Year 2 newsletter

The year 2 children have certainly had a very busy week! 

In Literacy, we explored a secret garden which was full of hidden treasures. It was amazing!  We used adjectives to describe what we could see. We then focused on an item in the garden and described what sort of character it might have. 

As part of our RE learning, we had Reverend Williams from St Michael’s church come and visit us to tell us all about Christianity. He had some photos which he shared with us. The Reverend began by telling us a bit about Christianity and what Christians do when they go to church, and as a leader of the church what his job was. We discussed all of our ideas about Christianity and Reverend Williams explained how the meaning of light and darkness was very important for Christians. We thought about how we felt in light and darkness. We were able to ask the Reverend all the questions that we had and he answered them. It was a very interesting visit!

In our topic lessons we have been learning about the Great Fire of London, and the possible reasons for its cause. Who was to blame? Was it Thomas Farriner, the baker? Was it the maid? Or was it a pile of wood which caught on fire? We discussed all the possible reasons and came up with arguments for each idea using our oracy skills. We built upon each other's ideas and argued against those that we disagreed with. We then voted with our feet and the results were very interesting! The majority in Kusama class thought it was Thomas Farriner's fault but in Warhol class, the children thought it was the maid!