Class 2
23.6.22 Class 2 Sports Day
Thank you for all of your support today. The children really enjoyed seeing their parents and careers cheering them on. What a lovely afternoon.
15.6.22 Class 2 visit White Post Farm
We had a fantastic day today feeding, stroking and being near all of the wonderful animals at the farm. Thank you to all our adult helpers.
D&T project - design and make a puppet
During the Lenten term, we completed a 8 week project. Here are some of the highlights of what we did. Amazing job Class 2, well done, Miss Duong.
10.5.22 Practical Lesson on movement and turns
Today, we consolidated our learning of left, right, clockwise, anti-clockwise and the number of turns. We used concrete objects to help support our learning and this helped us to understand which direction to turn.
4.5.22 Our visit to Pizza Express
Today we went to Pizza Express in West Bridgford to make our very own pizzas. We have been learning about growing wheat and how we need this to make the flour needed to make the dough for the base. We had a great time. Thank you all of our helpers today, Miss Duong.
Islam Week
We have been learning about the Five Pillars of the Islam faith. We have also learnt about how they pray and the number of times of they pray each day. We made our very own prayer mats. We have enjoyed learning about Islam.
21.4.22 The Rainbow Retreat
Class 2 were lucky enough to see The Rainbow Retreat arrive this morning. Thank you to Miss Teresa for bidding for this for the children of Holy Cross. Thank you again.
22.3.22 Jungle Jo
We had a great lesson learning all about different animals and minibeasts which linked to our science topic of living things and their habitats.
16.3.22 Notts Cricket Club and Class 2
We enjoyed an hours cricket lesson with Martyn and Danny this morning. We learn lots of skills and played cricket rounders. We had a great time. Well done Class 2, Miss Duong.
14.3.22 WALT: practise different ways to jump from apparatus
Today, we practised different jump landings using the apparatus is school. We really persevered and continued even though we may have found it tricky or were a little apprehensive being so high. Well done Class 2! Miss Duong.
11.3.22 WALT: use mathematical vocabulary to describe 3D shapes
In today’s lesson, we worked with a partner to use the correct vocabulary to describe 3D shapes; vertices, edges, faces, rectangular, circular, curved. Our partner had to guess the name of the 3D shape but could not look at it unless they had made a guess. The children did really well and became really confident using the correct language. Well done, Miss Duong.
Gymnastics
Over the last few weeks, we have been learning lots of gymnastic skills; jumps, rolls, different types of movements, using apparatus and carrying it safely. Well done Year 2! Miss Duong.
7.2.22 Biology Microhabitats and making block diagrams
Today, we learnt all about micro habitats and what types of minibeast that may live there. We recapped our previous lessons with retrieval practice and told Miss Duong how we know something is living, telling her all about MRS GREN. We then did a survey and investigated our school grounds for minibeasts and microhabitats. We had a great morning of learning. Well done Year 2!
Our Nativity 2021
We hope you enjoy our Nativity. Thank you to the children for their hard work and to parents and carers for helping the children to learn their lines in 4 weeks. Well done, one very proud Miss Duong.
International Food Week - China - November 2021
We had a great time learning all about China; which continent, which seas surround it, climate, language, flag, food and lots more. We learnt lots and enjoyed the few days we had learning about another country. Great learning Class 2, Miss Duong.
15.11.21 Chemistry Science Experiment with Miss Fenton
We have been carrying out an experiment linked to materials and how we can test hot waterproof they are and how much water they absorb. We made umbrellas out of different materials and then used cups of water to test how absorbent they were. Miss Fenton has taught us how to document our experiment too by writing up what we did. Thank you Miss Fenton, Miss Duong.
10.11.21 Carsington Water
Wow! What a fantastic first school trip Class 2 have had today! We learnt about the water cycle and had a go a filtering water. We had to work as a team to discuss what and how to filter water from our homemade reservoir. We also learnt what and how a reservoir is made, more specifically Carsington Water. We then went pond dipping and minibeast hunting in grounds of Carsington. Well done for being so well behaved, showing love and value and representing our school brilliantly. Miss Duong.
