Year 2 Archive

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Year Two have had another terrific week of joyful learning, and we are very proud of their achievements! In History: we’ve been continuing our exciting Project Trailblazer, where...

Poems, poems everywhere . . .

A huge well done to all out year one children for their wonderful stamina for learning! Also, a huge well done to Mr Lucas and Mr Newman for...

Greater, Less Than

A huge well done to all out year one children for their wonderful stamina for learning! In English, we have started creating our poem booklets. Looking at how...

Time for a Timeline

We are very proud of our Year two children and what an incredible week of learning! History: Timelines –Our timeline of trailblazers is growing, as children added more...

Welcome Back

We’re all thrilled to be back at school and are ready to dive into a new year full of exciting learning opportunities. I hope you all had a...

Happy Holidays

What a year! It has been fantastic to see Year 2 grow and learn this year. It is a privilege to teach your children. There have been lots...

Family Friday Tomorrow

Firstly a big thank you to the Focus group for setting up the Summer Fair, it was a great event and thoroughly enjoyed. The published memoirs that the...

Super Sports Day

Thank you parents for helping to support the school sports day. The Y2 children really enjoyed it and well done to the parents who ran in the parents...

Fun in the Sun

Thank you so much for making sure your children brought in water bottles, hats and sunscreen to help combat the heat. I hope you have all coped well...

Marvellous Memoirs

Apologises for not writing a Blog last week, technical issues stopped Mr Martell from writing one. This is my first Blog entry, I hope you are all enjoying...

A wonderful start

What a wonderful start we have had to the final half term. The children have utterly wowed us with the way they have worked with courage and brilliance...

What a wonderful week!

What a super week we have had in Year 2! The children have utterly wowed us with the way they have embraced opportunities to learn this week. The...

A week FULL of learning!!

What a wonderful week we have had in Year 2! The children have utterly wowed us with the way they have embraced opportunties to learn this week. A...

Year 2 on Tour!

What a wonderful week we have had in Year 2! The children have utterly wowed us with the way the  represented the school and themselves on our trip...

Our Wonderful World

It was wonderful to welcome so many of you in our classrooms this morning for Family Friday, the children were so excited to showcase their fabulous learning and...

For the wonder of the world…

What a wonderful week we have had in Year 2! The children have utterly wowed us with the way they have embraced learning, challenged themselves and worked so...

We are now PUBLISHED AUTHORS!

What a wonderful week we have had in Year 2! The children have worked incredibly hard this week and they should be very proud of all the learning...

Creative Brilliance!

Wow- what an action-packed week in Year 2 with even more brilliant learning in a fun filled way! Summary of learning In maths, we started practicing the concept...

A Fabulous Fourth Week!

Wow! Where has this week gone!? The children have worked so very hard this week and their teachers are very proud! Summary of learning In maths, we had...

Divorced Beheaded and Died Divorced Beheaded Survived, I’m Henry the VIII……

Yet another fun filled week in Year 2! We are super proud of our children and their thirst for learning! Summary of learning In Maths, we continue with...

A ‘Regally’ Good Week!

What a wonderful fun filled week of brilliant learning in year two! We also started art lessons in which we looked at different techniques of drawing King Henry...

A snowy welcome back!

We’re all thrilled to be back at school and are ready to dive into a new year full of exciting learning opportunities. Our project this term is monarchy...

Wishing Our UCPS Families wonderful Festive Break!

We have enjoyed a wonderful final week of autumn term with a festive story telling event, Christmas lunch and much more! After a very busy few weeks, we...

Countdown!

It was wonderful to welcome so many of you to Family Friday to celebrate your children’s learning over this autumn term. Summary of learning In Maths, we have...

The Festive Season is Upon Us.

December has arrived and Year 2 is starting to feel festive! Summary of learning In Maths, we have been adding by making 10. For example, 8 + 3...

A fantastic Week Four!

This week has flown by and it’s hard to believe that next week will be the start of December! Summary of learning In Maths, we have been making...

Rain Rain Go Away Come Back Another Day!

It has been another busy week in year two and it has been lovely to see the many variations of poppies created by our children and displayed on...

Welcome Autumn Two!

Welcome back everyone! It was lovely to see so many smiley faces coming into class after the half-term break. Summary of learning In Maths we reviewed our year...

Farewell Autumn One and Happy Holidays!

What an amazing journey we have had during this first autumn term in Year 2! It has certainly been a long and sometimes challenging term, but it has also...

Brilliant and Brave!

What an amazing week we’ve had in Year 2! This week in our Year 1 and 2 phase assembly, we explored why we celebrate Black History month. It’s...

Where will this voyage take us?

