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:
Our PE day is Tuesday – children come into school wearing their PE kit on this day.
Homework – KS1 – Owls, Robins and Nightingales
Spellings are given out on Monday and expected to be practised regularly during the week. Spelling test is on Friday morning.
If you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask.
Maths
Nightingales shoebox gift
As part of our P.S.H.E. curriculum, and to link into the Christmas Shoebox Appeal, Nightingales have planned and made their own class shoebox to send to needy children in another country. Lots of children brought in warm hat or gloves, notebooks, pens, toothpaste,...
Creating 3D Snowman Shapes in Year 2
Year 2 have been learning about 3D shapes. Today the children were given a net that they had to make into a 3D shape. It was very tricky and took a lot of patience but look at the results! Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should...
Betty O’Barley & Harry O’Hay
Article 28: You have the right to a good education. In Year 2 we are using the brilliant book 'The Scarecrow's Wedding' by Julia Donaldson to think about character personalities and emotions. We hot seated Betty O'Barley to find out how she felt when her true love,...
Hot Seat Betty!
We have been reading the Scarecrow's wedding by Julia Donaldson. Today we were thinking about how poor Betty felt when Harry disappeared just before their wedding! The children thought of words like anxious, devastated, apprehensive and furious! Heidi became Betty...
Times Tables Fun!
Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. We have had lots of times tables fun in Year 2 today. We were set times tables challenges to help us learn in a fun way. We played 'doubles bingo' (and there was a prize!), we were active and jumped up and...
Sharing Smarties
Today Year 2 have been looking art ways to share smarties and write division calculations. We have been sharing 6, 8 and 12 smarties in different ways. Then of course we had to eat them! Yum yum! Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should...
Searching for signs of Autumn…
Year 2 have been outside looking for signs that Autumn is here. We were amazed by what we found! We stumbled across conkers, fir cones and piles of leaves. The children thought of lots of adjectives to describe our findings such as, shiny, smooth, crimson, crunchy,...
What’s it like to be a grandad?
As part of our topic in KS1, 'Me and My Family', the children have been thinking about different roles within the family. We had a visitor in school who is part of our school community and is a grandad to four of our pupils. The children had prepared questions to...
Book Buddies Begin
KS1 book buddy lunchtime library sessions started this week. Year 6 pupils run the lunchtime library sessions for each of the KS1 classes (Monday - Nightingales, Tuesday - Robins, Wednesday - Owls). The children can come along choose a book, sit and read quietly with...
Sequencing Sandwiches
Today Year 2 were sequencing instructions to explain how to make a jam sandwich. We used time words to help organise the instructions and even thought of Top Tips to help others. We seem to have some top chefs in the making... Article 29: Your education should...
Year 2 Speed Calc
Year 2 have settled in very quickly and are hard at work focused on 'Speed Calc'.