Welcome to Class 2 2024 -2025
School Games Live – Christmas Special!
We had so much fun joining in with County Durham Sports School Games Live Christmas Special. We loved seeing Leanne Kemp encouraging schools from all over County Durham to join in and keep fit! We all loved working up a sweat – including the teachers!
Christmas Nativity
A massive well done to all of our EYFS and KS1 on their amazing Christmas performance – Prickly Hay. We were all super proud of all of the children, a massive achievement for all of our super talented children!
A visit from Mrs Owens
As part of our Street Detectives topic in class 2 we have learnt all about our village and how it has changed over the years. We learnt about our school and how it was different in the past. As part of our history work we talked about what we would like to know about our school. We were then excited to learn that Mrs Owens came to our school 50 years ago! We all enjoyed asking Mrs Owens all about our school in the past. She answered lots of our questions, some of which we were shocked about!
Homework for Friday 13th December
This week in class we are working hard on rehearsing our nativity show. We are all working so hard to remember our lines and stage directions.
This week for homework we are asking that all children practise their lines, ensuring they know the words perfectly and also are able to speak at volume! Please refer to your child’s individual scripts.
We would also ask that you ensure that you read your child’s phonics books, words or cards at least once a week. Please record any reading in their green planner / diary.
Any questions, please ask.
Thank you for your continued support.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Traffic Survey with PCSO Sam
Today we carried out a traffic survey with our PCSO, Sam. We watched the vehicles travelling past school and counted how many went past. We discussed how important it is for drivers to drive slow past our school. PCSO also told us how to cross the road carefully. She also told us all about her job and how we can become a PCSO when are older! Thanks for inspiring a future career PCSO Sam!
Decorating the class Christmas Tree
We had lots of fun working together to decorate our class tree. It is wonderful! We are so excited for the festive season in class 2!
Homework for Friday 6th December
This week in class we are continuing our Science work of Animals, including humans. This week we are beginning to learn about amphibians and what is special about this type of animal.
Please work with your child to complete the task below.
If any equipment is needed, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Beebot
In Computing we are learning all about coding. We are writing down code then trying it out. This week we worked on finding a bug in the code and fixing it. Well done Class 2!
Reading Musical Notes
Look at us go … we can now read musical notes and clap out the rhythm. Well done class 2!
Homework for Friday 29th November
This week in class we are working hard on our knowledge of multiplication and division. We are reminding ourselves of the vocabulary relating to this area of mathematics.
Please work with you child to complete the task below.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Van Gogh Art Work
Today we took inspiration from Van Gogh’s Starry Night art work. As part of our street detectives topic we decided we would create our very own street art work. We used lots of different tools to create a textures night sky line. It looks amazing!
Homework for Friday 22nd November
This week in class we are learning all about the story of Cinderella. We have enjoyed listening to the story, discussing different versions of it and sequencing it.
This week for homework please work with your child to complete the below activity.
Any questions, please ask.
Thank you for your continued support.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Baking Cup Cakes
Today we followed a recipe to bake cup cakes as part of our Literacy work on reading non fiction texts. They were delicious!
Homework for Friday 15th November
This week in class we are enjoying our new science topic of animals including humans. We are enjoying discussing our prior knowledge and using it to help us learn more. We are very good at naming body parts and talking about our senses.
Please work with your child to complete the task below.
Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Poppy Art Work
We have enjoyed creating our very own poppy wreath ready to be displayed outside of school to show our respect for all of the fallen soldiers as part of our remembrance day service.
Walk around village – memorable experience
We enjoyed our walk in our local area as part of our memorable experience for our new cornerstones topic of Street Detectives. We loved looking at all of the different buildings and nature spots within our village. We can’t wait to learn all about them!
Homework for Friday 8th November
Welcome back – we hope you have all had a lovely half term!
This week for homework we are looking at our knowledge of counting and sequencing numbers. Please work with your child to complete the task below.
Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Welcome back!
We hope you had a lovely half term break and are excited for the new half term. We have lots to look forward to and are very excited to begin our new topic of Street Detectives!
Halloween Sports Event
We had lots of fun at our spooky sports event this week. We loved dressing up and taking part in lots of Halloween themed games!
Homework for Friday 25th October
This week in class 2 we are completing our rising stars assessments. The children are working hard to show us all that they know now. We are very impressed! Please note that as a result we will have NO SPELLINGS.
We are also looking forward to our Halloween multi skills event on Thursday.
This week we are having a Halloween themed homework to celebrate!
Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Gymnastics
We loved our time at the SSP gymnastic event. We enjoyed using all of the equipment to show off our gymnastics moves!
Homework for Friday 18th October
This week in class we are continuing with our work on seasons. The children are very good at spotting the signs of autumn in our local environment and are beginning to be able to talk about how animals prepare for seasonal changes too.