Year One’s have had another terrific week of joyful learning, and we are very proud of their achievements! In History: we’ve been continuing our exciting Project Trailblazer, where...

Flexible or Ridgit?

A huge well done to all out year one children for their wonderful stamina for learning! In English, we are revisiting our wonderful traditional stories with a twist!...

Once Upon A Timeline……..

We are very proud of our Year two children and what an incredible week of learning! History: Timelines –Our timeline of trailblazers is growing, as children added more...

Happy 10th Birthday UCPS

A Fantastic Week in Year 2! On Thursday our entire school celebrated its 10th birthday with a spectacular lunch! Children and adults thoroughly enjoyed eating and singing together!...

Once Upon A Time……..

We’ve had an exciting week of learning in Year 2! In English, we kicked off our new writing project by delving into traditional tales. The children explored various...

Final Moments

We have thoroughly enjoyed teaching the children this year and are so proud of all they’ve achieved. It’s hard to believe the end of the school year is...

Twists and Turns

Despite it being nearly the end of term, Year 2 has had another fun-filled and busy week. Art This week in art, children explored Still Life by Ben Nicholson before...

Sporting Spirit

We are incredibly proud of Year 2 for demonstrating our school values during Sports Day. Their courage, empathy, respect, gratitude, and trust were evident in every race, cheer,...

Little Authors, Big Stories!

We have had another amazing week in Year 2! Art In art this week, children had an absolute splash of a time exploring their creativity through painting. Inspired by...

Sunshine and Storytime

Despite the hot weather, our Year 2 children have managed to stay focused, hydrated and have packed in an impressive amount of learning. Art In art this week,...

Time to Paint!

We’ve had a busy and exciting week filled with fantastic learning experiences! ArtWe were thrilled to begin our new art project with Ms. Smith. This week, the children...

Wonderful Wicken!

This week we enjoyed a wonderful trip to Wicken Fen. It was great to see the Fenlands in person and build on what we have already learned about...

Shape Hunting

This week has been assessment week across the school – an opportunity for the children in year 2 to show off everything they have learned in KS1. They...

Remembering with gratitude

It has been another busy week in year 2 – we have squeezed a lot into the shorter four day week! We were so proud of the manner...

Hello from Dash!

It has been a fabulous week – both weather wise and learning wise! We have started our computing project – learning to program and code our Dash robots!...

Year 2: The Fun Never Stops!

Although it was a short week, it was filled with great excitement and meaningful learning moments. We are absolutely amazed by how well the Year 2 children have...

From Beans to Big Dreams: Exploring Kenya and Beyond!

What an exciting week it has been in Year 2! As part of our geography project on the Fenlands and the Kenyan grasslands, children embarked on an exciting...

A Window to Our Growing Minds!

What an exciting week it has been in Year 2! The children have been immersed in creativity and joyful learning, making every moment truly special. We were incredibly...

Knowledge Begins with Wonder!

What an exciting and enriching week we’ve had in Year 2! The children have thoroughly enjoyed learning about the Fens and their fascinating history. They were particularly intrigued...

Unlocking Imagination: The Power of Reading!

World Book Day was a wonderful celebration of our love for reading! The children had a fantastic time sharing their favourite books with their friends, discussing their favourite...

Multiplying Knowledge!

We have had a great start back in year 2 and it’s been filled with lots of learning as usual! This term, our book project in English is...

Royally Resilient

Year 2 have done such fantastic learning this half term and we are so proud of them for showing off all their progress during assessments this week. Summary...

Tudors and Time to Celebrate

It’s been an action-packed week in Year 2 and we loved getting to finish it by celebrating all of their amazing learning this term. Summary of learning In...

A Royally Good Week

We have had such a fun week of learning in year 2 and we wish happiness, prosperity, and good fortune to any families celebrating the lunar new year....

Memoirs, Monarchy and Modelling

It has been a busy week for everyone in year 2 and despite lots of excitement we have been getting on with lots of learning. Summary of learning...

There’s a Chicken on My Roof!

It has been another wonderful week of learning in year 2. The author Matt Goodfellow treated us to a fantastic assembly which ended with year 2 helping him...

Welcome Back!

We’re all thrilled to be back at school and are ready to dive into a new year full of exciting learning opportunities. Our project this term is monarchy...

Festive Greetings

We have enjoyed a wonderful final week of autumn term with a festive story telling event, Taste-ed, art, Christmas lunch and much more! After a very busy few...

Family Friday & FOCUS Fayre

It was wonderful to welcome so many of you to Family Friday to celebrate your children’s learning over the this half-term. Summary of learning In Maths, we have...

