Nightingales (Y2)
Mrs Ferry
Welcome to Nightingales
Welcome to Nightingales
Our teacher is Mrs Ferry!
In Year 2 we work hard, always do our best and remember to have some fun!
Resources:
https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/2/Year-2
Important information:
Homework will be given out on Thursday and returned the following Monday (Maths and Grammar & Punctuation).
Spellings are given out on Monday and expected to be practised regularly during the week.
Reading books are changed by the child with guidance from teaching staff. Each child is expected to read regularly at home (at least 3 times per week).
P.E. is on Friday and each child is expected to have a full kit with their name clearly labelled.
Any money sent into school needs to be in a sealed envelope with the child’s name clearly labelled and what the money is for.
Nightingale Ninjas!
Destination Judo have worked with Nightingales on a judo taster session. The class loved learning some of the moves and lots of them are interested to go along to judo classes in Gateshead.
Nightingales make sweet music.
This term our music lessons have a cross-curricular link with our geography topic ‘Down on the Farm’. We have been using percussion instruments to make the farm animal sounds to accompany the well known tune ‘Old McDonald had a Farm’. It was great fun as you can see...
Eggcellent Easter maths
We had great fun solving the calculations to crack the code on our Easter maths hunt. Thank you to everyone who supported us and helped to solve those tricky problems. It certainly was a brain work out.
Books can be read anywhere…
...any table, any chair..... which is what we found out in our extreme reading challenge in Key Stage 2. Well done Key Stage 2 you came up with some very inventive ways to read a book. A huge thank you to all the parents who came along to our book fair last week, it...
Mmmm Pancakes!
In RE, Nightingales have been finding out about Shrove Tuesday. This of course meant we had to try some pancakes with a variety of toppings. We talked about what we would give up for Lent. Chocolate was of course popular and so were crisps and sweets. Some did say...
G’day Mate!
We celebrated Australia Day in Nightingales as part of our 'Down Under' topic. We made Australian flags, sang 'Waltzing Matilda, danced to The Wiggles and ate and made lamington cakes. We all had a bonzer day!
Have yourselves a very merry Christmas!
We've had a great time in Nightingales this term. We would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and see you all in 2016.
A Present for the Baby.
Everyone took part in our Key Stage 1 Christmas performance. It was a real team effort by the children and staff. Thank you to them all and thank you to all the adults who supported their child at home to learn their lines, the songs and organise costumes. Have a very...
Ho ho ho! It’s party time!
We had a great time at our Key Stage 1 Christmas party. We played games, danced and ate party food. That is not all a very important, and busy, visitor came to see us. Santa! He asked us our name, if we had been good (which we obviously have - phew!) and asked what we...
Respecting Rights
Here is Nightingales new class charter.
Pudsey Power!
It's been Pudsey Power all the way in Nightingales today. The children have had a great day. Thank you for all your support in dressing up the children and your kind donations to a very good cause.
Nightingales perform The Enormous Turnip
In RE this week, we brought to a close our Autumn theme. We have been learning a song and today we got to choose which character we would be and made a mask. Afterwards we performed our song. Here is a short snippet. We hope you like it....