Year 2 Rum Story Visit
As part of their humanities topic on the history of Whitehaven, the Year 2 children enjoyed a visit to the Rum Story. The children were guided around the museum and learned about how the Jefferson family were instrumental in bringing serum, sugar and molasses to Whitehaven. The found out ships…
National School Sports Week 2022in Year 2
This week Year 2 have taken part in various activities during National Sports Week. They ran a mile a day, taken part in a yoga dance activity on National Yoga Day, played parachute games, practised their ball skills and participated in the Big Skip. What an active week they have had!
Making Jam Jar Salad
This morning the Year 2 children learned the difference between processed and unprocessed foods. They found out about the benefits of eating fruit and vegetables too. Then they learned how to use the clawing and bridging techniques to prepare vegetables for their jam jar salads. What a delicious…
Planting Sunflowers Investigation
Our Year 2 children began their new science topic on plants by planting their own sunflower seeds. They also planned how to prove the statement ‘Plants need water for germination’. They decided that they would plant some seeds that had water and some that had no water. They also had a discussion…
History and Hi Jinks in Whitehaven
What a beautiful day it was today for the Year 2 trip to the Beacon! The visit began with a talk and guided walk around the harbour to find out about the history of Whitehaven and the role of the harbour in mining and trade. After a well deserved lunch the children visited the Yellow Earl…
Y2 Celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Today Year 2 celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee today. The day started with making cards for the Queen, creating a video about Her Majesty using green screening and a visit from the ice cream van. Later we enjoyed a whole school lunch on the yard and an afternoon enjoying the story of ‘The…
KS1 Construction Club
Construction Club meet on Thursdays 3-4pm. Each week we have a new challenge to design and make. We can choose to work in partners, teams or individually. We enjoy modifying our designs to improve them. We all have lots of fun. If you enjoy being creative come along.
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Creating Waterproof Hats
Over the past few weeks Year 2 have been looking at what ‘waterproof’ means and have investigated which materials are waterproof. They were posed the questioned ‘How can you make a hat waterproof?’ The children’s final investigation was to find out which substances when added to paper made the…
Y2 Cricket Skills
Today Year 2 had their first cricket coaching session. The children learned how to hold the cricket bat correctly to strike a bat, throw overarm and to aim at the stumps. They had great fun and cannot wait for their next session.
Key Stage 1 Multiskills Festival
Today some of the Year 2 children represented our school at a local Multiskills festival at Whitehaven. The children were introduced to a variety of activities where they had to use the skills they have learned during their PE lessons. They enjoyed playing some team games, shooting at a goal,…
Returning To The Library
After two long years, we were able to return to visiting the local library. The children were welcomed at the door by Bridget, the librarian. She took us inside and introduced us to the other librarians. They talked to us about what a library is and what kind of books we can borrow. The children…
Science Week: Stretchy Slime Experiment
Today Year 2 investigated how far slime can stretch. They predicted whether cold, warm or slime at room temperature would stretch the furthest or the least. They tested each temperature of slime and measured how far it stretched before it snapped off. What a messy time was had by all!