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:
Our PE day is Tuesday – children come into school wearing their PE kit on this day.
Homework – KS1 – Owls, Robins and Nightingales
Spellings are given out on Monday and expected to be practised regularly during the week. Spelling test is on Friday morning.
If you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask.
Maths
Spaghetti Towers!
Today in Maths the Nightingales have been using their measuring skills to create towers using spaghetti and marshmallows. They learned that the base of the tower needed to be wider than the top and their measuring needed to be accurate. The marshmallows were tasty...
Investigating Materials in Nightingales
Today Nightingales have been learning about the properties of materials. They have learned vocabulary such as transparent, translucent and opaque and have been sorting materials into groups using these words. They used a variety of microscopes to look closer at the...
Celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
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 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go...
Wants and Needs in Nightingales
This week the children in Nightingales have been learning about the value of money and have been discussing the difference between wants and needs. They have also been learning how to prioritise what they can buy with a budget. Article 12: You have the right to give...
Diorama Workshop in Nightingales
We have had such an exciting week in Nightingales. As part of our research about The Great Barrier Reef the children invited their parents into school to make a diorama depicting a coral reef of their own. We were thrilled with the results! Article 12: You have the...
Nightingales go to Washington Wetlands
Today Nightingales climbed on a coach and travelled to Washington Wetlands for a day out. As it was the first full day visit out of school they were very excited! We had a tour around the site with June who told the children lots of information about the wetland birds...
Windy Winners!
This week our children had the opportunity to showcase their geography skills. Our supplementary award was for a 'Top Effort'. As always, it's a huge well done to all of our winners! Class Top Effort Top Geographer Dragonflies Isabelle Emily Ladybirds ...
Celebrating the Queens Platinum Jubilee
Friday 27th May will see the whole school celebrating the Queens Platinum Jubilee. Children can come to school dressed in red, white and blue. A traditional Punch and Judy show has been arranged, singing by the school choir and sign squad, a royal parade, a picnic...
Windy Winners!
This week our children had the opportunity to display their knowledge of science (Top Scientist) and our additional award this week was for Top Attitude. We also need to make a special mention for our Year 6 children who completed their SATs; needless to say they all...
On the hunt!
The children in KS1 have been learning about animal habitats this half term and as part of this, we went on a minibeast hunt around the school grounds. We used a checklist and recorded the minibeasts that we saw. We also looked at the location of the minibeasts. Was...
Green Fingers! Our first week of Gardening club
Monday night was our first week of Gardening club and the KS1 children had so much fun! We worked together to prepare the soil, before planting and watering a variety of plants around the Chicken Coop - a memorial dedicated to Mrs Greaves. We would also like to thanks...
Making Music in Computing
Today Nightingales have been learning how to create music using a Purple Mash programme. They explored different ways to make music using a variety of instruments. They learned to speed up and slow down the sounds and created fantastic tunes. It sounded like an...