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Year 2 have packed in so much this year and have
made their final year in the Pre-Prep a phenomenal
one to remember! In the autumn term, we kicked
off our first topic ‘Hooray Let’s go on Holiday’ by
discussing all the amazing holidays we had been
on. The children then used maps and atlases to
plan their own dream holiday trip, complete with
mode of transport and activities they could do
there. For Remembrance Day the children made
some beautiful collages using scrap paper, string
and their own poppy designs. They held great 04
symbolism and meaning for a poignant time of action and see where our waste goes. A smelly but
year. We continued on our learning journey to fun experience! We topped off the term with our 01 Pre-Prep Castle.
02 KS1 Production.
discuss space travel and the future of travel. To recorders performance of ‘Hot Cross Buns’ at the 03 KS1 Production.
complement our learning we had an amazing trip Spring Concert with the Prep school. 04 Pre-Prep Playtime.
with Year 1 to We the Curious science museum in
Bristol. The term ended with a rather triumphant The arrival of the eggs at the beginning of the
Christmas production of ‘Prickly Hay’ where summer term was terribly exciting for Year 2! We
the children sang and danced while retelling the watched them hatch and grow into chicks, seeing
nativity story. the beginning of the life cycle in action. For the
Platinum Jubilee celebration Year 2 did a super job
To start the spring term topic of ‘What’s It Made with their country dancing and we all had a fun
Of’ the children worked in teams using junk time eating at the Pre-Prep street party. There
modelling materials to create surprising and were more trips; visiting the Senior School library
ingenious inventions. We spent a lot of time and the most memorable trip of the year, Seaton.
discussing properties of materials and their uses, We went pond dipping at the nature reserve and
allowing us to choose the right material for the rock pooling at the beach with a sunny picnic
job. We were very lucky to have Little Bulb Theatre in-between. The end of term production of ‘Eddie
company visit us for a performance of their play the Penguin Saves the World’ was a huge success
all about the creatures who sleep in winter called and all the Year 2 children spoke beautifully and
‘Hibernation’. We were singing the songs from this sang with a smile. We finished off with a very
for weeks afterwards. Chinese New Year brought competitive and fun sports day on the track and
lots of dragon creations and learning of numbers reading our favourite memories of Pre-Prep at the
in Mandarin. In RE the children created their own leavers assembly.
mini gardens of Gethsemane along with using one
of the raised beds to form a large combined one in What a year, Year 2! You have been a fabulous class
our walled garden area. Our trip in the spring was a and made the most of all your experiences, well
visit to Carrymoor where we got to see recycling in done!

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