News from Class 2
Year 2 Summer 1 Learning Letter
Learning Letter - Summer 1
News from Class 2
Learning Letter - Summer 1
This afternoon's Wacky Rally was the culmination of six weeks of hard work for the Willow Brook designers. Using our knowledge of Newton's Laws of Motion, teamwork, determination and with a lot of inspiration from the Wacky Races cartoon, 21 selected teams brought their powered vehicles to the track for the final showdown. The [...]
Class 1 and 2 had the pleasure of walking down to St Mary Magdalene's church in Keyworth to take part in Time Travelling activities with Churches Together in Keyworth. We split into 4 groups and worked our way through different activities that all formed part of the Christian Easter story. We waved palm leaves [...]
In Year 2 and 3, we have been having lots of fun testing our prototypes for our moving vehicles. Working in groups, we investigated seven different surfaces [...]
As part of our whole‑school topic, Wacky Races, the children have been busy designing and building their very own vehicle prototypes. This week, they explored two exciting types of motion: an elastic‑powered vehicle, powered by stored energy in stretched elastic, and a wind‑powered vehicle, which harnesses the force of moving air. The children investigated [...]
It was such a joy to see Willow Brook children arrive in the playground this morning excited and raring to go on World Book Day! As you can see, we had so many inventive characters, who shared their outfits with pride in our assembly. After playtime, each class received a present... Thanks to generous [...]
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Year 2 had a fantastic afternoon learning all about how to make a healthy sandwich. The children began by planning their designs and thinking carefully about which ingredients would help them create a balanced meal. They then practised their food‑preparation skills, cutting cucumbers and tomatoes safely and grating cheese with great care. After preparing [...]
We have had so much fun in Year 2 today! We carried out an experiment to learn about germs. We used glitter to represent germs on our hands. First, we predicted which method would remove the most germs and then we tested each method to see what really happened. Here are some things we [...]
Year 2 looked at the importance of exercise and how regular exercise is important for having a healthy heart. We measured our resting heart rates and then in groups we created an exercise course that would increase our heart rate. We spent time thinking about exercises that would use different muscles in our body [...]