Year 2

Year 2

Welcome to the Year 2 page

30th November 2021
Year 2 Geography
Year 2 have been using atlases in Geography to identify the seas around the UK with the help of comp...
22nd October 2021
Junior Road Safety Officer Training
The Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSOs) had their first meeting this week. Max Moorcroft, a road saf...
8th October 2021
Year 2 Learn About Sikhism
In RE, Olive Class have been studying Sikhism. They have looked at the 5K's of Sikhism and discussed...
8th October 2021
Year 2 Explore Number Sequences
Year 2 have been finding the missing numbers in number sequences by using cubes, number lines or the...
8th October 2021
Year 2 Learn About Circuits
In Science, Year 2 have been looking at circuits. They have been using the different components of a...
30th September 2021
Parents as Partners - Hackney Education Online Event
Parents/Carers in Hackney - Have your Say!
8th May 2021
Year 2 Purple Mash
In ICT, Year 2 have been creating their own branching database about minibeasts, The children wo...
8th May 2021
Year 2 Geometry
Year 2 have been exploring and classifying 2D shapes based on the number of sides they have. Th...
8th May 2021
Year 2 Science Materials
Year 2 have been exploring a range of natural, man-made and manufactured materials. During the...
2nd March 2021
Year 2 Science
In science, Year 2 are exploring different types of materials. They took turns descri...
5th February 2021
Get Caught Reading!
19th January 2021
Holiday Homework
Remote learning has not stopped the children sharing and celebrating their holiday homework projects...
19th January 2021
Cycling Autumn 2020
At Orchard, cycling is offered to all KS2 children. Here is our Autumn 2020 summary! 63 y...
19th January 2021
Home Learning
We are so proud of the engagement in home learning at Orchard. Don't forget all learning tasks for e...
22nd November 2020
Homework Models in Year 2
In Geography this half term, Year 2 are learning about the UK and for their half term homework, were...
1st November 2020
Year 2 Fire Safety workshop
The children enjoyed learning all about fire safety in school and at home. They were able to share w...
1st November 2020
Democracy Day 2020
During Democracy Day, children in Years 1-6 had the opportunity to cast their own vote for Year 6 Sc...
1st November 2020
Dr Bike
Dr Bike & Bikers Breakfast at Orchard was busy, with 42 bikes receiving a safety check and minor...
12th October 2020
Spanish in Year 2
Year 2 children have been learning how to name some fruit in Spanish and have used their Spanish num...
12th October 2020
Dr Bike is coming!
20th September 2020
London's Burning!
Year 2 had their first music lesson of the term last week. The children learned lots of body percuss...
20th September 2020
Fire of London
The children in Year 2 are very excited to be learning about The Great Fire of London. They have bee...
19th July 2020
Timestable Rockstar Competition
13th July 2020
Hispanic Day
There was culture and creativity throughout the school during Hispanic Day! The theme was Art & ...
25th June 2020
KS1 Home Learning
This week the teachers in KS1 have seen children taking part in a wide range of exciting hands on ac...
25th June 2020
Sports Day!
Have you tried the virtual challenges on the home learning web page yet? Don't forget to email your ...
21st June 2020
Hands On Home Learning
Pupils in Year 2 have been taking part in some hands on home learning. Children and their families h...
21st June 2020
Nursery Spaces Available
21st June 2020
Timestable Rockstars Competition!
9th June 2020
Home Learning Projects
We have seen a number of holiday projects sent in to the home learning email address. What an amazin...
26th May 2020
Bubbles!
Last week the younger children in school started the day off with a Joe Wicks PE lesson. They then p...
25th May 2020
Bird's Nests!
Last week, the children attending school read the book 'Mama Built a Little Nest' and learnt about a...
25th May 2020
Year 2 Author Visit
As part of Booklinks, children from Year 2 were visited by the author and illustrator Karin Littlewo...
3rd May 2020
Home Learning 2
Some more wonderful examples of creative home learning, well done everyone! ...
28th April 2020
Families' Week
This week is Families’ Week at Orchard, an opportunity to celebrate the diversity both in our school...
28th April 2020
Home Learning Holiday Homework
Well done Orchard! It is wonderful to see such continued commitment to learning. Thank you to ever...
23rd April 2020
Changing Home Readers
Don't forget, if you need to change home reading books, the parent room has been set up as a library...
23rd April 2020
Creative Learning
The children attending school this week are enjoying getting creative and linking literacy and art! ...
17th April 2020
In the sunshine
The children in KS1 and EYFS have been enjoying the sunshine and experiencing outdoor learning. &...
14th April 2020
Science Fayre
Science Day was a huge success and ended in a wonderful celebration of the experiments undertaken ac...
15th March 2020
Practical Learning in Year 2!
The resident gardeners visited Year 2 this week and all children took part in a workshop. The childr...
15th March 2020
Year 2 Literacy
In Literacy this week Year 2 have been reading the text Crown: An Ode to a Fresh Cut. Inspired by th...
15th March 2020
Librarians at Work!
As part of World Book Day the Head Librarians organised a book swap. Children brought in books that ...
15th March 2020
Year 2 World Book Day Visit
Children in Year 2 took part in a special World Book Day workshop run by the publishing house, Pengu...
15th March 2020
Pyjama Day!
As a school, the children have chosen to support Shelter this year as the school charity. The target...
15th March 2020
Digital Leader Safety Focus
This term the digital leaders have been busy raising the profile of e-safety. They have designed and...
15th March 2020
Spring Dr Bike and Bikers Breakfast
Spring Dr Bike and Bikers Breakfast event on the 17th March 8.30am - 10.30am
9th February 2020
¿Qué llevas puesto hoy?
Year 2 have been learning how to describe what they are wearing in Spanish and practised their phras...
2nd February 2020
Enterprise Fayre
The children had the opportunity to sell products made during Work Week at the Enterprise Fayre. The...
2nd February 2020
Competition Winners!
The School Council launched a whole school Book Corner and Inspiration Station competition. This wee...
2nd February 2020
Year 2 research... Christopher Columbus!
Year 2 are learning about Christopher Columbus in history. To help find out more information they co...
2nd February 2020
Paddington Patrol
