Year 2: Blog items
Stained Glass Windows, by Mrs Schultz
Date: 20th Jul 2023 @ 4:39pm
The Year 2 children sketched their stained glass window designs in Art, using sketching pencils. They then used watercolour paints to make them look as colourful as the windows in Our Lady's Church. Look at some of their beautiful designs! Well done Year 2!
Science- Planting, by Mrs Schultz
Date: 20th Jun 2023 @ 10:56am
We spent last term learning all about plants. We planted some seeds and bulbs in the planters outside our classrooms and have been observing their growth over several weeks. We hope that you would agree that our flowers are making our school playground a bright and beautiful place to visit. Well done Year 2!
Enterprise Money, by Mrs Schultz
Date: 20th Jun 2023 @ 10:46am
As a year group, our children decided that we would spend our 'Enterprise Day' money on equipment for wet playtimes. The children requested gel pens, paint pens and glitter glue. Miss Ward and I had so much fun shopping to purchase everything on their wish list! We even added some extras like: tracing paper and stickers. We decided to give them as a treat to all of the children after their SATs were over. We've been lucky to not have any rain since, but will have them to hand whenever the weather decides to be against us!
Butterflies!, by Mrs Schultz
Date: 20th Jun 2023 @ 9:52am
In Mrs Schultz's class, the children have been watching the life cycle of a caterpillar in real life. We watched the tiny little caterpillars grow and grow until they were ready to build their cocoons. We then carefully transferred the cocoons into a net where we waited and watched eagerly for 2 weeks. Finally, they hatched out into beautiful butterflies. We released them into our playground just before the May half term. The children are convinced that they keep seeing them in the area!
Peter Thorpe- Space Art, by Mrs Schultz
Date: 20th Jun 2023 @ 9:38am
We worked hard last half term to create art work inspired by the artist Peter Thorpe. We created rockets and planets; using the pastels to make them colourful. We chose whether we would like to blend together the colours by rubbing the pastel designs with our fingers. Afterwards, we used splats and lines of paint to make the paintings look more abstract, just like Peter Thorpe's paintings. When we had finished, we set up an art gallery in our classrooms. The Year 1 children were invited to visit our art gallery. The Year 2 children took great pleasure in explaining to them how we had created our designs and the media we used. Great work Year 2!
Year 1 and 2 Science Club, by Mrs Harris
Date: 24th May 2023 @ 4:35pm
Year 1 and 2 science have enjoyed learning all about the human body and the name of our organs. Children enjoyed matching the words to the
pictures, building a body with magnets and drawing their own human body.
Coronation Party Day in Year 2, by Mrs Harris
Date: 5th May 2023 @ 11:42pm
Year 2 had a fantastic Coronation celebration!
First, we decorated our own crowns - ready for our celebratory lunch. Then, we spent the morning designing our own street party, with everything from face painting to petting zoos! Next, we wrote persuasive letters; inviting everyone to enjoy the celebration. After a lovely lunch, we made King Charles III collages, coloured celebration pictures and played some right royal games! We finished off the afternoon with cake and ice cream.
We look forward to hearing about all the celebrations over the weekend ???
Imagine That!, by Mrs Schultz
Date: 23rd Apr 2023 @ 9:54pm
At the end of the Spring Term, Year 2 enjoyed a fabulous trip to Imagine That! Science and Discovery Centre, In Liverpool. They explored 4 different zones over the course of the day. We began the day in the Science Zone where we, amongst many other things, explored magnets, delved into a light and shadow room, made giant bubbles, played in a sand and water area and made snow!
We then moved into the Slime factory where the children were shown some exciting experiments and chemical reactions before making bath bombs and slime. They were then given the opportunity to play with the giant slime trays!
After that, we moved onto the Art Beatz room. The children delighted in making music on the music wall, painted magnets, made pictures using paint dabbers, produced 3D pin art, weaved ribbons and even painted a car!
The final zine was the Imagination Village where the children could be who we they wanted to be; vets, weather reporters, builders, fire fighters, performers, shop keepers and chefs!
