Welcome to Nightingales
Teachers: Miss Thompson, Mrs Welsh and Mrs McDonald
Welcome to Nightingales!
Welcome to Nightingales! We want our classroom to be a happy, friendly place where children are encouraged to feel confident, cared for and excited about learning. In Nightingales, we love celebrating achievements, supporting one another and helping every child to do their very best. We look forward to sharing lots of wonderful learning experiences and making happy memories together throughout the year!
Year 2 Homework
Homework is set every Friday and should be completed and returned by the following Thursday. Year 2 children will complete activities from their CPG books, alternating weekly between Maths and English tasks.
Year 1 Homework
During the first term, Year 1 children will take part in a ‘Pick and Mix’ style homework programme. Each week, children can choose an activity they would like to complete. Homework will be given out on a Friday and should be returned by the following Thursday.
Spellings
A spelling overview will be sent home at the beginning of each half term, outlining all the spellings children will be learning. Children will also receive a weekly spelling list containing that week’s focus words. Regular practice at home will help children to become confident and successful spellers.
Reading
Children should read at home every day for a minimum of 10 to 15 minutes.
Daily reading is vital for developing children’s fluency, vocabulary and comprehension skills. We encourage families to make reading a regular and enjoyable part of their child’s daily routine.
PE
PE Day: Wednesday
This term, PE lessons will be taught by Mr Peden. Please ensure that children have the correct PE kit in school each week.
We appreciate your support and look forward to working together to help every child achieve their very best.
Resources:
Must Reads KS1 master copy
https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/2/Year-2
https://www.thereaderteacher.com/year2
KS1’s The Great Fire of London Parent Workshop
To end our topic London's Burning we invited our parents into school to take part in a workshop to create houses from 1666 when The Great Fire of London took place. The children used a cereal box for the main structure of the house along with paper, card, cellotape,...
Year 2 Homework 27.10.23
English Homework – Page 20 Remember to practise reading. Spellings can be practised by logging in to Spelling Shed. Maths Homework – Page 46 Times Tables Test 3x mixed Friday 10th November Homework needs to be in by Wednesday 8th October All login details are in...
Windy Winners!
This week our awards were for Top Reader and Top Growth Investigator. Well done to all of our winners Class Top Reader Top Investigator Dragonflies (Phonics) Francesca Lily Ladybirds (Phonics) Lilly Oscar Robins Louie Hudson Owls Ariadne ...
Year 2 Homework 20.10.23
English Homework – Page 3 Remember to practise reading. Spellings can be practised by logging in to Spelling Shed. Maths Homework – Page 26 Times Tables Test 2x, 5x, 10x mixed next Friday Homework needs to be in by Wednesday 25th October All login details are in...
Growth Mindset Relaunch
At Windy Nook, we know that one of the most important tools to help us learn is our growth mindset. This week, Key Stages One and Two took part in activities to remind us how to use our growth mindset to help us succeed. Fist we had an assembly where we heard the...
Making Skeletons in Key Stage One
This half term in science, key stage one have been learning all about the human body. We have learnt about the parts of our bodies, faces and skeletons. The pictures below show us having fun and learning how to build our own skeleton, placing the bones in the correct...
Harvest in KS1
This half term KS1 have been learning about Judaism and harvest in our R.E. lessons. The photographs show us making banners with symbols of Christian harvest celebrations. Next week, we will learn about how Jewish people celebrate the harvest. Article 29: Your...
National Day of Spain launches Windy Nook Spanish
Ayer en Windy Nook, celebramos el el día nacional de españa. Yesterday in Windy Nook, we celebrated National Day of Spain. Ahora, los niños aprenden español en ves de frances en nuestro colegio. Now, children learn Spanish instead of French in our school. Para...
Smarties in Maths
Year 2 have been very smart this week in Maths. We have been using smarties to learn about division. We have also learned that multiplication is the inverse of division. When we had finished we were very kind and shared them out so we could eat them. Article...
Nightingales and Bees Homework 13.10.23
English Homework – Page18 Remember to practise reading. Spellings can be practised by logging in to Spelling Shed. Maths Homework – Page 24 Times Tables Test 2x, 5x, 10x mixed next Friday Homework needs to be in by Wednesday 18th October All login details are in...
Year 2 Homework
English Homework - Page16 Remember to practise reading. Spellings can be practised by logging in to Spelling Shed. Maths Homework – Page 7 Times Tables Test 5x next Friday Homework needs to be in by Wednesday 11th Cctober All login details are in Homework folders or...
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...