Year 2 have been reading different stories about Paddington. As part of their learning they have res...
2nd February 2020
Year 2 explore germination
In Year 2, we explored germination and what the word meant before dissecting a bulb and labelling ea...
2nd February 2020
Year 2 with the Animals
Year two have been looking at animals, because of this we were lucky enough to get to meet some very...
2nd February 2020
Family Gardening Club
Join us each Tuesday 3.30pm to 4.30pm!
19th January 2020
Creative Choir!
Our school choir were busy spreading festive cheer around Hackney before Christmas. They performed a...
19th January 2020
Winter Fayre
Thank you to all the families who contributed donations to the Winter Fayre and to those who came to...
11th December 2019
Eco Team Activity
The Orchard Eco Team decided they want to focus on tackling litter around our school and in our loca...
11th December 2019
London Symphony Orchestra
Year 2 travelled to the Barbican to watch the London Symphony Orchestra. They listened to lots of di...
11th December 2019
School Council Cross Site Meeting
Orchard hosted the first cross site School Council meeting of the academic year last week. School Co...
11th December 2019
Year 2 Explorers
Year 2 had a fantastic day out orienteering at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. They were able to read ...
11th December 2019
Dressed in Blue!
In recognition of Anti-Bullying Day, children dressed up in blue as Orchard showed that no bullying ...
17th November 2019
Hackney Summer Reading Challenge
A big congratulations to everyone who took part in the Summer Reading Challenge!
17th November 2019
Eco Assembly
The Eco Team presented assemblies to the whole school this week. They gave top tips on how we can al...
17th November 2019
Garden Delights!
Look what we harvest from the school garden!
17th November 2019
Holiday Homework!
Look at the fantastic holiday homework created by pupils in Year 1 - 4. As geographers, the children...
17th November 2019
Exploring Movement in Year 2
In year 2 we were learning movement through exploring vehicles in dance. We thought hard about how t...
10th November 2019
Parent Reading Partners
Every Friday morning, Lower School enjoy Parent Reading. It is always a wonderful to see so many adu...
10th November 2019
World Week
World Week is a part of our enrichment programme which celebrates the diversity within our school. O...
10th November 2019
Gold Stars!
We have again received the Gold Travel Stars Award at Orchard Primary School. We are again in the to...
29th September 2019
Significant Males
We were delighted to welcome our significant males into school again this week to join in with learn...
29th September 2019
Year 2 Poets
Year 2 created their own poetry. The children were able to identify adventurous verbs, interesting a...
29th September 2019
Flagship Again!
Last week our Deputy Headteacher attended the IQM Awards to receive our re-accreditation for the...
22nd September 2019
Parent Reading Returns!
We were delighted to welcome our new parents in Nursery to Parent Reading last week. Adults joined c...
22nd September 2019
Pupil Voice Fayre
This week Orchard hosted the annual pupil voice fair to explore the responsibilities children might ...
22nd September 2019
Rockstars!
This Summer holiday, pupils from Year 2 to 6 were entered in a Times Tables Rockstars Summer League....
14th July 2019
Hispanic Day
Last week Orchard enjoyed celebrating Hispanic Day. The children enjoyed an assembly let by Ms Josep...
29th May 2019
Hampsted Hunters
Year 2 enjoyed their educational trip to Hampstead Heath, where they explored two different habitats...
28th May 2019
Families' Week
Our annual Families' Week was a huge success. The children had the opportunity to learn about lots o...
28th May 2019
Minibeast Madness
Year 2 children h...
28th May 2019
Homework Creations
Check out some of the fantastic Easter holiday homework produced by children across the school. Thes...
28th May 2019
Family Cycling
The new family cycling club got off to a great start this half term. Four children and four adul...
12th May 2019
Designer Lunches
Year 2 children really enjoyed DT Day! They had a fantastic time learning about a balanced diet and ...
12th May 2019
David Lucas visits Orchard!
As part of Book Links Week, Year 2 had a visit from author and illustrator David Lucas. The children...
14th March 2019
Fairtrade Fortnight
Fairtrade Fortnight got off to a great start last week and it all started with a thought-provoking a...
7th February 2019
Visit from the Vet!
As part of work week, Year 2 were visited by a vet. He told us about all the work vets do in the loc...
27th January 2019
Spring Winners!
Last week we celebrated our holiday homework winners. All children who participated received cer...
27th January 2019
Inspired by Morris
Year 2 have been learning about William Morris and the technique of printing. They used Morris's des...
27th January 2019
NSPCC Assemblies
The NSPCC led assemblies on Keeping Safe for Years 1-6 as part of their Speak Out; Stay Safe Pro...
8th January 2019
Year 2 visit the William Morris Gallery
The children did some sketching and printing inspired by nature on their recent visit to the William...
21st November 2018
Holiday Homework Champions!
Check out some of the fantastic homework projects created by children across KS1 and KS2, including ...
1st November 2018
DT Day
Friday 2nd November is our first Design & Technology Day of the year. Parents/carers are welcome...
14th October 2018
International Evening
As part of our World Week celebrations, we enjoyed a wonderful international evening bringing togeth...
14th October 2018
Photograms
Year 2 have undertaken a gardening workshop to learn about the power of the sunlight and made photog...
14th October 2018
Topic Writing
Year 2 have been working really hard on their writing in class. They have been trying to include a r...
14th October 2018
Broadgate Circus
Year 2 took part in an exciting trip to Broadgate Circus. Here they watched an amazing aerial perfor...
9th October 2018
Significant Males
Thank you to all the significant males who joined us in school last week to support our learning! ...
1st August 2018
World Book Day
Although a day late due to the snow, World Book Day was again a huge success. With creative costumes...
1st August 2018
Visit from the Mayor
School councils from Orchard, Southwold and Hoxton Garden held a joint meeting to meet with Hackney ...
1st August 2018
Families Week
Thank you for supporting families week. The children learned about different types of families and o...
1st August 2018
Music Festival
Our Samba Band is in full rehearsal using the instruments awarded to us at the Mayor of Hackney Musi...

