Year 2 - Cedar Class

10th November 2026

In our computing lesson this week, we were learning about which devices can be used to take photographs and how to take a good photograph using iPads. We played photograph bingo where we worked in pairs to take lots of different photographs, such as a selfie, a close-up and an action shot.

3rd November 2026

What an amazing start to the new half-term we have had! As part of our history work on Remembrance, we visited The Tank Museum in Bovington. We explored the tanks and looked at different uniforms. We went inside a real WW1 tank to see the cramped conditions. We even experienced what life was like in the trenches for a soldier. We learnt lots and had a great day. The staff at the museum also commented on how knowledgeable and polite the children were. For even more pictures, take a look at the Gallery.

22nd October 2026

We have had another fabulous week as we move towards the half term break. In our English lessons, we have been looking at the features of instructions. Today, we had a go at using clear command sentences to instruct a reader how to play Dishes and Domes. Before we could do any writing, we had a go at playing the game!

14th October 2026

This week we have linked our science work on materials with our English work. We planned and carried out a fair test to investigate which material would be the best to keep Mr Grinling's lunch dry. We made predictions and then used our observations to make simple conclusions.

9th October 2026

Hello Yellow Day

Today we spent the day learning how to understand our feelings and improve our mental health. We read the story The Huge Bag of Worries and then wrote about things we were worried about.

Next, we learnt about The Colour Monster, who needed help sorting his feelings. We drew our own feelings monsters and wrote describing words around them.

1st October 2026

This week we have been using the Base 10 apparatus to help us with our maths work. We have been adding and subtracting multiples of 10, and recognising that the ones digits remain unchanged. We also used the concrete apparatus to add two 2-digit numbers.

24th September 2026

Arts Week 2026

To celebrate Arts week this year, we have been looking at the work of Wassily Kandinsky from Russia. As this year's theme is 'cultural connections', each class is researching and being inspired by an artist from a country of one of our students in our school. Using watercolours, oil pastels and coloured card, we recreated "Squares with Concentric Circles". The finished artwork was amazing.

Friday 18th September

In Geography, we went on a walk around the area surrounding our school to look for human and physical features. Everyone enjoyed finding lots of different features, including a bridge, lots of trees and pavements. We sorted these into human and physical features in our geography books when we got back.

16th September 2026

This week, Mr Bourne has been teaching us how to dribble different balls with control. We tried hard to use the equipment carefully and manoeuvre our balls around obstacles.

10th September 2026

We have had a great start to the new term and everyone has settled in really quickly. We have started our new art unit of work: Map It Out. We looked at images of real and imaginary maps and then created our own maps of our routes to school. We used a mixture of colouring pencils and oil pastels. Everyone did a fantastic job! Well done, Cedar Class!