Year 2

Spring Topic Web

Today we have started out new history unit – who are the greatest explorers? Can you match the explorers with their achievements? Ask you child they should be able to tell you!

This afternoon the whole school walked along to St. Mary’s church for our annual Christmas Carol service. We heard children read and we all sang carols. If you would like to watch the service check out the link on Front Streets Facebook page. Merry Christmas!

We were so lucky to have the Gateshead music service in this week to sing lots of Christmas songs with us! It was great fun and it got us all into the Christmas spirit.  

Mrs Jobling challenged year 2 to make a 3D snowflake and many of the children rose to the challenge and succeeded. Even though it was difficult, they worked together and used their growth mindset.

This term we have been learning about the world we live in. To finish our topic, we researched the different foods that come from the countries we have been learning about. We have tried …. naan bread from India, jollof rice from Ghana, noodles from China, salsa and tortilla chips from Mexico, s’m

This afternoon, our year 1 and 2 children really enjoyed an amazing Christmas party. 

Some of our karate kids had their gradings this morning and delighted to see them pass!   We’ve space in our Friday morning club starting again after Christmas.  Ask at the office for details.

This afternoon in year 2, we took part in a Science workshop. First, we created amazing snow drop bath bombs with a sparkle. They need to be put in the fridge to set for a few days before using. Then, we made reindeer toothpaste! It was amazing to see how much it frothed up. It was important for us

Knowing how to speed up the melting rate of ice is very important information for anyone who needs to de-ice roads or driveways after a winter storm, so why don’t you try the following investigation to find out what actually happens when we salt the roads? Does adding salt to ice and water slow down