This week we have really started to get our teeth into our latest piece of writing.  We will be writing our own version of the Julia Donaldson story "What the ladybird heard".  To really help us get the sequence of the story in order we created a re-enactment of the story, trying to draw emphasis to the repetitive elements of the story.  

​When we were reading the story we also spotted rhyme and expanded noun phrases. 

This morning we had another fabulous Parent Workshop where many of you came to support your children in our latest workshop for our new topic.  With nothing but a series of materials, some added twigs and leaves you came up with some fab designs and used your creativity to make some "cracking" bug hotels! These will be home to the children's imaginative bugs that they are going to design ready for our stories :-)

.You’ll see some very excited Year 2 children! We had a fantastic time today exploring our topic “The Secret Life of Bugs”.  We built dens for our teddies and thought about how our dens could be suitable habitats, we did some fantastic observational drawing and we went on a bug hunt.  We found a whole host of creepy crawlies and have already started to think about which mini-beast we will use as inspiration for our characters in our stories.  Whilst we were in the woods, we even managed to fit in some call and response songs and enjoyed listening to our voices echoing around the trees.  What a fantastic day and we managed to escape the rain too! Fabulous work Year 2. Well done!

We have had yet another busy work.  We have officially started our "special work" this week and the children are working so hard!  Thank you to each and every one of them.  Next week, we have more to do but aim to have them all completed by Thursday morning at the very latest!  

We have a special treat planned for Thursday afternoon and we will let you have more details next week.  Thank you again for your continued support. 

Wow...what an absolutely wonderful day we have had!  The children have been an absolute credit to High View and to yourselves, their behaviour was impeccable and all the staff at the museum commented on this.

During the Great Fire of London workshop we had, the engaged well and their answers and knowledge was fantastic.  It was wonderful to hear how the things they have been taught have well and truly embedded and they remembered so much.  They joined in with discussions, volunteered for activities and were stars!

We explored the museum and they discovered so much and loved being able to go onto and into some vehicles.  Safe to say lots of photographs were taken! :-)

The day ended with their own fire call and someone appearing at the bottom of the stairwell, down the fireman's pole to help!

Safe to say, we are shattered and we are sure the children will sleep well tonight.

What an absolutely amazing parent workshop we all had.  Thank to everyone that attended, donated boxes and crafts - we appreciate it.  It was fantastic to see the engagement between the children and yourselves.  The houses look amazing!  Watch this space for our recreation of the streets in London with the River Thames.

World Book day is a favourite enjoyed by all.  Everyone looked fab in their costumes and enjoyed lots of shared reading throughout the days as well as reading related activities.  

Oh the buzz and excitement created today in both year 2 classrooms, when a mystery package appeared in both rooms.  What did it mean?  Where did it come from?  The room was full of questions and mystery.

Yesterday was national "ESAFETY DAY".  We talked lots about how to stay safe on the internet, the rights and wrongs and what we should do if we are concerned.

We will continue to talk about this as the week goes on, along with taking part in some activities, discussions and even design our own posters to STAY SAFE on the internet.

We decided to host a Year 2 Enterprise event, to allow us to raise money to pay towards a workshop for the children.

We have some amazing children, parents and staff who contributed and allowed this to happen and.... WE DID IT! We sold so many buns, cakes and biscuits and raised enough money to pay for our Workshop.  We couldn't be happier.  30 minutes of a bake sale and we raised so much, we cannot thank you all enough.