Advent and addition

December has arrived and Year 2 is starting to feel festive! Summary of learning In Maths, we have been adding by making 10. For example, 8 + 3...

Lawmakers of the future

This week has flown by and it’s hard to believe that next week will be the start of December. Summary of learning In Maths, we have been making...

London and its landmarks

It may have been a four day week but we have still fitted in a lot of learning and activities. In particular, we marked International Day of the...

School values and British values

It has been another busy week in year two and it has been lovely to celebrate your children’s progress at learning conversations. We have reminded ourselves of our...

Fireworks and Fact Families

It has been lovely to see everyone back at school after the half-term break. Summary of learning In  Maths,we reviewed our year one learning of number bonds to...

What an amazing  journey we have had during this first autumn term in Year 2!

What an amazing  journey we have had during this first autumn term in Year 2! It has certainly been a long and sometimes challenging term, but it has...

Creative Fingers: Bringing Year 2 Stories to Life!

What an amazing week we’ve had in Year 2! This week in our Year 1 and 2 phase assembly, we explored why we celebrate Black History month ....

History Makers and Story Shakers!

In Year 2, it’s been a short week, but one packed with amazing learning experiences! Our forest school sessions continue to be a highlight, as we deepen our...

Exploring Nature, Creativity and Curiosity in Year 2!

What a wonderful week we’ve had in Year 2! It’s been full of vibrant learning experiences and it’s so rewarding to see how the children are actively embodying...

Raindrop Rhythms and Trailblazer Tales: A Week of Discovery!

Wuao! Another fantastic week in Year 2! This week has been full of exciting learning experiences and the children have truly embraced every moment. One of the highlights...

Like leaves in the forest, numbers have their place—finding them is the trailblazer’s journey!

A Fantastic Week in Year 2! What an exciting and productive week we’ve had in Year 2! We’ve dived headfirst into our history project on Trailblazers, exploring the lives of remarkable...

Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll sneezeeeee!

We’ve had an exciting week of learning in Year 2! In English, we kicked off our new writing project by delving into traditional tales. The children explored various...

“Embracing a Year of Discovery and Growth”

“What a wonderful start to this academic year! The energy is palpable with everyone eager to dive into new subjects, connect with friends and embrace the opportunities that...

Wicken Fen!

This week we enjoyed a wonderful trip to Wicken Fen. It was great to take our learning about the Fenlands after before and after Easter and see it...

Time Explorers!

This week has been packed with challenging and exciting learning experiences. We are incredibly proud of our Year 2 children for rising to the occasion with determination and...

Let the Magic Begin!

We’ve had a wonderful start to our final term of Year 2. This week has been filled with challenging learning  and we are incredibly proud of our Year...

Driving into Knowledge: Projects on Soap Derby Racing Cars and Coding Adventures!

What a fantastic and thrilling first summer term we have had in Year 2! Our learning journey took us into the incredible world of coding with our very...

3D Shapes and Dashing Through Our Learning Maze!

Our excitement is building as we continue working on our design project in Design and Technology class. We’ve been diligently preparing our soapbox cars, getting them ready to...

Exploring Our World: From Food Chains to 2D Shapes !

We’re riding the excitement wave as we keep working on our design project in design and technology class. With the hacksaw, we continue learning to make axles for...

From Sawing to Safari: A Week of Learning Adventures!

We’re riding the wave of excitement with our new projects! In design & technology, we began learning how to use a hacksaw to make our own axles for...

Capacity, cars and climate

We are on a roll with our new projects. Computing had us starting to program Dash the robot as well as learning about debugging. In design & technology...

Life is big thought year 2…

We have had a brilliant first week back after the Easter break. We have two new projects: computing and design & technology. Computing had us exploring the robot...

Will they grow?

This week we have been busy growing more plants! Now he have started to investigate the best conditions to grow our class beans, we are also growing our...

Performances, plants and possessive apostrophes!

This half term is flying by! We were extremely lucky to attend a performance of Midsummer Night’s Dream on Monday. It was brilliant to recap the story again...

Seeds of knowledge!

We have had an exciting and busy week  in Year 2! We celebrated “World Book day” on Thursday and it was a wonderful experience for children to share...

Ossiri and the Bala Mengro

We have had a great start back in year 2 and it’s been filled with lots of learning as usual! The children are excited as we have art...

A Shakespearean Dream!

What an incredible week it’s been in Year 2 ! We immersed ourselves in the captivating world  of William Shakespeare… In art, the children made beautiful head pieces...

Money and monarchy !

It’s been an action-packed week in Year 2, full of learning and laughter!” The art class was a blast for the children as they welcomed the colors to...

