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Category Archives: Year 2

The Laing visit Year 2

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Mrs A. Hagon • 0 Comments

Year two enjoyed an exciting visit from Emma from The Laing Art Gallery. This was part of our art work this term about portraits. This time we were looking at the abstract artist; Pablo Picasso.

We learnt how to draw facial features in the style of Picasso.

We created a portrait in the style of Picasso and used oil pastels to create a vibrant finish.

Year 2 are real, budding artists!

Year 2 – Portraits

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Mrs A. Hagon • 0 Comments

Year 2 have been learning all about portraits this term in art as part of our work around Ourselves. We enjoyed drawing self portraits in class and portraits of one of our favourite characters; Mr Bear. We visited The Portrait Gallery at the Laing Art Gallery and looked at portraits painted by famous artisits. We… Continue Reading

Year 2 visit Broxfield farm

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Mrs A. Hagon • 0 Comments

Year 2 had an exciting visit to Broxfield Farm in Northumberland as part of our work on contrasting localities in Geography. Mr Thompson; The Farmer told us all about his farm. We went on a trailer ride around his farm to see his herd of sheep. Mr Thompson told us all about his crop of… Continue Reading

Year 2 ; Awe and Wonder in Science.

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Mrs A. Hagon • 0 Comments

Year 2 have been enjoying learning all about colour this week. As part of this, we have been carrying out two exciting Science experiments where we observed what happens to colours when they are mixed in two different ways. Firstly we looked at how colours can be absorbed using food colouring in the three Primary… Continue Reading

The Dot in Year 2

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Mrs A. Hagon • 0 Comments

Year 2 enjoyed reading the book The Dot by Peter H Reynolds . We were inspired to produce some fantastic art work like the character in the story. We learnt a lot about colour mixing whilst we were experimenting! What an exciting afternoon! Continue Reading

The Creation Story in Year 2

Posted on September 23, 2021 by Mrs A. Hagon • 0 Comments

Year 2 have been learning all about the Creation Story in our RE lessons as part of our work on Beginnings. We made some Creation Wheels; We enjoyed acting out the story of the Creation of the world. We listened to Psalm 139 and we wrote our own versions of this Psalm thanking God for… Continue Reading

Celebrating Mrs McWeeny’s Retirement

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Mrs A. Hagon • 0 Comments

This week Early Years and KS 1 have been celebrating Mrs Mcweeny’s long career in teaching and her 10 years at St Lawrence’s. She has been much loved by staff and children alike and will be missed greatly but we wish her a happy and healthy retirement. She will always be a part of our… Continue Reading

Languages Day

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Mrs G. Villalobos • 0 Comments

Last week, the whole school celebrated Languages Day. The theme was food from French speaking countries which made everyone happy! Natalie Paris, a French story-teller performed stories in French to the children, there was a pop-up French cafe in school and each class enjoyed watching a film in French. It was a fantastic day full… Continue Reading

KS1 Sports Afternoon

Posted on July 19, 2021 by Mrs A. Hagon • 0 Comments

Key Stage 1 enjoyed a fantastic afternoon doing sports on the field! Watch the races on video https://youtu.be/UnsIU2HKcUY Continue Reading

Penpals in Year 2

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Mrs A. Hagon • 0 Comments

Year 2 have enjoyed having pen pals from Belsay school throughout this school year through The Linking Project. sadly we have not been able to meet up with our pen pals this year but we have kept in touch throughout the year by writing letters, exchanging postcards, sending pictures and even writing acrostic poems about… Continue Reading