Welcome to Class 2
Music
Today we had lots of fun using the musical instruments to add another level to our song of the half term ‘Your Imagination’
Jake’s BB Badge
Jake was excited to show off his Queens Jubilee Badge that had had received from Boys Bigrade. He was delighted with it … he showed us which arm he needed to wear it on and how he had answered questions so achieve it. Well done Jake … we are super proud of you!
Homework for Friday 20th May
This week in Science we are continuing with our work on Summer and the weather that we might experience during this season. In our lessons this week we are talking about how the sun is good for us but that it can also be dangerous if we don’t look after ourselves. Please work with your child to complete the task below.
Any questions, please ask.
Thanks you for your continued support.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
r.rose200@nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk
OAA Event at Framwellgate School Durham
Today we had fun at our OAA event at Framwellgate School Durham. We took part in lots of different activities to help develop our team work and communication skills. We were able to work together to navigate around resources and solve problems.
Massive thanks to our fabulous sports leaders, Marcus, Jenson, Lucas and Amelia.
Pets Visit
Today we had a visit from Buddy the dog and a pet snake! Mrs Hindmarch brought in her dog and told us all about how she looks after him and showed us all of the equipment she needs. David also brought in his pet snake and told us about he cares for him. We were surprised at how different the pets and their needs are.
Thank you Mrs Hindmarch and David.
Homework for Friday 13th May
This week in class we are working hard on times table knowledge. We have looked at how we can count in 2s, 5s and 10s as well as writing down multiplication calculations. This week for homework we would like your child to work with an adult to complete the tasks below.
Any questions, please ask.
Thank you for your continued support.
Mrs Aspinall
Homework 13.5.22
Crazy Creatures Visit
Today we have had lots of fun meeting lots of different animals. We were so brave … braver than Mrs Aspinall and Mrs Hindmarch! We all had a go at handling the different animals and talking about how they felt. We also asked John lots of questions about the animals he had brought to school. We have learnt lots of interesting facts about them!
Homework for Friday 6th May
We have had lots of fun today meeting crazy creatures with John! We are excited to learn more about animals as part of our Cornerstones topic; Paws, Claws and Whiskers. We are enjoying reading lots of books about animals. This week we are going to be reading lots of different texts to find out facts about different animals. Please work with your child to learn a little more about a chosen animal. They could use books and/or the internet to help with their research and fact finding.
Any questions, please ask.
Thank you for your continued support.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
r.rose200@nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk
Bike Ability
Today we had lots of fun joining in with our first Bike Ability session with Darren. We are all little super stars using our bikes to balance and ride them independently. We were super impressed with the skills demonstrated by all the children in class.
Bikes
Homework for Friday 29th April
Welcome back to school, we hope you had a lovely Easter!
This half term we are excited to begin our new topic of Paws, Claws and Whiskers. As part of this we will be learning all about summer and how the animals adapt to this new change of season. To begin our topic, we would like you to talk about what you already know about the summer season and then have a go at completing the task below.
Any questions, please ask.
Mrs Aspinall
Welcome back to Summer 1!
We are so excited to start our new topic of Paws, Claws and Whiskers.
Homework for Friday 8th April
This week in class we are working hard to complete our Rising Star Assessments. We are also enjoying joining in Easter activities and are looking forward to the Easter Egg Competition on Wednesday!
Please complete the Easter dot to dot activity below. Any questions, please ask.
Please note that this week we have NO SPELLINGS.
Thank you for your continued support.
Mrs Aspinall
Homework for 8.4.22
Fruit Salad
As part of our Superhero topic we created a super fruit salad in DT. We worked carefully to use the tools and we were able to safely chop up the fruit. We mixed all the fruit together and made a delicious fruit salad. We are experts now!
Skipping School
We had lots of fun working with Gail on Friday. She taught all of us to skip! She was so amazed at our skills that we quickly progressed onto the big rope and every single one of us had a go at jumping in the rope. How amazing!
Homework for 1st April 2022
This week in class we are reminding ourselves of using the word and to join words and phrases together. We are working hard to use this in our writing. Please work with your child to complete the task below.
Any questions, please ask.
Thank you for your continued support.