We had an amazing time, and couldn't wait to write a recount of our adventures when we got back to school. Thanks to all our parent helpers, we hope you had as much fun as we did!
Year 2 Enterprise Day, by Mrs Harris
Date: 8th Mar 2023 @ 8:39pm
Year 2 had an great Enterprise afternoon. We chose to make and sell painted rocks. The children decided that they could be used as either ‘Pet Rocks’ or paper weights. All the decisions were guided by the children. They chose to charge 50p for the larger rocks, and 20p for the smaller ones. Each of the rocks were designed by the children then decorated carefully with paints and pens. We had some beautiful designs; some with flowers, some with messages, character stones, monsters, aliens, dinosaurs and many more. We weren’t short of volunteers to sell our rocks either. The children on the stall were keen to attract many customers, shouting ‘Come and buy our rocks!’. The rocks proved very popular, with every rock selling out by the end of the day…even the staff bought some! We made nearly £50 to spend on craft supplies and new books for our classrooms. Well done Year 2!
Come and Share, by Mrs Schultz
Date: 2nd Mar 2023 @ 5:24pm
Year 2 had a great 'Come and Share' morning before the half term. We talked about sharing love and kindness. The children made cards with their visiting parents and grandparents, using their fingerprints to decorate a heart. They then made 'acts of kindness' hearts. They included little notes to explain how they could share love and kindness. Some of the children made promises to tidy their bedrooms and wash the dishes, and one even offered to buy his parents a house! We're looking forward to hearing the updates!
World Book Day, by Mrs Schultz
Date: 2nd Mar 2023 @ 5:06pm
What a great day we've had for World Book Day, the costumes have been amazing! We've all had a slot in the library today, made bookmarks and had a virtual author visit from the CBeebies presenter, George Webster. We've played lots of games and read countless stories and poems. Our golden tickets, Mrs Wright and Mrs Dunleavy created a treasure hunt for us today. Our task was to find three more golden tickets hidden around school over the course of the day. The children managed to find all three and were rewarded with a biscuit treat at the end of the day! Well done Year 2!
Unidentified object in the playground!, by Mrs Schultz
Date: 2nd Mar 2023 @ 4:54pm
The infant playground was awash with excitement yesterday morning. We had discovered a pile of broken bits, nuts, bolts and wires scattered around the playground. We coned everything off safely whilst we investigated what it could be. Could it be a plane? A car? A submarine (as suggested by one of the children), a rocket or a spaceship? Who knows? Watch this 'space' for updates! (Pun intended!).
Year 2 - Christmas Biscuits ? ??, by Mrs Harris
Date: 20th Dec 2022 @ 8:03pm
Year 2 had a finger-lickin' morning yesterday at Our Lady's!
Miss Cumings brought her trolley of treats to help the children design Christmas coloured biscuits - with EDIBLE GLITTER SPRAY!!!
We think some of the icing made it on to the biscuits... and we hope at least some of the biscuits made it home ???
KS1 Art Club, by Mrs Harris
Date: 19th Dec 2022 @ 11:37pm
KS1 Art Club enjoyed their last activity club before Christmas. We created our very own Christmas gonks and even added some glitter. ??
Lights, Camel, ACTION!! KS1 Christmas Performance December 2022, by Mrs Harris
Date: 19th Dec 2022 @ 5:17pm
Author Visit to School - Susanne Schroder, by Mrs Harris
Date: 26th Nov 2022 @ 6:12pm
On Monday 28th November, children’s author Susanne Schroder will be visiting school. She will be reading her newest book ‘The Robin’s First Christmas’ to Years F2, 1, 2, 3 and 4.
If you would like to purchase the book beforehand from Liverpool One Waterstones she would be happy to sign your child’s book for them on the day. Liverpool One’s Waterstones currently have a buy one, get one half price offer on books
Science- testing materials, by Mrs Schultz
Date: 24th Nov 2022 @ 11:25pm
We have been exploring and investigating the properties of materials this half term in Science. We looked at a range of materials including: tin foil, paper, cardboard and wood, and talked about their properties. We then explored the materials and shapes used to build bridges. We learnt that triangles are the best shapes for strength. We predicted which of the materials would be the most suitable for building a bridge. The task then, was to build a bridge between two supports with each of the materials. We decided to keep one variable the same to keep our test fair. Each time, we would put a 200g weight on our bridge to see if it supported well. We tested our bridges and chose the most suitable material based on the outcome. The children were then challenged to make a stronger bridge using only paper. They were asked if they could incorporate triangles into their design. Some children decided to fold their paper like a fan. They were so surprised when they realised that it would now hold the 200g weight, simply by changing the shape! Watch out for those surprised faces!
