Week Beginning 13th January 2025

This week we have enjoyed looking at pictures of London now and in 1666 and comparing them.

We noticed that buildings were smaller and made of different materials in 1666.

Week Beginning 6th January 2025

This week Year 2 have been learning about lines of symmetry and 3D shapes. some children used the magnetic tiles to make a 3D shape.

Week Beginning 16th December 

This week we have made some amazing Christmas acrostic poems that they have bought home with them. We hope you enjoy reading them as much as they enjoyed writing them. 

We hope you have an amazing Christmas and we look forward to seeing you all in the new year.

A huge thank you for the kind gifts and cards from all the Year 2 Team. 

Week Beginning 9th December 2024

This week in Geography we have been looking at atlases. We have looked at locating the 7 continents, what and where the Equator is and the North and South poles. We were also a bit sad to see that Long Crendon isn't mentioned in the Atlas but we did find Oxford, Thame and Aylesbury.

Week Beginning 2nd December 

Year 2 have been enjoying reading many stories from the book Greatest Magical Stories chosen by Michael Morpurgo. We have loved spotting the links with other traditional tales. Today we read Sleeping Beauty and spotting that a spindle is used in this story and Rumpelstiltskin.

Week beginning 25th November 2024

We are incredibly proud of all the children who participated in the Year 2 multi skills Festival at St Micheals school on Tuesday. Each one displayed not only skill but also determination and a positive attitude, embodying all the values we cherish at Long Crendon.👏

Elm class have been looking at what makes a good friend and have identified what qualities we have. We remembered reading the story called Have you filled a bucket today? and talked about our value of kindness.

Week Beginning 11th November

This week we have been excited to find out our parts in the nativity and have started to learn some of the songs. We hope you are ready for a lot of Bethlehem Boogie! If you want to have a boogie at home the songs can be found on Spotify and YouTube.

Week Beginning 4th November

November already!

Year 2 will be very busy this half term leading up to Christmas and the Nativity performance.

We will be introducing our new focus text in English which is an out of this word book called The Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers. Starting to learn all seven continents in Geography and the properties of different materials in Science.