This week we will be looking at this in more detail ready for our Rising Stars Assessments next week.
Please work with your child to complete the task below.
Any questions, please feel free to ask.
Thank you for your continued support.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Mental Health Awareness Day 2024
Today we all wore yellow and discussed the importance of mental health and how we can look after ours. To show our dedication we even stopped for ‘tea and talk’.
Judo with Jamie
Today we had a lovely treat of a taster Judi session with Jamie. We had lots of fun learning all of the moves and joining in the various games! Don’t forget you also have the opportunity to join in a free session within the community with your letter from Jamie.
We Elephants with Hannah
Year 1 are still very much enjoying their weekly sessions with Hannah. They are learning all about their different emotions and how we can handle them.
Homework for Friday 11th October
This week in numeracy we have recapped our shape knowledge. We are making sure that we can name the different 2d and 3d shapes, as well as beginning to describe their properties.
Please work with your child to complete the task below.
Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Beamish Museum
Today we had an amazing time at Beamish Museum. We loved playing with all of the 1950’s toys and sharing our opinion on which ones we feel will be best to be displayed in the toy shop window!
Homework for Friday 4th October
This week in class we are looking forward to our trip to Beamish.
We are continuing with our work on dinosaur planet and now know lots of amazing facts! This week we would like you to work with your child to complete the writing task below.
Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
1950’s Childhood
Today we had a visit from Hannah from Beamish Museum. She told us all about childhood in the 1950’s, allowed us to handle artefacts and even taught us a jive! We are now super excited for our visit to the museum!
UNCRC 29 – develop talents
Church Visit
We had a lovely morning at our local church learning all about its features and why they are significant. We loved exploring the church and asking Reverend Michael all about it. Thank you for helping us learn Reverend Michael!
UNCRC 14 – right to a religion
Musical Instruments
Today we had lots of fun using the musical instruments. We are very good at naming them and demonstrating how to play them. We practised playing them quietly and loudly.
Homework for Friday 27th September
This week we are continuing our seasons work in Science. The children are very good at discussing the signs of autumn we are beginning to see in our local area.
This week please work with your child to complete the seasons challenge provided.
We are also very much looking forward to our walk to church on Wednesday. Please ensure consent forms are returned beforehand.
Thank you for your continued support.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Fairtrade Fortnight
A big thank you to the Rights Respecting Champions for hosting a Fairtrade tuck shop. We had lots of fun joining you. We enjoyed learning all about Fairtrade in class too. We love supporting Fairtrade!
Homework for Friday 20th September
Dinosaur Planet – Memorable Experience
Today we came to school dressed as dinosaur explorers! Everyone at school was super impressed with our outfits … we all looked amazing! We had lots of fun digging for dinosaurs, making dinosaur art work and baking dinosaur biscuits.
Yoga with Beth
We all feel very calm and relaxed after yoga our session with Beth. We loved joining in with the different balances and poses. Beth was super impressed with all of the things we had remembered from last year! We can’t wait for next week!
Fitness with Leanne
We had such fun in our first fitness session with Leanne. We worked on our fundamental movement skills. We are now working on good running and jumping!
Music Lesson
Today we had a lovely music lesson with Mrs Foster. We learnt all about keeping the beat and changing the tone of our voices. We all sang beautifully!
UNCRC 28 – education
Homework for Friday 13th September
Hello
Welcome to class 2 and our first piece of homework!
We have having so much fun learning all about our topic, Dinosaur Planet, and we are super excited to learn lots of new things around this topic.
This week for homework please work with your child to complete the writing task below.
Any questions, please feel free to ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
r.rose200@nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk
Please note that, in class 2, we also encourage children to use our online learning platform, DB Primary. On there you will find lots of different resources and games that will support your child’s learning. We also use it as a means of submitting homework. Please use the login details to access your child’s area and browse the site. This can be found at the bottom of our school website homepage (please see below). Each week you will also be able to view the homework assigned as well as uploading a copy of your child’s completed task.
We appreciate your continued support.
Please note login details will be stuck in the front of your child’s record book. There you will also find login details for Lexia and TT Rockstars, both of which can be accessed at home too.
Computing
Today we enjoyed taking part in our first computing task of the year. We enjoyed giving instructions to beebot to make sure he avoided the dinosaurs! Our first go at coding. Well done everyone!
UNCRC 28 – education
First Week
This week in class we have had lots of fun playing with our friends and beginning to learn about our new topic, dinosaur planet. Take a look at all of the wonderful things we have been up to ….
UNCRC 31 – relax and play
Welcome to class 2 !
A massive welcome to class 2. We are looking forward to lots of exciting learning this year. We are starting the year off with our topic of dinosaur planet.
