Category: Year 2 Blog

On Sunday 22nd June, Coundon Primary took part in yet another Children’s Mile and it was our best turn out for a while! As usual, there was a buzzing atmosphere as over 30 schools took part in this year’s mile (with over 1000 children and hundreds of adults running, too). We took along 35 children and 22 supporting adults/members of staff. All of our runners really pushed themselves to get around the course and they had a great time!

Here are our top 3 runners, well done Patrick, Ben and Elliot!

A big thank you to everyone who joined us whether you ran or supported from the side lines, your entry fee has gone towards a great cause! A huge thank you also to the staff who gave up their time on a Sunday morning, and of course to the organisers for putting on this event each year!

On Thursday 3rd April, 10 children from Year 2 took part in a gymnastics competition vs other schools in Coventry. They have been working very hard at learning a floor and vault routine over the past few weeks with Mr Bordley in their PE Lessons as well as putting in extra practise with Mr B, Miss Griffiths and Miss Ferris! The children presented these routines in front of a judge at Tribe Cheer and Fitness and all performed amazingly! They were also supportive of others and very well-behaved – real role models for our school! Well done to all children.

They also managed to secure second place, we are so proud of them.

This week we have been designing, making and evaluating our own healthy pizzas for Science and Design and Technology! We have been investigating the question: can food be healthy and attractive to children?

We have learnt how to chop vegetables, grate cheese and spread puree. Most of us loved our pizzas, so the answer to our question was YES! We had great fun learning 🙂

Today Year 2 visited the Singh Sabha Gurdwara. We had great fun learning all about Sikhism and how Sikhs pray. Some of our children also shared their own knowledge of their religion – Sonjo even played the drums in front of us all! 

Many of us had a delicious lunch and snacks too! We would like to thank the volunteers at the Gurdwara for their hospitality. All the children were role models and were very respectful.

This week Year 2 went on a welly walk to Coundon Wedge to look for signs of autumn. We saw lots of beautiful leaves that had fallen from the trees, bare branches, a rushing river and mushrooms growing on logs, among many other things. We had a great time and were role models for our school when walking to and from the wedge. 

Today Year 2 made some fruit kebabs in our Science lessons. We have been learning all about how to stay healthy, including healthy diets. We loved the delicious fruit kebabs, and it was great fun making them! 

Year 2 had an amazing day at Cadbury’s World where we learnt about how chocolate was made . We then had a very exciting tour of the exhibition. Our favourite activities included writing with chocolate, tempering chocolate and eating chocolate! The Cadbury’s bean car ride was also super exciting and the 4D cinema made us think we were on a roller coaster! Thank you to all of Year 2 for displaying brilliant behaviour – we are so proud of you all!

This week, Year 2 enjoyed riding our bikes and scooters for Wheels Day! We were experimenting to see what the effect of exercise is on our bodies. We thought carefully about our heart rates, muscles, breathing and pulse. It was great fun!