Year 2: St George's News items
Year 2 Sports Day, by Mrs Price
Date: 11th Jul 2022 @ 3:40pm
Year 2 Sports Day.
A great afternoon was had by all this afternoon.
Thank you for your support
Summer Fair Fun, by Mrs Walters
Date: 11th Jul 2022 @ 2:04pm
WOW, what can we say!!! What a fabulous turnout for the summer fair on Saturday, it was lovely to see the school community out in force.
Thank you to everyone that came along, all the dancers, donkeys, the very talented Natalie Hayes providing the music throughout the day also to the police and fire service who took time out to come to the fair and all the outside companies who brought their activities for everyone to sample.
Massive thanks to all the teachers/staff and families who helped set up, run stalls and tidy up as we couldn't run it all without your support Also huge thanks to everyone who sponsored stalls and donated raffle prizes.
International Visitors, by Mr Cassidy
Date: 8th Jul 2022 @ 12:28pm
Our week of international visitors culminated in the visit of 9 principals and school leaders on Friday. We had visitors from:
- Chile
- Australia
- China
- Australia
- USA
- Canada
- Ireland
- Japan
Visitors were full of praise for our school. They commented on:
- Clear values of St George's
- How happy the children were.
- How dynamic our school felt.
Our staff love hosting visitors. Their knowledge and experience enriches our school, celebrates our children and lifts the morale of everybody.
Ukraine Concert, by Mrs Jones
Date: 6th Jul 2022 @ 10:43am
We had a fabulous evening at our concert for Ukraine last night with children from Years 1-6 taking part in our celebration of music at St. George's and raising money for Ukraine.
Thanks to all our amazing performers and to staff and parents for their support.
Marvellous Mallory donates her hair, by Ms C Jones
Date: 1st Jul 2022 @ 4:18pm
The wonderful Mallory in year one donated her hair to the princess trust. What a wonderful cause, you are an inspiration Mallory!
Year 2 trip to New Brighton, by Miss Gough-Hughes
Date: 23rd Jun 2022 @ 1:24pm
Today, year two took a coach to visit New Brighton for half a day. The children had the chance to explore the buildings of present and past, taking photos on their iPads to capture this. We saw the Royal Pavilion, Marine Lake, Fort Perch Roch, the beach, the lightouse, Marine Point shops, the funfair etc. We also had the chance to go litter picking on the beach, collecting lots of rubbish. At the end of our trip, we had the chance to speak to the lifeguards who taught us how to keep safe at the beach. Whilst listening to the lifeguards, we had a cool ice lolly. Finally, we took a coach back to school and had a cool down. The children all had a great day!
Science - Enthuse Celebration Event, by Miss Gough-Hughes
Date: 21st Jun 2022 @ 10:26pm
Over the last 18 months, St George's have been working closely with several cluster schools, undertaking an Enthuse partnership with STEM. We have been fortunate to gain this support to enhance our science curriculum within school, delivering engaging and exciting science lessons and collaborating with others to share knowledge. Our aim is to continue to raise the profile of STEM and support our children to see the opportunities available to them in the future.
As part of this partnership with STEM, we held an exciting celebration event at our school, whereby the schools came together to celebrate science. 10 children from each school (years 4-6) were chosen to be the representatives, completing activities including rocket mice, VR, outdoor learning minibeast hunting, floating & sinking etc. They also shared what they have been learning within science, in their school.
The children had great fun attending this celebration event and they made us all very proud, being excellent representatives for our school. They proudly spoke to governors, our Enthuse coach and various staff members. Well done St George's!
Year 2 History of New Brighton by Mr Breeze, by Mrs Cameron-Ivanov
Date: 21st Jun 2022 @ 3:42pm
NWe have been very lucky today to have a visit from Mr Breeze, who told us all about what it was like growing up in New Brighton in the recent past.
We learnt lots of interesting facts about different landmarks and attractions, and how things have changed from what we know today.
A big thank you to Mr Breeze for his time, we really enjoyed our morning with you.
Opening the Will Allen Community Garden, by Mrs Walters
Date: 16th Jun 2022 @ 3:46pm
Today was a very special day at St George's as we officially opened the Will Allen Community Garden at upper site.
The garden is named after one of our former pupils Will, who sadly passed away after a prolongued illness, aged 14.
The year 6 choir sang as Will's family joined us to mark the opening of the garden - a tranquil and peaceful spot.
We discovered Will had been a keen gardener and we hope the garden will be a sanctuary for many as well as providing vegetables and flowers planted by pupils and families.
Year 2 TTRockstars Rock Wrangle, by Miss Mulheirn
Date: 10th Jun 2022 @ 4:06pm
Year 2 took part in their first ever Rock Wrangle today and it was so much fun!