Upcoming events

Parent Coffee Morning – Music

Jan 21 @ 9:15 am – 10:15 am

Music: What does the music curriculum look like at our school?

Categories: Coffee Mornings Nursery Reception Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Work & Enterprise Week

Jan 24 – Jan 28 all-day

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Work and Enterprise Fayre

Jan 27 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Front playground

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Parent Coffee Morning – Writing

Jan 28 @ 9:15 am – 10:15 am

Writing: How can I engage my child to write creatively at home?

Categories: Coffee Mornings Nursery Reception Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Parent Coffee Morning – Writing

Feb 4 @ 9:00 am – 9:45 am

Writing: How can I engage my child to write creatively at home?

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Parent Coffee Morning – Wellbeing:

Feb 4 @ 9:15 am – 10:15 am

Wellbeing: What will my child learn during the Children’s Mental Health Week?

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Safer Internet Day

Feb 9 all-day

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Parent Coffee Morning – Online Safety

Feb 11 @ 9:15 am – 10:15 am

Online safety: How to support my child to use digital technologies safely, positively and responsibly? (Safer Internet Day parent workshop for KS2 parents only)

Categories: Coffee Mornings Nursery Reception Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Half Term Holiday

Feb 14 – Feb 18 all-day

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Children’s Start Date

Feb 21 all-day

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