Year 2K: Gallery
Year 2 made Smores!, by Mrs Bradley
Date: 21st Nov 2025 @ 1:31pm
Year 2 took part in an exciting Design and Technology lesson linked to our Bonfire Night theme. The children explored food technology by learning about traditional bonfire treats and discussing how foods are prepared safely.
To bring the theme to life, the class made their very own s’mores, using biscuits and marshmallows. The children carefully followed instructions, helped prepare the ingredients, and enjoyed warming their marshmallows over a small “campfire”. They were thrilled to see their s’mores melt together and loved tasting the results of their hard work.
The Walrus and the Carpenter, by Miss Healey
Date: 17th Nov 2025 @ 2:59pm
This week Year 5 began our poetry topic in English! We are studying The Walrus and The Carpenter by Lewis Carroll. Today we focused on performing the poem using our reading aloud skills and focusing on rhythm and rhyme with a few actions splashed in there!
Jodrell Bank - Year 5 - 12.11.25, by Miss Healey
Date: 12th Nov 2025 @ 3:46pm
Today we have the most amazing trip. We went to see the Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank. We learnt so much information about Earth, Space and the planets! We went on a virtual tour of space in the Space Dome which was mindblowing!
English in Nursery, by Mrs Andrews
Date: 7th Nov 2025 @ 3:57pm
In Nursery, we are always developing our communication, language, and literacy skills. We talk with our friends as we independently choose our learning, and every three weeks we explore a new topic book. We take part in activities such as retelling the story, creating story maps, and labelling pictures with our names.
We also enjoy making up our own stories and bringing them to life using musical instruments and actions. Throughout the classroom, there are plenty of opportunities for writing in all areas. Each week, we learn new vocabulary linked to our current topic.
2K PE Lesson, by Miss Kyte
Date: 30th Sep 2025 @ 5:42pm
Year Two have been showing their fantatsic catching and throwing skills in our outdoor PE lessons!
EYFS Sports Day, by Miss Kyte
Date: 2nd Jul 2025 @ 4:18pm
A huge well done to all of the children who took part in the EYFS Sports Day. You were all fantastic!
KS2 Sports Day, by Miss Kyte
Date: 2nd Jul 2025 @ 4:08pm
A huge well done to all of the children who took part in the Key Sage Two Sports Day. You were all fantastic!
Year 2 Art work, by Mrs Bradley
Date: 6th Jun 2025 @ 10:50am
Last half term, year 2 were learning about the artist Nick Gustafson and collages. For one of the lessons we looked at different ways of collaging. We observed how you can twist, cut, use natural materials, and use paper. We then went on The Woodland Walk and gathered different natural materials before creating our own collage.
Year 2 visit the Ducklings, by Mrs Bradley
Date: 3rd Apr 2025 @ 11:38am
Year 2 absolutely loved seeing the ducklings this week. They were thrilled to have the opportunity to stroke and hold them, making it a memorable experience.
Easter Bonnet Parade, by Mrs Bradley
Date: 3rd Apr 2025 @ 11:15am
Our Early Years and KS1 Easter Bonnet Parade was truly special and very cute, thanks to the creativity and effort of both the children and the parents. The bonnets were fantastic, and we’re grateful to all the parents who attended and supported the parade. The children had a wonderful time and sang beautifully, making it a morning to remember!
Knowsley Safari Park, by Miss Kyte
Date: 1st Apr 2025 @ 2:24pm
Year Two had a fantatsic time last Friday on our trip to Knowsley Safari Park! We saw lots of different animals such as rhinos, antelopes, wolves, lions, tigers and sealions to name a few. We also took part in a workshop where we dicussed the differences between mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and birds. We watched a wonderful sealion show where two sealions, named Arthur and Roger, performed amazing tricks :) take a look at our pictures to see what a briliant day we had!
Habitat Boxes, by Miss Kyte
Date: 31st Mar 2025 @ 2:55pm
Year Two have been learning about habitats in their science lessons this term. We designed and created our own habitats, focusing on the arctic, the desert, the rainforest and the ocean. The children did a fantastic job!
World Book Day 2025 - Everyone's Costumes!, by Mr Wood
Date: 8th Mar 2025 @ 4:37pm
Our school was filled with colour and creativity as staff and pupils dressed up as their favourite book characters for World Book Day! From classic literary heroes to modern favourites, the variety of costumes was truly impressive. Everyone put in a fantastic effort, bringing beloved stories to life with enthusiasm and imagination.
Click below to take a look at the wonderful photos capturing the magic of the day – a testament to our love of reading and storytelling! 📚✨
World Book Day 2025, by Mrs Bradley
Date: 7th Mar 2025 @ 3:38pm
The children had a fantastic World Book Day, inspired by the works of author Oliver Jeffers. They created some outstanding pieces of work based on Jeffers' book Stuck, and we couldn't help but wonder if Floyd, the character from the story, had visited our school after seeing what happened to our tree outside. Additionally, all the children arrived in school dressed in fantastic outfits, celebrating their love for books and creativity.
