Hedgehogs have been working really hard in English this week. They have continued to work on poetry, and in particular shape poems. Last week, Year Two explored different shape poems linked to the coastline. Then, on Tuesday, Hedgehogs chose a sea creature and came up with their own poetic phrases to describe it. There were phrases like smooth, grey skin gliding through the ocean and stinging, wiggly tentacles waving around! Year Two thought carefully about vocabulary and how to make their writing interesting and imaginative. On Wednesday, they then brought their ideas together by carefully writing their poems into the shape of their chosen sea creature. Hedgehogs showed great focus and care when following the outlines, making sure their writing fit perfectly. The finished poems turned out amazing and Miss Hall, Mrs D’Aoust and Miss Moores were so proud of the effort and creativity shown by everyone. Well done, Hedgehogs!
Brilliant Beach Huts!
Hedgehogs have been super busy in Design and Technology this week bringing their beach hut designs to real life. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Year Two had two very exciting D&T lessons. After carefully planning their ideas last week, Hedgehogs have now started building and constructing their beach huts using junk modelling. The classroom was covered in cardboard boxes and materials, BUT it was all part of the fun! Year Two worked carefully to cut, stick and assemble the different parts of their models. Throughout the lessons, everyone showed fantastic resilience and problem-solving skills as they worked out how to attach different pieces and make their structures stable. There was also some brilliant teamwork, with Hedgehogs helping each other and sharing ideas. The beach huts are now being covered and prepared ready for painting, and soon they will be decorated with lots of bright colours. We can’t wait to see the finished results!
Wonderful World Book Day!
Hedgehogs had a lovely time celebrating World Book Day on Thursday. Year Two came to school in comfy clothes, making it a cosy day to enjoy lots of stories together. The highlight was when we shared books while enjoying biscuits and milk, and the children took part in fun activities such as designing their own bookmarks. It was a wonderful day celebrating our love of reading!
Perfect Plants!
Hedgehogs have made an exciting start to our new Science topic which is called ‘Plant Survival’ and they are absolutely loving it! This week, Year Two explored the different parts of a plant, learning about roots, stems, leaves and flowers, and discussing the important job each part does. The children also thought carefully about what a plant needs to grow and stay healthy, including water, light, warmth and air. There were some brilliant scientific discussions and lots of thoughtful questions. Then on Wednesday, Hedgehogs completed an experiment! Year Two planted cress seeds and placed them in different locations with a variety of growing conditions. Some were placed in the light, some in the dark, and some with different amounts of water. Two were even put in the FRIDGE! The children made predictions about what might happen and are excited to observe the changes over the week to see which seeds grow best. It was great fun and Hedgehogs proved to be very enthusiastic scientists!
Marvellous Music!
Hedgehogs have had a fantastic first week back after half term and have returned to school with such positive attitudes and a real enthusiasm for learning. In Maths, Year Two have been working super hard on multiplication, building their confidence with grouping and repeated addition. In English, they have explored poetry, thinking carefully about rhythm and expression, and in Science they have begun learning about plants, identifying different parts and understanding what plants need to grow.
However, the clear highlight of the week was Music! Hedgehogs explored how music can link to feelings and body movement, discussing how different tempos and sounds can make us feel calm, excited, thoughtful or energetic. Year Two then created their own musical doodle boards. They listened carefully to different clips of music and responded by doodling in ways that matched the tempo and mood. Fast music got Hedgehogs VERY excited and inspired bold, energetic marks, while slower pieces led to softer, flowing designs. It was a very fun, expressive session and the classroom was filled with creativity and imagination. Hedgehog Class showed wonderful listening skills. What a brilliant start to the new half term — well done, Hedgehogs!
Ambitious Artistic Artists!
WOW, what a super Art Week (well two weeks)! Hedgehogs have now wrapped up their art and our celebration of all things green has come to an end, and what a fantastic finish Year Two have had. The children have worked incredibly hard in this final week of half term, showing creativity, focus and enthusiasm in every activity. This week, Hedgehogs explored collage, carefully selecting and layering different tissue papers to create textured green artwork. They then experimented with ink by adding green vegetables to their collages, discovering how ink moves and changes to create bold and exciting effects. As you can imagine… Everything was very green! During the week, Year Two also designed some adorable peas in pod characters, which brought lots of smiles and personality into our green display. Hedgehogs should be super proud of the effort they put into their learning during Art Week and should be super proud of their artwork during a busy final week. We hope all our grown-ups enjoyed visiting our Art Week gallery and celebrating the wonderful work Year Two have created. Well done, Hedgehogs – a brilliant end to the term!
