--- title: "Year 2 English Gathering Ideas for Writing" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-11-12-year-2-english-gathering-ideas-for-writing" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Year 2 English Gathering Ideas for Writing ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/e1100884-548b-4cbd-9767-b502bf3f11ce.jpeg) 12 November 2026 Look at our busy Year 2 writers at Darwen St James! In our Ready Steady Write English lesson today, we stepped right into the illustrations of The Night Gardener to gather ideas for our writing! Using role play and our senses, we imagined what we could see, hear, smell, touch, and feel if we were standing right there on Grimloch Lane. Look how hard everyone worked to record their fantastic vocabulary—including: Similes (as tall as a tower, leaves rustling like whispers!) Question marks & exclamations (What is happening to the trees? How magical!) Adjectives & suffixes (-ly, -less, -ful) like mysterious, quietly, endless, and wonderful! We have filled our planning sheets with brilliant ideas and can’t wait to turn them into our very own setting narratives! What would you most like to see sculpted out of a tree? [Year 2](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/year-2) [English](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/english) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/2c50993f-f668-44f9-a799-05605e722c54.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-11-11-nursery-preschool-utw-diwali) Previous ### [Nursery/Preschool- UTW- Diwali](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-11-11-nursery-preschool-utw-diwali) ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/events) - [Clubs](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)