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!
Congratulations to all of our winners this week. Our two awards this week were for a Top Reflector and a Top Attitude. Class Top Attitude Top Reflector Dragonflies Gia Jaxon Ladybirds Max Finn Robins Savannah Bo Owls Mikey Isla Nightingales ...
Easter Egg Winners!
It's a huge well done to all of our Easter Egg Winners this year. We'd also like to say a huge thanks as well to everyone who entered. 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....
March Walk to School Badges
This month children across the school continued to make active trips to earn their March walk to school badge. As a school, we recorded 4187 active trips and 206 children were awarded their badge. Article 24: You have the right to the best quality...
Easter Egg Competition 2022
We have had some fantastic entries into this years competition. We have loved seeing all the amazing designs. A huge thank you to all the families who have taken part. Winners will be announced later this week. Article 28: You have the right to a good quality...
Discovering Detectives in Nightingales
In Nightingales we have been reading Julia Donaldson's book 'The Highway Rat'. Yesterday we wrote expanded noun phrases to describe the appearance and the character of the Highway Rat. Today we have been detectives asking questions to find out more about the criminal...
Windy Winners!
This week our children were rewarded for being 'Top Writers' and all the staff agreed that it was a difficult choice. 'Top Effort' certificates were also given and these were for a variety excellence across the curriculum. Well done as always to our winners. Class ...
Cricket Taster Sessions in KS1 and LKS2
This week, children in KS1 and LKS2 were lucky enough to have a visit from Durham Cricket Club. The coaches gave them some information about the cricket clubs that they offered in the local area and then gave the children a taster of what attending one of these clubs...
Exploring sounds in music
This week in music we have been exploring high and low pitched sounds. We used body percussion before moving onto the instruments. There are so many ways to use our instruments! We enjoyed taking turns to be the orchestra and the audience. Article 29: Your...
Hunting for right angles in KS1
We have been learning about right angles in Nightingales. We had to hunt around the class with our 'right angle tiger' to find objects with right angles. We linked this with learning about quarter and half turns, clockwise and anti-clockwise and in the afternoon we...
Windy Winners!
This week our focus was on a 'Top Geographer' and this gave our children the opportunity to show us their understanding of the physical features of the earth. Our other award was for a 'Top Attitude' and children have demonstrated this through a variety of different...
KS1 BeeBot Programming
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 17: You have the right to get information that is important to your well-being,...
Looking after each other in KS1
In RE we have been learning about the story of Esther who had to find the courage to stand up for the Jewish people. Today Jewish people celebrate her bravery during Purim. We thought about how we could stand up for our friends. We acted out different scenarios...