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Reading is a key part of learning and through a range of texts, we hope children become immersed and enjoy reading for pleasure.
Here is a list of recommended reads for Year 2 to help inspire and excite children.
Thank you to our two parents who came and helped us. We are so grateful for your help, you added so much to our special week.
11th July - Day 5 of our Carnival of Culture
Today was the grand finale. We performed our Carnival to all of the parents. We hope you enjoyed it.
10th July - Day 4 of our Carnival of Culture
Today, we listened to the most popular pop group from Sweden......ABBA! We also listened to a traditional Swedish folk tale called 'The Three Wishes' and then created our own written work based on the story. After lunch we took part in a Tipsrunda - a Swedish Quiz to see how much we have learnt this week. There were lots of 9s and 10/10!! Great work Year 2!
9th July - Day 3 of our Carnival of Culture
Today, we learnt all about the important Midsummer Festival. Our helpers brought in a smaller version of a Midsummer Pole for us to help decorate. Then, we make our own mini versions of a Midsummer Pole. We then learnt some traditional Swedish songs which children sing whilst dancing around the pole. This is what we performed to you on the Friday Carnival.
On Wednesday afternoon, after our Midsummer Pole making, we had our food tasting session. We tried Swedish Meatballs, Cinnamon Buns, Lingonberry Jam and Knackerbrod. We had a lot of mixed opinions over the different foods. Well done to everyone who tried the different tastes.
7th and 8th July 2025 - Day 1 and 2 of the Carnival of Culture Week
On Monday, we started our Carnival of Culture week by learning facts about the country of Sweden. We made a fact book full of the facts we learnt and then looked more in-depth at the Vikings.
On Tuesday, we were very lucky to have the help from two of our year 2 Mums who are from Sweden. They told us lots more information and answered lots of our questions. In the morning , they taught us how to make Chokladbollar (Chocolate Balls). The children loved making them and loved tasting them even more!! They are quick and simple to make and lots of children asked for the recipe to go on the website. Good luck trying to make them at home!
Good luck making them!
Even bigger good luck trying not to eat them all at once!!!
Before lunch, we took part in a game of Swedish 5 Kamp. This involved wellington boot throwing, spinning round a stick, cartwheel races and sack races. Here we are having fun!
16th June 2025 - Sports Day
Today was our last Key Stage 1 sports day and what a lovely day it was. We were very impressed by all of the sportsmanship that the children showed; every one took part, had fun and were supportive to their friends. The weather was beautiful and it was lovely to see so many parents picnicking with their children. Well done everyone! And well done to Martin house for winning Sports Day 2025!
12th June - Billericay Infant Music Festival
Today, we took part in the Billericay Infant Music Festival at the Emmanuel Church. There were four other schools there from Billericay and we sang the songs we have been rehearsing since Easter. After a long walk and a lovely picnic on Sun Corner, we finally got to sing. We all had a lovely time and the singing was beautiful.
Here are some pictures of us performing. You will hear a selection of our favourite songs when you come to see our Year 2 assembly.
Thank you again to all of the Mums who accompanied us there, without you we would not be able to attend these lovely events.
29th April 2025 - Norsey Woods Trip
We have had an amazing day today! The sun was out and it was perfect conditions for a day in Norsey Woods with Lauren as part of our Forest Schools visit. First, we turned East along Greenway, then we turned North onto Outwood Common Road and walked uphill until we reached Break Egg Hill. We met Lauren, who showed us all of the different activities - a mud kitchen, jewellery making using parts of the Elder tree, den building, minibeasts and leaf identification, a hammock to swing in and walking along the slack line. We finished our day with roasting marshmallows over a small fire - delicious!
Thank you so much to Lauren at Forest Schools for helping us have such an awesome day.
Thank you so much to all of the parent and family helpers who came with us. Without you, we would not be able to go on these trips.
Thank you to all of the children who behaved perfectly and represented Sunnymede Primary very well.
As teachers, it was lovely to just observe our year 2 classes simply playing and working together. The children were so disappointed when their time at forest school ended and we had to return to school.
Here are some pictures of our day.....
8th May 2025
VE Day
Today, we came to school dressed in red, white and blue to remember and celebrate VE day. It was a lovely sight to see in the assembly hall where we learnt more about VE day and we even sung a celebration song from World War II. Some of the children in year 2 brought in artefacts and pictures of their family who took part in the war and we were all very interested to learn new things about World War II. The kitchen staff kindly made us delicious cakes to celebrate the day.
Here we are all red, white and blue!
Balancing on the slack line.
Building dens!
Hunting for bugs - we found lots of ants, centipedes, spiders, woodlice and worms.
We also found lots of different microhabitats.
Making necklaces and bracelets from Elder tree twigs and branches.
Anyone for a goblet of warm, sticky mud hot chocolate? Or a chocolate brownie from our mud kitchen?
Lunch time!
There were so many beautiful bluebells out in bloom. The forest had a blue carpet.
Climbing on the trees.
Chilling in the hammocks!
Roasting Marshmallows on a hot campfire
Time to say goodbye after an exhausting but amazing day!
22nd April 2025
We hope you all had a lovely Easter break. The weather was perfect for days out and playing in the garden or the park and the children are full of energy and beans for their final term in Year 2.
In our Science lesson today, we designed and created our own microhabitat in the form of a small allotment. We planted a tomato and strawberry plant, plus planted some radish, lettuce, and cornflower seeds and even managed to use the runner bean plant from last term's science work. You may notice we have recycled some old CDs and used them to protect our seeds from hungry birds. You can watch our mini allotment grow over the next term when you collect your child at the end of the day. Here are some pictures of our busy, green fingered afternoon.