Clay, coronations and calculations!

This week in Year 2 has been filled with lots of learning as usual! The children had an amazing time during their art class, developing their clay modelling...

“Royal Chronicles: Unraveling the Era of King Henry VIII”

This week in Year 2 has been filled with exciting moments and great learning adventures! The children had an amazing time during their art class, mastering  their drawing...

Hereditary monarchy

It has been another wonderful week of learning in year 2. We’ve been learning about “hereditary monarchy” This week,  children have enjoyed art lesson and they have shown...

New year, new goals, new learning adventures

We are thrilled to be back at school, embracing new challenges and unlocking a year of exciting learning experiences. Our project this term is monarchy (history) and in...

Singing Sensations

We have had an action packed week in Year 2! In English, we have been working on our Writing Showcase all week- information leaflets all about the Palace...

Order! Order!

We have become experts about the Palace of Westminster this week! In English, we continued our information paragraphs about the Palace of Westminster. We learnt about the House...

All About London

What a busy week we have had in Year 2! In English, we started our new book and discovered the features on non-fiction text. We wrote different paragraphs...

Adaptation, Adjectives and Addition by Making 10

What a lovely week we have had in Year 2! In English, we used our book ‘The Comet’ to create contrasting paragraphs about cities and the countryside. We...

Short but sweet!

Although our week has been a shorter one, we have still managed to pack in some great learning! On Monday, we all had a STEM morning where we...

Wonderful Poets!

We have had a jam packed week full of learning this week! In English, we read the book ‘The Comet’ and discussed the question ‘what is home?’. Later...

Fantastic Firebirds

What a fabulous arts week we have had! This week we learnt the story ‘The Firebird’ by Igor Stravinksy. We acted it out and wrote it ourselves using...

Terrific Trailblazers!

Year 2 have had a fantastic last week of Autumn 1! In English, we have been working on our writing showcase, where we have written our own ending...

Nature Spirals

Year 2 have worked really hard this week! In English, we have been revealing emotion in our writing by thinking about how the wolf felt when the pig...

Super Space Missions

Year 2 have had a brilliant week! In English, Mr Wolf has been back again to visit us. We have been continuing to tell his side of the...

The Big Good Wolf

In English, year 2 had an unexpected visitor this week, Mr Wolf. He explained what really happened with the three little pigs and we are going to share...

Deep in the forest…

This week we had our first forest school session! We loved exploring the school’s forest and finding out about the forest school rules. We played a trust building...

Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff…

We are back in the swing of things in year 2 and what a week of learning we have had! In English, we have learnt the story of ...

Welcome back!

Welcome back to a brand new year at school! We have had a fantastic first week back and are all looking forward to the year ahead. After the...

And just like that…

…We have reached the end of another wonderful year at UCPS! The children have worked incredibly hard this year and we have been so happy with the progress...

Racing to the End of the Year!

It’s been another fantastic week of learning this week in Year 2. In English this week, we used the fable ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’ and innovated it,...

Just a fraction left before summer!

In English we have been immersing ourselves in the fable of The Boy Who Cried Wolf and using our imagination to describe the wolf with adjectives, expanded noun...

Mystical, magical boxes bursting with brilliance

Well, what can we say?! Another truly wonderful week in Year 2! The children have been working very hard, learning brilliantly and having a lot of fun. During...

Fun in the Sun and Honest Philosophy!

It’s been another fantastic week of learning this week in Year 2. In English this week, we used the story ‘Leon and the Place Between’, which we had...

The beginning of our final half-term!

It has been lovely to welcome back the children this week for our final half-term of Year 2 – how the year has flown by! In English this...

Forests, Families and Fun

Wow! What a glorious week! It was joyful to see so many families enjoying their children’s super learning during the showcases and at Family Friday. We have been...

So long, SATs!

It has been a big week for Year 2 this week – we completed our Year 2 SATs! The children all tried their best and did a wonderful...

Revising, rebuilding, debugging – IMPORTANT DT NOTICE

This week the children have been revising some of the wonderful knowledge they’ve learned so far, ready to do our SATS next week. But when they haven’t been...

Celebrating the Coronation

We have had a joyful (but rather short!) week in Year 2 culminating in the whole school tea party to mark the coronation of King Charles III. We...

Life is Big!

We have had another wonderful week in Year 2 this week! As part of our English learning, we have been  reading the collection of poems titled ‘Cherry Moon’,...

Welcome Back!

We hope you’ve all had a fun, restful break and are raring to go for all the learning we’ve got in store this term.    We’d also like...

An Egg-cellent End to the Term!

