Today we celebrated World Book Day at William Davis.

The theme this year is to 'Share a Million Stories'.

In Year 2, we thought we'd do our part by reading a story to each other.

Look at our wonderful story sharing!
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Just before the half-term break, William Davis had their PSHE Day.

Our focus was on online safety. In Year 2 we did a whole range of activities about how to be safe online, as well as what information we can and can't share online.

Here are some photos of one of the activities. We had to list some of the things we enjoy doing online. We then talked about what sort of information we can share while doing these things.
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​Recently, Year 2 ventured all the way to Greenwich to take part in a special day.

To help with our work on Islands, we went to Pirate school! We went on a fantastic adventure, exploring the sea and looking for treasure.

It was a fantastic day and we learned a lot.

This week, we have been putting all the knowledge we have gained over the past few weeks to make our own island map! On our map we will include human and natural features.

Here are some photographs of what we have done so far. 

Stay tuned for more!

One of the things we are trying to focus on during English this half term is using our voice to retell a story.

For homework recently, we had the task to create a 'personal history' box. 

We used these boxes today to retell a story from when we were younger, using story language.

In Year 2 for Spring 1, we are exploring 'Islands'.

To start our unit, we decided to draw a map of what we think an island might look like. We also labelled the human and natural features of an island.

The next day we read 'Katie Morag and the Two Grandmothers'. It is a fantastic book set on an island in Scotland. We used the book to help us more features that we did not think of at first.

Keep an eye on this blog page... We'll be looking at how islands are formed soon and we have some very exciting lessons planned!

For the past few DT lessons, we have been thinking about designing a healthy fruit dish.

We decided to make a healthy fruit cup with yoghurt, bananas, raspberries, apples and blueberries. 

We spent time planning, cutting and making our fruit. 

Have a look at the pictures. What fruits can you see? Would you like to eat them?

At William Davis we have been very lucky this term as we have had the opportunity to work with Bow Arts on a special project. We have been looking at mark making and drawing.

Our theme was centred around bees.

Have a look at our beautiful artwork. Can you bee-lieve how hard we worked? We were also very well bee-haved and listened carefully to all instructions.

What are we using? What different techniques can you see?

We've started Rock Star time tables in Year 2 this half term.

We  have to do as many multiplication questions as possible while listening to famous rock musicians such as Bruce Springsteen, Queen and Jimi Hendrix.

Here we are practising really hard! 

How many of your two times table can you do in 3 minutes?