Craft Club
Thank you to Miss Teresa and Miss Paula for the last 6 weeks at Craft Club. We have had a fantastic time. Thank you again, Miss Duong and the Craft Club children.
Henri Matisse inspired artwork - The Great Fire of London
The children learnt all about Henri Matisse and his artwork. Over the last few weeks, they then made a piece of artwork based on The Great Fire of London in the style of Henri Matisse. They did not draw any of their shapes and cut them instead, just like Matisse, and then composed where the shapes would go. In the last week, they continued to experiment and rearrange the shapes to complete their final composition. They then stuck their shapes down. Some fabulous work, well done, Miss Duong.
Judaism Week
This week, Class 2 have looked and discovered Judaism. This included looking at Jewish artefacts, learning all about Shabbat, what it is and what it means and then we discovered how to make Challah bread, a bread that Jewish people have on Shabbat. We learnt lots and enjoyed making and tasting the bread as a class. To respect the Jewish faith, we looked at the Havdalah candle. We had a great week learning about the Jewish faith. Miss Duong
September 2021 - Chemistry - Investigating Materials
Class 2 have been learning all about materials in their chemistry lessons. We investigated how the material paper can be made stronger by bending, folding, rolling and any other way we could think of. We also worked out if it was possible to make a standing paper bridge using only two pieces of A4 paper to hold different sized vehicles. Watch this video to see highlights of what we did. Great team work and great scientific investigational skills too. Well done, Miss Duong.
The Good Times
We’ve had lots of good times in our two years. Here’s a video of some of the good memories we shared. Take care and thank you, as always, for your continued help and support over the two years. Thank you, Miss Duong.
21.7.21 January to August 7th birthdays and End of Year Celebrations
Thank you parents and grown-ups for all your treats. We had a fantastic time celebrating and having fun for children who turned 7 between January and August, and who were unable to have a birthday parties at home due to COVID. We also had a great time with our bubbles, water balloons and ice-creams from the grown-ups. We will continue with the left over treats tomorrow and Friday. Thank you once again for all of your donations. Miss Duong.
July 2021 - Growing our peas
On the 1st of July, we planted some pea seeds and took them home. We also had a class set which we watered, nurtured and cared for. After just over 2 weeks, we planted our class peas into the ground as they were growing quickly. We hope they continue to grow in their new home. Thank you to those who have been sending photos in of how their peas are growing at home. Well done, Miss Duong.
2.7.21 Class 2 Sports Day
Thank you to all the parents that came to support the children this morning. The children did a great job, well done, Miss Duong.
30.6.21 Bicycle Boy
We enjoyed the performance of Bicycle Boy this afternoon. After the performance, we had a picnic lunch on the field and had a lovely morning. Miss Duong.
21.6.21 Biology Plants
Today we observed plants and trees very closely in our school grounds. We measured them, looked closely at them using our magnify glasses and looked at leaves too. We then drew and labelled parts of a plant and tree and drew a leave in detail measure and recording the height and width of the leaf. We will learn more about plants. Well done!
23.6.21 Hinduism Week
This week we have been looking, discovering and respecting Hinduism. We have looked at what a home shrine is, what a puja tray us and what items we may out in it, learnt about the Festival of Light, listened to Indian music and today we made our own puja trays too. We enjoyed Hinduism week and learnt lots. Great work and learning Year 2, Miss Duong.
15.6.21 Using technology responsibly
Today, we looked at activities that were technology based and non-ICT based. We took part in a creative technological activity and a mindfulness drawing and colouring activity. We all used technology responsibly to create a picture using a paint program and the mouse pad and then made a poster to look after God’s world.
15.6.21 Telling the time
We have been embedding our skills and telling the time; o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to. Over the past two days, we have been using the clocks practically to embed this skill. We nearly all mastered this skill and will then work to tell the time to the nearest 5 minutes. Well done for all of your perseverance Year 2, Miss Duong.
11.6.21 Monarchy Day in Class 2
We had a great day learning about King George V and King Edward VIII, who abdicated after less than a year. This meant that his younger brother George became King George VI. We learnt that he is the Queen’s dad and that if King Edward VIII had not abdicated, we wouldn’t have the Royal Family we have today. We learnt the meaning of specific words; abdicated, coronated, reign, monarch and had a fantastic day learning all about The Royal Family. What a great day Year 2, Miss Duong.
