Y2: Gallery

Reading Ambassador Meeting

Date: 18th Jan 2023 @ 10:55am

In our reading ambassador meeting today we made plans for National Storytelling Week which will be held on the week beginning Monday 30th January. The children shared why stories and storytelling is important.  They came up with ideas of events that we could do to promote a love of reading and storytelling.  The ambassadors are planning to hold a whole school assembly, will be visiting classes to tell stories and they will even be telling stories on the playground at playtimes! 

Y2 Art

Date: 13th Jan 2023 @ 2:10pm

In Year 2 today the children explored texture by creating rubbings. They used their rubbings to create a 'frottage' collage in the style of the artist Max Ernst. They created beautiful animal pieces of art. 

Y2 Christmas Party

Date: 21st Dec 2022 @ 3:25pm

Year 2 had great fun at their Christmas party today.  They enjoyed dancing, playing party games and eating party food. A great time was had by all! 

KS1 Nativity

Date: 21st Dec 2022 @ 2:33pm

Our fabulous KS1 performed 'A Midwife Crisis' - super acting, singing and dancing!

Y2 - A visit from Santa

Date: 20th Dec 2022 @ 11:04am

Today, Y2 were very excited - they had a very special visitor ... it was Santa.

Santa had taken time out of his busy schedule to visit the children - it was super fun.

They all received a present - that Santa's elves had wrapped for them.

It was fun!

Story time

Date: 22nd Nov 2022 @ 3:28pm

Our Year 6 reading ambassador enjoyed sharing one of his favourite childhood stories in Year 2 today.  The children enjoyed the way that the story was read to them with expression and actions. 

THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON

Date: 18th Nov 2022 @ 2:05pm

Year 2 have been learning all about the Great Fire of London. Take a look at their amazing work from the past 8 weeks.  They even got to be bakers like Thomas Farriner!

 

Is it waterproof?

Date: 21st Oct 2022 @ 2:12pm

In science this week Year 2 explored different materials to find out which one would be the best for making a waterproof coat.  They enjoyed using the equipment to carry out a fair test, made sensible predictions and recorded their findings like real scientists! 

Roller coaster ride!

Date: 21st Oct 2022 @ 2:09pm

Year 2 looked at images of roller coaster rides to gain inspiration for their art this week. They used flowing brush strokes to create their paintings. 

Clarice Cliff Plates

Date: 14th Oct 2022 @ 2:25pm

Year 2 created their own plate designs in the syle of Clarice Cliff today.  They used different paint brushes to create concentric circles and a tree design.  Take a look at their colourful pieces. 

The Great Fire of London

Date: 12th Oct 2022 @ 4:44pm

Today, Year 2 sorted through the belongings of King Charles II and Samuel Pepys.  They had to decide which person could have had the objects and explained their inferences. 

Tongan Player Visit

Date: 11th Oct 2022 @ 4:37pm

Tongan Rugby Team Visit

 

Some of our students had the fantastic oppurtunity today to meet some professional Tongan rugby league players. These players will be representing Tonga in the rugby league world cup. Their first match is on Tuesday 18th October so we are very lucky that they have taken time out of their busy schedule to come and visit us. 

The children were very excited and got to ask the players lots of questions. At the end of the session, the players signed posters for the children and got photographs taken with them!

We'd like to thank the players once again. The children loved it!

Apostrophe Action!

Date: 11th Oct 2022 @ 12:51pm

In Year 2 today we played an apostrophe game.  We had to read our sentences and decide if the apostrophe had been used for contraction or possession.  We had to move to the correct places in our classroom. It was a fun way of showing that we understood how the apostrophe had been used in the sentences. 

Recorders

Date: 29th Sep 2022 @ 8:22am

Year 2 are learning to play the recorder.  They can play the notes A and B and can now play some simple songs. 

The Creation Story

Date: 20th Sep 2022 @ 8:19pm

In RE this half term Year 2 are learning about Christianity and the Creation Story.  The children worked in groups to sequence and orally retell the story.  After that they created their own Creation Story collages. 

Songfest

Date: 15th Jul 2022 @ 12:57pm

This morning, Year 1 and Year 2 have visited St Helens Town Hall to take part in 'Songfest 2022'.