Mrs Aspinall
Litter Picking
Today we worked with Mr Straughan to litter pick within our grounds. We did this as part of our work with the British Ecological Society. We are working hard to look at mammals that live within our local environment and making sure that it is a safe and well looked after place for them.
Mammal Cam
Today we checked our mammal cam to see which animals we had spotted. We have picked up lots of birds! We are hoping to see more later in the week.
Homework for Friday 25th March
This week in class we are continuing to develop our knowledge of plants and what they need to grow. We are impressing the adults with all of our scientific vocabulary. This week for homework please complete the task below.
Thank you for your continued support.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Red Nose Day
In class 2 we wore the rainbow and joined in Red Nose Day activities to help raise money for Comic Relief.
UNCRC Article 20 – government should help support families
Support for Ukraine
We held a day in school to show our support to the people of Ukraine.
UNCRC Article 38 – free from war zones.
Fairtrade Fortnight
Over the last two weeks we have learnt all about what Fairtrade means and how we can help when we shop. We looked at the Fairtrade symbol and have tried to spot it in our local community. We discussed how the farmers need a fair price for their produce. Look at our lovely work …..
We ended our work by joining in with the Rights Respecting Fairtrade Tuck shop. It was delicious 😋
Maths Day
Miss Grimes paid Class 2 a visit. They had lots of fun solving tricky addition and subtraction problems, Miss Grimes was blown away! They then enjoyed joining in maths games and puzzles to put their knowledge of maths to the test. WELL DONE CLASS 2!
Mammal Web
Today we were very excited to learn about the Mammal Web that we are using as part of our Science work. Mr Straughan helped us attach the Mammal Cam to a tree in our little garden. We are hoping that the camera will catch videos of animals that living in or visit our school grounds. We cant wait to see what the Mammal Cam catches!
UNCRC Article 31 – right to join in a wide range of activities
Gingerbread Biscuits
Today we made Gingerbread Biscuits in Class 2. This week we are continuing with our traditional tale work and so we thought we would recap one of our favourite stories … The Gingerbread Man. Mrs Aspinall picked up the wrong book and brought in her recipe rather than the story … whoops! So we carefully followed the instructions and made our very own Gingerbread Biscuits. They were yummy!
UNCRC 29 – develop talents
Homework for Friday 11th March
This week in Literacy we are recapping our knowledge of traditional tales and reading different texts. Please can you work with your child to read the extract below then answer the questions carefully.
Thank you for your continued support.
Any questions, just ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Science Day
Miss Milburn loved working with Class 2. We combined science with art and created our own waterlilies. We folded the petals and predicted what would happen when they were put onto water. Some children predicted that the flowers would open up and everyone observed closely to see if they were right!
Memorable experience
Today we met a superhero …. Spider-Man dropped by to see us as he had heard we were all dressed up as superheroes! We had so much fun talking to him and getting out photos taken with him. Thanks for the visit!
World Book Day
Look at our fantastic outfits for World Book Day. Super impressed!
Karen’s thoughtful picture
UNCRC Article 22-Governments must help in trying to reunite children refugees with their parents
Governments must help in trying to reunite child refugees with their parents.
Homework for Friday 4th March
Welcome back! We hope you all had a lovely half term.
This week sees the launch of our new topic Superheroes. We are so excited to learn about fictional and real life heroes!
This week for homework we are focussing on our topic of plants and how they are heroes! We are discussing all the important jobs they do for us and how we need them for all different reasons. Please spend some time completing the activity below.
Any questions, please ask.
Welcome back!
We hope you have had a lovely half term and are now looking forward to our new topic … Superheroes!
Taste the rainbow 🌈
Today we celebrated the end of our Cornerstones topic Splendid Skies by having a taste the rainbow party! We enjoyed turning our food into weather. A big thank you to Mrs Hindmarch’s Mam for making us rainbow cakes too 😋
Spring Time Disco
We had lots of fun at the spring time disco 💃
Merci Papi
A big thank you to our governor Papi for taking the time to come into class to teach us French phrases. In class 2 we are very good at saying ‘Je m’appelle’. Thank you again Papi 😊
UNCRC Article 29 – develop talents
Homework for Friday 18th February
This week in class we are completing our Rising Stars Assessments. We are working very hard and looking forward to our Spring Time Disco treat!
