
Teaching Assistant
Miss Green
Teaching Assistant/Lunchtime Welfare Support
Meet the Teacher Slideshow
We offer a broad and creative curriculum, where all areas of learning are as important as each other. We place great value on providing the skills, knowledge and understanding to ensure all children succeed and have a love of learning.
Homework
Spellings will be sent home on a Friday to be learnt ready for the spelling test the following week. Please also listen to your child read their reading book and book they know each week.
Reading
Reading books: Your child will bring one decodable book home every Thursday. This will be the book they have worked on in their Reading Practice Sessions at school that week. It is an expectation that your child reads to you twice before returning the books for changing on Monday. Please can you sign their reading diary to confirm this.
Books We Know: Your child will bring home a book they know each week. They will have read these books at school so sit back and enjoy them telling you a story. It will be their responsibility to look after it and they must remember to bring it to school each Friday in order to exchange it for a new book.
PE
We have PE every Wednesday. Please ensure children have PE kits in school and any earrings are removed or plasters need to be provided for the children to cover them with.
Uniform
All children should wear full uniform including their ALWAYS badges.
We do allow pupils to wear all black trainers - no coloured swooshes/stripes etc. with all black soles.
Black shoes are also still acceptable and preferred for school.
Autumn 1
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
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
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.
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.
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.
Summer 1
Year 2 - Gymnastics with Blackburn Rovers.
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.
Using a picture gallery to find evidence in History.
Summer 2
Comparing mass in Maths today
Art inspired by Indigenous Aboriginal Art.
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.
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.
Remote Learning
We have outlined our remote learning procedures during the covid pandemic on this page, following the guidelines set by the government. If there is a need to switch back to remote learning in the future, we will adhere to our Remote Learning policy. We will make sure to review and update it according to the current situation and the lessons we have learned from the previous period of school closure. Rest assured, we will communicate these changes clearly to parents.
Remote Learning Policy
Remote Learning Statement
Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term
Year 2 Autumn 1 - Knowledge mats
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.
Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term
Year 2 Autumn 2 - Knowledge mats
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.
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
Christmas Crafts - Year 2
Yesterday we all got to meet Father Christmas.
Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term
Year 2 Spring 1 - Knowledge mats
Our topic this term in Maths is money. Please help your children with recognising and understanding the value of money at home.
Tyson came for a visit and we got to feed him his morning snack.
Science investigation
Our topic this term is materials.
We predicted what material would fill the hole in the pot the best. We used different types of materials and researched the properties,
We found that Blu tack worked the best, what super investigators you are Year 2.
Today we have been calculating with money in Maths. We would really appreciate your support in helping children learning the life skill of money at home.
Music, Computing and Spanish. What a fantastic afternoon in Year 2!
DT week - Our topic this term in DT is salads. Tasting salads Today we explored the taste of Caesar, Greek and Waldorf salads. The children then evaluated the salads describing the appearance, smell, flavour, texture and then rated them.
We then focused on the skills part of our DT week. This afternoon, we have been learning the skill of cutting and how to do it safely. This will make sure that when we cut the ingredients of our salads carefully.
Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term
Year 2 Spring 2 - Knowledge mats
So far in Maths this week we have been making and drawing arrays to make it easier to calculate multiplications. This helps us understand that multiplication is commutative.
Our topic in Geography this term is Our Local Area - Mill Hill. This week we looked at digimaps we found the keys on the map and had a go at guessing what they could be.
Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term
Year 2 Summer 1 - Knowledge mats
Our topic this term in Science is Plants. We sorted the different types of seeds and then did an investigation using a dry and soaked seed to spot the similarities and differences. Here we are opening the seed to investigate the different parts inside.
Year 2 have had a super busy week! Here we are enjoying dance in PE with Blackburn Rovers, using instruments in music with Junior Jam and using objects around our classroom for our measurement unit in Maths.
Ask us about our Clever badges
Our germinating plant investigation in Science.
Measuring in millimetres and litres in Maths.
Using clicker books in our Geography to create a book on History of the Seaside.
In Lego therapy today we have been working on team work and being able to follow instructions. Great job Theo and David!
In PSHE this term we have been looking at how to keep our bodies clean. We created some top tips for good oral hygiene.
Highlighting information about Greta Thunberg for our newspaper reports.
Checking on our plant investigations in Science.
Dancing to the prefix and suffix song to start our English.
Our dance PE superstars for this week!
Enjoying music, computing and Spanish in junior jam.
Our DT topic this term is…textiles: pouches.
Here we are using ICT to research different types of felt pouches to find out which we like the best.
After this we will move on to the investigation and designing process, the children are so excited!
DT Week - Textiles: Pouches
DT WEEK - we investigated different joining techniques: Blu-tack, sellotape, Velcro, sewing and glue to find out which would join the two materials together the best.
We found out that sewing the felt to make our pouch would be the best.
Wow!! We are super impressed with the children’s sewing skills this afternoon. We used binca, a needle and thread to help us before we begin making our felt pouches tomorrow!
Our finished DT pouches. The children have blown us away with their resilience when sewing and amazed us with their creativity. We are so pleased with our end products.
Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term
Year 2 Summer 2 - Knowledge mats
Yesterday, we had a visit from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service informing us on all the safety precautions we need to follow.
Our topic this term in Georgraphy is…Zambia. This afternoon, we have recapped our knowledge of continents and oceans then located Zamia on a map. The children loved this activity and found out that the country Zambia is in southern Africa.
On Monday Years 1 and 2 had the opportunity to go to Mill Hill Library as part of the literacy festival.
We met Christina Gabbitas who is a local author. She shared 3 of her books with us and got us involved with a poem. She taught us all about vitamins and minerals, pollution and animals. We had a great time!
This week in Maths we have been learning how to tell the time. So far we have looked at o’clock, half past, quarter past, quarter to and telling the time past the hour.
As part of our RE topic we went on a visit to church. We did a treasure hunt to find the objects in the church and what they are used for. Year 2 had a great time and learnt so much from Rev Alice.
In PE this term we are looking at athletics.
Today we have been focusing on our jumping and throwing skills. We then worked in teams to compete in some races. The children used words of encouragement to be supportive towards their team mates. Well done Year 2.
Wow what a great sports day we had this morning!The children all put 100% effort in and cheered one another on. Thank you to all the parents who could attend and showed your support.
Today we have been so lucky to have an extra dance session with Blackburn Rovers. This weeks stars of the week are: Leighton, Devon, Lexi-Grace and Emily!
We are on our way to the beach and circus! We are SO excited!!
We had the best day ever!! Year 2 had exceptional behaviour. We went to the circus, the beach, went on the pier and had an ice cream.