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.
Windy Winners!
Last week our children had the opportunity to showcase their maths skills. Congratulations to our Top Mathematician and Top Attitude winners! Windy Winners 15.9.22 Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go to school to...
Learning about our senses in science
This week, the children in KS1 have been discussing our five senses: touch, sight, smell, taste and hearing. We focused on touch this week. We talked about how we can feel and touch things with both our hands and feet. We explored our sense of touch outside by finding...
Golden Fridays!
Windy Nook has a brand new Golden Table! Two children from each class are selected each week to sit at the table to eat their lunch. To be chosen they need to show fantastic manners, be polite and respectful and be kind and caring to their friends. Children chosen...
First Week Back!
Wow it's Friday already! The children have settled straight back into school this week and as usual they have been an absolute credit. It was great to see so many smiling faces as they met up with their friends and made some new ones as well. They have loved being in...
PTFA Summer Fun Day
At the end of the last school year, the PTFA hosted a Summer Fun Day for the school community. The children had loads of fun breaking rules, splatting staff, trying their luck on the tombola and scoring goals at the penalty shoot out. With your help, a massive £660...
Happy Holidays Everyone
We would just like to take this opportunity to wish all of a community a very happy and restful summer holiday. Article 31: You have the right to play and rest.
Good Luck to Ladybirds and Dragonflies of 2021-2022!
EYFS and KS1 have had a fantastic celebration to end the term, we had fun dancing with the speaker and playing with our friends. Early Years finished the day with an ice cream as our kindness jar was full. Have a lovely summer everyone! Article 28: You have the right...
Celebrating Diversity
In celebration of the diversity of our community at Windy Nook, children have been working to paint flags to represent the varying linguistic and cultural heritage of some of our families. They are going to be placed on display in the school hall in the next academic...
School Games Mark Platinum Award!
Each year, our school applies for the school games mark, which is a nationally recognised value mark for PE and school sport. Over the last couple of years, the school games mark hasn't ran due to Covid. However, prior to Covid we had achieved Gold in the school games...
Let’s go fly a kite!
In Nightingales this week children have been using their knowledge of materials to make a kite for Barnaby Bear. They looked at different materials before choosing which would be strong enough. Then they went outside to test their kites. Comparable test Article 12:...
School Games Day!
Yesterday, children across the whole school came together to celebrate School Games Day. Each class was assigned a country and came dressed in the colours of their countries' flags. This year's School Games Day was focused on Paralympic and disability sport. In the...
Travel Information from Tyne & Wear Metro
Some great free travel information from Tyne & Wear Metro. Please click on the link below to download the flyer: Tyne and Wear Metro_Take the kids for free poster