World Book Day 2026
Published 13/02/26, by Kiki Amin
World Book Day is coming! Thursday 5th March!
Team Amin-McCurry (Yr2)
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Read MoreTeam A-M meet Rachel Tilda Wolf!
Published 11/02/26, by Kiki AminWhat a super start to our final week of Term 3! We loved welcoming the author and illustrator Rachel Tilda Wolf into RAPS to share her book Bear’s Perfect Dance! She talked to us about her writing and her beautiful illustrations, and how stories can develop over time. It was such an inspiring visit that got everyone excited about books and writing, and we loved taking part in a draw-along session afterwards with her! Thank you, Rachel!
Read MoreEat Well Plate - Team AMcC
Published 10/02/26, by Joshua CialisThis week, Yr 2 are learning about balanced diets in Topic. We have learnt about all the different food groups and what they help our bodies to do. We have also looked at the Eat Well Plate which shows us the different foods we should be eating and the proportions we should eat them in. Over the week the children will be using the eat well plates they have created to plan a healthy lunch box meal.
Read MoreDay 5 STEAM week: fabulous Pfizer!
Published 06/02/26, by Kiki AminWhat a fantastic morning for Year 2 today with a series of experiments and activities with the Pfizer team! Ask us all about it!
Read MoreDay 4 of STEAM week - Team A-M
Published 05/02/26, by Helen McCurryWe started day 4 of STEAM week with an 'hour of code.' We created a code to play a game on the iPad. Team A-M showed fantastic resilience and perseverance as they overcame the challenges involved in this activity. Next, we collaborated in small groups to design and make a marble run. We were able to test out, troubleshoot and then adjust our designs so that the marbles ran smoothly down the ramps. After lunch, we used lollipop sticks and elastic bands to make catapults. Then we practised firing at a target. Finally, our busy day ended in a hands-on workshop called 'School of Noise,' where we got to experiment with interesting equipment to produce different noises (ask us about the vegetables!)
Read MoreSafer Internet Day 2026
Published 04/02/26, by Kiki AminSafer Internet Day 2026 – 10th February
Read MoreTesting vehicles and Board Games
Published 04/02/26, by Helen McCurryToday we finished decorating our fabulous vehicles. Then we tested them in different places to find how fast we could get them going!
Later, we worked together to create and then play board games.
Read MoreNumber Day in Team A-M
Published 03/02/26, by Helen McCurryToday was Number Day at RAPS! We had great fun with mathematical problems. We also got to meet some other great teachers. With Miss Bullard the children explored making patterns with triangles, with Miss Hayzelden they used cubes to help them count and worked what happened when they added double or 4 times the number of cubes. Then with Mr Brun-Cialis the children used their methodical thinking to work out the problem of the chicken, fox and corn. While finally they solved a dice challenge in Team Amin-McCurry
For each of the activities, we had to show our creativity, collaboration, and resilience.
Read MoreFull STEAM ahead in Team A-M
Published 02/02/26, by Helen McCurryWhat a great start to STEAM week. In year 2, we followed directions to build a vehicle. Thank you to all the adults who came in to help! We will continue to decorate our vehicles before testing them out on different surfaces later this week.
We also investigated microbes with 'Glo-Germ.' We had great fun using special equipment to locate the germs on our hands and around the classrooms. We will all be washing our hands much more thoroughly now we have seen what is on them!
Read MoreTeam A-M diversity creations!
Published 02/02/26, by Kiki AminLast week, we recapped the value of diversity! We know humans can look, talk, think and act in different ways and that our differences make us unique and special. Regardless of our appearance, beliefs, preferences, religion, financial situation, background etc, we are all important and should be celebrated. All living things have rights and we all have the responsibility to protect those rights, especially by protecting others’ bodies and feelings. After playing some games to show our differences and to generate conversations about diversity, we worked hard to create a class piece of art showing our personal responses to our learning! Take a look just outside our classroom doors at our lovely artwork!
Read MoreClassifying 3D shapes in Team A-M
Published 28/01/26, by Helen McCurryYear 2 have been studying the features of 2D and 3D shapes. We sorted 3D shapes into two groups in a variety of ways. For example, one vertex or more than vertices, curved or straight edges, square faces and no square faces.
Read MoreTeam A-M final T3 spelling
Published 28/01/26, by Kiki AminPlease find attached the next set of spellings! There will be no spelling test during STEAM week however, so please note children's spelling test will be the following Friday (last day of term) and date on printed sheet is wrong!