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.
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...
Windy Winners!
A huge well done to all of our winners this week - Top Sporstperson and our Value of the Month, which was Friendship. Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go to school to the highest level you can. Class Value -...
Windy Nook Sports Day
Today we hosted our annual sports day for children in Reception all the way through to year 6. The children took part in 6 different activities as part of a carousel. They were: sprints, vortex howler throw, egg and spoon race, standing long jump, obstacle relay and...
KS1 Visit St Alban’s
KS1 have been learning about Christian churches and their role in the community. Today we visited St Alban's church. Reverend Danie told us all about her job and the children learned about the parts of the church. They sang and danced and some of the children even...
Nightingales Art – Banksy
In art this week, Nightingales have creating artwork on different surfaces using stencils, pastels and charcoal. The children could create their nature-inspired artwork on cardboard, school walls and newspaper. The children thoroughly enjoyed this lesson and showed...
Cricket Taster Sessions
Before half term children across KS1 and KS2 got the opportuni9ty to take part in crocket tasters with Mr Mawson who came on behalf of Durham Cricket Club. He did a range of cricket activities to give them an idea of what clubs outside of school may be like. Felling...
A visit from St Albans Church
This week, we had a visit from Lynn and Ken at St Albans Church as part of our Christianity topic. They talked about the many ways they help people at St Albans Church and how they worship as Christians. They share stories from the Bible and help to look after our...
A visit from Professor Brainstorm
Throughout science week, all of the children had a visit from Professor Brainstorm. He explained and demonstrated lots of different investigations focusing on various scientific areas. Professor Brainstorm was very knowledgeable and the children learned some new...