Blog by Ellie Radcliffe

As part of our Topic we had to design, create and evaluate a beach bag. We first made our designs. We decided that because they were a beach bag, we wanted to put coastal features or coastal-themed things onto them. Once we had our designs, we practiced a running stitch on binka, turns out that…

Year 2 work really hard in class but their hard work doesn't stop there! In their spare time, lots of our children are off doing incredible things! This week, Corey ran the race for life to raise money for Cancer Research- big well done! Jessie and the rest of the netball team had also been…

We had so much fun this week, participating in lots of fun sports week activities! Year 2 behaved incredibly, supporting one another, showing respect and determination, and being excellent team players. We all particularly enjoyed learning how to ride scooters on Friday! 

Today in RE, we learned about when Jesus helped Peter when he was sent to prison for spreading the word of Jesus. We worked in groups to act out the story and we did an incredible job! We also created some artwork linked to the story, and thought about what we are able to learn from it. 

Today, we were asked to help Year 4 do their last couple of miles of their 'walk to Ukraine' with them. Year 4 have been working hard over the last few months, raising money to help those affected by the conflict in Ukraine. Today, they completed their challenge, and we had a colour run to…

Today we learned about how the Holy Spirit is with us all, and we all receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit when we are baptised. We looked at why these are sometimes called the 'fruits of the Holy Spirit. To help us remember this, we all decorated some fruits with watercolour, trying to make them…

This week in Topic we learned about Captain James Cook, an explorer who set out on a voyage and discovered the east coast of Australia. We decided we were going to be creative and imagine we were explorers. We imagined we had traveled the world in search of new land and eventually found some! We…

This week in Maths we are looking at Statistics and learning how to interpret different charts and graphs. Our first few lessons consisted of us making a bar chart of our own. We first had to gather the data. We chose a topic, such as favourite food, colour, subject, or animal, and then went…

Today, we learned about a Buddhist festival called Wesak. We looked at the similarities and differences between Wesak and Christian celebrations such as Christmas and Easter. One way in which Wesak is celebrated is through lighting lanterns. We had a range of different Buddhist symbols that we had…

This week we learned more about the Islamic Festival Eid. We are very lucky to have a few Muslim children in our class who celebrate Eid, so they were our experts in this lesson! We learned all about how Eid is celebrated, and we had a go at listening to some traditional music and attempting some…

This week in RE, we learned about when Jesus helped the apostles to heal a man who could not walk. We thought about how healing the man was better than just giving him money, as many others had done. We then had a go at pretending we were news presenters. We worked in pairs, one child had to…

Today we went on a trip to Blackpool as part of our topic 'Coastline'. When we arrived in Blackpool we visited the RNLI centre. We learned all about how to stay safe at sea, got to see the rescue boats and got to see all the equipment the RNLI volunteers need! The coastguard also paid us a visit,…