3 days ago
Posted on 10th Jul 2026 by Sophie Cottrell

Careers Day Dress Up in Mrs Cottrell’s Class!

In Year 2, we had lots of fun dressing up for Careers Day! We had vets, doctors, singers, footballers, a pilot, a police officer, YouTubers and even ‘Mini Mrs Cottrells’. 😀😀😀

5 days ago
Posted on 08th Jul 2026 by Sophie Cottrell

Year 2 Careers Week

As part of Careers Week, Year 2 enjoyed visits from some very special guests who shared their exciting jobs with us.

We were fascinated to meet Tom, a British Airways pilot, who told us all about his daily role, the important safety checks he completes before every flight, and the many amazing destinations he has travelled to around the world. We even had the chance to pretend we were landing an aeroplane and were thrilled to try on his pilot’s hat!

We also welcomed a hairdresser called Sam, who explained what it’s like to work in a salon and shared some of the skills needed to care for and style hair. She told us that her favourite hairstyle that she has ever done was one for the Olympics!

The visits were a fantastic way to inspire our children and help them learn about a variety of careers. A big thank you to our visitors for giving up their time to make Careers Week so memorable!

4 weeks ago
Posted on 16th Jun 2026 by Sophie Cottrell

Marc Quinn Inspired Sculptures

We have finished our Marc Quinn inspired sculpture work. Here are some of the pieces we created. Aren’t they amazing?! 🌷🌸🌹🌺🌻🌼

2 months ago
Posted on 21st May 2026 by Sophie Cottrell

Year 2 Sculptures

In Year 2, we have been looking at the artist Marc Quinn. He is a sculptor who makes flower sculptures out of bronze. We have been inspired by him and have decided to make our own flower sculptures out of clay! 🌸🌺🌻🌼

Here are some pictures of us in the process of making our sculptures. We needed to cut, roll and mould the clay to recreate our design plan! We then added texture to our flowers!

Stay tuned to see our final pieces once we have painted them 😁

3 months ago
Posted on 22nd Apr 2026 by Sophie Cottrell

Year 2 Visit to Dorothy Clive Gardens

On Tuesday 21st April, Year 2 had an exciting visit to Dorothy Clive Gardens!

We walked around the beautiful, colourful gardens, visited the waterfall, planted some seeds and found out all about bees and how we can protect them!

After visiting the waterfall, we care going to create a diamante poem to describe the waterfall at Dorothy Clive.

We all had a wonderful day out 😊

3 months ago
Posted on 15th Apr 2026 by Sophie Cottrell

How To Grow A Sunflower!

In Year 2, we have started off the half term by planting sunflower seeds! We are planting sunflower seeds because in Science we want to find out what conditions are best to grow a sunflower!

As part of English, we used our speaking and listening skills to tell each other the correct order to plant a sunflower seeds. We started off by ordering the instructions and used these to explain to our friends how to plant the seeds correctly.

We can’t wait to watch them grow and see which conditions are best for the sunflower to grow!

4 months ago
Posted on 25th Mar 2026 by Sophie Cottrell

Year 2 Art

In Year 2, we have been learning all about The Great Fire of London that happened in 1666. We have really enjoyed learning about how the fire started, the damage it caused and how we know all about it!

In Art, we have been looking at the artist Lieve Verschuier who painted the Great Fire of London. We looked at his artwork and noticed that he uses tints and tones of the primary colours to make the fire look bright and stand out against the dark backgrounds.

We used the techniques of ‘dab’ and ‘rag dabs’ to create our own ‘The Great Fire of London’ paintings, ensuring that we created tints and tones.

Have a look at some of our masterpieces!

4 months ago
Posted on 16th Mar 2026 by Sophie Cottrell

Healthy Snacks in Year 2.

As part of our PSHE unit ‘Healthy Me’, Year 2 have been looking at different ways to have a healthy body and mind. Today, we looked at how we can create healthy snacks and why they are important. We decided that they were important because they have lots of vitamins in them that help to keep us healthy and strong!

Our teachers asked us to create healthy snacks at home and bring them into school to try! It was wonderful to see the variety of snacks that were made! From fruit kebabs, fruit salad, blueberry oat cookies, raspberry and strawberry muffins, banana loaf to rice cakes with hummus and so much more!! They were delicious!!

Here are some pictures of us making our snacks and of course, tasting them!!

4 months ago
Posted on 05th Mar 2026 by Sophie Cottrell

World Book Day – Year 2!

We have had a wonderful day celebrating World Book Day in Year 2.

We focused on the book ‘The Detective Dog’ by Julia Donaldson and like Dell the Detective Dog, we were tasked with solving some crimes!

We looked at the clues to work out what story books had been taken and where they had been hidden! Have a look at the photos below to see us reading the clues and finding the missing story books!

Here are some of our costumes:

5 months ago
Posted on 26th Feb 2026 by Sophie Cottrell

Year 5 Spelling Bee Competition!

On Thursday 26th February, 8 lucky Year 5 students were invited along to take part in the Haberdashers’ Adams annual Spelling Bee Competition!

Children took part in 6 rounds, all based on Spelling Rules that they have learnt throughout their time in Years 3 -5!

Round 1: Spelling Bee – Our Captain Webb Spelling Bees were tasked with correctly spelling 30 tricky words!

Round 2: The Beehive – A quick 8 minute round where children needed to find as many words as possible ensuring that they used the middle letter in all their words!

Round 3: Crossword – The teams were given clues to uncover words that were needed to fill in the crossword gaps… and ensure they spelt them correctly too!

Round 4: Anagrams – A difficult challenge but not for our spelling superstars! They needed to unscramble the letters to work out the answer to one-lined clues.

Round 5: Guess the word – Children read the challenging riddles to guess the mystery word.

Final Round: Escape room – The Spelling Detectives were asked to crack the 10 digit code by answering word related clues that were all to do with spelling.