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.
DT – King of the Castle w.c. 13.2.23
KS1's DT project this week was to design a castle strong enough to protect the king! The first part of the process was to research different types of castles and identify the features found on both stone castles and motte & bailey castles. Using this research, the...
Windy Winners!
Well done to all of our winners from last week. Top Attitude and Top Reflector Class Top Attitude Top Reflector Dragonflies Zach Callie Ladybirds Ada Anna Robins Willow Jackson Owls Thomas Ava Nightingales Faith Mikey Bluebells Sonny...
Windy Winners!
Congratulations to all of our winners - awards for Top Computer Scientist and our Value of the month for January - Perseverance! Class Value – Perseverance Top Computer Scientist Dragonflies Enya Demi-Leigh Ladybirds Elo Harrison Robins Carter Bronx ...
Safer Internet Day 2023
This week, all of our classes celebrated Safer Internet Day. This year's theme was 'It's Good to Talk About Life Online'. With this in mind, all of our classes discussed what we do online and the different things we enjoy. It was great to hear from our children about...
Safer Internet Day 2023: Parent Information
This afternoon, a workshop was held in school to support parents to have up-to-date knowledge of online safety issues faced by our children. Thank you to parents who were able to attend, and we hope you found the session to be useful and informative. For those parents...
Positive Behaviour Information for Parents
The links below offer information to support parents: Final PBS flyer design Spring23 v1 Information about PBS workshops for staff working with families v2
KS1 Hylton Castle Visit
Article 13: You have the right to find out things and share what you think with others, by talking, drawing, writing or in any other way unless it harms or offends other people. Article 17: You have the right to get information that is important to your well-being,...
Working towards the Artsmark!
Our journey towards achieving the Artsmark award has begun. This award (accredited by Arts Council England) is the only creative quality standard for schools and will allow us to reflect on our curriculum for subjects such as art and design and music. Over the next...
KS1 Science Investigation – w.c. 16.1.23
KS1 took part in a practical experiment that investigated the properties of materials. Our learning intention was to be able to differentiate materials from everyday objects. As part of the investigation, the children were encouraged to describe and identify the...
Windy Winners!
Congratulations to all of our winners this week. Our two awards were for a Top Mathematician and a Top Effort. Class Top Effort Top Mathematician Dragonflies Amaris Elliott Ladybirds Tovino Emily Robins George Riley Owls Louie Harry Heidi ...
Creating algorithms in Computing
This week in Computing, KS1 learned about algorithms and how they are a set of detailed steps to make something happen or work something out. We worked in partners to create a set of instructions on how to draw a crazy character, our partner then had to follow the...
KS1 look at identifying and naming materials
This week in Science KS1 have been looking at different materials and their names. They discussed every day materials of things around the classroom, what they use at home and what they were wearing. They then discussed as a class silk, ice, stone, paint, sponge,...