In Year 2 this week, we have been hoppier than ever! As part of our English learning, we have been reading the story, ‘The Ugly Five’ by Julia...

Putting our knowledge to the test!

The whole team would like to thank all of year 2 for how hard they have worked this week powering through our practice test papers. We’ve been really...

Short but sweet

We have had a busy (but short) week that has been jam packed with super learning. Look at some of our beautiful beetles that we created in our...

A musical extravaganza!

We have had another wonderful week in Year 2 this week! As part of our English learning, we have been learning about subordination and features of instructions in...

How the days butterfly by!

It’s been a great week with lots of learning! We have introduced the division symbol and how we share into equal and unequal groups. In English we have...

Where in the world?

We have had a glorious week in Year 2. The children returned from half term refreshed and ready for a week full of super learning. We launched our...

Final week before half term

We have had another wonderful week in Year 2 this week! As part of our English learning, we have been learning about possessive apostrophes and the use of...

Week 5 – Thursday PE Announcement

This week has flown past and we’re now heading into the final week before half-term. After learning our text ‘How to Catch a Dragon’, we have innovated it...

Week 4

Wow! Where has this week gone!? The children have worked so very hard this week and their teachers are very proud! We have been exploring instruction writing during...

Regrouping, royalty and rabbits!

  PLEASE NOTE: On Thursdays, please can all children in Year 2 be sent into school in clothing that they can wear for PE. Children will stay in...

I hereby decree that the first full week of the new year is complete!

This week the children have taken a deep dive into our new project, Monarchy. In history we have looked at royal ceremonies and compared how coronations have changed...

Welcome back

We have  had a lovely start to the half term in Year 2. The children have returned to school with enthusiasm and super attitudes to learning-well done Sky...

Super snowy splendor

What an exciting week! The children (and adults) were delighted to find UCPS covered with a blanket of perfect snow sculpture making snow. We have taken time this...

Habitats, happiness and HUGE progress

It was so lovely to welcome so many of you into the classrooms during Family Friday- thank you for taking the time to see the wonderful progress your...

Stories, science and smiles

Simply stunning learning in Year 2 this week- the Skylarks, Robins and Swifts have really impressed their teachers with all their wonderful work! We have been continuing to...

The Great Week Three!

We have had another wonderful week in Year 2 this week! We have been reading ‘The Great Kapok Tree’ by Lynne Cherry in relation to our Conservation project,...

Conservation, Conversation and Concentration

Following on from last week, the children have brought their passion for justice and animal welfare into week 2 of our conservation project. Some meaningful conversations and discussions...

Week One…

…And what a wonderful week it has been! The children have returned to school with so much enthusiasm and lots of super ideas. We have launched our new...

Week 7

And just like that we have come to the end of our first half term in Year 2- what a fabulous half term it has been! We have...

A Fabulous Week of Learning

It’s been a phenomenal penultimate week in Year 2. We have been inspired by the Super Happy Magic Forest to come up with our very own villains and...

Super Happy Magic Learning!

We have had another wonderful week in Year 2 this week! We have been reading the book ‘Super Happy Magic Forest: Slug of Doom’ by Matty Long and...

Extraordinary Explorers

What a wonderful week! We have been very impressed with the positive attitude to learning shown by the children in Year 2 this week. We have been working...

Painting a picture with words

What a week! Although we only had 4 days of learning, the children in year 2 have been keeping very busy. In English we have put our knowledge...

A list (with commas) to describe Year 2 this week…

…wonderful, amazing, courageous, curious and fabulous learning all around! We have launched into the full timetable this week and the children really impressed us with the way they...

Welcome to Year 2

Well- what a week! Your children have settled amazingly well into their new classrooms and there has been a wonderful buzz of learning all week- well done Year...

STEAM Carnival week 2!

What an amazing week full of colour, music, art and science learning!  This week we looked at what makes us all unique and learned about genes, DNA and...

STEAM Carnival week!

  STEAM Week 1! What a wonderful week we have been having in Year 2, we have loved exploring all of our science learning together! It has been...

Year 2 goes to Carnival…

This week we learned a lot about the Carnival in Rio through our story Steve Goes To Carnival. This ended with us writing a descriptive recount. https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-ks1-ks2-how-to-write-a-recount/z7dg92p In...

A week of sport and art!

Well done to all the children for sports day! Everyone took part in a friendly and courageous way and we are proud of all the Year 2. We...

Carnival Countries!

What a wonderful week we have had this week! We have been impressed with the children’s dedication and the passion they have brought to their learning. In English,...

Carnival, countries and colours all around.

What a joyful first week of learning. Our topic this half-term is Carnival and we will be exploring different cultures, music and dance. In English, we discussed all...

