{"id":10769,"date":"2024-08-25T17:07:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T17:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stbartholomews.lincs.sch.uk\/?page_id=10769"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:28:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:28:01","slug":"nightingale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stbartholomews.lincs.sch.uk\/index.php\/nightingale\/","title":{"rendered":"Nightingale (Year 1 & Year 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Nightingale Class Staff:<\/span><\/p>

Mrs Ely – Class Teacher<\/p>

Miss Amatt – 1:1 Teaching Assistant<\/p>

Mrs Elwes – 1:1 Teaching Assistant<\/p>

Mrs Morris – 1:1 Teaching Assistant\u00a0<\/p>

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Welcome to Nightingale Class! We are the\u00a0 second youngest class in the school and the Year 1 and Year 2 children learn here. We provide a happy, safe and caring environment where children feel secure, giving them a strong foundation for learning. We encourage children to become independent and confident learners, to explore and discover things for themselves, whilst supporting them to make connections in their learning. The children work with adults, their peers or independently, to access their learning environment, both indoors and outdoors. We provide high quality teaching, organise school trips and offer enrichment activities, in order to encourage our children to become life-long learners and good citizens in the wider world.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In Nightingale Class, the Year 1 children study the National Curriculum. We teach core subjects: English, Maths and Science. We also deliver foundation subjects: Art and Design, Design and Technology, Computing, Geography, History, Music, RE, PE and PSHE.<\/span><\/p>

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The children in Year 1 take part in the national phonics screening check during the summer term. The screening check was introduced in 2012 to all Year 1 pupils. It is a short, statutory assessment to ensure that children are making sufficient progress in the phonics skills to read words and are on track to become fluent readers, who can enjoy reading for pleasure and for learning. The check is not about passing or failing but checking appropriate progress is being made. If children do not reach the required standard, then we will be in touch to discuss plans and offer additional support, to ensure that your child improves their reading skills. Children progress at different speeds so not reaching the threshold score does not necessarily mean there is a serious problem. Your child will re-sit the check the following summer term. In our school, we already identify individual children who need extra support and provide early intervention, tailored to their needs<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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This half term has been full of exciting learning opportunities for the children, with a particular highlight being World Book Day. The children enjoyed dressing up as their favourite characters, sharing much-loved stories, and taking part in a fun crayon hunt around the school, inspired by the work of Drew Daywalt.<\/p>

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Our phonics learning has continued to develop well, with the children enjoying a range of new phonics books and growing in confidence with their reading. We have also loved our guided reading texts this half term. Some children have been reading Commotion in the Ocean<\/em>, developing their retrieval and inference skills while learning about sea life. Other children have been reading Above and Below<\/em>, applying their reading skills to deepen their understanding of different animal habitats.<\/p>

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In Maths, the children have continued to develop their skills with a focus on length, height, and mass. They have enjoyed hands-on activities, measuring items around the classroom and using balance scales to support their learning.<\/p>

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Art has been amazing this half term. The children learnt about watercolours and recreated a piece by Paul Klee. They also applied their knowledge to paint an African sunset and used their watercolour skills to create their Easter cards.<\/p>

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P.E. has also been a favourite this half term. Indoors, the children have been learning gymnastics, practising positions such as tuck, pike and straddle, as well as developing their rolling skills. Outdoors, we have focused on trails, trust and teamwork, including an exciting trail around the park where the children worked together to solve clues and answer questions. We were also very proud to win the attendance award for one week, which meant we got to enjoy some extra free time at the park.<\/p>

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In R.E. this half term, the children have been learning about different beliefs about how the world was created, including Christian, Jewish and Humanist perspectives. They have enjoyed discussing these ideas and sharing their own thoughts about what they believe.<\/p>

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Science and PSHE have been closely linked this half term, with a focus on healthy lifestyles and how we can look after ourselves. The children explored the Eatwell Plate and even designed their own healthy three-course meals. We also looked at different ways to exercise and discussed the importance of keeping ourselves clean and healthy.<\/p>

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The past week has been filled with Easter fun.\u00a0 We spent time practising our class song and poem and did an amazing job performing at the church service. We also decorated boiled eggs and took part in an egg rolling competition, alongside completing a range of exciting Easter activities.<\/p>

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We hope you all have a lovely Easter! \ud83d\udc30\ud83c\udf37<\/p>

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