This week for homework we would like to reinforce the work we have recently completed on money. We are very good at recognising coins and are working on paying for items as well as working out change. Please work with your child to complete the task below.
Any questions, please feel free to ask.
Mrs Aspinall
P.S Have a lovely half term!
Homework 14.2.22
Home Readers
This half term we have tried hard to read at home at least once a week. Each week we receive a leaf to add to our class beanstalk if we remember! Mrs Aspinall and Mrs Hindmarch promised a chocolate fountain treat if we could reach 60 leaves before half term. Well today we smashed our target and managed 61 leaves a week before our deadline! We were super excited to sample the chocolate fountain 🍫 yummy 😋
Dog Poo Bin!
We are so pleased to see that our pupil voice has had an impact on the village. After noticing that the village was a little untidy due to dog fouling we wrote to Kevan Jones, our local MP. We asked if we could have a new doo poo bin to help the situation. We are so pleased to see the bin outside of the community centre! Well spotted Karen!
UNCRC Article 12 – every child has the right to have a say in all matters affecting them.
Homework for Friday 11th February
This week in class we are continuing with our topic of Splendid Skies. We are enjoying being weather presenters this week and are consolidating the writing skills we have learnt; we are impressing ourselves with our amazing work! This week we have looked at labelling and ensuring we are using phonics to sound out.
Please work with your child to complete the task below. Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Homework for 11.2.22
Chinese New Year
Today we celebrated Chinese New Year!
Class 1 and 2 joined forces to celebrate the Year of the Tiger. We took part in literacy and art activities before food tasting and PE games 🙂
We also learned how to say ‘Happy New Year’ in Chinese ‘Kung Hei Fat Choi’
UNCRC Article 31: Leisure, Play and Culture.
Homework for Friday 4th February 2022
This week in Science we are working on our knowledge and understanding of animals in winter. We are making sure that we know the key vocabulary surrounding this topic. We are going to consolidate all of our learning this week in preparation for our Rising Stars work. Please work with your child to complete the task below.
If you need any resources, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Homework 31.1.22
Bird Feeders
In Science this half term we are enjoying learning all about the seasons and how animals adapt and cope with the changes. We have talked a lot about how some animals find it hard to find food in winter. So we decided to make some bird feeders to help them out. Take a look at our lovely bird feeders that we made with peanut butter, seeds and bread. We can’t wait to take them home 🏠
UNCRC 29 – develop talents and personality.
Homework for Friday 28th January
This week in numeracy we are looking at doubling and halving. We have worked really hard on learning all of our 2 times tables. We are now good at recalling facts! We are going to continue to consolidate our knowledge of how double and half concepts are linked. Please complete the task below to help consolidate this week’s learning.
Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Trip to Washington Wetlands
Today we had lots of fun at WWT. Cath showed us around the environment and we saw lots of different animals. We loved looking at the signs of winter and even hugged a tree!
Homework for Friday 21st January
This week in Literacy we are working on remembering and retelling traditional tales. This week we have read and retold the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. We are planning and writing our very own version of the story, from the point of view of the giant. To help with our understand please complete the task below to help remind your child of the key facts of the story.
Any questions, please ask.
Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Gymnastics event
Today we went to Sherburn Leisure Centre to take part in a Gymnastic event. We had loads of fun bouncing and jumping and balancing! We loved using all of the equipment and practising the skills we have learnt in school with Mr Beveridge.
Look at us go!
UNCRC 29 – education should develop talents
Homework for Friday 14th January 2022
This week in class we are getting to know our new topic of Splendid Skies. In in Science we are learning all about wintery weather. We are enjoying setting up investigations and exploring what these different types of weather are like. We are also enjoying our new role play area of a weather station! Please work with your child to complete the weather symbol task below.
Temperature Blanket
A big thank you to Karen’s mum for letting us share her temperature blanket in class. We were excited to learn all about a temperature blanket … we learnt that the blanket is made of different colours that represent the temperature on each day of the year. We looked closely and tried to guess which seasons we could see and which colours represented which temperature. We had lots of fun talking about it. Mrs Hindmarch loved how cosy and warm it was! Thank you so much for sharing it with it … a perfect talking point for our Cornerstones topic: Splendid Skies.
