Canterbury Cross Primary School
Where Bright Futures Begin'
Welcome to Year 2
Welcome to Year 2, we have two classes which are 2B and 2K. Our PE days are Monday and Thursday, children should come to school in PE kit on those days. Spellings are given out on a Monday and tested on a Friday and homework and reading books are sent home on a Thursday and should be handed in on a Monday. If you have any questions about the homework, please speak to your child's teacher on a Friday.
Please see below our termly planner, our knowledge organisers and what we have been getting up to this academic year!
15/04/24
This week we learnt about Vaisakhi, we created designs linked to the festival.
18/03/24
This week we learnt about different explorers. We looked at timelines and discovered when the explorers travelled, we also compared how they travelled.
04/03/24
World Book Day!
This week was world book day. We created our own version of the Gruffalo story. The children worked in tables to write pages and drew pictures for each page.
19/02/24
This week we created four step food chains. We used key vocabulary to identify the producer, primary consumer, prey and predator.
29/01/24
This week we learnt about routes and used directional language. We used a compass to locate areas on a map.
15/01/24
This week we started our new Art topic, Portraits. We explored different lines and used them to create our own zentangle drawings.
18/12/23
This week we learnt the story of Christmas. On Thursday we had a traditional Christmas dinner followed by an afternoon full of fun activities.
04/12/23
This week we finished our moving vehicles for our D. T project. We added our wheels, axels, hose and ladder.
20/11/23
This week in R.E we continued to explore acts of kindness and compared two stories.
08/04/24
This week the children did some research on an artist called Paul Keel. They looked into the meaning of paintings and annotated some of his artwork within their books. They also created some paintings using water colours.
11/03/24
Science Week
This week we became Scientists. We investigated a significant individual called Kitty Wilkinson. We also conducted experiments and created our own lava lamps.
26/02/24
This week we created our own versions of Picasso's self - portraits. We collaged our portraits by tearing and cutting paper, newspaper and tissue paper to create our backgrounds, then added the features of the face.
05/02/24
The children did a workshop on the Chinese New year were they learnt a dance based of two of the animals celebrated during the Chinese New year. They incorporated the use of traditional fans and umbrellas within their dance.
22/01/24
This week we used glockenspiels and recorders in music. We learnt how to play notes C and D for the song zootime.
08/01/24
This week we learnt about habitats. We explored our local habitat and identified living things and non- living things.
12/12/23
This week we have been focusing on respect and safety within school. The children created sentences that link to respect.
27/11/23
This week we started our D.T project, moving vehicles. The children tested different materials to make wheels and axels.
13/11/23
This week 2K performed their Diwali assembly. The children learnt about the importance of Diwali and what people do when celebrating. Then children were able to complete Diwali activities and games.