Welcome to Nightingales
Our teacher is Miss Thompson, who is accompanied by Mrs Welsh.
In Year 2 we work hard, always do our best and have fun!
We like to look out for each other and work as a team.
Resources:
Must Reads KS1 master copy
https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/2/Year-2
https://www.thereaderteacher.com/year2
Important information:
- Reading books will be changed on a Friday. Please ensure children bring their reading book and diary every day as they will also read in school. Please fill in the diary when you have read with your child at home.
- Our PE day is Wednesday – children come into school wearing their PE kit on this day.
- Homework will be given out on a Friday and we ask that it is back in school by the following Thursday.
- Weekly spellings will be introduced to the children on a Monday and should be practised throughout the week, little and often.
- If your child is having a school lunch, please ensure that payment is now done on Arbor.
Computing KS1
The children have been learning the importance of following instructions. In pairs they took turns to be the robot or the programmer. They used left, right, forwards, backwards with the number of steps to help their 'robot' to find their way around. Now they have been...
Nightingales and Bees Homework Friday 29.9.23
English Homework – Adjectives page 6 Remember to practise reading. Spellings can be practised by logging in to Spelling Shed. Maths Homework – Partitioning page 10 Times Tables Rockstars can be practised by logging in to Times Tables Rockstars- Times Tables Test 10 x...
Windy Winners!
This week our awards were for Top Writer and Top Growth Mindset. Well done to all of our winners. Class Top Growth Mindset Top Writer Robins Thea Amaris Owls Ariadne Lucas Nightingales Harry Joel Bluebells Heidi Hamed Tulips Alfie ...
Year 2 Homework 22.9.23
English Homework - Nouns Page 2 Remember to practise reading. Spellings can be practised by logging in to Spelling Shed. Maths Homework – Place Value Page 6 Times Tables Rockstars can be practised by logging in to Times Tables Rockstars- Times Tables Test 10 x and 2x...
KS1 have a visit from the fire brigade
The children had a visit today from the fire brigade linked to our Keeping Safe topic and London’s Burning. The children were shown how they tackle fires with the different hoses, the different equipment they need to wear to protect themselves, where the water tank is...
90s Summer Festival 2023
Today was the return of the annual Summer Festival at Windy Nook. We decided on a 90s theme and all of the children really dressed for the occasion. Year 6 led the event, painting banners and manning all of the different stations on offer: bubbles; juice and biscuits;...
KS1 Art Gallery
Round 2 for our Windy Nook gallery and this time with EYFS and KS1. What a great evening seeing all of the children’s hard work on their portraits as well as their sketchbooks. It was lovely to see the children so proud of what they had created and showing this off to...
School Games Day
This week, across the whole school, we celebrated School Games Day. This is a day where we focus on a mass sports event and look at some of the countries involved with it to celebrate sports achievement. This year, we focussed on the upcoming Women's World Cup. In...
Making good choices in the community
This week KS1 have been learning about community and how to be a kind, helpful member of their own community. In groups they mimed situations for the rest of the class to guess and discussed how each one was about making good choices. The children understood how their...
Discounted Meals during the Summer Holidays!
Below is a list of places, which are quite local who are offering free or discounted meals over the holiday period.
Sources of light in KS1
The children in KS1 have been learning about light and where it comes from. We discussed how light helps us to see and when there is no light, we have darkness. We discussed 'reflective' 'transparent' and 'opaque' objects. We labelled items in our classroom with these...
KS1 parents Water Cycle Workshop
The children of KS1 have had a lovely afternoon working alongside their adults to create a poster all about the water cycle. They watched a video to explain the different stages and then worked together to create some amazing posters. Article 28: You have the right to...