The Great Fire of Dorchester

 Hello Y2 Families

We have had another fun-packed week in Y2, with the highlight being our trip to the Shire Hall to learn about the Great Fire of Dorchester. The team at the Shire Hall were particularly impressed with the children's knowledge of the Great Fire of London!

We learnt that there had also been a Great Fire in Dorchester in the year 1613, where many of the local houses were burned down. We looked at an old map of Dorchester and matched parts of it to pictures of sections of the map. We also made wooden dolls that children would have played with at the time. The children learnt about how people of the time used candles to light their homes and the potential dangers that they faced. We also went out onto the road to look at the local church and a period property that were built during the time of the fire and survived. The children also visited the prison cells and learnt that the prisoners were tasked with moving the barrels of gunpowder from the Guildhall (as it was known then) to the river to stop any further explosions. In the cells the children took it in turns to pretend to be a barrel being rolled along the ground. It really was a fun and informative session with so much to do and learn!

It was great way to bring the story to life and the children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and were incredibly well behaved.

Have a great weekend everyone

The Year Two Team 

Trip to Shire Hall on Thursday morning

 Hello Year Two Families

This is just a reminder to say that we are visiting the Shire Hall on Thursday to learn about the Great Fire of Dorchester. We will be eating our lunch at the Shire Hall before we return to school so please pack accordingly. 

On this day the children are also invited to wear blue. We will be wearing the school's high viz jackets as we walk to and from the Shire Hall so please do continue to wear blue on Thursday.

If anyone would like to join us on our school trip then please do get back to Mrs March - c.march@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk

The Year Two Team

The fabulous Year 2

We have had a lovely first week back. The children have been working so hard being creative and sharing their ideas. It really is wonderful to see. We have started our new topic on the story 'Wolves' by Emily Garrett. We have started to think about what is a fact and what is fiction. 

Today the children had a visitor from the fire service. They explained about what to do in a fire and how to stay safe. The children remembered so many facts about this talk, please do talk through it with them. 

Well done to the children who were praised today 💙

This week in Science we have been searching for habitats in our school grounds.

Here are some pictures from last term where we looked at maps in Geography and held the leaf insects. 

We set a two week home learning this week. We would like you to research an animal that hibernates and write three facts about it. 

Have a great weekend 

The Year 2 team 

Save the date and save some boxes!

 

Hello Families

Year Two are excited to invite you to come to a parent event where we recreate the Great Fire of London on Thursday 5th December at 1.45pm.

During the session you will be working alongside your child to create a building from the time of the fire. We will then put them all together to create the 1666 scene. By this time the children will have also learnt many facts about the event itself and will be able to WOW! you with their knowledge too!

With this in mind, we ask that you start saving and sending in a range of cardboard boxes for us to put to good use.

We look forward to welcoming you along to this event.

The Year Two Team

Year 2: Printing, Christian input and Forest School

 Today the children got the chance to print their pumpkin that they made on the Harvest banner. 

Jack Curtis came in today from Dorchester Community Church to talk about kindness and how he uses his religion to express his feelings through art and music. Thank you Jack for your visit. 

This afternoon the children were so excited to use the conkers that had to make a necklace (we have them at school). Thank you to everyone that donated conkers for this. I am sure the children will be bringing some home!