Our Year 2 Diary - Autumn 2025

English: We stepped into the world of Paddington Bear and wrote postcards from him to Aunt Lucy in Peru. This activity helped us practise descriptive writing and imagine Paddington’s adventures in a fun and creative way. We also explored the beauty of poetry. We practised performing our poems in class, focusing on expression and confidence. After some fantastic performances, we voted for two of our classmates to represent us in the whole-school poetry competition.

Maths: In Maths, we explored 3D shapes. We investigated their properties - counting sides, faces, and vertices - and learned how these shapes fit into the world around us. It was a great mix of practical and theoretical learning.

Exploring Geography: We set off on a local area walk to discover human and physical geographical features, from roads and buildings to natural landscapes. Along the way, we became real geographers by creating detailed field sketches of what we saw!

Senses Walk: Back at school, we went on a special walk using our senses to explore our surroundings. We noticed what we could see, hear, touch, and smell, which made us appreciate the little details in nature and our school grounds.

Design & Technology: Our History topic on the Great Fire of London inspired us to design and build our very own fire engines! We compared modern fire engines with those from the past and used our creativity to make models that showed what we had learned.

Focus Week – Art: During Focus Week, we became artists inspired by Keith Haring’s bold and colourful style. We posed in different shapes and turned those poses into vibrant, energetic artworks that really pop!

Computing: Our Computing lessons were all about digital photography. We took photos and experimented with different filters to edit them. Using these edited images, we created calendars to give as a gift at Christmas.

Science: Science was hands-on and investigative! We experimented to find out which material is the most absorbent. We made predictions, tested our ideas, and analysed the results like real scientists.

Christmas Production; December was full of festive excitement as we took on lead roles in our Christmas production. We sang, danced, narrated and took on the acting parts of the show.