27.5.21 Treasures Retreat
Our Lay Chaplin Joe came in today for our afternoon Retreat all about Treasure, our new Come and See topic. We talked about God’s treasures and the reasons for them We had a great afternoon. Thank you Joe. Miss Duong.
19.5.21 Come and See CAFOD lesson - Explore: Treasures
Today, we brought in our treasures and talked about why the items we brought in were our treasures. We listened to religious music as we talked about our treasures and then took them outside to play with. We had a great afternoon. Keep up the great work, Miss Duong.
19.5.21 WALT: describe movement and turns
We have continued to persevere with our movement and turns work in maths. We have been learning, left, right, clockwise and anti-closewise and will continue to embed these skills. Keep working hard, Miss Duong.
19.5.21 Cricket with Mark from Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
We have enjoyed the last 5 weeks with Mark learning all the skills we need to play cricket. Next week is our final session. Take a look at the short video to see what we got up to today. Thank you Mark, Miss Duong.
4.5.21 Being a self-scan till
In computing today we learnt what happens when an item is scanned. We then role-played what happens. We learnt lots and had a great time, enjoy some short video clips. Great learning Year 2, Miss Duong.
19.4.21 Living Things and their Habitats
We went outside into our school environment to look for living, dead and never alive habitats. Our challenge was find living things that lived in a living habitat, dead habitat and never alive habitat. We then recorded what we found in the worksheet below. We asked lots of questions and found out lots of information. Great work Year 2. Miss Duong.
25.3.21 Our Retreat with Joe
We had a lovely afternoon with our Chaplin Joe. We learnt about opportunities and how we all have the chance to serve God. We did lots of talking and listening and learnt lots too. Well done Year 2, Miss Duong.
23.3.21 Palm Sunday
Today we learn all about Palm Sunday and listened to the readings from the Gospel. We found sticks and then made palm leaves and acted out what happens on Palm Sunday. A great job Year 2. Well done, Miss Duong.
17.12.20 September to December birthday celebrations in school
We had a fabulous time on Thursday morning celebrating all the children who turned 7 between September to December, and were unable to have birthday parties at home due to Covid. We had dancing, pass the parcel, a COVID friendly game without having to touch the parcel, balloon games and birthday treats and snacks. Thank you to all those parents who donated party food and balloons. Thank you again, Miss Duong and Ms Marshall.
16.12.20 Class 2 Christmas Party Day
We had a great day today; we made a 3D Christmas cube which was filled by treats, coloured, cut and decorated a Christmas tree, had party snacks and a drink, danced in the hall, had a visit from Santa and received two presents from him. What a fabulous day! Thank you.
Nativity 2020
This year, class 2 took charge of our Christmas Nativity. They took charge and decided what parts they wanted, if they wanted to sing or just have a speaking part, what they wanted to say and how. It was all down to the children to choreograph and act out the scenes. They listened to a song and then performed it in in a very short space of time to create their own version of our class Nativity. What an amazing job Year 2! A very proud Miss Duong.
Advent Assembly
We joined Mrs McNamara in the hall, whilst the other classes joined on Teams, for our Advent Assembly. In class, we are learning all about preparations for a Jesus’ birthday. Thank you Ms Marshall for the photos and short videos, Miss Duong.
27.11.20 Making Candle Clay Pots with Miss Bee
The children worked very hard this afternoon for Miss Bee. They used their designs from last week to make their clay candle pots for our Havdalah candles. Next week, the children will evaluate their designs. Enjoy watching, Miss Duong.
14.9.20 The Feast of the Holy Cross
Class 2 learn about what the meaning of the exaltation of the Holy Cross was today. We also looked at the meaning behind mural in our school entrance. We made and decorated crosses to be displayed in the classroom. Great work Year 2. Keep up the hard work, Miss Duong.
8.9.20 Partitioning numbers into 10s and 1s
We learnt how to use concrete objects to partition 2-digit numbers into 10s and 1s. We worked really hard and enjoyed our lesson. Well done Class 2, keep it up. Miss Duong.
