Category: Year 2

12 November 2021

Year 2 Sapphires have started a series of action packed science experiments by investigating the absorbance of 5 different materials. The children carefully measured 2ml of water using their pipets to squeeze onto each material which they had secured on top of a beaker to collect the droplets. Lots of teamwork was involved to carry…

15 October 2021

If you went down to the library You’d have surely been surprised If you went down Friday afternoon You’d have not believed your eyes For Year 4 veered down to the Year 2 halls To gather together in pairs, Because that was the day Their buddies read them poetry

15 October 2021

Last Friday Year 2 Sapphires became shortbread chefs for the morning! We made Scottish shortbread with a coconut twist. The children did a fantastic job at taking turns to measure the ingredients and mix them all together. A great deal of fun was had by all.

8 October 2021

We were delighted to take Year 2 Sapphires into their own World of Work outside the confines of the Dolphin School building! The children were beautifully behaved on the journeys and members of the public even gave up their seats for Year 2. With so many career opportunities to choose from it was hard to…

1 October 2021

Thank you to all the superb parent helpers who came in to assist Year 2 Sapphires in making their rockets last Friday at the first parent drop in of the year. Year 2 had prepared by designing the rockets and discussing which materials and objects would be suitable to use to make their rocket, linking…

24 September 2021

Bob came to the Year 2 Sapphires classroom and we asked him our questions! He was very helpful and gave us lots of information about the moon. He also told us that he has a special flexible hoover bag which helps to pickup all the rubbish that astronauts and tourists leave. He has confirmed there…

21 May 2021

Year 2 Sapphires got stuck into measuring last week. We practised reading off a scale by measuring different amounts of millilitres into vessels of different shapes and sizes. We made observations about the varying height of the water depending on the width of the vessel. This practical activity involved teamwork and communication and was enjoyed…

14 May 2021

Year 2 Sapphires have been thinking about the effectiveness of the tubes that carry the water from the roots to the leaves in a plant. We tested this by placing some celery in a cup with food dye and water. Although it did not make the whole of the celery red, as some of us…

18 March 2021

Year 2 Sapphires have been overjoyed with the hatching of the chicks over the last two weeks. We have enjoyed watching them grow and develop. Now they are even starting to get their white wing feathers. The children have been enthusiastic when taking turns to clean their brooder box

19 November 2020

Year 2 Sapphires completed a droplets investigation in Science to find out how absorbent different materials were. We made a hypothesis, completed the investigation and drew conclusions. The winner was the blue hand towel – so definitely choose this to wipe up any spills from your water bottles at lunch time – it is much…