Hello, I am Miss Cooper and I teach Year 2 Starling class.

This is my fourth year at St Johns and I love it! I feel very grateful to be part of an amazing team, teaching amazing children.

This year I am looking forward to teaching Art and DT to both Year 2 classes. I cannot wait to see the beautiful creations the children make. I lead PSHE and RSE across the school which is something I feel very passionate about, and this year I am leading Art and DT across KS1.

Outside of school, I like to create my own Art, listen to music and spend time with my family and friends.

Other staff who work in our class: Miss Alcock (TA) and Miss Ward (3rd Teacher).

Our weekly timetable:  

 

Important dates for the diary this term for Starling Class:

PE - Every Friday - Please come to school dressed in the correct PE uniform

 

Our learning in Term 1:

Our topic this term is 'Lost and Found'. Year 2 will be exploring the school site, reading and drawing maps, looking at human and physical features, learning about compass directions as well as identifying where the UK is, its four countries, their capital cities and surrounding seas.

In English, we will be focusing on sentence structure and building a strong foundation of writing skills. We will remember to think and say the sentence before we start to write and use a capital letter and full stop. We will be building on the children’s independence to write sentences and using their phonics to spell new words.  Using these skills, we will write narratives, descriptive texts and non-fiction texts. During Shared Reading and English, we will be looking at: Stuck by Oliver Jeffers, Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers and a range of Non-Fiction texts about Antarctica and Penguins!

In Maths, we will be looking at place value (tens and ones). The children will be using mathematical resources to make and recognise numbers to 100. We will develop our numbers bonds skills and counting in 2’s 10’s and 5’s. We will also be developing our addition and subtraction knowledge and learning how to cross over the tens. 

In Science, our topic is Living things and their Habitats. We will be learning about the different animals, plants and habitats and how the animals/plants are adapted to be suited to their environment. We will also look at what plants and animals need to survive and demonstrate this in food chains. 

 

In RE, the children will be learning about Christianity. They will be finding out about the Creation Story from the Bible and answering the big question ‘Who made the world?’

Learning at home for Starling Class: 

Children are expected to read every night for at least 10 minutes. This has a huge positive impact on their reading progression, so please help your child to be the best reader that they can be!  Reading records should be signed by an adult and brought into school each day to be checked by a member of staff. Your child will take home 2 books each day – a banded book, and a phonics book.  These will be changed on Mondays and Thursdays.

Spelling Shed and Times Tables Rockstars can be accessed from home using the logins provided on the inside of your child's reading record book.  Spelling assignments will be given out each week, which support the Year 2 spelling curriculum.

Spellings will be given out each week and tested on a Monday.  

Be ready for learning! In Starling Class, your child will need to have these items in school: 

• Book bag (no rucksacks please) 

• PE kit (to be worn on PE day) 

• Water bottle (no squash or juice) 

• Lunchbox (if not having school meal) 

• Wellington boots (to leave in school) 

• Coat (weather appropriate) 

Please don’t bring other items into school, as we do not have space to store them, and it can cause upset if things are lost or damaged. 

School Uniform Checklist:

Please label ALL items of clothing and shoes clearly with your child’s name. This helps even our younger children to take responsibility for and look after their uniform. 

Highlights of our learning so far this year: