Welcome to Class 2 2024 -2025
Easter Crafts
We have had lots of fun making our Easter cards and Easter eggs. We cant wait to share our creations with our families!
Homework for THURSDAY 10th April 2025
This week in class we are enjoying our Easter crafts and finishing off rising stars. Please work with your child to complete the below Easter dot to dot. Please note that homework is due on THURSDAY due to our inset day at the end of the week.
Please not we have NO SPELLINGS due to rising stars.
Thank you for your continued support.
Have a wonderful Easter
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Horse Riding Achievement
Well done to Tilly who has achieved yet another award for her amazing horse riding. We are so proud of you!
Gymnastics Award
A massive well done to Maisie on her recent Gymnastics award. We are super proud of you!
History Day
Class 2 enjoyed taking part in our whole school History day. We loved dressing up as Kings and Queens to celebrate our topic of Towers, Tunnels and Turrets!
Kick Rounders with Mr Beveridge
We loved playing kick rounders with Mr Beveridge! We put all of our knowledge of games to good use! Look at us go!
Visit from the Mayor of Durham
Class 2 loved meeting the Mayor of Durham! We enjoyed asking our questions and learning all about what the job role entails!
Homework for Friday 4th April
This week in class we are revisiting time in numeracy. We are working on using the correct vocabulary as well as reading analogue clocks.
Please work with your child to complete the task below.
Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Forest School with Class 5
A great big thank you to class 5 who invited us along to a forest school session. We had lots of fun learning about the different parts of a tree and making tree models out of all of the natural materials we could find on the field.
Happy Mothers Day
A massive happy mothers day to all of the wonderful women in our lives. We hope you all had the best day celebrating with your little ones!
Games with Darren
We are loving the different games that we are currently playing in PE with Darren. We are all getting so good at moving in different directions and thinking carefully about tactics.
Homework for Friday 28th March 2025
This week in class we are reminding ourselves of writing perfect sentences! We are looking at using capital letters, finger spaces, full stops, adjectives and connectives.
Please work with your child to complete the activity below.
Any questions, please ask.
Thank you for your continued support.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Invasion Games at Framwellgate School Durham
Class 2 had lots of fun at the SSP Invasion Games event. We joined in a range of activities to help develop our understanding of games and tactics that can we used.
Thank you to the sports leaders for showing us what to do, Bella and Harry, you were amazing!
Homework for Friday 21stMarch 2025
This week in class we are enjoying learning all about Julia Donaldson. Can you find out an extra fact at home to share with us in school?
In Science we are continuing with our work on plants. We are enjoying learning all about what they need to grow as well as naming all of the parts.
This week for homework we are looking at the parts of the plants we can eat! Please can you complete the homework below.
Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Comic Relief 2025
Class 2 enjoyed all of the activities set up by the Sports Leaders and SSOCs crew. They had lots of fun joining in sporting party games to celebrate the 40th birthday of red nose day! Thanks leaders and crew!
PE with Darren
We are enjoying our weekly PE lessons with Darren. We are all working so hard and are so proud of our progress.
Coat of Arms
Today we created our very own coat of arms. We used what we learnt during our castle visit. We then created a coat of arms, using animals and objects that we feel really represent who we are.
Homework for Friday 14th March
This week we will be reminding ourselves of our addition and subtractions skills, using various methods to solve these calculations.
Please work with your child to complete the task below.
Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mr. Symington
Memorable Experience at Brancepeth Castle
We had so much fun exploring a real life castle as part of our engagement activity for our new cornerstones topic of Towers, Tunnels and Turrets. We we impressed with how big it is and what it has been used for over the years!
Pancake Day
We learnt all about Shrove Tuesday and lent as part of our RE work. We then talked about how Christians use up all of the fatty foods as part of their preparation for lent. We then had lots of fun making our pancakes.
Homework for Friday 7th March
This week in class we are excited to be celebrating world book day! We are talking all things books! Please see below this weeks Literacy homework.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Welcome back!
See the castle ahead? Get ready to invade its mighty walls. Shoot a projectile with an archer’s aim. Head across the drawbridge, over the moat and up to the top of the tower. Meet Rapunzel who lives in a tall, tall tower. Let’s build a brand new one. Whose is the tallest? Can you measure it? Then dig deep, deep down, making burrows and tunnels, just like the animals who live underground. What’s that sound? I hear little hooves going trip, trap, trip, trap, over the rickety bridge. Watch out for the angry troll underneath. He likes to gobble up little girls and boys. Make sure your bridge is sturdy enough to take our weight and get us safely to the other side. And finally, meet three little pigs who need your help to build a strong fortress. Inside its strong walls, they’ll be safe from the big, bad wolf. No huffing and puffing will blow your fortress down.
Celebration Event
Class 2 had such a fun day celebrating the end of our Splendid Skies topic. We loved dressing in our favorite destination clothes and jetting off, on board the Nettlesworth Airways! We think that Mrs Aspinall, Miss Eade and Miss Liddle made the best air hostesses!
Fitness with Leanne
We loved our last session of fitness with Leanne. We have all improved so much this half term and are all enjoying our new found moves!
Homework for Friday 21st February 2025
This week in class we are completing our rising stars assessments, therefore we have NO SPELLINGS. We are also finishing off our topic of Splendid Skies. We are excited to see all of your travel destination outfits on Thursday!
Please work with your child to complete the science task below.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Music
We all enjoyed listening to a range of songs this week as part of our music lesson. We decided which one we enjoyed the most and moved to the beat!
Gymnastics
We have loved our topic of Gymnastics with Mr Beveridge. We are all now excellent at balancing!
Capacity Exploration
We enjoyed our numeracy activity all about capacity. We explored different containers, making sure we did accurate measuring and then even recorded using the correct mathematical symbols!
Homework for Friday 14th February 2025
This week in class we are working hard on measure within numeracy. We are reminding ourselves of all of the different ways we measure and the vocabulary related to each one.
Please work with your child to complete the money related task below.
Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Know yourself to Grow yourself
Class 2 all looked amazing dressing to express themselves as part of children’s mental health week. We enjoyed celebrating by watching a movie and enjoying a treat! Wellbeing well and truly looked after!
Computing Skills
We enjoyed using the I Pads to create splendid skies pictures using block shapes.
Homework for Friday 7th February 2025
This week in class we are recreating the story of Jack and the beanstalk. We are also reminding ourselves of all the aspects of our writing, such as, finger spaces, full stops, adjectives, etc. Please work with your child to complete the task below.
Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Chinese New Year
We had lots of fun learning all about Chinese New Year. We discussed the traditions behind the celebration and joined in with some ourselves. We loved the food and also made crafts with our friends in class 1.
Homework for Friday 31st January 2025
This week in Science we are working on our knowledge of seasons and how animals and plants adapt during the colder months in order to survive. In Literacy we are also linking our science knowledge to out topic of plants. Today, Monday, we planted a runner bean seed. We are going to look after it over the coming weeks and observe the changes it makes. We are also discussing the different parts of plants and also what plants need to survive.
Please work with your child to complete the activity below.
If you need any resources to help, please ask.
Thank you for your continued support.
Many Thanks
Mrs. Aspinall
Bird Feeders
In Science we are looking at the weather. We have discussed all of the different weather types we might see in winter. We have also discussed the effects that weather has on animals and our environment. As a result we decided we would like to help feed the birds, as they can sometimes find it tricky to find food at this time of year. We created mini bird feeders using honey and seeds. Take a look at our fantastic feeders!
Seasons Tree Artwork
As part of our Splendid Skies topic we have being working on the 4 seasons. This week for art we created a class season tree. Each child had a part of a large scale picture which they had to add texture to using a range of media and tools. We were so impressed with the finished product! Well done class 2!
Gymnastics
We are continuing to impress Mr Beveridge with our hard work and determination in gymnastics. This week we continued our work on jumps and rolls. We are now ready to create our very own sequence.
Homework for Friday 24th January
This week in class we are reminding ourselves of our addition and subtraction skills. We are working hard to use all of the methods we now know to help us solve calculations.
Please work with your child to complete the task below.
Thank you for your continued support.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Gymnastics with Mr Beveridge
We are all working so hard with Mr Beveridge to perfect our gymnastic moves. We are able to do lots of jumps, rolls and balances!
Moving pictures in DT
Today we used a slider effect to create a moving hot air balloon picture. We all carefully used the tools and cut a piece slider into the card. Take a look at our amazing DT work!
Adam Bushnell – Memorable Experience
We enjoyed having a real life author in school with us as part of our memorable experience for our topic of splendid skies! We loved joining in with the tasks Adam set us. We especially liked creating our very own characters. Thanks for a fabulous time Adam!
Welcome back!
And a happy new year! We are excited to begin our new topic on class 2, this half term we are looking at Splendid Skies.
Imagine floating high above land and sea on a bed of clouds, silently sweeping by on a billowing breeze. Back down to earth, let’s take a walk outdoors. But what should we wear? Wellington boots? A sun hat? Maybe a warm coat? How do we know what the weather will be like today? Read and write poems and postcards, and, if you don’t like today’s weather report, why not write your own? Make a weather station to find out more about the weather in your area. What weather do you prefer? Sunshine, snow, storms or showers? Get your wellies on and let’s go.
We are looking forward to a visit from Adam Bushnell to launch our topic and prepare us for all of our new learning.
Weather is wonderful! Why not go for a walk and observe the weather? Take photographs and make notes of interesting observations. Alternatively, study a weather app together to see how symbols are used to show the weather over the coming days. You could also fly a kite in the park on different days to find out which conditions are best for kite flying!
Christmas Party Day!
We had lots of fun at the Christmas party. We all looked smart in our party clothes!
Christmas Jumper Day
Don’t you think we all look amazing in our Christmas jumpers? And guess what … Santa stopped by to check on the elves and left us a letter. We were all so excited!
The Naughty Elves are back!
We were so shocked to see the mess that the elf had made in class 2! He also wrapped up Mrs Aspinall’s board so we couldn’t do any work! How naughty!
Homework for Friday 20th December
The final piece of homework for 2024! A Christmas themed activity for you to complete with your little one.
Please can we remind adults that we encourage you to read at home at least once a week with your child. Please record this in your child’s green planner.
Please note NO SPELLINGS this week.
Thank you for your continued support. We hope you have a lovely Christmas and look forward to seeing you all in the New Year.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
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.
