Welcome to the Year 2 Blog
We hope all new Year 2 children have had a fantastic first day back at school after the summer holidays and have settled into their classes well!
If you need to reach your child’s class teacher, please find their email address below:
[email protected] (Miss Griffiths)
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In the run up to the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic games, 62 Coventry primary, secondary and special educational needs schools will be participating in a torch relay, the Flame of Friendship, leaving Coventry Cathedral on Thursday 22nd February and finishing on the University of Warwick campus on Monday 8th July. https://warwick.ac.uk/wie/flame_of_friendship/
The torch is bespoke to this event, designed especially for this event, designed as part of a competition in which more than 2000 Coventry pupils took part. The winning design was submitted by a pupil from Finham Park School and has subsequently been redeveloped at WMG, on the University of Warwick campus.
Flame of Friendship takes Olympic word to schools https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2v49170xn1o#:~:text=An%20Olympic%2Dstyle%20torch%20is,to%20the%20Paris%202024%20games.
On Wednesday 12th June, it was Coundon Primary’s turn to receive the Flame of Friendship. Sherbourne Fields travelled to our school to deliver it to us. They were greeted by the whole of Coundon during a warm and welcoming lap of the school grounds, where we clapped, cheered and waved scarves, flags or banners for them. The children really enjoyed themselves.
Then on Thursday 13th June, we had the honour of delivering the Flame of Friendship onto Allesley Primary School. The children that took place in the delivery of the torch showed great pride in being chosen and were great representatives for our school. A special thanks needs to go to Miss Mower and Miss Ferris, for agreeing to walk with them all the way!
This week Year 2 have been learning all about Romania. We have learnt many facts about the country. We also learnt some traditional songs and dances.
We designed and painted some wooden spoons, replicating Romanian folk art and crafts. We enjoyed tasting lots of different types of Romanian food such as Sarmale (cabbage rolls) and various pastries and other snacks. We also wrote a postcard, imagining we had been to Romania for our holidays. It was great fun learning how to say some basic Romanian phrases and how to count to 10. What a great week ????
Year 2 would also like to thank a parent from Year 3 (Alessia’s mum) who cooked the cabbage rolls for us! They were super tasty, and we really appreciate the experience of tasting homemade Romanian food. Thank you!
Year 2 had the best WOW day today! We have really enjoyed learning about The Great Fire of London! Today, we participated in lots of exciting activities such as: baking bread, singing songs, using clay, playing games and quizzes using technology and even watching our own Tudor houses set fire on the playground! We all looked fantastic in our costumes too!
On Tuesday 10 children from Year 2 represented Coundon at a gymnastics competition. Miss Ferris and Miss Griffiths couldn’t be prouder of the children’s hard work leading up to the competition and the fantastic way the children represented the school while there! They were fantastic ambassadors! All children performed amazingly on the day and cheered all the other children on!
We look forward to receiving the results, but they should be very proud of their achievements regardless of how they place.Â
Year 2 had a great time at Blakeley Hall last week. The children learnt all about the great fire of London and engaged in lots of drama and role play. They explored a Tudor house and were lucky enough to engage in many other exciting activities! A great time was had by all!
Last week Year 2 tried some Indian foods. We tried samosas, pakoras, vegetable curry and naan bread.
The food was very tasty but was pretty spicy! We enjoyed trying new things, despite the spice! Most of us loved the samosas and the naan bread the most!
It was a wonderful experience for pupils, parents and carers from year three to year six to hold Coundon’s Christmas Carol Concert at Coventry Cathedral. The choir were a credit to the school singing beautifully at the front, with a beautiful duet from Ruby and Eva – all brought together with pupil’s readings and a tableau of the first Christmas.
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 🙂
