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
Important: Feedback and Changes to Home Learning
28/1/21 Dear Parents / Carers Thank you to everyone who completed our home learning survey; your feedback is very much appreciated. On behalf of all the staff, thank you for your recognition of the effort we are making to ensure your children continue to learn while...
Year 2 Home Learning 28.1.21
Good morning Year 2. Live Meets this morning are at 9.30 and 11.00am. Here is your work for today: English- Main task- Extended writing. Change the ending of the story Hansel and Gretel. We will look at this during our Live Meet at 9.30am. Maths- Google Classroom-...
Hooray for Arrays!
Look at these fabulous examples from Year 2 home learners of using arrays to work out multiplication sentences. 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.
Delicious, juicy sweets for Year 2!
Today during our live learning, Year 2 have been creating expanded noun phrases. We thought about the gingerbread house in the story of Hansel and Gretel and used lots of adjectives to describe the sweets. by Leona Milkins ...
Look who’s talking in Year 2!
In Year 2 children have been working hard at home practising using speech marks. We have been learning about traditional tales this term so we thought about things the characters would say. We even thought of words we could use to replace the word said. Here is some...
Year 2 Home Learning 27.1.21
Good morning Year 2. Live Meets this morning are at 9.30 and 11.00am. Here is your work for today: English- GAP- Adverbs. Read the sentences and choose the appropriate adverb for that sentence. English- Main task- Write expanded noun phrases to describe the sweets....
Important Information for Parents/Carers 26.1.21
26/01/21 Dear parents / carers As you may be aware we have had to close two class bubbles this week due to pupils in school testing positive for COVID. The pupils and staff from these classes now need to self- isolate for 10 days. Staff have started the process of...
Year 2 Home Learning 26.1.21
Good morning Year 2. Live Meets this morning are at 9.30 and 11.00am. Here is your work for today: English- GAP- Adverbs. Write sentences using adverbs. English- Main task- Speech marks. Write speech for the characters and put speech marks in the correct place. We...
Brilliant Balancing
This term in PE, year 2 are doing some gymnastics. Today the children started off by learning a variety of 2, 3 and 4 point balances. The children worked hard to make sure their balances were stable and they tried to straighten their arms and legs and point their...
Year 2 Home Learning 25.1.21
Good morning Year 2. Live Meets this morning are at 9.30 and 11.00am. Here is your work for today: English- GAP- Adverbs. Complete the sentences with adverbs. We will look at adverbs during our first Meet at 9.30. English- Main task- Watch the link. Compare how Hansel...
Windy Winners!
It's been another fantastic and productive week both inside and outside of school; we are keen to continue to showcase the excellent work that our children are doing both at school and whilst at home remote learning. Therefore, Windy Winners will now have two winners...
Upcycling from home!
This week in Year 2, both children in school and online have been learning about recycling and why it is important not to waste materials. We learnt how to use rubbish to make something useful. Children in year 2 created pencil pot holders from different materials...