LF1 Baptism Part 1 Video
Please watch this video to find out all about Baptism and the signs and symbols you may see during a Baptism. Thank you. Miss Duong.
The Good Times
We’ve had lots of good times in our two years. Here’s a video of some of the good memories we shared. Take care and thank you, as always, for your continued help and support over the two years. Thank you, Miss Duong.
Friday 12th June 2020 Chapter 4 The Rescue part 2
Listen to the last part of the final chapter and then answer the VIPERS questions on the home learning document. Have fun.
Friday 12th June 2020 - Chapter 4 The Rescue part 1
Listen to the first part of the final chapter and then answer the VIPERS questions on the home learning document. Have fun.
Thursday 11th June 2020 - Chapter 3 In Trouble
Listen to the third chapter and then answer the VIPERS questions on the home learning document. Have fun.
Wednesday 10th June 2020 - Chapter 2 Miss Porter Changes
Listen to the second chapter and then answer the VIPERS questions on the home learning document. Have fun.
Tuesday 9th June 2020 - Chapter 1 Miss Porter’s Secret
Listen to the first chapter and then answer the VIPERS questions on the home learning document. Have fun.
5.3.20 World Book Day 2020
Take a look at what we got up to during World Book Day. We had lots of fun making our own book marks and we looked through the Bible and found a story we liked and sketched pictures and painted them using water colours. What a great day!
5.3.20 Bog Baby Report
During this English lesson, we went out to find Bog Baby after realising that he was missing, we came back and planned something that we could say about what we did. Great work Year 2! Bog Baby is back and safe with us in our class. Miss Duong.
5.3.20 Looking for Bog Baby
For book week, we have been reading Bog Baby. When Miss Duong unlocked her laptop for us to do some work, there was some photos of Bog Bobby in our class and school. He was no where to be seen inside so we went on a hunt to find him. We also talked about how we found him, another video to be loaded. Great teamwork, Miss Duong.
25.2.20 Shrove Tuesday Year 2
Today, we learnt about why we mark Shrove Tuesday. We talked about its meaning and what Jesus did after this day. We all made Lenten promises and then had something sweet; pancakes. Miss Duong and Ms Marshall.
Lent 1 2020 in Year 2
Wow, what a busy half-term we’ve had! Take a look at all of the hard work we’ve being doing this half-term. We are very proud of all your hard work! Miss Duong and Ms Marshall.
12.2.20 Jungle Jo
We had a fantastic session with Jungle Jo this morning. We learnt about living things and how to classify them including lots of scientific vocabulary; invertebrates, vertebrates, molluscs, directional scenting, exoskeleton, endoskeleton, carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, mammary , platypuses, venomous predators. We also learnt about where some words come from. We found our brave by touching and holding all the different creatures. Thank you Mrs Khalil for organising this morning for us. Miss Duong.
11.2.20 - Our Lady of Lourdes Feast Day
Wow! What a great day learning all about Our Lady of Lourdes. We made links to our trust name, learnt about what Our Lady did for us, the meaning of the work words pilgrimage and apparition, where Lourdes is, how many times Our a lady appeared to Saint Bernadette and lots more. We showed Mr Giorgio our work and had a great day, Thank you to Ms Marshall for the photos and short videos to enable me to make this video! Well done Year 2! Thank you, Miss Duong.
6.2.20 - Our trip to Pizza Express
We had a great morning learning how to make pizzas and picking up new words associated with pizza; ladle, oregano, passata. We would like to thank Kirsty, Joe and Giuseppe for being great hosts, making us a treat of dough balls and giving us a lovely drink too! As always, thank you and to our adult helpers for their time and support. I hope you enjoyed your pizzas, mine was delicious! Miss Duong.
14.1.20 I can try to follow the class and school rules
We planned our Collective Worship today for Class Reception and a Class 1. We have been thinking about class and school rules and God’s rules. We decided the sit and gather in the shape of a heart to show our love for God and Jesus. Well done! Miss Duong.