Jubilee celebrations!

What a creative week, learning all about the Queen and getting ready for our Jubilee Party! This week we wrote letters, designed stamps, wrote poems and made our...

Healthy minds and healthy bodies!

Year 2 have been working incredibly hard this week. We have been really impressed with the dedication they showed during their SATS – we are so proud of...

The robot and the…

This week we have been busy writing a fantasy story using all the learning from this year. We were inspired by The Robot and The Bluebird but invented...

Settings, seeds and sunshine.

This week we continued challenging ourselves with different maths problems. We focused on identifying the key language to help us know how to solve the word problems. Here...

Zoologists for a day!

Our highlight was certainly the trip! The children really demonstrated our school values and enjoyed exploring animals, habitats and their teeth. In maths we have been reviewing addition...

Summer term!

It has been great to welcome everyone back and we have been impressed by the children’s attitude to learning this week! Our topic this half-term is robots and...

Who am I? Poetry and problem solving.

In English this week, the children explored a variety of different poems written about animals and used these as inspiration to write their own poem based on an...

Neurodiversity week!

What a lovely, hands-on and joyful week of learning! We celebrated neurodiversity week and thought about the importance of respecting and celebrating everyone’s differences: https://www.neurodiversityweek.com/ In maths we...

Skipping and speeches!

This week we have been very busy writing powerful speeches about endangered animals. Some of us even got a chance to present these to Year 5. We learned...

Compassionate, active and healthy citizens

This week we really thought about the meaning of compassionate citizens by writing non-chronological report on endangered animals, thinking about why it is important to stay healthy and...

What a great week, we celebrated World Book Day with lots of book sharing and talking about the importance of libraries. You can find so many book recommendations,...

A wonderful first week!

What a wonderful first week back we have had. We have been blown away by the brilliant learning that we have seen! In English, we have been focusing...

Mental Health Week: growth and change

We had a lovely week, thinking about the meaning of mental health and expressing our feelings. In English, we made our own books thinking about how we have...

Beatlemania!

This week we really delved into our topic by getting to know a lot about the Beatles and the culture of the 60s. In English we wrote our...

Living like the 60s!

This week we have shown real courage by doing a lot of independent learning to showcase what we have learnt so far. We have explored our 60s topic...

Emotions, exploring and new experiences.

This week, we were really busy exploring our feelings and thinking of ways to express these. We tried to use synonyms for the basic feelings like angry, sad,...

For me happiness is…..

This week we have been developing our descriptive writing and focusing on what happiness means for all of us. We were inspired by the book The Jar Of...

A brilliant Book Week!

Year 2 have had a very exciting start of term and we have been blown away by their creativity and passion for all thing books! This week has...

Poems, peas, puddings and preparation for Christmas!

What a busy last week of school, we are so proud of all the Year 2 children and their wonderful learning! This week we wrote Christmas poems and...

Wonderful writers

What a wonderful week we have had in Year 2! In English, we have been learning about the past tense and focusing on powerful language. We have used...

To our dear new friends

In English this week, the children have worked incredibly hard to produce a well written and thoughtful letter to the elderly residence at the care home. They have...

Extraordinary Engineers!

What a busy week of learning! STEM Firstly, thank you to all of the parents who were able to donate their unused cardboard. The children learned how to...

Anti-bullying week and switch off day!

This week we learned what bullying means and thought about how kindness can prevent it. We talked about the ripple effect of kindness and how this brings joy...

London’s burning!

We started the week with a little show from the teachers about the Great Fire of London to help us understand the events in 1666. We learned the...

The Great Fire of London!

What an exciting first week back! It was Diwali and many children shared the celebrations they had at home with the class. We started exploring our new topic:...

Stories, sport and so much more!

This week we have been very busy finishing up all our learning from this half-term. In English, we planned, acted out and wrote our own story about strange...

Artists at work!

What another busy week! Thank you to everyone for your flexibility on Thursday. This week we have been trying out some independent learning to show all the wonderful...

A year group of authors!

What a brilliant week we have had! Year 2 have been showing the school values in all of their learning, well done! English In English, we have been...

What a wonderful week!

Year 2 have had a wonderful week and we have been blown away with their creativity and dedication to learning. English In English, we have continued looking at...

Our week’s journey

What a great week of learning in Year 2! Maths We focused on addition with 3 addends and learned all about the commutative and associative laws. Here are...

Explorers, equations and enjoyment!

What a great week of learning in Year 2! This week we started exploring our new topic and imagining what it would be like to be explorers! English...

A lovely start to Year 2!

It has been a pleasure to welcome all Year 2 children into their new classes! We have had a busy week learning about our school values and doing...

