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.
Welcome to the Nightingales!
We’ve had a great week welcoming both familiar and new faces to Nightingales. Everyone has settled in quickly and we are so proud of each and every one of them. We've had a busy first week reminding ourselves of the routines and working hard in all of our subjects. We...
Hello Summer Happiness
A summer holiday workbook created to help empower you to manage your own happiness by developing your emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence means understanding your feelings and knowing how to handle them in a good way. It's like being a feelings detective...
Water Safety Day
Please click on the link below for further information or should you require a paper version then please just ask at reception: water safety day
Gateshead School Sports Awards
Last week, some of our children were lucky enough to attend the Gateshead School Sports Awards at The Fed. We had 2 individual award winners- Riley for Young Primary Achiever of the year and Emilia McDonald who was highly commended for Primary Young Sport Leader. Our...
Magical Maths in Nightingales
This week, Nightingales and Bees have been practising their addition skills by playing different maths games. We have had to use our understanding of place value as well as our addition, applying our problem solving and strategic thinking to try to score points...
Year 2 Homework 28.6.24
English Homework - conjunction sheet Remember to practise reading. Maths Homework – Symmetry sheet TT Rockstars- in their Maths homework book. Homework needs to be in by Wednesday 3.7.24 Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and...
Windy Winners!
A huge well do to all of our winners this week. Top Sportsperson and our monthly value: Top Friendship. Windy Winners 27.6.24 Class Value - Friendship Top Sportsperson Dragonflies Haroon Thomas Ladybirds Millie Layla Robins Liliana Louie Owls Enya George...
Olympics Day!
On Wednesday, we held an Olympics Day to celebrate the upcoming summer games. As part of this, children all came dressed in the colours of an Olympic country and made flags and banners in class for our final parade. They also took part in a number of physical...
Sports Day 2024!
On Monday, we were lucky enough to have our sports day. 3 representatives from the GSSP came into set up and run the day with a range of exciting activities. In the morning, KS1 began to earn points for their house teams with the Rubies gaining the most in the morning...
Year 2 Homework 7.6.24
English Homework - Page 40 Remember to practise reading. Maths Homework – Page 38 TT Rockstars- in their Maths homework book. Homework needs to be in by Wednesday 12th June Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities. It...
Plant Hunters in KS1
This afternoon, the weather was finally dry enough for Robins, Owls and Nightingales to get out into our amazing school grounds and explore. We were looking for some of the many different types of plants in our school grounds to complete this term's science topic. We...
Money, Money, Money in Year 2
This week, Bees and Nightingales classes have been learning all about money in maths. We have been recapping recognising coins, counting money and making amounts of money. We have really enjoyed working practically and having the opportunity to explore different ways...