In February we celebrated Friendship Week. We talked about what makes a good friend and how we should treat everyone around us with kindness. In 2nd Class, we completed friendship bingo which was so much fun. This included asking someone how they are and listen, give someone a compliment, draw a picture for someone in …
We enjoyed some delicious pancakes on pancake Tuesday this year. Thank you to the parents for bringing in the yummy pancakes with a huge selection of toppings for us. They were so tasty!!
We have been learning about report writing in 2nd Class. We explored different reports and looked at how they were different from other pieces of writing. We each picked a country of our choice and researched the country using books and iPads. We filled in a fact file first about the country and then transferred …
In November, we had a great week for STEAM week as we completed a different fun activity everyday. On Science day, we carried out a Science experiment called, “Walking Water”. It was very exciting seeing how the coloured water moved from one glass to the next. On Technology day, we created and designed our own …
We had a number of footballers “Player of the week” in 2nd Class this term. A class full of talented football players! We’re so lucky the trophy has lived in our class for a few weeks thanks to Seb, Jake, Tony and Jessica.
This December, our class were really busy putting together a fantastic Christmas play, “Born in a Barn”. We all really enjoyed practising and performing this play. We first started to learn our songs in class and then once we got our roles we were able to learn our lines at home. We then began to …
It has been a busy and fun-filled first term in 2nd Class! This year we celebrated ‘International Dot Day’ on 15th September 2022. International Dot Day is celebrated every year on the 15th of September. This holiday was created by a teacher named Terry Shay back in 2009 as a way of celebrating creativity, courage, and collaboration. The …
School Trip in 2nd Class 1st and 2ndClass were very excited to go on their first school trip since the Pandemic. We headed off on a bus (which the children were very excited about) to Go Kids Go. The children were full of excitement, singing and laughing on the bus the whole way here. When …
Active Week – A Visit from Leo Cullen Leo Cullen came to visit St. Matthew’s. 2nd Class along with the whole school had the opportunity to listen to Leo talk about sports, motivation and what helped him to get to where he is today! All of the children were able to ask questions. After the talk, …