All about me!

As the children are getting ready for Year 3, they have been planning and writing a non-chronological report all about themselves. They have included many different facts about...

An Encyclopedia of Dragons

Year 2 have had a brilliant week! It was so lovely to speak to most of you during learning conversations, we are sure that you are as proud...

Dangerous Dragons

The children have had a fantastic week! They all performed brilliantly during sports day on Wednesday and cheered on their team mates, showing amazing sportsmanship. In English, we...

Arts Week

Wow! What a wonderful week we have had in Year 2! The children have engaged really well with all the Arts activities on offer this week. These are...

Dragon spotted!

What a brilliant week we have had in Year 2 – lots of dedicated, creative and passionate learners this week! This week in English, we have been focusing...

Soapbox Racers!

It’s lovely seeing all the children back to school, rested and ready for learning. This week in English, we have been focusing on poetry and writing a diary...

Last week of term!

What a wonderful last week we have had! As always, Year 2 have blown us away with their inspiring passion for learning. We have been doing booklets in...

Jack vs Giant

This week we have transformed into lawyers, debating whether or not we believe Jack should go to prison for his crimes against the deadly, dangerous Giant. The children...

Jack and the Beanstalk!

What a wonderful week we have all had! Year 2 have impressed us with their creativity and dedication to learning this week. We have continued to focus on...

A wonderful first week back (WB: 12/04/21).

Year 2 have had a brilliant week back! We have been impressed with the enthusiasm and hard work that the children have brought to all of their learning....

Happy Easter!

What a fun packed, busy week it has been. The children were shocked when they learned about the negative impact pollution, poaching and plastics have on our environment...

Online learning (WC 1/02/21)

Please see the online learning booklet for this week: Week 5 Online learning booklet (Year 2). Remember to upload your work on teams so your teacher can give...

Online Learning WC 25.1.21

  Week 4 booklet Year 2 Happy learning!

Online Learning wc/18/01/21

Week 3 Booklet Year 2 Happy Learning!

Online Learning

The Fox and the Star booklet

Merry Christmas!

Well, what a fantastic term it has been! Well done to all of the children in year 2 for there enthusiasm, passion and engagement. Next Term Our Topic...

Exploring the Amazon!

What a wonderful penultimate week of term we have had! In English this week we have been working on a Writing Showcase! We started the week by learning...

Dream Jars!

We have had a fantastic week in Year 2 (and some snow to top it off!) In English, we have been focusing on instruction writing. We created Dream...

Orion and the Dark

We have had a WONDERFUL week in Year Two this week. The children in Robins, Skylarks and Swifts have been working very hard throughout the week and they...

A class full of poets!

Year 2 have had a fantastic week (even if it has been short!). In English, we have been using the book ‘The Dark’ to write our own poems....

Magnificent Materials

Well done Year Two for another AMAZING week of creative learning! We have been learning more about our Topic ‘Light and Dark’ by exploring a variety or natural...

The Dark Side

Well done Year Two for another FANTASTIC week! You have really impressed us with your hard work, positive attitudes and wonderful learning throughout this week. We have launched...

The day the crayons quit!

Year 2 have had a brilliant last week of the half term! In Topic, we have been exploring kindness and using this as inspiration for poem writing. We...

Animal Poetry

Year 2 have had an amazing week and we have been impressed with their attitudes to learning. In Topic, we have been using our imaginations to create our...

Door of imagination

Year 2 have had a fantastic week. This week the children have loved exploring our topic Heroes in more depth and have been sharing their new learning with...

The Ongoing Adventures of Traction Man…

This week the Year 2 children have really impressed us with their fantastic attitudes to learning. The children have been busy writing and publishing their own Traction Man...

Traction Man’s adventures

This week the children have been following the adventures of the wonderful and exciting Traction Man. They have explored a range of interesting adjectives and have used some...

Traction Man!

Year 2 have had a fantastic week. This week the children have loved exploring our topic Heroes in more depth and have been sharing their new learning with...

Heroes

This week the children have had lots of fun exploring our new topic Heroes. We were very lucky to have a special visitor – a real life paramedic...

Welcome back

We would like to say a big thank you to all children in Year 2 and their lovely families for a super week- the children in Skylarks, Robins...

W/b: 13th July 2020 ‘The Rescue’

Welcome to the finale of the ‘UCPSpace’ project learning! We hope you survived the crash landing last week and are ready for the grand finale rescue mission! This...

wb: 6th July 2020 ‘Crash Landing!’

Welcome to week 2 of the ‘UCPSpace’ project learning! We hope you enjoyed the launch of our new learning projects last week. The anticipation is building, we hope...