Amazing Art!
This week we have kicked off our whole-school Art Week, with the exciting theme of colour. Year 2 has got the colour green, and we’ve made a fantastic start to this creative week. Our artwork has been inspired by the book ‘I Do Not Eat the Colour Green’, which is all about green vegetables! The book sparked great discussions about green foods and vegetables and helped the children think carefully about different shades and textures of green. On Wednesday, Hedgehogs produced some excellent printing work linked to green vegetables. We even had actual vegetables in the classroom. Year Two used polystyrene tiles to create their own printing blocks, carefully designing patterns before using rollers to apply paint and print their final pieces. The results were vibrant and effective, showing great detail and creativity. Miss Hall was so impressed. Year Two has started Art Week brilliantly and we are looking forward to sharing our artwork at the gallery next week.
Great Gymnastics!
This week in PE, Hedgehog Class have been absolutely brilliant in their gymnastics lessons and really enjoyed being real gymnasts. It was super exciting because we got the apparatus out and Hedgehogs got to show their skills they have been working on over the last couple of weeks. Year Two showed fantastic focus and enthusiasm as they explored a range of apparatus, moving confidently and safely as they climbed, balanced and travelled in different ways. They were especially impressive at holding a variety of body shapes and poses, showing great control, strength and balance. Hedgehogs listened carefully to instructions, worked sensibly with their groups and demonstrated excellent awareness of space and safety. Well done, Year Two – keep up the fantastic PE work!
Sea Creature Super Stars!
This week, Hedgehogs have been busy diving into the wonderful world of sea creatures as part of our non-fiction writing in English and they have done a brilliant job! We have explored different features of a non fiction book and learnt that they are full of interesting facts. In particular, Year Two have created clear and carefully labelled diagrams, showing different parts of their chosen sea creatures. They then added their own captions to sea creatures , using fantastic scientific vocabulary and full sentences to explain the photograph or illustration. All the Hedgehogs worked hard to make sure their writing was neat, informative and easy for a reader to understand. Miss Hall was so impressed by how well the children listened, shared ideas, and took pride in their work. Year Two showed great focus and creativity, and their finished pieces really looked like pages from a fact book. Well done Hedgehogs. Now to become authors and create our own non fiction, sea creature booklets.
Science Stars!
On Tuesday, Hedgehogs had an excellent science lesson where we became real scientists with lab cots and goggles! It looked very serious in our classroom. We explored the shaping of materials and carried out exciting experiments to see how different materials can change shape. Year Two investigated a range of materials including glass, wood, fabric, paper and clay. Just like scientists, they made careful observations and tested each material to see whether it could bend, squash, twist or stretch. There was lots of curiosity, thoughtful discussion and fantastic teamwork as the children explored what each material could and couldn’t do. Hedgehogs showed great enthusiasm and worked hard to explain their ideas using scientific language. Well done, Year Two. You were brilliant scientists!
Welcome Back Hedgehogs!
Welcome back to our nest, Year Two! Hedgehog Class have settled back into the new half term brilliantly and it has been wonderful to see how enthusiastic and ready to learn they all are. Year Two have returned with positive attitudes, fantastic listening skills and a real eagerness to get stuck into their learning. We have started lots of new topics this week including our Geography topic ‘Coastlines’ and our Science topic ‘Materials’. The subject that shone the most this week was Maths! Year Two has been busy exploring 2D shapes and has done a fantastic job learning about all their properties. Hedgehogs has confidently identified different shapes and learned all about edges and vertices, carefully counting and comparing them. We got to draw them on the tables, made shape pictures and even made our own shapes. Well done, Hedgehog Class – a super start to the half term!
Happy Christmas Hedgehogs!
It has been a great week to end the term! Hedgehogs have had a very busy week and have been brilliant with being involved in all the Christmas chaos. They all shone so bright in our Nativity (Miss Hall was super proud), they danced their hearts out at the Christmas party and enjoyed a Christmas movie morning. There has been true Christmas cheer in our piles of leaves. Oh… and a LOT of glitter. The Hedgehogs have worked their little socks off this term and the work they have created in English, Maths and all the other subjects has been amazing. Everyone deserves a well earned rest. Well done Hedgehogs and Happy Christmas!!!
A Wonderful Wednesday!
