Cherry Class (Year 2) Archived News

Outdoor Learning Day

Outdoor Learning Day

Year 2 had a great day today. In the morning we did some outdoor maths and role play, before going out onto the field an[...]
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The Sumdog Results Are In...

Congratulations to all the Pimperne children who took part in this week's Dorset Competition. We took all the top positi[...]
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Super Science Day

Year 2 had an amazing Science day today.  There was a very exciting assembly to kick things off with lots of fire and ba[...]
Real Life Superheros Visit Year 2

Real Life Superheros Visit Year 2

During the week of 23rd September Year 2 had the pleasure of 3 visitors coming into class to share some of the roles the[...]
Year 2 No Paper Learning

Year 2 No Paper Learning

Year 2 have had a great week completing many team challenges including building a tower out of spaghetti and marshmallow[...]
Happy 4th Birthday!

Happy 4th Birthday!

Today, Year 2 planted bulbs and wild flower seeds around the school grounds to celebrate the school's 4th birthday. Lots[...]
Year 2 Enjoy Visit from Fire and Rescue

Year 2 Enjoy Visit from Fire and Rescue

Today Year 2 welcomed Education Officer Gareth from the Fire and Rescue Service for a fire safety lesson. The children m[...]
Year 2 Enjoy World Book Day

Year 2 Enjoy World Book Day

On Thursday 7th March, Key Stage 1 enjoyed celebrating World a Book Day by coming into school dressed up as a book chara[...]
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Which paper towel is best?

Today, as part of our science topic - Materials, the children investigated which paper towel held the most water.  Lots [...]
Whale Workshop

Whale Workshop

Today Year 2 enjoyed a fantastic and informative session led by a guest speaker about whales and dolphins. They were[...]
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Year 2 Governor Class Visit

On Wednesday 5th December Year 2 enjoyed a visit from their class governor Mrs McGregor.  The children enjoyed sharing t[...]
Year 2 Trip to Safewise

Year 2 Trip to Safewise

On Wednesday 28th November, Year 2 had a fantastic day learning how to keep themselves safe. [...]
Exploring our local habitat

Exploring our local habitat

Today we have explored our outside environment to look for living things in their habitats. [...]
Year 2 author visit

Year 2 author visit

We have had a great morning learning to be authors[...]
Handwriting Heroes

Handwriting Heroes

Today we have been building up the strength in our hands by practising our fine motor skills. Our very own handwri[...]
Helicopter seeds

Helicopter seeds

In Science we have been learning about seed dispersal, we made our own helicopter seeds and took them outside to see if [...]
And the winners are . . .

And the winners are . . .

In third place: Evangeline from Year 5 In second place: Charlotte from Year 5 And finally, in first place: Jess[...]
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Sumdog Competition - March 2018

A huge congratulations to Pimperne children in the recent Sumdog competition. They did extremely well, especially Year 6[...]
The Great Fire of London
Budding artists

Budding artists

we are recreating a famous painting by Monet in art.  [...]
Measuring temperature

Measuring temperature

we started our learning on temperature by practically investigating the temperature of water.  {[...]
Talent Show Auditions

Talent Show Auditions

Today, Y6 held auditions for a talent show. Two acts from each class go forward to a whole school audition next Monday. [...]
Marking in Year Two

Marking in Year Two

Today we have been learning how to mark and edit our work. After our work was checked by Miss Roe, we were given green a[...]
Exploring length

Exploring length

Today we have been exploring length in Maths. We spoke about units of measurement and how to ensure we are measuring acc[...]
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The Hoity Toity Angel

We have been working so hard over the last two weeks to perfect our Christmas production of The Hoity Toity Angel. We ar[...]
Investigating division

Investigating division

We have been learning all about division. We worked in groups to look for patterns in a group of division number sentenc[...]
Aladdin comes to Pimperne!

Aladdin comes to Pimperne!

On Monday afternoon the whole school were treated to a fantastic pantomime performance of Aladdin by the m&m theatre pro[...]
Florence Nightingale 

Florence Nightingale 

In Design and Technology we designed a new lamp for Florence Nightingale. Today we got to start making them.  H &[...]
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Baking bread

Today in English we followed a recipe to make bread, just like the Little Red Hen. We learnt how important it is to foll[...]
Sketching Florence Nightingale

Sketching Florence Nightingale

we are learning how to sketch today in our topic lesson.  We had to concentrate very hard!     &nb[...]
Autumn art

Autumn art

This week we finished off our autumn paintings by adding some beautiful autumn coloured leaves using cotton buds. We're [...]
Investigations in Maths 

Investigations in Maths 

Today we were working in groups to solve an addition problem given to us by Miss Roe. We all had to agree on a method an[...]