Adam Bushnell Memorable Experience
Today we had a visit from author Adam Bushnell who introduced us to our new topic of Splendid Skies. He helped us all created a robot that could fly us around to explore the different types of weather. We had lots of fun creating a character and then writing out very own story of the character taking us to a snowy mountain!
UNCRC 28 – right to an education
Welcome back
We hope you have all had a lovely Christmas and New Year!
We have had lots of fun catching up today .. it was lovely seeing all of the little faces back in school today!
We are very excited to start our new Cornerstones topic of Splendid Skies … keep an eye out for more updates!
Congratulations
Last week class 2 entered a colouring competition at Tesco in Chester le Street. All of our lovely pictures are on display in store. But we had amazing news! One of our friends won a prize!
A massive well done to Jake for a beautifully coloured in picture. He won a Tesco gift voucher and a bag full of chocolate! 🍫 we hope you enjoy your prize!!! Super proud of you Jake 🎉
Merry Christmas Everyone!
We would just like to wish all of our children and families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We have had an amazing first term in class 2 and are so very excited for the rest of the year.
A massive thank you for all of our lovely cards and gifts, they really are very much appreciated.
Christmas Party 2021
We have had such a fab time at our Christmas party!
Christmas Jumper Day 2021
Thank you for all of your donations. We had a fab day wearing our jumpers and eating our Christmas lunch.
Letter to Kevan Jones, MP
In Geography this half term we have learnt all about our local area. We talked about what we like and dislike about Nettlesworth. We noticed that one of the things that we don’t like is the smelly dog poo! So we decided to try and do something about it. We have written a letter to our MP, Kevan Jones, in the hope he can help us solve this smelly problem!
UNCRC Article 12 – right to a say in all matters affecting them
14.12.21 – Update …. we were very excited to hear back from Kevan Jones ….
Dear Ms Aspinall Thank you for your email. I can well understand your concern about this situation. I have written on your behalf to Durham County Council to raise your concerns and to ask them to look into this matter.As soon as I receive a response to my enquiries, I will let you know. In the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of any further assistance.
Decorating the Christmas tree
today in class we decorated our classroom to get it ready for Christmas. We all hung a decoration on the tree to help make it shine brightly. Look at how fabulous it looks. 🎄🎅
Teddy Bears Picnic
Today we had lots of fun making our sandwiches that we previously designed. We made sure we washed our hands and used the equipment sensibly, all to keep us safe. We then finished with our teddy bears picnic!
Professor Brainstorm
We had lots of fun joining in different science experiments … they looked so much like magic tricks!
Homework for Monday 29th November
Homework for Monday 29th November 2021
This week in numeracy we are working on our understanding of measures. We are looking at length, weight, capacity and money. Please work with your child to complete the task below. We are working on children understanding the vocabulary linked to each of these areas.
*Please note that this week we have no spellings.
Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Homework for 29.11.21
Children In Need
We had lots of fun joining in all the exciting activities today. Thanks for donating!
Homework for 19.11.21
Homework for Friday 19th November 2021
We are continuing to enjoy our topic of Memory Box, thank you to those who have brought in old toys to share … we are loving investigating!
This week in SPAG we are going to be looking at adjectives and how they are used to describe nouns. Please work with your child to complete the activities below. We are super impressed with the children’s phonics knowledge and how this is having a positive impact on their writing. I’m sure they will impress you at home too!
Thank you for your continued support.
Mrs Aspinall
Homework for 19.11.21
Taste Testing
Today we had lots of fun completing our science experiment of taste testing. We carried out our very own bush tucker trails …. we blind folded each other and had a good at guessing the delicious food we were eating. We all did a great job and had lots of fun exploring one of our five senses.
UNCRC 28 – right to an education
Homework for Friday 12th November
Homework for Friday 12th November 2021
This week we are continuing our work on Memory Box following our trip to Beamish last week. In Science we are continuing our work on Animals including humans. We will be carrying out different experiments, in the coming weeks, exploring all 5 senses. Please work with your child to complete the task below.
