Welcome to Nightingales
Teachers: Miss Thompson, Mrs Welsh and Mrs McDonald
Welcome to Nightingales!
Welcome to Nightingales! We want our classroom to be a happy, friendly place where children are encouraged to feel confident, cared for and excited about learning. In Nightingales, we love celebrating achievements, supporting one another and helping every child to do their very best. We look forward to sharing lots of wonderful learning experiences and making happy memories together throughout the year!
Year 2 Homework
Homework is set every Friday and should be completed and returned by the following Thursday. Year 2 children will complete activities from their CPG books, alternating weekly between Maths and English tasks.
Year 1 Homework
During the first term, Year 1 children will take part in a ‘Pick and Mix’ style homework programme. Each week, children can choose an activity they would like to complete. Homework will be given out on a Friday and should be returned by the following Thursday.
Spellings
A spelling overview will be sent home at the beginning of each half term, outlining all the spellings children will be learning. Children will also receive a weekly spelling list containing that week’s focus words. Regular practice at home will help children to become confident and successful spellers.
Reading
Children should read at home every day for a minimum of 10 to 15 minutes.
Daily reading is vital for developing children’s fluency, vocabulary and comprehension skills. We encourage families to make reading a regular and enjoyable part of their child’s daily routine.
PE
PE Day: Wednesday
This term, PE lessons will be taught by Mr Peden. Please ensure that children have the correct PE kit in school each week.
We appreciate your support and look forward to working together to help every child achieve their very best.
Resources:
Must Reads KS1 master copy
https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/2/Year-2
https://www.thereaderteacher.com/year2
KS1 Art Club- Vehicle Creations!
KS1 Art Club were busy last term creating some vehicles linking to their topic, 'Trains, planes and automobiles'. The children were excellent at thinking creatively and thoroughly enjoyed getting to design their own vehicle. Take a look below! Article 31- Rest,...
Windy Winners!
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More fun on World Book Day!
As you'll see in another post, World Book Day was celebrated enthusiastically by staff and children at Windy Nook this week! 3rd March is a day to revel in a love of books and reading, to celebrate the amazing places books can take us and to share our favourite...
World Book Day at Windy Nook!
What a wonderful World Book Day we had at Windy Nook! On 3rd March, along with children all over the country and many parts of the world, the Windy Nookers celebrated the joy and wonder of books. The children had brilliant costumes of many great characters from story...
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...