Welcome to Year 2! 

Class Teacher: Miss James 

HLTA: Miss Saunders 

What has been happening in Blwyddyn Dau this week?

10.03.25

This week, Blwyddyn 2 got stuck in with their recount writing- identifying a success criteria, drafting and redrafting their recounts to the National Roman Legion Museum. In Math, we have been busy exploring data, including creating our own graphs from data we collected and interpretating this data. On Monday, we were challenged to apply our knowledge of Aqueducts, water transportation systems and materials to design and label a water transportation device ready for our Immersion Day next week- we got really creative with our ideas! On Wednesday, we explored Roman musical instruments, including learning their names, where they would be played, what they were made out of and comparing them to modern instruments. On Thursday, we had an exciting visitor from Louby Lou's who shared the story of Romulus and Remus with us- we enjoyed learning all about the formation of Rome through this interactive storytelling experience. 

17.03.25

This week, Blwyddyn 2 delved into their new narrative, The Mysterious Doorway. They engaged in a class debate, making predictions about what might happen next and questioning the behaviour of a selfish character. As the week unfolded, the learners explored their characters’ motivations through role-playing in the hot seat and created detailed story maps. In math, they practiced halving and doubling using concrete and pictorial methods before applying their learning to problem-solving activities. On Wednesday afternoon, the children learned about Fornacalia, the Roman celebration of the Goddess Fornax. They enjoyed crafting paper wreaths and baking Roman Wheat Biscuits, inspired by how the Romans marked the occasion. On Thursday the children took part in their second immersion day for their A Window to the Past topic. The children applied their understanding of aqueducts, water systems, and materials to the build water transportation structures they had planned the previous week. They also designed and conducted a fair test to determine which structure could transport the most water from Point A to Point B. Finally, the class explored The Curious Why, discussing the benefits and drawbacks of curiosity. They then shared their own questions and wonders on a class Padlet.

24.03.25

This week Blwyddyn 2 took their second exploration into time as they compared digital and analogue time. As the week progressed, the learners began exploring 5-minute intervals in time, applying what they had learned to problems. On Monday, the learners explored the sotry of Palm Sunday in RVE and evaluated their water transportation structures- identifying how they would improve them. In LLC, the learners boxed up their renditions of The Mysterious Doorway, identifying the beginning, build-up, dilemma, solution and ending.  On Wednesday, the learners reflected on what makes them unique, exploring their outward and inward differences and creating their own diagrams to celebrate what makes us marvellous. Also, we had an exciting visit from Mrs Ashton who led us in a relaxing and reflective yoga session. Finally, we explored Roman music, identifying differences between two pieces of music such as dynamics, texture and rhythm. 

31.03.25

This week Blwyddyn 2 put their storyteller hats back on as they retold their LLC text The Mysterious Doorway. Within their retell they were challenged to use a simile to describe their setting, explore synonyms for vocabulary and write each of the parts of their story in clear paragraphs. In Math, the children recapped their bonds within 10, applying their knowledge to add/ subtract 10s and 1s along a number line. In Welsh, we explored answers to 'Beth yw dy hoff fwyd?' with many of the learners showing off what they had learned at lunchtime. As the week progress, we explored the story of Easter using our story mapping structure, continued with our Roman Fact Files and created a piece of body percussion music inspired by what we have learned about Roman music. 

07.04.25

This week, Blwyddyn 2 continued their journey with the story of Easter, finalising their story maps and reflecting on the message Easter brings to Christians. In Math, they recapped their knowledge of 2D shape properties, applying what they recapped to continue 2D shape problems and recognise shapes within pre-created patterns. In LLC, the learners used Book Creator to redraft their retells of The Mysterious Doorway, applying the edits they had made and inserting/ drawing engaging images. In PE, we practiced, performed and evaluated our Gymnastics performance, celebrating the small group sections created by the learners. The learners collaborated in teams to create Roman inspired body percussion/ chants and shared what they would like to learn in their summer term topic Where the Wild Things Are.