This week, Hedgehogs had such a wonderful Wednesday. It was jam packed and full of Christmassy things. Firstly, Year Two had a brilliant day celebrating Christmas Jumper Day with lots of Rudolph, sparkles and a few hip Father Christmas’! Then Hedgehogs had their Christmas lunch which was super fun where we all got to pull crackers and tell jokes.There were some cracking jokes in them haha! BUT the best part of the day was when Year Five came to visit our classroom and we got to share our stories with them. Year Two have worked super hard on being authors and created brilliant books this half term. They read their stories to Foxes Class and they listened so well. We were all so proud of each other. It was a really lovely moment in the week.
A Busy Week!
This week has been super exciting and also super busy. Christmas has arrived in Hedgehog Class. YAY! Despite all the excitement, Year Two have continued to work super hard in all their lessons. They have worked hard on putting the last bits of the Nativity together ready to show all the adults, story writing has begun in English and a naughty elf has arrived! Hedgehog's highlight of the week was designing front covers for the program for the Christmas production 'Baubles'. Year Two have used their artistic skills to create some very detailed and colourful creations. Have a sneak peak below. We are so excited to show everyone our brilliant show and we have been counting down the sleeps until the big day...
Exciting English!
This week Hedgehogs have worked super hard in English. Over the last couple of weeks, we have explored our new book ‘The Secret Of Black Rock’ and Year Two have LOVED it. It is a story all about a rock that is mean and breaks fisherman’s boats but a little girl called Erin discovers it’s actually a nice rock. A rock for hundreds of fish. So, Hedgehogs had the task of creating their own Black Rock this week ready for their own stories. The illustrations they made were so detailed and they added some brilliant labels too. Year Two are so excited to write their own versions of the story and add in their Black Rocks!
Marvellous Maths!
Hedgehogs have worked super hard in Maths this week. We have explored bigger, trickier numbers and added them together. You read that right… double digit addition! It needed a lot of brain juice. On Monday, Year Two started by just adding tens to different numbers using number squares and really understood this. Then we progressed onto adding tens and ones with resources by organising them into column addition. Lastly, Hedgehogs used the numerals to workout the answers to column addition. Year Two were brilliant at getting the hang of this and Miss Hall was so impressed with our addition. We sure did have a whole class of mathematicians! Have a sneak peak of our resources lesson on Wednesday…
Great Grounds Day!
Hedgehogs had so much fun digging, planting and making our school grounds look tidy on Thursday. All our plant pots look great and Year Two are excited to see the bulbs blossom into flowers in Spring. Thank you for all your donations!
Exciting Experiment!
Hedgehogs had a super exciting and fun science lesson to finish our topic ‘Human Survival’. Year Two has explored how to keep their bodies healthy not only through fitness but hygiene too. We learnt that we need to drink lots of water, wash our teeth twice a day, wash our clothes, go to the toilet, wash our bodies etc. There is a lot for us to check and do. It sure did spark some conversation! One thing we did learn about through these lessons were GERMS! Hedgehogs were fascinated by good and bad germs so we completed a science experiment round that idea. It was the ‘Washing Hands’ experiment. Year Two had fake germs put on their hands (oil) and they then had to test which was the best way to kill them. We tried just cold water, cold water with soap and then warm water with soap. It was so much fun and the Hedgehogs loved being scientists. By the end of the afternoon, Year Two made a conclusion that warm water with soap was best to wash/kill all the germs and we certainly now know why we need to wash our hands properly. Well done Hedgehogs!
Fantastic Fireworks!
On Wednesday, Hedgehogs had a fantastic afternoon full of History and Art. Year Two learnt about fireworks night and why people celebrate this tradition on the 5th November. We explored the gun powder plot story (which was very interesting and sparked lots of questions), learnt a rhyme to remember the 5th of November and then made beautiful firework pictures using a range of materials. Year Two used different coloured paints, textured paper and even added glitter to create their fireworks! It was such a fun afternoon. The artwork looked brilliant and so realistic too. Each creation was so individual and the end result was really effective. Have a sneak peak below…
Happy Half Term Hedgehogs!
What a great last week Hedgehogs have had in our pile of leaves. Year Two have worked super hard this week in all their lessons. They’ve used all their brain juice to create stories, add/subtract tricky numbers and create some wonderful art work. Hedgehogs have also been brilliant in the other school bits like Harvest festival, open classroom and dress up day. We really have had such a lovely, joyful week. Well done Year Two and enjoy your week off!
