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.
Where in the world…
Today Nightingales have been finding out about the 5 oceans and 7 continents of the world. They have also located the United Kingdom and Ghana. They also matched flags to their countries. Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and...
Growth Mindset in Nightingales
Today in Nightingales we have been comparing growth mindset with fixed mindset. We worked in groups to sort statements into the correct columns. We watched a video to learn about how we can expand our brains. Follow the link below: Your brain is like a muscle - Big...
Nightingales research non-fiction books features
Nightingales have been researching the features of non-fiction books. They discovered that most non-fiction books have: headings, sub-headings, photographs, diagrams, labels, captions, an index, a glossary and a contents page. Article 29: Your education should help...
Windy Winners!
Our Monthly Value this month is 'Tolerance' and the children have been learning about this through assemblies and just daily life around school. Top Readers and Attitudes were our weekly awards. A huge well done to all our children this week. Class Top Attitude Top...
Keeping Safe Online
Safer Internet Day was on Tuesday 8th February this year. The theme for this year was 'All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online'. In all areas of the school our children participated in a range of activities such as: quizzes, comprehensions and...
Growth Mindset in KS1
Dear Parent/ Carer After the half-term break we are having a Growth Mindset re-launch. We introduced this a few years ago and it is still at the heart of everything we do in school but the re-launch will give us the opportunity to be more explicit. We are teaching the...
Future Researchers, Designers and Builders in Nightingales
In Nightingales we have been very busy this week finding out about how to build a vehicle that could travel at least 50cm. We researched different types of vehicles in groups. We wrote down as many vehicles as we could such as ambulance, lorry, coach, bus, car and...
Performance Poetry in Nightingales
Today we have been learning a poem to perform to the rest of the class. We worked in groups to work out who would perform each part and then helped each other with ideas to perform it. Some children even memorised their words. It was lots of fun and we know what it...
WN PTFA Annual General Meeting
Windy Nook PTFA will be holding their Annual General Meeting on Thursday 10th March 2022, 4- 5pm, at Windy Nook Primary School. All welcome. For further information, please contact the PTFA directly on p.t.f.a.windy@outlook.com Please let us know if you would like to...
Windy Winners!
This week our children were awarded for being 'Top Investigators' with our other award for a 'Top Effort' As always, it's a huge well done to all of our winners. Class Top Effort Top Investigator Dragonflies Jackson Isaac Ladybirds Mercedes George ...
Hands on with handspans in Nightingales
Today Nightingales have been in investigating in Maths. We used our new measuring skills. The statement we investigated was, "Jace has the biggest handspan in the class. True or false?" We checked everyone's handspan measurement accurately and put our results into a...
Investigating Forces in Nightingales
This week Nightingales have been investigating how the gradient of a ramp impacts on the distance a car can travel. We started by exploring the movement of objects on different surfaces. Then we set up our investigation using 3 blocks, a ramp and a car. Everyone had a...