Thanks for your continued support.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Homework for 12th Nov
Beamish museum memorable experience
Today we went to beamish museum as part of our new cornerstones topic Memory Box. We had lots of fun looking and playing with toys from the past, riding on the tram, looking around the old shops and banks as well as looking in old houses. We can’t wait to incorporate all we have experienced into all of our learning back in class.
UNCRC Article 29 – develop children’s talents
Amazing Counting
this week in class we have worked super hard on our counting skills, we are now really good at counting, reading and writing numbers up to 50!
UNCRC 28 – right to an education
Homework for Friday 5th November
Welcome back to the second half of the Autumn term. We are very excited to start our new topic and begin learning all about Memory Box. We are all excited for our trip to Beamish this Friday too.
This week in numeracy we are counting using number lines and hundred squares. We are working on starting counting at any given number. Please work with your child to complete this week’s numeracy homework challenge below.
Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Homework for Friday 5th Nov
Welcome back ….. Memory Box
We hope you all had a lovely half term and are looking forward to our next half term in school. We have lots of exciting things happening this half term and we are very much looking forward to our new topic … Memory Box. We are kicking starting our topic off with a visit to Beamish Museum. Keep an eye out for letters with more information.
Pumpkin Carving
Today we had lots of fun designing and carving a pumpkin. The children had a go at getting the seeds out of the pumpkin and enjoyed getting super messy!
Mary Anning and Karen
A massive thank you to Karen and her mum Kelly for sending us pictures of Mary Anning’s fossils.
Cornerstones Celebration
Today marked the end of our first Cornerstones topic – Dinosaur Planet. We had lots of fun recapping what we have learnt this half term. We then read our favourite dinosaur story, danced to dinosaur music, played games and ate dinosaur poo! We have really enjoyed our first topic and are looking forward to the next one.
Article 28 – Right to an education
Homework for Friday 22nd October 2021
As this is the last week before half term in class we will be completing our Rising Stars assessments. The children are very keen to show off all that they have learnt this half term. They have all worked super hard! We are ending our first topic of Dinosaur Planet with a celebration day this week and we will also be talking about Halloween … the children are very excited!
This week for homework please complete the activity below. Any questions, please feel free to ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Harvest Festival
Today we joined in a whole school virtual harvest assembly. We joined in singing lots of different songs and added in actions too. We sang lovely as a whole school.
Dinosaur Fossils
Today we made dinosaur fossils using pasta shapes. They look amazing. We were like real life archaeologists!
UNCRC 29 develop talents to the full
Homework for Friday 15th October
This week in Science we are continuing to learn about the season. We are going to be focussing on how people and animals change the way they dress according to the weather. Please spend a few minutes talking to your child about what they might wear during the autumn months. Please complete the activity below. If any resources are required, please feel free to ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Well done Evie!
Evie impressed us with her rosette today. She told us all about her dogs coming 3rd in the dog show. Evie enjoyed telling us about how she helped her family to show the dogs.
UNCRC 15 – right to join groups and organisations.
Thank you Izzy
Today Izzy brought in fossils that she was given by a family friend. She very kindly shared them with the class and allowed us to look carefully at them with the magnifying glasses. The detail was amazing! We felt like a real life Mary Anning! Looking at the fossils really helped bring our Cornerstones topic, Dinosaur Planet, to life!
UNCRC 29 – education must develop talents to the full
Well done Jensen!
We are super proud of Jensen who was awarded star of the week at his swimming lessons. You are like a little fish! Well done!
UNCRC 31 – Right to take part in a range of activities.
Homework for Friday 8th October 2021
This week in numeracy we are revisiting and reminding ourselves of our number bonds to 10. The children all have impressive knowledge in class and are enjoying playing our online game ‘Hit the Button’. Please spend time this week working with your child to complete the task below.
Thank you for your continued support.
Mrs Aspinall
Happy World Smile Day
Look at how wonderful class 2 look! We all had a fantastic day giving and receiving random acts of kindness.