W/b: 29th June The Launch… 3,2,1, Lift off!

This week, the University of Cambridge Primary School is embarking on a three week project that will culminate in the children meeting their new class teacher at the...

WB: 22nd June 2020 ‘Fractions and Action Scenes!’

A Message from Corona by Charity Tedder and Leighton Noyes Explore this online e-book resource which supports parents and children at home to understand ‘Coronovirus’ through E-book resources Monday...

WB: 15th June 2020 ‘Refugee awareness week and thinking deeper about multiplication’

Welcome to the Key Stage 1 Learning blog for this week with special focus on ‘Refugee Week’ Monday 15th June sees the beginning of Refugee Week 2020. However, to...

WB: 8th June 2020 ‘Grouping equal amounts and understanding our emotions’

Dear Children and Families, Please note the online learning resources will look slightly different for the rest of this term. A suggested timetable for learning is outlined below,...

w/c 1st June 2020

Hi Year 2! Please see below the learning activities for the week. Don’t forget to watch our YouTube videos too. Enjoy! Follow this link for a lovely identify...

w/c 18th May 2020

Hi Year 2! Please see below the learning activities for the week. Don’t forget to watch our YouTube videos too. Enjoy! Follow the link for this weeks unlock...

WC 11th May 2020

Hi Year 2! Please see below the learning activities for the week. Don’t forget to watch our YouTube videos too. Enjoy! Follow the link for this weeks unlock...

(wc) 4th May 2020

Hi Year 2! Please see below the learning activities for the week. Don’t forget to watch our YouTube videos too. Enjoy! DAY 1 Maths: Today we are going...

w.c. 27th April 2020

Hi Year 2! Please see below the learning activities for the week. Don’t forget to watch our YouTube videos too. Enjoy! DAY 1 Maths: Today in Math’s we...

w.c. 20th April 2020

Hi Year 2! Welcome back to your online learning! We hope that you and your families had a wonderful Easter break. We are really looking forward to all...

Wednesday: Fractions and fantastical lands…

Happy Easter everyone! Well, what a term. With all of life’s twists and turns, isn’t it comforting to know we are all in it together? We are so...

Tuesday: Fractions and fantastical lands…

Hi Year 2. We hope that you enjoy your learning today! Phonics: We are practising adding ‘ly’ W2 Spelling Tuesday Also, last week we uploaded two of the same...

Monday: Fractions and fantastical lands…

Welcome back! We hope that you had a lovely weekend! Take a look at the links below to find your learning for the day. Phonics: Click on this link...

Friday: Masters of money and zoos…

HAPPY FRIDAY! Well done everyone – you have made it to the end of your first week of online learning! We know it’s been a bit of a...

Thursday: Masters of money and zoos…

Happy Thursday everyone! We hope that you have been able to spend some time this week enjoying this gorgeous sunshine! Take a look below for links to your...

Wednesday: Masters of money and zoos…

Good morning Year 2! We hope that you are beginning to get into the swing of things with your online learning! Take a look below at all the...

Tuesday: Masters of money and zoos…

Hello Year 2! Welcome back. We hope you enjoyed yesterday’s learning and are ready for another day! For phonics today, we are continuing our learning on common exception...

Monday: Masters of money and zoos…

Hello Year 2! Welcome to the wonderful world of virtual education…a place where you can stay on top of all of your learning in the comfort of your...

STEM week

We have loved this week with lots of extra opportunities for outdoor learning and investigations! It has been a joy to take time to enjoy and appreciate the...

Amazing Animals

The children in Skylarks, Robins and Swifts have continued to impress the adults working with them this week. We would like to say a big thank you to...

Amazing animals

Year 2’s learning this week: We have had a fantastic start to our new Zoology topic. The children have loved finding out many wonderful facts about different animals...

Here We Are

Here we are at the end of another wonderful half term in Year Two at UCPS. We have been delighted with the progress that all children across all...

Creative writing marathon

English This week in English the children have been writing and publishing their own stories, inspired by the book The heart and the bottle by Oliver Jeffers. The...

A week of creativity and lots of fun!

In English this week the children have been working incredibly hard to create their own special characters, inspired by the story The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver...

The Heart and the Bottle

Wow- this week has FLOWN by! We have been very impressed with all the children across all three classes. We have been focusing on the ‘Heart and the...

All You Need is Love

English – A Jar of Happiness English this week has been amazing! The children have written and published their own poems and discussed all of the things that...

A Jar of Happiness

We have had a wonderful start to the new term in Robins, Skylarks and Swifts- the children have settled straight back into learning brilliantly! We have launched our...