The children put so much effort into their wonderful rock star outfits for their Rock Wrangle. Throughout the day, the children played lots of times table games and sang lots of rock songs. The children took part in the Rock Wrangle competition and in the final, the children battled against each other in the hall. The overall winners were Saswin, Louis and Theo! Certificates were awarded for most effort, most improved and best dressed. We can't wait for the next Rock Wrangle already!
Jubilee Photographs, by Mrs Walters
Date: 14th Jun 2022 @ 1:33pm
Many of you will have seen our Jubilee Timeline at upper site. The pictures are below if you have not visited - it's well worth a trip!
Every year group had such a great time marking the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, below are a selection of photograhs from each year.
We hope you enjoy them!
There are also stories on the below pages:
https://www.stgeorges.wirral.sch.uk/news/dragon-club-jubilee-street-party/69561
https://www.stgeorges.wirral.sch.uk/news/dragon-club-platinum-jubilee-celebrations/69559
https://www.stgeorges.wirral.sch.uk/news/crowning-the-competition-winners/69481
https://www.stgeorges.wirral.sch.uk/news/year-1-jubilee/69475
https://www.stgeorges.wirral.sch.uk/news/y3-celebrate-the-jubilee/69474
https://www.stgeorges.wirral.sch.uk/news/the-60s-in-year-4-to-celebrate-the-queens-jubilee/69442
https://www.stgeorges.wirral.sch.uk/news/y3-celebrate-the-jubilee/69474
https://www.stgeorges.wirral.sch.uk/news/year-2-80s-celebration-for-platinum-jubilee/69426
Concert for Ukraine Thursday 23rd June, by Mrs Jones
Date: 8th Jun 2022 @ 11:11am
Thursday 23rd June at 6.30 p.m.
Be sure to get your tickets for our first whole school music concert!
All proceeds will go to Ukraine.
This will be a very special concert featuring all our music groups from St George's and showcasing musical opportunities at our school from both sites.
We will have children performing from the Lower Site Choir, Upper Site Choir, Amasing singers Year 5, ukeleles, guitars, violins and drumming.
Tickets are £3 and can be bought through Parent Pay.
All are welcome so spread the word! Please feel free to bring a picnic (no glass or alcoholic beverages). Soft drinks and ice lollies will be available during the interval.
See you there!
Crowning the competition winners, by Mrs Walters
Date: 27th May 2022 @ 3:28pm
We had some wonderful crowns created for our jubilee celebrations this week.
It was a difficult decision but our judges evertually chose a winner from each year group. they were:
Charlie in F1
Felix in F2
Harriet in year 1
Poppy in year 2
Ayden in year 3
Riley in year 4
Holly in year 5
Sophe in year 6
Well done to everyone who got involved!
Year 2 80's celebration for Platinum Jubilee, by Mrs Price
Date: 27th May 2022 @ 10:58am
Year 2
What a wonderful array of colours from the 1980's year 2 are wearing today! Our parade will be so colourful!.
St George, by Mrs Cameron-Ivanov
Date: 7th May 2022 @ 11:59am
This weekend we had a lovely morning establishing our school community garden. The weather was kind!
We were joined by parents, carers and children from year groups 2 and 3.
Tasks for the morning included, planting pollinators, making wigwams for our sweet peas and beans, digging out and replanting potatoes, building a bird bath, planting a variety of fruit and veg from strawberries to broccoli, courgette to rhubarb and lettuce to tomatoes.
We have also sown a variety of seeds, including carrots, beetroot, onion, spring onion, radish, cauliflower and kale.
Year 4 gardening club and top site dragon club will be maintaining the garden by making sure our plants are well fed and watered throughout the summer term.
We can’t wait to see how our garden develops and enjoy the fruits of our labour!
May the Fourth be With You!, by Mrs Walters
Date: 6th May 2022 @ 3:15pm
Pupils had a lunch that was out of this world last week when the kitchen staff celebrated Star Wars Day!
The catering team provided thermal detonators with light sabers (otherwise know as pasta and meatballs) followed by Yoda cakes and dark side punch!
Year 2 Easter Hunt in Outdoor Learning, by Mrs Cameron-Ivanov
Date: 8th Apr 2022 @ 11:38am
For our last outdoor learning session this half term, we learnt about some of the Easter symbols and why we use eggs and bunnies as a symbol within this Christian festival.
To finish, we had a hunt for Easter lollies in the garden and we all got to take one home to enjoy. It was great fun!
Happy Easter to all our families!
Year 2 Team
Year Two's visit to Egypt (Year Three), by Miss Gough-Hughes
Date: 6th Apr 2022 @ 1:17pm
Visit to Egypt
Today, year two were incredibly lucky to receive an invite to visit the year three children in their classes to explore all things Egypt. The children rotated around the rooms to experience Egyptian dancing, hieroglyphics, Egyptian pottery and painting, Egyptian artefacts etc. A big thank you to year three for this exciting morning!
