Top Link Festival

This week Y2 impressed Bedminster with their P.E. skills at Ashton Park's Top Link Festival. Young Sports Leaders at Ashton Park organised a morning of fun P.E. activities for the Y2 children at local schools. One of the activities was Parachute Games - you can see Max and Elena listening carefully to parachute instructions in the picture.
We had a beautiful sunny day for the event and 'warmed up' with a walk to Ashton Park to get us into the mood. Many thanks again to all the parents who joined us on the walk through Bedminster - as always your support is very much appreciated!
We are also in the process of making up a fountain dance for the fountain launch (which hopefully you've received your invitation to - let Mrs Shore know if you haven't) next week. Watch this space!

Mrs Thwaites says goodbye!

This week we have been learning about the life cycles of tadpoles. Tadpoles breathe through special holes called spiracles.

In numeracy we have been learning to tell the time which is very useful indeed. we have also been sharing our times table knowledge with each other.

In science we sorted foods into 'healthy' and 'unhealthy' and designed some delicious healthy meals. Maybe we can cook them for our families over the weekend. "Joe really liked the fish" said Katherine and Isobel. We questioned each other on Thursday about our eating habits - it made some very interesting reading! Marmite and jam anyone?!

We are really sad that Mrs Thwaites is leaving and we will miss her very much! Mrs Thwaites is very sad to be going too : (

Sports and Performance

Another busy week in Y2 passes.

After all their hard work writing and recording radio plays Y2 presented their work to the whole school this week. Mrs Thwaites led our celebration assembly where the children shared their ideas and some of their recordings with the rest of the children - everyone was very impressed!

Following all the fantastic homework the children did over half term the children have been 'brainstorming' what they have found about the past. We were very impressed by their knowledge! The picture shows one of the 'brainstorm' pages. Many thanks for all your support in helping the children with this, parents, and all your precious photos and artefacts will be returned intact very soon!

Sports Day was a great success. We had a fantastic afternoon on Wednesday and Y2 showed what excellent 'sports' they are! Well done everyone, whatever position they were in the races, and well done to Yellow House for their first overall win in 13 years!

Finally next Thursday - as I wrote on my note that the children took home we are have won all our marbles and the children have voted for a 'Spy Day' where they will, well, 'be spies'!!!!! For the children who are not inspired by spying it will be a general dressing up in own clothes and bringing in a game/toy day. We don't require any party food on this occasion. This is also Mrs Thwaites' last day and an opportunity for her to relax with the children. I'm sure you will all join me in wishing her well in her teaching career and thanking her for all her hard work in Y2 over the last 8 weeks.

TALK week in Year 2

This week was TALK week, so instead of our usual timetable, the teachers planned lots of fun activities. With Mrs Thwaites we did lots of drama, and made our own plays for the radio. It was lots of fun choosing the sound effects. We used the musical instruments and our voices in all sorts of unusual ways!

Although Sports Day was postponed, we still spent lots of time outside and really enjoyed our mini-Olympics and afternoon of Playground Games!

We are looking forward to Sports Day next Wednesday and crossing our fingers that the sun will be shining!