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.
Spooky Goings on in KS1
The children loved showing off their spooky halloween costumes today. We loved the t-shirt designs. They were spooktacular! Article 15: You have the right to choose your own friends and join or set up groups, as long as it isn't harmful to...
Times Tables support KS1
Times Tables links to games and songs 3x table rap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzVyBQ5uTbo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyqWKt89Je4 5x table rap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8qZ66l_bhA 2x table rap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGWMPqh04o4...
Windy Winners!
This week our focus has been on a Top Reflector and it' a fantastic way of demonstrating speaking and listening skills. Top Attitude was our other award and it's always a difficult one to give out because all of our children demonstrate 'Top Attitudes' on a daily...
Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones…
In Science Nightingales have been learning about our skeletons. We can name lots of our bones and we know why our bones are so important. Today we used art straws to create the skeleton. Look at the amazing results! Article 28: You have the right to a good quality...
Smartie Pants!
Today Nightingales have been learning about division using the power of smarties! We used the smarties as counters to work out division calculations. We worked out that we needed an even number of smarties to share equally between 2 people. There were empty plates by...
Adventurous Adverbs!
Today Nightingales have been learning about adverbs. We started by reminding ourselves about verbs by doing our verb rap. Then, we took turns to act out our adverbs. Children took turns to walk angrily, anxiously, cheerfully, fearfully and grumpily. Can you match the...
Our Autumn Walk
Nightingales enjoyed a walk around the school grounds looking for signs of Autumn. On our way we thought of adjectives to describe our findings. Back at school we wrote a recount of our travels and we are fabulous at writing expanded noun phrases like 'amber, crunchy...
Halloween T-Shirt Competition & Dress Up or Down Day
Calling all witches, wizards, skeletons and ghosts. Halloween is almost here! To celebrate, Windy Nook PTFA would love the children of Windy Nook primary School to design a Halloween themed t-shirt. It could be anything Halloween related e.g. a pumpkin, ghost, mummy,...
The Great Fire of London Houses
In history Nightingales have been finding out about the Great Fire of London. We have been creating our own 'burning' houses too. Just look at the results. They are fabulous! Article 17: You have the right to get information that is important to your well-being, from...
Golden Time Lego Club
In Lego Club KS1 have had a building frenzy! A well-deserved reward on a Friday afternoon for all their hard work! Article 15: You have the right to choose your own friends and join or set up groups, as long as it isn't harmful to others. Article 13: You have...
London’s Burning! Send for the Nightingales!
In Nightingales we have been learning about the Great Fire of London. We have been comparing the fire services in 1666 to our services today. We experienced how difficult it must have been to put out the fire by passing containers of water down the line. It was so...
Windy Winners!
It's been another amazing week in Windy Nook! The focus has been on science and our children have had the opportunities to display these key skills. Our other award this week was for Top Effort, so well done, as always to our Winners! Windy winners 7.10.21 Class Top...