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!
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...
Measuring Madness!
This week Nightingales have been learning how to measure accurately. They started by measuring simple lines and progressed to measuring objects around the classroom. Today they worked with their partners to measure parts of their bodies. They learned some new...
Windy Winners!
Our children had the opportunity to show-off their language skills this week as our feature award was for a 'Top Linguist'. We also awarded 'Top Attitude' as well; this is a fantastic certificate to receive. Well done everyone! Class Top Attitude Top Linguist ...
January Walk to School Badges
Last month children across the school completed 2,832 active trips with 174 children earning their WOW walk to school badges for January. Active trips include walking/wheeling, cycling/scooting and park and stride. All of these options have a range of benefits as well...
Fabulous Fractions!
Nightingales have been learning about fractions this week. We went outside in the playground and shared 4 children between 4 circles. The children knew that this meant 1 circle had one quarter of 4 children and 3 circles had three quarters of children. Then we tried...
Windy Winners!
This week we presented our value of the month 'Perseverance'. It is part of our growth mind-set which sits at the very heart of our learning ethos. Our two weekly awards this week were for a 'Top Historian' and 'Top Effort'. With that said, it's a huge well done to...
Dancing Superstars in KS1
We have thoroughly enjoyed our Dance unit in PE this half term. We have worked together to create and perform dances using simple movement patterns. We learned how to 'travel' to music and create 'gestures'. Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education....
Making Melodies in Nightingales
This week Nightingales have been budding musicians. We have been practising slow and fast beats and incorporated instruments into our beats. We even had two conductors to guide. Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and...
Windy Winners!
Last week our children took on the role as a Top Researcher - the winners were chosen through our history topics. Our supporting award was for a Top Attitude. Finally our Year 5 Top Swimmers received their certificates as well. Class Top Attitude Top Researcher ...
Confident Coders in Nightingales
Nightingales have been learning about coding. They practised logging on to Google classroom first on our Chrome books and found their task. They can still use the link if they want to try a bit more coding at home. Article 28: You have the right to a good quality...