Songfest is a celebration of music and this year's theme was 'Music Matters'.

Before the trip, all the children made their own musical instrument.

At the event, children participated in a range of activities - singing / playing musical instruments and playing music related games.

The teachers from the Music Service said that we were one of the best groups they had heard!

It was a wonderful event. 

PLANTS

Date: 5th Jul 2022 @ 2:09pm

Year 2 have been learning about plants in science.  They have planted and been looking after their own broad bean plants.  The children can say what plants need to stay healthy and can say why plants are unhealthy. 

Y2 residential to Colomendy

Date: 2nd Jul 2022 @ 7:26pm

We had a fantastic night away at Kingswood Colomendy with some of our Year 2 children. They took part in lots of exciting activities: the 3G Giant Swing, Aeroball, Orienteering, Crate Stack and the Scrapheap Challenge- some of the children's rockets travelled over 400 metres! We also used materials in the environment to create animal art work- there were some very imaginative ideas! All of the children were fabulous and such excellent ambassadors for our school. 

ARTS WEEK

Date: 30th Jun 2022 @ 12:15pm

In Year 2 we researched the French artist Henri Matisse.  We explored colour and shape to create our own pieces of art work in his style.  Our colourful work is on display in our classroom. 

RSE DAY 2022

Date: 30th Jun 2022 @ 12:04pm

Celebrating Differences - Everyone Can Sparkle! is the theme for RSE Day this year. In Year 2 we watched a live assembly and spoke about what made us sparkle and what makes us unique.  We made 'sparkly' flags to celebrate our differences and created a class paper chain too! 

Y2 PICTURE NEWS

Date: 28th Jun 2022 @ 2:13pm

In PICTURE NEWS we watched a video about the 'Monk Skin Tone Scale' which is being used to help the Google search engine be more inclusive of different skin tones.  Crayola have created coloured pencils and crayons to reflect a wide range of skin tones and we used these to create our own self-portarits. 

Summer Fair

Date: 27th Jun 2022 @ 9:36am

Y2 BRASS BAND

Date: 24th Jun 2022 @ 11:51am

Year 2 are learning how to play the cornet with Mr Chadwick.   

Y2 STARBOOKS

Date: 21st Jun 2022 @ 4:10pm

This afternoon, Year 2 enjoyed listening to the final few chapters of our class novel 'FRED Wizard in Training'. Then they designed and created their own magic wands. Finally, they enjoyed a treat of a hot drink and a cookie. It was fun! 

Sports Week 2022 - RACE FOR LIFE!

Date: 17th Jun 2022 @ 3:51pm

SPORTS WEEK 2022

This week has been Lyme's sports week!

During the week, the children were exposed to a few sports that they may not have chance to play outside of school. One of the sports the children played was Ultimate (Ultimate Frisbee). The children loved the fast pace of the game and how they have to work as a team to get the frisbee over the line! Another sport was Orienteering. This sport was the polar opposite to ultimate frisbee. Children had to use maps to navigate around the school grounds and find a number of markers. When they found a marker, they would stamp the special pattern onto their sheet. When all of the markers had been found, the children returned to their teacher. Lastly, KS1 were introduced to Boccia. This is a game similar to bowls. However, it is played sitting down. This game is played in the paralympics at an international level. The children enjoyed the game and loved trying to get their balls as close as they could to the marker. 

On Monday, Year 6 played at a football tournament were top goal scorers in the entire tournament. Unfortunately, they were knocked out on penalties in the semi-finals. This doesn't reflect how one-sided the semi-final actually was. Lyme hit the post and bar several times but again, unfortunately, luck wasn't on their side. I would like to congratulate Year 6 on their effort during the tournament and in particularly their behaviour which was fantastic throughout. 

On Wednesday, we had a visit from Tara Jones and Katie Mottershead who both play for Saints women's team. Tara is also an England international and is in the squad again to play France tomorrow (on Skysports Arena, 18th June at 5.30pm). Tara and Katie were inspiring and a lot of the children were lucky enough to get their picture taken with the pair. 

Lastly, the whole school took part in the race for life today. Each pupil has trained all week to perform this race and they should all be so proud. Every child that completed the race received a medal for their hard work. 

Congratulations to everyone on a fantastic sport's week. We hope you enjoyed it!

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