Year 2 Children in Need 2022, by Mrs Harris
Date: 18th Nov 2022 @ 7:41pm
Year 2 have had a great day supporting Children in Need. The children looked amazing in their spots and stripes and really enjoyed the Year 6 bake sale!
We were lucky enough to have the KS1 colouring competition winner in our year group too. Well done Eva! Thanks as always for your continued support.
Mindfulness Club KS1, by Mrs Harris
Date: 17th Nov 2022 @ 11:30pm
This week in mindfulness club, we spent time thinking about our feelings. We spoke about the ‘Zones of Regulation’ and focused on what might make us feel different emotions. The children drew pictures to show how they feel in the green, red, yellow and blue zone. It was lovely to have some time to reflect and chat about our week!
Year 2 Anti-Bullying Week 2022, by Mrs Harris
Date: 17th Nov 2022 @ 4:25pm
Year 2 Anti-Bullying Week 2022
This week Year 2 have been donning their odd socks to celebrate what makes us all unique. We have completed an anti-bullying champion mission and collected stars for being kind and showing how we can ‘reach out’ to our friends or adults if we see any bullying. We made Posters to show others how they can reach out too!
Y2LW Autumn Homework, by Miss Ward
Date: 15th Oct 2022 @ 10:36am
Some of the children in Year 2 have been hard at work with their homework. The children have loved sharing what work they have been completing from the Autumn homework sheet. We have had some brilliant new flag designs for Europe, Sunlight Soap posters, fact files about Owls, menus for a picnic, playground designs for a village and lots more! We can't wait to see more homework that you complete in the next coming weeks. Well done Year 2!
Y2 Trip to The Williamson Art Gallery, by Mrs Schultz
Date: 13th Oct 2022 @ 4:38pm
We had a lovely afternoon visiting The Williamson Art Gallery. The children explored a few of the galleries, completing a treasure hunt of artifacts from different collections. We then focused on the Della Robbia pottery collection, founded by Harold Rathbone in Birkenhead. We listened to the history of the collection and learned some interesting facts about some of the Potters (one of which was able to paint and decorate pottery without any limbs). We looked at the colours, patterns, shapes and designs of the collection and hope to use them as inspiration for our pottery painting tomorrow. Stay tuned for the results!
Y2 Homework, by Mrs Schultz
Date: 13th Oct 2022 @ 4:16pm
What a great start we've had to our homework this year. The children have become very interested in King Charles III, and have been researching his family tree. All the children could tell me facts about him and could talk about his family with confidence. Well done Year 2!
Y2 Come and Share- Thursday 6th October, by Mrs Schultz
Date: 7th Oct 2022 @ 11:25pm
In Year 2, we were extremely lucky to have recruited some parent (and grand parent!) helpers for our 'Come and Share' pottery making. We had a lovely morning making plates, bowls and pots in the style of the Della Robbia collection- originally founded in a pottery factory in Birkenhead. Everyone worked so hard and the results were amazing! We can't wait to paint our masterpieces. Thank you so much to everyone who came to support the children, it was lovely to welcome you all to our classrooms.
PSHE- Values, money and me, by Mrs Schultz
Date: 29th Sep 2022 @ 11:53pm
In Year 2 we have been exploring objects in our own life. Last week, the children (and teachers!) brought in an object from home, such as a photo or toy that held a sentimental value. We talked about how the emotional value attached to these objects was much more important than what the item costs. The children responded very well and must have remembered what they had learned as they wouldn't even sell their objects to their teachers for £100! Their favourite sentence of the day was, 'It's too precious to me'. Well done Year 2!