Year 2 Outdoor Learning, by Mrs Cameron-Ivanov
Date: 31st Mar 2022 @ 10:25am
For outdoor learning today, we did science.
Our key question that we had to investigate was "Which materials are waterproof?"
A selection of materials items were laid out for us to use. They were made of lots of different materials such as paper, nylon and wool
Firstly, we predicted whether we thought each material would be waterproof or not. We made our predictions by using our prior knowledge and feeling each item. We discussed this in our groups and explained reasons for our thoughts.
In our groups, we replicated rain by using water pistols and firing water at each item. We observed closely to see how the water reacted on each item. We noticed that the water appeared to run off the waterproof items, whereas the non waterproof items seemed to absorb the water and the insides became wet. We recorded our results in a table.
What waterproof materials can you find at home?
2B & 2C, by Miss Gough-Hughes
Date: 29th Mar 2022 @ 7:25pm
Our trip to Birkenhead Park
Yesterday, we had an exciting visit to Birkenhead Park. During the day, we enjoyed exploring their forest school whereby we completed a minibeast hunt, looked for signs of spring, visited the park and had an orienteering activity with the park ranger. The best part was getting to feed the ducks! The children thoroughly enjoyed the day and did very well despite there being lots of walking. Well done 2B & 2C!
Birkenhead Park- 2A and 2D, by Mrs Cameron-Ivanov
Date: 28th Mar 2022 @ 3:26pm
We have had an excellent day out in Birkenhead Park. Throughout the day, we have enjoyed a range of fabulous activities, from compass work to orienteering with the park ranger, to searching for signs of spring and a nature bingo where we searched high and low for mini beasts and plenty of other interesting things. We have lots of favourite parts, but we especially enjoyed feeding the birds, spotting the hungry squirrels and getting our hands dirty looking for bugs! What a great day!
Year Two Science Week, by Miss Gough-Hughes
Date: 17th Mar 2022 @ 3:46pm
Science Week - Year Two
The children have absolutely loved celebrating British Science Week this week. They have taken part in lots of exciting activities to celebrate this, linking to the theme of growth.
On Monday, we began our exciting week with special visitors. The first being a virtual visit from Chester Zoo who gave us lots of interesting information and facts about nocturnal animals. The children loved seeing the artefacts they showed on screen, including feathers, animal fur, animal skulls etc. The children received lots of opportunities to ask questions to further their understanding. On Seesaw, you will find some additional activities from Chester Zoo which your child may enjoy completing if they wish. During this day, we also had a visitor from a parent who is a sports science teacher in a local high school, and a visit from an engineer/designer of transport vehicles including F1 cars. Both adults really helped the children to understand the variety of STEM careers that are available and possible jobs for the future. They loved asking them different questions about their job roles.
On Tuesday, we continued our exciting science week. We recapped our understanding of the term life cycle from the Autumn term. To support us with this, some of us took part in a live lesson whereby we were able to see both a calf and a lamb being born. The children saw the process from it being in the mum's tummy, to it being born and then identifying what would happen next. We enjoyed finding out about the life cycles of different animals and comparing their stages.
On Thursday, we had an exciting trip to top site to visit the science lab and complete some science related outdoor learning. It was our very first visit to the science lab so the children were very excited. We talked through the important rules when in the lab, in order to keep us safe. We then partook in a live minibeast lesson whereby we learnt about different minibeasts and their microhabitats, with a particular focus on earthworms. We then walked to the allotment on top site to complete some outdoor learning. Here, we were trying to find earthworms, digging them up carefully in the soil. Then we used an identification sheet, a hand lense and ruler, to try to identify which type of earthworm it was.
The children have had a fantastic week and have thoroughly enjoyed participating in British Science Week. We have set an optional home learning science task on Seesaw for the children this weekend, if they would like to take a look.
Well done Year Two!
Flying the flag in support of Ukraine, by Mrs Walters
Date: 15th Mar 2022 @ 12:56pm
We are proud to be flying the Ukrainian flag at St George's to show our solidarity with the people of tUkraine.
Families sent in more than £1800 for the humanitarian appeal. If anyone would like to donate further the online details are:
EYFS Support for Ukraine, by Mrs Walters
Date: 11th Mar 2022 @ 2:59pm
It was lovely to see the children in EYFS dressed in yellow and blue today to show support for the people of Ukraine.
The children also made paper sunflowers as well as from their hand prints and coloured in hearts.
Thank you for your support.
Breakfast bagel success in EYFS, by Mrs Walters
Date: 11th Mar 2022 @ 10:53am
Breakfast bagels have been a huge success in Early Years. The children have all enjoyed filling their tummies before all their busy learning. We would like to say a massive thank you to the parent volunteers for all their hard work.
The bagels have been provided free of charge by the National School Breakfast Programme. We hope to extend the scheme across the school.
