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Year 2 Health Week

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This week Year 2 investigated how much sugar is in these popular drinks that are available in many supermarkets. They were shocked when they found out that Juicy Water has the most sugary content and has more sugar than Coca Cola. If you would like to investigate this further then you can log onto https://apps.beta.nhs.uk/change4life-food-scanner/.

We also designed and made fruit smoothies using fresh strawberries and bananas which were kindly donated by Sainsburys. It was lots of fun and they were really tasty! Then we all wrote a thank you letter to Sainsburys.

We have had a fantatsic week!

From all of the Year 2 Staff

SATs Party

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Year 2 worked really hard on their recent SATs tests! They enjoyed a pyjama party to celebrate.

Egg-cellent Easter Fun!

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This week in Year 2 we have been celebrating Easter. We have done lots of fun Easter activities. 

Today we took part in the famous Easter Bonnet Parade! It was so fun showing off our bonnets to family and friends!

Then we went out for our favourite part of the year... The Easter Egg Hunt!

Well done to Scarlett and Christiaan for finding the Golden Egg!

We hope you all have a fun and safe Easter break (with lots of chooclate!)

See you next time,

The Year 2 Team

Year 2's Marvellous Medicines!

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Yesterday we celebrated World Book Day. The theme this year was 'Share a Story', so we did just that!

As a class, we read 'George's Marevellous Medicine!'

We also took part in lots of fun activities...

Shared Reading with Year 6!

Writing instructions to make our own 'Marevellous Medicines'!

Finally, the most exciting part of the day... making the Marvellous Medicines! We followed each step carefully, measuring out the ingredients to make our fantastic concoctions!

What a fun day we had!

Thanks for visiting, we hope you enjoyed this post!

P.S. Remember, just as George warned us: Don't make your own medicines at home, it can be dangerous!

Child's Mental Health Week

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This week we have been particpating in Child's Mental Health Week! 

We have done a range of fun and exciting PSHE activities, all promoting our wellbeing. 

We've done some yoga and meditation with Miss. Stevens, maybe we could show you at home! 

We also took time to reflect on ourselves, focussing on what we like about ourselves and what we are proud of. Then we did the same, but this time we thought about our partners and what we like about them! We wrote them down on compliment slips and give it to them. It felt good to find out what people like about us, but also tell people what we like about them.

Today, we also went outside and did some 'Super Hero Yoga!', we stood in powerful stances and thought postively. It was lots of fun and also helped us feel good about ourselves! 

Until next time,

The Year 2 Team

We've had 'snow' much fun!

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We've been having lots of fun exploring our new topic 'Poles Apart'! We started with our topic hook. 

This included lots of fun activities, all relating to the polar regions! Our morning included:

• Building igloos out of marshmallows and sugar cubes.
• Watching an episode of 'Frozen Planet'.
• Exploring the Arctic and Antarctic regions on Google Maps.
• Wearing winter clothes.
• And finially, our favourite part.... Drinking hot chooclate! 

Take a look at some of the photos!

A Christmas Recipe!

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Wow. What fantastic shows they were! Well done to all the children in Years 1 and 2 for their hard work and effort. 

It never fails to amaze us how much children can do in such little time... With snow days, special visitors and other interuptions, the children managed to pull of a fantastic show, full of singing, dancing and acting!

Year 2 would also like to say a special thank you to all of you for providing such great costumes for the show. 

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, take care and we'll see you again soon! 

The Year 2 Team

Christmas is Coming!

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Today in Year 2 the most peculiar thing happened...

Mrs. Dodd delivered a special parcel to both of our classes, addressed from the North Pole! 

We eagerly waited whilst Mr. Vickers and Miss. Hughes opened them up, revealing two mischievous elves!

They also contained a sealed letter, explaining who they were! The elves had been sent by Father Chirstmas! We needed to give them a name to activate the magic...

2JV chose "Elfred" and 2KH chose "Henrietta"! 

Here they are!

I wonder what mischief they will get up to over the following weeks...

Thanks for visiting,

The Year 2 Team

We Don't Monkey About When It Comes To Reading!

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As you know, in Year 2 this week we have been practising giving "A.P.E." answers in guided reading and maths! This means that we must Answer, Prove and Explain when answering questions!

We've even made a new friend, Charlie the Chimp! As a class we voted for what we would call him!

When reading and completing work at home, please encourage your child to "A.P.E." their answers, this helps develop and deepen their understanding!

Thanks for visiting!

The Year 2 Team

Igniting our Excitement for the Great Fire of London!

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We've had another fantastic week in Year 2. 

Our favourite day was Wednesday. Half way through our handwriting lesson Mr. Vickers and Miss. Hughes told us to go and get our coats... We wandered down the path and saw an enormous fire engine! 

Blue Watch from the Sutton Coldfield Fire Service had come to visit us to start our new topic, the Great Fire of London! They told us all about the different parts of the fire engine, and how the fire service differed during the Great Fire.

Because we were so well behaved, the firefighters allowed us to use the hose at the end! We each got a go to spray up in the air! 

All the teachers and children would like to send a massive thanks to the Sutton Coldfield Fire Service for taking time out of their busy schedule to provide us with this memorable experience. 

Thansk for visiting, 

The Year 2 Team

The Best Afternoon Ever!?

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Year 2 have been celebrating the end of their first half term in style!

This afternoon, thanks to the PTA, we had our disco! We loved busting some moves to the different tunes! 

Next we went  and explored the different gems, rocks and fossils that Miss. Stevens and Mrs. Dodd had kindly let us borrow! How exciting!

Then we went back to class to celebrate our homework power projects! We loved looking at the different models and work people had made at home! Thank you to all of the parents who helped us create such fantastic things.

Finally we recieved a letter from the European Space Agency, replying to the letters we sent! They are going to send in a team of space experts, along with a planeterium for us to visit next half term!

Thank you for visiting and for all of your support this half term.

We hope that everyone has a fun (but relaxing!) break. Stay safe.

The Year Two Team