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
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...
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 -...