WORLD BOOK DAY 2025
We had a great day celebrating World Book Day. The children looked amazing in all of their fantastic outfits. Thank you for helping them look so good and for helping with their masks. We had so many brilliant designs, it was very difficult to choose one winner per class. We did some World Book Day quizzes and activities. Just before lunch, we shared books with some of our Year 5 friends.
We had so many amazing outfits!
We made a pictogram showing our favourite author.
Here are some of our amazing masks!
We read to some of our Year 5 friends.
Someone made monsters for their socks!
And someone else made a Minecraft helmet.
Tuesday 4th March
In our Science Lessons, we investigated which ball was the bounciest. We used balls made from different materials and predicted which one we thought would bounce the most. We made sure we dropped them from the same height to ensure a fair test.
Ask your child which ball was the bounciest!
23rd January 2025
In PSHE, we have been setting our own goals and learning that sometimes, we need others around us for their support. We have talked about working together to achieve a goal and how we can get the best results. One of our activites was to work cooperatively to create a marble run.
January 2025
This term, in our computing lessons, we have been writing algorithms for our BeeBots. We have enjoyed working as part of a team to write instructions for our BeeBot and have even created algorithms for when there is an obstacle.
20th December - Last day and Christmas parties!
Well, we made it to Christmas. It has been such a long term and our year two children have worked so hard. Well done everyone!
Thank you very much for all of your kind and generous gifts, we are very grateful.
We would all like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and all the very best wishes for a Happy 2025!
Christmas Activities
At our party we had, a dance competition, played Christmas corners, a seated pass the ball over your head and finally a race of passing the ball under your legs. We had such a lot of fun!
Merry Christmas Year 2!
19th December Christmas dinner and Christmas Jumper Day
The children (and adults in Key Stage 1) were treated to a delicious Christmas Lunch today, thanks to our amazing catering team. We were so impressed by all the good manners of pleases and thank yous when the children were collecting their lunch.
Wednesday 18th December
Recently in our Maths lessons, we have been learning about different 2-D and 3-D shapes. Today, we put our pencils down and consolidated our learning through festive pictures, made only with 2-D shapes. What do you think of our pictures? Which one is your favourite?
Tuesday 17th December
Today in science we designed an investigation to see where ice would melt the quickest. Miss Gray froze some plastic men in a pot and we discussed different places we could place the pots to observe which place was the best to melt the ice. As a class, we discussed our prediction, method and the equipment we would need. Some pupils discussed how we could make this experiment a fair test. Ask your child about the results of our investigation.
Outside the classroom door
In the middle of the carpet
Next to the warm radiator
Inside the teacher's cupboard
14th December - Christmas Pantomime Day!
This morning, Key Stage 1 were treated to a fantastic pantomime. We watched the story of Cinderella. It was a very noisy morning ....Oh no it wasn't! Oh yes it was!
The children loved watching and the audience participation was brilliant!
Two beautiful Princesses at the Palace Ball!
One Crafty Fox!
A Royla Palace Waiter!
The Ugly Sister putting her make up on for the Palace Ball
Cinderella talking to Buttons!
Plenty of dancing at the Palace Ball!
Buttons!
Wednesday 12th December
This term in PE, we have been practising our yoga techniques. To keep our balance we have had to keep strong control of our muscles and breath steadily. We learnt many different animal poses and created yoga flows, concentrating on our transitions from pose to pose.
Tuesday 4th December
Here we are doing some computing. We have been using the on line programme Chrome Music Lab, it's a lot of fun. Our focus has been exploring music through IT.
Monday 25th November
Today, we had a really good music lesson. First we responded to the music by finding the pulse and moving to the beat. We then learnt how to improvise using 3 notes firstly using C, D, E and then G, A, B. We tried very hard to think about using long and short sounds. Our singing was amazing and everyone joined in.
Monday 14th - Friday 18th October
This week was our Design Technology week. Our project was to design and make a fire engine with working wheels, an axle and chassis. The children were put into groups of 4 to share their own designs, then create a joint design of an ultimate fire engine. We then created our own axles and created washers to stop the wheels from falling off. After making a chassis and attaching it to our chassis, we created the body of our fire engine. What do you think about our creations?
Tuesday 15th October
Saffron class took part in a Dance Workshop organised by the year 10 pupils from The Billericay School. The girls showed us a dance they had been working on. Then we split into groups, and learnt some of the dance and then we added our own extra moves. All the children had a great time, thank you Billericay school for working with us.
Friday 11th October
Year 2 were investigating in science today. We had to find out which material was best to use for a bag. We tested paper, fabric and plastic. We all learnt about predicting what may happen and some children learnt how to make it a fair test. You might be interested to hear about our results!
Tuesday 8th October
In our RE lessons, we have been learning about stories from the Bible and how Jesus showed kindness. We invited our local Reverend to come in and talk to us about how Christians show kindness in our community. We had a very interesting chat and the children enjoyed asking Reverend Gary Bott, lots of questions about religion and himself. Thank you for visiting us Reverend Gary.
Welcome to Year 2!
It has been a busy two weeks for our Year 2 children. They have all settled in very well and are getting used to the new timetable. We are looking forward to an exciting year!
The Great Fire of London Experience
On Wednesday 11th September, year 2 participated in a Great Fire of London Workshop. Every single child had an important job to do when we all reenacted the events of the Plague and The Great Fire. We all had an amazing time and the actors really helped bring our learning to life. Have a look at our fantastic workshop.
13th September
Today in our Science lesson, we continued our study of different materials. Our task was to organise materials into groups according to a criteria. Here are some pictures of our different criteria.
These materials are transparent and breakable.
These materials are rigid and rough.
These materials are smooth.
You could look around your home and find different materials for the children to describe as smooth, rough, flexible, rigid, waterproof, transparent or breakable.
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