Advent 2019 in Year 2
We started Advent with our Collective Worship and learning all about the birth of Christ. This month, we have made recycled decorations for our community Christmas tree, made and learnt about the Advent Wreath, performed our school Nativity, made Christmas cards, enjoyed our Christmas dinner, had two visits from Santa, walked to church for carols by candlelight, all before our Christmas break. We have been working very hard this December. Brilliant work Year 2! A very proud Miss Duong and Ms Marshall.
18.12.19 - Making cards to celebrate the birth of Jesus
During this Advent we have been learning about the birth of Christ and how we prepare for Him. We have been working very hard during Advent. Keep it up. Miss Duong.
17.12.19 Christmas Gingerbread Men
16.12.19 Seasonal School Tour with Severn Trent Water
Thank you to Phil, Leanne and Santa for a follow-on activity this morning which led on from the whole school assembly on Tuesday 3rd December. We learnt a song about keeping our toilets and drains happy and were then given a Severn Trent Water goodie bag with items to helps us to look after our toilets and drains.
9.12.19 Multiplication and Division
Today we used concrete objects to share and divide into equal amounts. Some of us even used the inverse to work out the multiplication number sentence to the questions. Well done, Miss Duong.
29.11.19 Our retell of the beginning of O’Sullivan Stew
It was Youth Fun Day today so we worked in groups to try to retell the first few pages of the story. We worked together in groups and had fun acting. Well done Year 2, Miss Duong.
28.11.19 Making recycled decorations from recyclable materials
We made Christmas decorations from recyclable materials which will be recycled after its use for our community Christmas tree and our school Christmas tree. Looking after God’s World and Common Home. Well done, Miss Duong.
Week beginning 18.11.19 Judaism Week
This week, Class 2 have looked and discovered Judaism. This included looking at Jewish artefacts, learning all about Shabbat, what it is and what it means and then we discovered how to make Challah bread, a bread that Jewish people have on Shabbat. We learnt lots and enjoyed making and tasting the bread as a class. To respect the Jewish faith, we looked at the Havdalah candle and for homework this week, we designed our own. We had a great week learning about the Jewish faith. Miss Duong
21.11.19 - Counting and adding coins
Today, we learnt to recognise coins from 1p to £2 and then we had to choose three coins and find the total. Challenge 1 - use coins 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p and 20p. Challenge 2 - use coins 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p and £1. Challenge 3 - use coins 20p, 50p, £1 and £2. The children did a great job and we had a fantastic lesson. Well done, Miss Duong.
19.11.19 Class 2 work with Trees for Learning
We welcomed Nic and Lynn back to our school this afternoon. We planted two trees on the field. The oak tree was planted in the corner near the fence, where the playground meets the field near the trim trail and the field maple tree, a little further along . We also ran a nature find relay, looking at the trees we planted last December, using clay and the natural resources to make a creature and then sticks and leaves to make a home for it. We had great fun! Thank you Nis and Lynn, Miss Duong.
18.11.19 - Subtraction using Base 10
Over the past few weeks, we have been using Base 10 to add and subtract. Today, we used Base 10 to subtract 2-digit numbers from another or a 2-digit number from a 3-digit number which crossed the 10s boundary. This meant that for every number sentence we completed, we had to exchange a 10 for 10 ones to find how many were left. We worked in pairs and recorded our answers onto a white, ensuring tha5 we checked our answers and corrected them when they were incorrect. Keep up the hard work. Miss Duong
11.11.19 Class 2 Will Remember Them
11.11.19 - Year 2 started Remembrance Day with a whole school assembly and then were mixed up and spent the morning in different classes. In the afternoon, we spent some time using water colour to paint poppies and ended the day with a whole school mass with Father John. Miss Duong. Class 2 Will Remember Them.
7.11.19 - Baptism Retreat with Joe
We ended our Signs and Symbols topic in Come and See with a Retreat afternoon with Joe. We ended the afternoon by sharing a collective worships with Class Reception and Class 1. We have learnt lots in this topic and would like to thank Joe for his support. Keep it up, Miss Duong.
