Welcome to Year 2 

Croeso I Blwyddyn 2

Mrs Lewis is your teacher.

Miss Mauchline helps you too. 

Our topic is Brilliant Betsi.

In the Brilliant Betsi project, children will receive a visit from a health professional who will read them the story of Welsh nurse, Betsi Cadwaladr, and talk to them about their job. They’ll use globes, maps and atlases to identify where Betsi was born and where she travelled. Once they are more familiar with her life, they’ll report on the challenging conditions that she faced while working in the Crimean War and compare her heroism to that of Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole. They’ll use fabric and other materials to make peg dolls of the famous nurses and soldiers. They’ll learn some emergency first aid, examine the school’s first aid equipment, measure out liquids and use thermometers to measure temperature. They’ll create a poster about the dangers of medicines and write a set of instructions to explain how effective handwashing stops the spread of germs. At the end of the project, they’ll reflect on the challenges of running a field hospital and celebrate Betsi’s work and life through poetry and song.