Year 2
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Thursday 4 December 2025 Year 2 Careers Related Learning This afternoon we were lucky enough to have a visit from Mark who works at the NHS. He came to speak to us about the vital work that the NHS do to help people. We discussed some of the important jobs that people in the NHS do before thinking about what it is like to work in a hospital. We shared with him our knowledge of Florence Nightingale and he told us about how hospitals have changed since the Victorian era. These changes included cleanliness, uniforms and knowledge of medicines. Some of us even got to try on the uniforms!
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Monday 24 November 2025 Year 2 DT - Bread Tasting/Making In Year 2 we started our new DT topic, all about bread. We started by briefly looking at the process of making bread and mapped out where different breads came from all over the world. We then taste tested different breads such as brioche, wholemeal and pitta bread. We discussed their shapes, sizes, tastes and textures and looked at how each bread was used in the culture that it came from. Later on in the term, we were lucky enough to make some fresh bread rolls ourselves. We used design sheets to figure out which ingredients and equipment we would need, and then set to work creating our bread rolls! Once they had cooled down, we taste tested them. We completed an evaluation sheet which helped us identify what went well during our bread roll making and things we could improve on next time.
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Monday 20 October 2025 Year 2 Art Week This week we created a beautiful Winter Scene. We started by exploring colour and how to make as many tones of one colour as possible using white. We then painted a winter sunset starting with white, progressing to dark purple. To improve our sketching and cutting skills we drew a winter tree using a template and very carefully cut it out. Next, we stuck the tree on to our winter sunset to create a silhouette and discussed the effect of light and dark. Finally, we sketched a fox, cut it out and stuck it on the foreground of our winter scene.
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Thursday 18 September 2025 Year 2 Geography - Food Tasting As we have been learning about the 7 continents, we had the opportunity to taste a selection of foods from each of them. We tasted coffee from South America, croissants from Europe, naan bread from Asia, blueberries from North America, and vegemite from Australia. We discussed the different tastes and textures we experienced and everyone chose which food they liked the most.