6.11.19 - Baptismal Candles
Today, we finished our Signs and Symbols topic in Come and See by designing and making our own Baptismal Candle 🕯 We talked about how, when, how and why we have one. Thank you for your hard work and the children that brought in their Baptism candles to show the class. Great lesson, well done! Miss Duong
Advent Term 1 - Year 2 working hard during their lessons
Last half-term, we learnt some new skills. Here are some short clips of the children working hard to shade and to give form using paints, and using atlas books to find islands with a friend without my support. Some of the children even helped to paint more stones and flames for our ‘Stone Soup’ display which can be seen in the Infant Library and in the gallery tab on the school website. You are fantastic Year 2! Keep up the hard work. Enjoy the video, Miss Duong
16.10.19 Blessing of our community home
Today, Year 2 took part in blessing our community home and outdoor classroom. Thank you to Parent and Friends for all the help and support and providing us with an outdoor community home to facilitate our outdoor learning. Thank you to Miss Marshall for taking the lovely photos and short videos so that this video could be produced. Miss Duong.
14.10.19 Saint John Henry Newman
14.10.19 - Today we learnt who Saint John Henry Newman was and why he was canonised as a Saint yesterday. We learnt that he was a caring person who helped the poor and those less fortunate then us, he wrote lots of poem and prayers, performed two miracles, became a Catholic and is the first English Saint in over 50 years, and lots more. We then sketched Saint John Henry Newman and showed our artwork in our assembly. We learnt lots about our new Saint this morning. Well done, Miss Duong.
10.10.19 World Mental Health Day
10.10.19 - Today we learnt what mental health was and completed lots of activities; outdoor learning linked to mental in the morning with Mrs Hudson and then talking about our worries, what we are good at and how to look after ourselves and our mental health. Look after our emotions, look after our mental health and well-being. A great day children and we learnt lots too, a very proud Miss Duong 😁
7.10.19 To follow and listen to instructions carefully
7.10.19 - This morning, we made our class tomato soup and decided what to put in it. This was the last lesson linked to our story, Stone Soup. We listened very carefully to verbs and adverbs to chop, slice, grate, share and care. We did a fantastic job and tasted our soup too. Well done for listening carefully and working together. You have shown live, value and challenge today. Brilliant job Class 2, a very proud Miss Duong.
26.9.19 Investigating Fact Families
We had a go at recognising and understanding what a fact family is. We looked at what numbers belong to each family using different objects. We had fun investigating. Great work, Miss Duong.
20.9.19 - Today’s Phonics and English lesson
Today’s lesson was all about revisiting sounds and applying our knowledge. In English, we worked with a partner to write a definition of a noun, an adjective and expanded noun phrase, as well as giving lots of examples. We had a great morning. Well done Year 2, Miss Duong.
18.9.19 - Reading and editing our work
18.9.19 - We took it in turned to read our work with tone and expression to our friend whilst they listened, and continued to edit our work, from yesterday lesson, by adding words or punctuation using a green pen. Great team work, keep it up, Miss Duong.
18.9.19 - Materials and its uses
18.9.19 Science - We talked about materials and its uses and the during the second part of our lesson today, we went on a material hunt and then notes its uses. Great work children, well done, Miss Duong.
13.9.19 - Roald Dahl Day 2019
13.9.19- The children came to school dressed as Roald Dahl characters. The day started with an assembly, we took some photos and listened to parts of The Magic Finger, then we had a go and being Quentin Blake and drew some pictures. We ended the day with watching short video clips from Matilda. A great day, Miss Duong.
Woking together 5th September 2019
5.9.19 - We enjoyed working with a friend to explore the features of Traditional Tales last week. I have enjoyed teaching you all again, and welcoming our new children too! New beginnings for our Come and See topic, as well as the new school year. Miss Duong.
African Dancing
Underwater Land
The Beach
Captain Underpants’ and the Space Twins
Teacher Swap 2019
Healthy Eating Song
Scottish Dancing
C.A.S.E assembly
We learnt lots with Mr Fowkes over the last 10 weeks.
I can follow the class and school rules
We led today’s collective worship this morning. Photos taken by Mrs Bruce and video produced by Miss Duong.
Captain Concorde poem
Our day trip to the Tropical Butterfly House
Class swap with Miss Duong
Katie Morag Day videos
Have a look at the fun we had when Mr McAlpine came to play the bagpipes for us. Also enjoy watching how well we did learning Scottish dancing in one afternoon!