Kookaburras: Year 2

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Project and Phonics
Remote Learning

SAT Paper Examples

Reading, Paper 1

Reading, Paper 2 (answer booklet)

Reasoning, Paper 2 (answer booklet)

GPS, Paper 2

Reading, Paper 2 (reading booklet)

Arithmetic, Paper 1

Reasoning, Paper 2 (question booklet)

Maths Recources

Number Formation with rhymes

Printable Shape Dominoes

Listen to the St Mary's adults read some of your favourite stories

Phonics Resources

Set 1 Sounds, Videos and Resources

Set 2 Sounds, Videos and Resources

Read, Write, Inc Phonics Sound Mat

Read Write Inc. Set 1 Ditties to read at home

Set 3 Sounds, Videos and Resources

Read, Write Inc Phonics Information for Parents

Remote Learning Policy Document

Class Prayer

Welcome to Kookaburra Class!

In Y2, we are a friendly, caring class, who are keen to welcome new learners and make them feel at home in our classroom. We enjoy working and playing together and you will often find us learning together outside.

Kookaburras are curious learners who like to find out about the world in which we live and generate questions for our projects. We like being active learners by exploring new ideas and shared experiences.

We love listening to stories of all kinds and are keen to choose books from the class library to share at home. Our class project books are already well thumbed!

Our Teacher

Miss Gascoigne,

I am very happy to be working full time in Kookaburra Class this year and am looking forward to working with all the other pupils and adults in Key Stage One.

I have a degree in English Literature and a PGCE from Bangor University and have taught in London, Paris and Eton as well as several schools in Oxfordshire. I love working in an investigative way because I enjoy finding things out for myself. I am really looking forward to all of our projects this year ,but especially ‘Hear our Voice’ as History is one of my favourite subjects.

When I am not at school, I like to go walking with friends, spend time cooking in my kitchen, working in my garden or just chatting to my cat, Betty. I have really enjoyed recording stories for our school website while we have been apart as I love good quality picture books. When I retire I would like to write books for children. They might feature a very curious and courageous camel as these are my favourite animals.

I admire the work of the illustrator Quentin Blake who has drawn the picture for some of my favourite picture books. ‘Mister Magnolia’ and ‘Mrs Armitage on Wheels’ are two that always make me smile. I will look forward to sharing lots of stories with Kookaburras in September.

I know that we are going to have a lot of fun together this year.

Springing to Life, Summer 1 Project

Our project this term is 'Springing to Life'. We are asking the question 'What do we mean by new life?'.

To help us answer this question we will be using the key text 'Tadpoles Promise' by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross and 'The Odd Egg' by Emily Gravett. We will be exploring life cycles, focusing on tadpoles and chicks. We will be creating an Egg Spotters Guide and our own-version narratives using these books.

Watch 'Tadpole's Promise'

Watch 'The Odd Egg'

Our project incorporates Science and Computing . We are building on understanding of how to identify and classify animals into different groups.

In computing we will be inputting data to create graphs and tables to analyse information we collect on a minibeasts.

Our linked texts are