2K Class Assembly, by Miss Kyte
Date: 23rd Jan 2025 @ 10:20am
Last week Class 2K delivered a brilliant assembly all about New Beginnings and the New Year. We had a fantastic time showing the school and our parents our assembly :)
Recycling session with Rochdale Council, by Miss Healey
Date: 22nd Jan 2025 @ 11:25am
Today we had a fantastic visitor! Nigel Goulding from Rochdale Borough Council came in to speak to Year 5 all about recycling and what we can do for the planet! We had so much fun and learnt many things about our waste and what happens to it after we're done with it. We learnt all about the small steps we can take to make our Earth happy and healthy again :)
Wellbeing Ambassadors, by Mrs Brandwood
Date: 29th Nov 2024 @ 2:31pm
Today, our new Wellbeing Ambassadors went to their initial training session at Littleborough Sports Centre to find out all about what it takes to be a Wellbeing Ambassador. We tried lots of different activities to support our Wellbeing and Mental Health with various teams from Rochdale such as Your Trust and The School Nursing Team. We also learnt about the 5 ways to wellbeing which are: 'BE ACTIVE', 'GIVE', 'CONNECT', 'TAKE NOTICE' and 'KEEP LEARNING'. The children represented our school brilliantly and are looking forward to starting their new roles in school after Christmas!
Year Two Wind Vanes, by Miss Kyte
Date: 4th Nov 2024 @ 2:07pm
Last term in Year Two our topic for Geography was Weather. We looked at lots of different types of weather, how weather is reported, and how countries and places experience various types of weather throughout the year. We created our own weather instrument known as a Wind Vane. This is used to show which direction the wind is blowing. We used straws, pencils, blue tac and paper arrows to help create our wind vane. We then took them ouside to experiment with and see if we could use our wind vane to show us the direction the wind was blowing in.
WOW Church Summer Presentation to the Diocese, by Mrs Brandwood
Date: 12th Jul 2024 @ 4:00pm
Our 2 WOW Church members visited St Chad's Church in Middleton to delivered a presentation, alongside our group members from St John's Thornham and Milnrow Parish Primary School, to over 40 diocese representatives. The children explained and showed the diocese the various projects we have worked on this year, set up an environmental challenge for the parishioners to complete and then sung our song, 'Rich Diversity'. Each child represented their school brilliantly and the Dean of Rochdale was so impressed with the way the children conducted themselves during the presentation. The diocese is taking on board the children’s suggestions of a Plastic Policy in every church and we look forward to next year's group where we hope to again make a difference to the environment of our churches in Rochdale.
Springfield Park Trip - Bees, by Miss Wilkinson
Date: 6th Jun 2024 @ 4:39pm
Year 2 had a fantastic trip to Springfield Park where they learnt all about bees and nature. We began our day with an interactive plant session with the resident nature expert. We learnt about how different plants have different jobs in nature with some of our amazing flower borders created by the parks volunteers. After that, we had a short orienteering lesson to get our minds thinking about bees. In the afternoon, we explored the hedgehog houses, pond, bug hotels and even planted our own plants. To finish our day, we all became bee keepers. We were shown how to put on the bee keeping suit and how to stay safe around bees. We then had a look into their hives and found the queen bee! Can you remember what she looked like?
Class Assembly - Pentecost, by Miss Wilkinson
Date: 10th May 2024 @ 2:20pm
Year 2 did an amazing assembly all about Pentecost! Take a look at some of our photos!
WOW Church Meeting 17.4.24, by Mrs Brandwood
Date: 18th Apr 2024 @ 9:18am
Our two WOW (Watch Our World) church representives visited St John's Thornham Church of England Primary School this afternoon for our next WOW meeting. This meeting focused on the local environment and we had a fantastic opportunity to have a visit from a Hedgehog Hospital. Here, the children learnt about the impact humas are having on hedgehogs and how we can better look after our environment for our local wildlife. The children found out a range of facts about hedgehogs and created a 'hedgehog house' (a hibernacula) to support hedgehogs in the area.
Knowsley Safari Park - Wednesday 27th March 2024, by Miss Wilkinson
Date: 15th Apr 2024 @ 5:02pm
We had amazing trip to Knowsley Safari Park! We started off the morning by taking a guided tour of the safari. What animals did you see? Later on, after our delicious food, we watched two very talented sealions perfrom some tricks. How clever were they! After the sealion show, we went on the hunt for a tiger but unfortunatley he was hidden away. To end our trip, we all went into the safari classroom to solve a mystery. We used our knowledge of animal groups to work out the sneaky animal that had stolen the safari bus! Can you remember which animal it was?
Author visit, by Mrs Bradley
Date: 28th Mar 2024 @ 12:21pm
Following on from our wonderful world book day celebrations, we had a real author visit our school. Sean performed an assembly to all the children in which he read one of his own books and then he carried out a workshop with each class to help them become authors themselves. We are so impressed with the writing and illustrations produced by the children.
100% Attendance Certificates, by Miss Hulse
Date: 27th Mar 2024 @ 9:38am
Well done to all the children to achieved 100% attendance today, for the Spring Term.
