Blog Author: Ben Thomas

We had a wonderful day at the Science and Industry Museum. 

Year 2 visited Living Waters Foodbank to donate some Christmas chocolate.

In Science this week we have been investigating different habitats in the school grounds. Have a read of what we learned on our class blog: https://gillibrandblogs.net/holly2018/2018/11/28/habitats/

Year 2 have written their invites for the local community. They will be delivered next week! 

Year 2 have been using the new gymnastics equipment to showcase their travels, balances and jumps. 

Year 2 have been making houses in the style of the Tudor houses that were destroyed during The Great Fire of London. 

Have a look at their amazing work!

We have been creating Remembrance art using bottle lids to stamp the poppies. We created the landscapes using pencil crayon. Some of our art will be displayed at The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints and some will be displayed in our…

This week in Year 2 we have started a new book called ‘The Pea and the Princess’, a twist on the traditional tale ‘The Princess and the Pea’. We started by making predictions on what we think will happen in the story by looking at objects from the book; a crown, a pea pod, a pea and a…

Over the past two weeks, Year 2 have loved learning outdoors. We have covered lots of areas of the curriculum by learning outside, from role playing Little Red Riding Hood using the outdoor classroom, investigating outdoor materials and producing some fantastic outdoor art. We also learned and…

Today we have been practicing the ocarina. We have been learning to play ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’. 

The results are in! This year’s school council representatives are Amelia and Joseph! Well done, 

This week in Holly Class we have started our new Geography topic; Mapping!

We completed a pre-learning lesson about what maps are and what they are used for. We then discussed what a compass is and what the letters on the compass mean.

 Next week we will be designing our own maps and using…