Year 2 have been learning about the prophet Isaiah and how Christians recognise Jesus as a ‘light in the darkness and Immanuel.’ We’ve made lanterns to remind us that Jesus is the ‘Light of the World!’ St Peter & St Paul Catholic Primary School Patricia Peel

We have been learning about the ‘Advent Wreath’ and how it helps us prepare for Christmas. We spent some time today in prayer asking God to help us wait patiently and use this time to help others. St Peter & St Paul Catholic Primary School Patricia Peel

During Maths, Year 2 have been comparing and ordering different amounts of money. 💷💰We talked about who had more and less money in a group.

During Art, Year 2 have been looking at the colour wheel. We talked about primary, secondary and tertiary colours. We enjoyed mixing our colours to create all of the colours on our colour wheel 🎨

Year 2 enjoyed using role play to create freeze frames showing different parts of our vehicle text. We used our role play to help us gather ideas for our own narratives 🏝️ 📕

During Art, Year 2 continued their work inspired by the Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes. Today we focused our work on exploring colour and patterns within her pieces.

In maths today, Year 2 have been working hard to make equal amounts of objects. We used fruits and counters to help us visualise our sharing.

In RE this week, we have been retelling the ‘Baptism of Jesus’ through drama. We have spoken about how God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit are present in this piece of scripture. St Peter & St Paul Catholic Primary School

This afternoon in Art, Year 2 used oil pastels and strips of coloured paper to experiment with collage techniques. We are now ready to create our final piece based on the work of Beatriz Milhazes next week.

Year 2 enjoyed reinforcing last week’s phonics learning through our digital games session today. St Peter & St Paul Catholic Primary School

During RE, Year 2 confessed something which they were sorry for, we wrote these confessions on hearts and washed them in water. The water washed away our sins, as the Holy water washes away sins during Baptism. We wrote prayers to God asking for forgiveness ❤️ St Peter & St Paul Catholic Primary School

In maths, we have been learning how to multiply and use our 2 times tables. St Peter & St Paul Catholic Primary School

We have been learning about what animals basic needs for survival are. St Peter & St Paul Catholic Primary School

Year 2 have loved using images and documents as sources in History to find out about our local heroes! St Peter & St Paul Catholic Primary School SPF Charity

We had a fantastic time celebrating’Number Day!’ Our book, ‘How Many Legs’ not only made us laugh but gave us lots of adding to do! St Peter & St Paul Catholic Primary School

Today we had a visit from our Paths coach Lisa. She completed a fun Paths lesson with us all about the feeling of being lonely. We talked about a time when we had felt lonely and how we can help others when they are lonely. St Peter & St Paul Catholic Primary School

We have been learning about ‘Local Heroes’ in Y2. Today we were joined by Andy Reid from Standing Tall Foundation who told us his story and how he decided to help those in need! Andy Reid, a true St Helens hero! St Peter & St Paul Catholic Primary School

Today in Science we used our senses to describe different types of food. We talked about what makes a healthy diet and where on the ‘Eatwell Guide’ each type of food belonged. St Peter & St Paul Catholic Primary School

Thank you so much to all the adults who joined us for our ‘Stay and Pray’ this week 🙏🏻 St Peter & St Paul Catholic Primary School

Year 2 completed their final art piece today inspired by the work of their focus artist Beatriz Milhazes. Our completed collages are extremely impressive. We think Beatriz would approve. St Peter & St Paul Catholic Primary School