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.
A Special Visitor in Key Stage One
This half term, Key Stage One have been learning about the Jewish festival of Purim. We were lucky enough to have a visitor from the Jewish community visit our school to tell us all about why and how Purim is celebrated. The children enjoyed listening to the stories...
Researching Ghana in Year 2
This week, Bees and Nightingales have been researching to find out lots of different information about Ghana. We started the week learning about the differences between fiction and non fiction texts, identifying the different features of both and sorting a range of...
Windy Winners!
A huge well done to all of our winners this week: 'Top Effort and Top Writers'. 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. Class Top Effort Top Writer Handwriter ...
Year 2 Homework 22.3.24
English Homework – Page 4 Remember to practise reading. Spellings can be practised by logging in to Spelling Shed. Maths Homework – Page 53 Practise 2, 5, 3 x tables. Your child has their TT Rockstar login in their Maths homework book. Homework needs to be in by...
Comic Relief at Windy Nook
Staff and children at Windy Nook made a great effort on Friday to support comic relief, with many wearing red to support the day. Children shared their best jokes in a competition which saw a winner chosen from each class. As well as the show of support in clothing...
Science Week 2024
Last week the children all took part in this year's science week. This year the theme of British Science Week was time and the children had lots of fun across school taking part in different live lessons and mini practical investigations, some of which were related to...
Year 2 Homework
English Homework - Page 9 Remember to practise reading. Spellings can be practised by logging in to Spelling Shed. Maths Homework – Page 14 Practise 2, 5, 3 x tables. Your child has their TT Rockstar login in their Maths homework book. Homework needs to be in by...
#LetGirlsPlay Celebration Day
On Friday, we celebrated a national event by taking part in the #LetGirlsPlay campaign. This campaign is designed to help get more girls involved in football and address some of the gender inequalities that currently exist. As part of this day, children had an...
Sorting 3D shapes
Year 2 have been busy looking at properties of 3D shapes, using them to sort the shapes in different ways. We have been using Venn diagrams and Carroll diagrams to think about edges, vertices and surfaces of shapes. We even created our own labels for each other to...
Windy Winners!
A huge well done to all of our winners for both this week and last. 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. Class Top Effort Top Reader Handwriter Dragonflies Haroon...
Nightingales Homework 8.3.24
English Homework – Page 12 & 13 Remember to practise reading. Spellings can be practised by logging in to Spelling Shed. Maths Homework – Page 44 Practise 2, 5, 3 x tables. Your child has their new TT Rockstar login in their Maths homework book. Homework needs to...
Year 2 Homework 1.3.24
English Homework - Page 43 Remember to practise reading. Spellings can be practised by logging in to Spelling Shed. Maths Homework – Page 39 Practise 2, 5, 3 x tables. Your child has their new TT Rockstar login in their Maths homework book. Homework needs to be in by...