Highfield Year 2

In science today, we have been learning about identifying and classifying and setting up market stalls depending on how we chose to classify each item…

@Year1 and 2 investigated this big question today…they used a number of scientific skills to gather, collate and record data to provide evidence to support their answer whilst learning the key scientific vocabulary they would need to present their conclusion! Well done team!

Welcome back to school and Year Two! Everyone has had a great day seeing each other and getting reacquainted with their friends and investigating the new classroom!

@highfieldyear1 What a great transition day we had yesterday. Lovely to meet everyone as their teacher and make birthday cards for each other for next year!!! #highfieldprep #transition #funtimes

Learning about lifecycles! We have been finding out how animals, including humans, change as they grow into adults! @highfieldyear1 #science #highfieldprep #research #investigation

Our wonderful school council had it’s last meeting of the year today. The best bit about being a rep? Feeling like the headteacher because they made some big decisions and the badge! Thank you for your help this year! #studentvoice #schoolcouncil #highfieldprep #youngleaders

In science, we have been looking at animals including humans, today we have been matching, sorting and grouping young animals and their adults using the iPads to support independent research skills! @highfieldyear1 #highfieldprep #science #independentlearning #sciencefun

We had a wonderful time taking part in #InternationalPicnicDay! Thank you to all the people in school who helped to organise and make it happen! #highfieldprep #healthyeating #celebration #global

Today, we have been building contractions using some special sticky notes and special pens. We have been looking at how two words can get squished together to make a shorter word. Check us out! 🧠📝 #learning #grammar #highfieldprep #resilience

@HighfieldRecep we have been reading the story, ‘Oliver’s Fruit salad’ and learning about fruit in our Topic lesson. Today we created our own fruit salad using a variety of delicious fruit. We carefully chopped up each fruit into smaller pieces, ready for us to eat! #yummyfruit

Taking a well earned yoga break during our writing assessment! This time not only gives us time to stretch out our arms and legs, but also improves focus and gives us a positive sense of well-being! #smashingit #yogaforkids #wellbeing #highfieldprep #amazinglearning

Amazing outdoor learning! With the gorgeous weather we are having there is no reason not to take our learning outside! Year 1&2 did some foraging and then used needles and thread to make beautiful necklaces! #finemotorskills #learningisfun #outdoorlearning

Year 1&2 have kickstarted the term learning about #Entrepreneurship, brainstorming ideas for our group wide #chatsworthideas2023 competition delivered in conjunction with @8billionideas! #amazingideas #chatsworthtapestry #STEMeducation #steam #problemsolving #futureprooflearning

⁦@HighfieldNurs⁩ had a wonderful time with our home made binoculars looking for penguins. We wrapped up warm for our Antarctic exploration and hunted for the sounds in the playground. ⁦@EYChatsworthSch⁩ ⁦@chatsworthschls⁩ ⁦@HighfieldPrep⁩

Year 2 are making sketch maps to explore our new English topic - stories about dragons - we're investigating all the places that dragons could be hiding in the classroom just like they are hiding in the book 'The Dragon Machine'!

Thanks to the generosity of our families and PTA, every pupil @HighfieldPrep @chatsworthschls has donated an advent calendar to @FoodbankBerks to give out to the families they support during the festive period. #foodshare #donation #maidenhead #RBWM #adventcalendar

We’ve kicked the new half term off with two new units in Science and Topic - today we did some role play to investigate ‘the plotters’ asking and answering some very important questions connected to our new topic ‘The Gunpowder Plot!'

Congratulations to our Highfield Prep football team for coming 3rd in the @chatsworthschls Football Competition. These girls played like pros and came home with a medal! A huge well done to all the teams who played #football #womeninsport #proud #lionesses

We are explorers!!! Year Two have been looking at maps in an atlas and finding some interesting places!!! Today, they have learnt how to use the index to pinpoint different cities and features!

We are scientists! This morning in Science, we have been planting seeds to investigate what plants need to be healthy. We have planted broad beans and cress, recorded our observations and made some predictions of what we think will happen in the next few days and weeks…