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
Mental Health and Wellbeing
As we settle into our new routines, we realise that the current circumstances impact all of our pupils differently. Your child's wellbeing and mental health are very important to us, and we would like to support families to maintain their child's wellbeing, or seek...
Nightingales and Bees home learning 22.1.21
Good morning Year 2 and happy Friday! Here is your work for today: English- Spelling Test, we will complete this on our first meet. English- Main task- Write a different type of sentences based on the picture of the cottage. Maths- Google classroom- Solve the...
Wombling in Year 2
Year 2 have been learning about waste in our environment. We looked at ways to upcycle our 'rubbish' so there is less waste. We found egg boxes to make into maths games and old containers to make into plant pots! We have been upcycling yogurt pots to make pencil...
Staff Testing Programme
21/01/21 Dear parents / carers As of Monday 25th January, school staff are being asked to take COVID tests twice weekly at home. 1 in 3 people are asymptomatic and the DFE and NHS are hoping that by testing school staff they will be able to reduce the spread of the...
Home Learning Survey
Dear parents and carers, Thank you so much for all of your support as we navigate managing home learning and in school provision once again. As ever, we have at the heart of the decisions we make what we believe to be best for the children at Windy Nook. Our aim is to...
Nightingales and Bees home learning 21.1.21
Good morning Year 2. Here is your work for today: English- GAP- Complete the contraction word sums. English- Main task- Tick the features for each traditional tale. We will discuss this on our first meet. Maths- google classroom. Use column method to work out the...
Nightingales and Bees home learning 20.1.21
Good morning year 2. Here is today's work: English- GAP- Complete the contraction word sums. English- Main task- Highlight the rhyming words in the text and then come up with some other words that rhyme with them. Maths- Google classroom- Complete the subtracting in...
Nightingales and Bees home learning 19.1.21
Good morning Year 2. Here is your work for today: English- GAP- Contractions. Write the non contracted version of the word. We will go through some examples of these on our google meet. English- Main task- Read the full story of Hansel and Gretel and answer the...
Home Learning Reading Books January 2021
Home Learning Reading books KS1 We have uploaded some of the RWinc reading books to the class pages on the website so they can be accessed at home. Your child’s teacher will text you this week to let you know which colour book to access. Please choose one book a week...
Latest info for parents/carers 18.1.21
18/01/21 Dear parents / carers Thank you for your continued support with both home learning and learning in school. Last week we experienced some technical difficulties with access to our online learning, however, we are hopeful they have been resolved. Mrs. Hope will...
Nightingales and Bees Home learning 18.1.21
Good morning Year 2, I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Here is your work for today: English- Spelling- Look at your spelling list for this week and practice them using one of the suggested ways. English -Main task- Hansel and Gretel reading on google classroom....
Online Reading Books for Early Years & KS1
Just a quick reminder that we highly recommend the Oxford Owl online book website. It is excellent and has many free online books from phonic based reading schemes. This will support your child's reading development at home. You will need to register first. Remember...