Visit to Church
Today we visited church in Kimblesworth. We walked to church and visited Reverend Michael. He let us explore the church and find all of the features that we had learnt about in class. We went on a treasure hunt! He then talked to us about each feature and what it is used for. We had a lovely time!
UNCRC 14 – Right to a religion
Hoopstarz
Today we had lots of fun working with Tracey to learn lots of new skills and tricks with the hula hoop. We also built a house using only 6 hoops. We were then able to crawl through the house … it was very hard trying not to knock it down!
UNCRC 31 – Join in a range of activities.
Homework week commencing 27th September
Homework for Friday 1st October 2021
This week for homework we are going to be looking at labelling a diagram. In Literacy we have talked about the difference between fiction and nonfiction texts. Please talk to your child and ask them about the key features. Then complete the labelling task below.
This week we are also very excited about our visit to church on Wednesday. Please return permission slips before Wednesday.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
UNCRC 28 – Right to an education
Rosie’s Newt
Rosie has made an amazing discovery … a baby newt!
She is taking good care of it at home and very kindly brought it in to show us in class.
UNCRC 29 – education must develop talents.
Shadows
In Science we are learning all about Autumn. We have talked about how the hours of daylight will start to reduce as we get further into Autumn. As part of this we have learnt all about shadows and how they change as the sun moves over the sky during the day.
UNCRC 28 – right to an education
Yoga
We are having lots of fun with Cath doing our Tatty Bumpkins yoga.
We are getting super strong!
UNCRC 24 – stay healthy
Homework week commencing 20th September
This week for homework our focus is Science. In Science we are currently looking at the seasons and in particular the signs of Autumn. This week for homework it would be great if adults could talk to their child about what signs they can see around them then complete the task below.
Please let us know if you need any resources to help you complete the task.
Thank you for your continued support.
Mrs Aspinall
Homework 20.9.21
UNCRC 28 -right to an education
Number bonds
Today in class we have learnt all about our number bonds to 10. We then played a fab game to help us remember them. Why not have a go at home too? Here is the website… just copy and paste into your browser.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
UNCRC 31 – take part in a range of activities
Inter-house Competition
Today Darren from the SSP came into school to carry out our first Inter-house Competition of the year. Our brand new Sports Leaders worked with him to set up 5 throwing events for classes 1, 2 and 3. All of our children amazed us and tried so hard to win points for their teams. We cant wait to see the overall scores on the doors!
UNCRC 29 – education must develop talents.
Homework week commencing 13th September
This week in numeracy, in class 2, we are going to be reminding ourselves of our addition and subtraction skills that we learnt in class 1. We are going to be talking lots about the key words linking to these topics as well as talking about what the mathematical symbols look like too. Please spend some time working with your child to complete the task below.
Any questions, please ask.
Homework 13.9.21
UNCRC 28 – right to an education
Roald Dahl Day
Look at how fabulous we all looked dressed up as our favourite Roald Dahl characters or in his favourite colour yellow!
UNCRC 31 – join in a wide range of activities
Liz Million
Today we had a visit from Author / Illustrator Liz Million. She taught us all about how to create characters to help bring our writing to life. She showed us the importance of emotions when designing too. We then all had a go at drawing our very own dinosaurs!
UNCRC 29 – develop talents
Tyrannosaurs Drip
In Literacy we have read a very exciting Julia Donaldson book! We have learnt all about authors and illustrators as well as joining in key vocabulary.
Today we created a scene from the book and re-enacted the story. We did an amazing job of staying in character and acting out the words and actions of the characters.
UNCRC 28 – right to an education
Homework week commencing 6.9.21
This week in Class 2 we are going to be reminding ourselves of all of the lovely things we know about writing whilst also telling Mrs Aspinall all about ourselves!
UNCRC 28 – right to an education
First Day Back
We all had lots of fun exploring the classroom and playing with all of our friends. We have had such a busy day and are looking forward to tomorrow!
UNCRC 15 – meet with other children
Our Cornerstones Topic
This half term we are going to be learning all about Dinosaur Planet. We are very excited to take part in lots of different activities. Keep an eye of our page to see what we get up to!
UNCRC 31 – take part in a range of activities
Archived Activities
You can view archived activities for each class on our website.
