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
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...
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....