Pluto and Jupiter Class Blog

Welcome to Term 5!  As mathematicians, we have been learning about the difference between 2D and 3D shapes. We started the week by recapping the names of a variety of 2D and 3D shapes and completed a shape hunt around the school. We finished the week

Have a wonderful Easter Break!  As writers, we enjoyed writing our narratives in the role of Brunel detailing the events of the Thames tunnel flooding. As creative writers, we enjoyed playing the silly sentence game to recognise

Thank you to all the parents who attended parents evening this week.  We hope you found it informative and useful. Please see the office if you couldn’t attend and they can arrange an appointment for you at another time. As scientists, we completed the

This week we welcomed Miss Stenner to the Year 2 team.  Miss Stenner is part of the SCITT programme and will be based in Jupiter Class. As scientists, we have been learning about what happens to the food that we eat. We learned that

It’s trip week!  As historians, we visited the SS Great Britain in Bristol to learn more about what happened in the Victorian era. We learned all about Isambard Kingdom Brunel and explored his wonderful ship. We decided that we would much rather be a first class,

What a busy week it has been! As scientists, we started a new unit looking at the body and the systems within the body. This week we focused on the skeleton. We learned that we have a skeleton so that we can move, be supported upright

Welcome back to a brand new term! As mathematicians, we have started to think about dividing. This week we used cubes to help us understand what we mean by sharing and grouping and then used the divide symbol to write number sentences linked with our practical

Happy Half Term!  As musicians, we have been creating our own rhythm patterns. First we recorded these on paper before using our bodies to clap or stamp out the rhythm we made. As athletes, we have been learning the skill

This week we welcomed back Mrs Gray to the Year 2 Team!  Mrs Gray has returned after maternity leave and we are all so excited to have her back. Mrs Gray will be teaching Pluto class on Thursdays and Fridays. Science Club. This week

It has been another busy week in Year 2! As scientists we have been learning all about vaccinations. We learned that vaccinations contain a vaccine that is actually made up of a weak version of the virus. Our bodies learn how to fight it off and