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World Book Day

World Book Day

We love World Book Day at Kew Woods and 2K got thoroughly into the spirit this year. It was lovely to see the children dressed up as their favourite book character and taking part in an assembly with poet Ian Bland. The children got create writing their own dragon -...

No Pen Day in 2K

No Pen Day in 2K

2k enjoyed another fantastic No Pen Day on Friday. The children were great at approaching the challenges they were presented with in different ways. They used the thinking hats to look at the advantages and disadvantages of different scenarios and worked well as a...

Making Vehicles in 2K

Making Vehicles in 2K

Our Design Technology topic this half term has been to design and make our own vehicles by choosing a suitable frame and axel to suit. The childen have worked very hard to make their own vehicles and thought hard about their designs and improving their design along...

Jewish Symbols

Jewish Symbols

In RE we have been learning about Jewish symbols. This week we had the chance to hold some real life Jewish objects and look at what these objects represent for Jewish people.

Rock and Roll Music in 2K

Rock and Roll Music in 2K

Our music topic for this half term have been Rock and Roll. The children have loved singing along to 'rockin' all over the world' and really enjoyed adding percussion this week. Next we will be using a tuned instrument (the glockenspiel) just join in with the melody.

Design Technology in 2K

Design Technology in 2K

This week we have been learning about wheels and axels in our DT lessons. We have been exploring how different vehicles move in preparation for creating our own.

Animals and Humans

Animals and Humans

In Year 2 we have begun our new science topic of this half term - Animals and Humans. We began our topic by recalling our prior learning from Year 1 and then matching the infant animal to the adult. We had a lot of fun and our teachers were very impressed with how...

Christmas Party

Christmas Party

On Thursday we enjoyed a very Christmassy day in school. We started our day with a disco and party food and then went on to create some Christmas crafts and snowman Christmas cards using our hand prints.

Off to Bethlehem

Off to Bethlehem

This week we enjoyed performing our Christmas show to friends and family. The children in 2K have worked very hard learning their lines, practising their dance moves and rehearsing out class song 'knock, knock, knock'. Well done Key Stage 1 and Merry Christmas...

Anti-Bullying Week in 2K

Anti-Bullying Week in 2K

Following the drama show we watched at the beginning of anti-bullying week 2K took part in a series of activities learning about what bullying is and what we can do if we feel we or somebody else is being bullied. 2K completed some freeze frames which we discussed in...