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Year 2 – Great Gorillas

Teachers: Mrs S Chadburn (Key Stage 1 lead) and Ms C Bennison

Year 2 documents

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Year 2

Harvest Festival

It was lovely to celebrate the Harvest Festival with a special service at Tankersley St Peter’s Church. Each class performed a song and a…
Year 2

The Gunpowder Plot

Today in our history lesson we learnt about the reasons why Guy Fawkes conspired to kill King James 1. In groups we sequenced the…
Year 2

What is a timeline?

We learnt about events in ‘living memory’. We then learnt that after the 100 years the timeline shows events that happened beyond living memory…
Year 2

What is the story of Hanukkah about?

In groups we re-enacted the main events of the story of Hanukkah.
Year 2

Mexican Food Tasting

Today in our geography lesson we learnt what traditional Mexican food looks like and how it compares to the food we eat at home.…
Year 2

Class 2 visit the zoo

We visited Yorkshire Wildlife Park today. First, we went to the classroom for an educational lesson. We learnt about desert, polar, savannah and rainforest…
Year 2

Noun Phrases

Today we used adjectives to create noun phrases about a setting.
Year 2

Inference

In our English lesson today, we began to infer and write in role. We wrote our hopes and dreams in clouds from the perspective…
Year 2

Different types of sentences – commands

In our English lesson we wrote commands starting with verbs.
Year 2

Different types of sentences

Today we identified the difference between questions, statements, commands and exclamations. Writing Questions We also wrote questions to find out more information about a…
Year 2

Different types of sentences

We have been identifying the difference between questions, statements, commands and exclamations.
Year 2

Partitioning

Today in our Maths lesson we partitioned two-digit numbers on a Part-Whole Model using Base 10.

Year 2 photos

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  • The Gunpowder Plot
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Fun corner

Today

Great Gorillas says:

“Your ideas matter!”

Joke of the day

What animal is best at baseball?

Tell me!

A bat!

Word of the day

jolly

Happy and cheerful.

Father Christmas has a jolly laugh.

Challenge of the day

Count how many windows there are in your home.

Draw this!

✏️ A hedgehog in a pile of leaves

This week

Riddle of the week

What goes all around a house but never moves?

Show the answer

A fence!

Would you rather…

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Year 2’s vote – press one to have your say!

Guess who?

  1. I was born in Italy in 1820.
  2. I was a nurse.
  3. I carried a lamp at night.
  4. I helped soldiers in the Crimean War.
Who is it?

Florence Nightingale

Silly question of the week

Should the school get a pet dragon?