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
Mrs Preece’s Morning Class Tuesday 12th May
Good Morning Everyone! I hope you are all well. I'm missing seeing all your smiling faces each morning! Here’s your tasks for today. Warm up work out with Joe Wicks at 9am. English Handwriting – practise 3 lines of the letter z. Spelling In your red book use some of...
Important Information for Parents/Carers
I’m sure most of us watched the Prime Minister’s statement on Sunday evening in order to understand the next steps needed to support the country in the battle against COVID-19, whilst attempting to move forward as a society. From an education perspective, it was...
Mrs Ferry morning group 11.5.20
Morning All Your tasks for today are: Warm up with Joe Wicks English: Handwriting: using your handwriting sheets do 3 lines of joined handwriting practice for at, an, and Spelling: On Purple mash 2do - common exception words Grammar & Punctuation: On Purple Mash...
Mrs Preece’s Morning Class Monday 11th May
Good Morning Everyone! I hope you have all had a lovely Bank Holiday weekend! Here's your tasks for today. Warm up work out with Joe Wicks at 9am. English Handwriting - practise 3 lines of the letter y. Spelling- Go to Purple Mash- Spelling- Year 2- Summer 1- Week 5-...
Windy Nook’s Top Chef Challenge!
This week's whole school home learning challenge brings together cooking and computing! Computational thinking skills are very important to support our children's learning in computing, and a great way to develop these is to think of how we use algorithms in our...
Dance Unite
This year's Gateshead Dance Festival was unfortunately cancelled because of the corona virus pandemic. However, to make sure people are still dancing and are up on their feet and active Gateshead School Sports Partnership have come up with a virtual event called Dance...
V.E. Day
Tomorrow is a Bank Holiday, therefore, staff will not be setting any school tasks for the children; we all hope that ypu enjoy the long bank holiday weekend. This year, VE Day will coincide with the early May Day bank holiday, making it the perfect time to get...
Mrs Ferry morning group 7.5.20
Morning All Your tasks for today are: Warm up with Joe Wicks English: Handwriting: 2 lines of handwriting practice for x, y, z . Spelling: In your red book use the suffixes -er, -est, -ing, -ed to make 4 lists of your own words. Grammar & Punctuation: In your red...
Mrs Preece’s Morning Class Thursday 7th May
Good Morning Everyone! I've really enjoyed seeing your hard work. Here's your tasks for today. Warm up work out with Joe Wicks at 9am. English Handwriting - practise 3 lines of the letter x. Go to Purple Mash and read ‘Around the World in 80 Minutes’ chapter 4 and...
Fantastic maps!
Thank you to everyone that has taken the time to complete some of the geography activities from last week. Our map skills are fantastic with some amazing detail on them. Well done everyone and thank you to those parents and carers who have sent in photographs of their...
Mrs Preece’s Morning Class Wednesday 6th May
Good Morning Everyone! Well done for your hard work! Here's your tasks for today. Warm up work out with Joe Wicks at 9am. English Handwriting - practise 3 lines of the letter w. Go to Purple Mash and read ‘Around the World in 80 Minutes’ chapter 3 and complete the...
Mrs Ferry morning group 6.5.20
Morning All Your tasks for today are: Warm up with Joe Wicks English: Handwriting: 3 lines of handwriting practice for w. Spelling:2do on Purple Mash adding suffix -er, -est, -ing, -ed to words ending with y Grammar & Punctuation: In your red book write 2...