Hi, my name is Miss Coyne, and I am the Year 2 Nightingale Class Teacher.

I have spent over 11 years teaching in Early Years and Year 1 and have fallen in love with the creativity and breadth of the curriculum. 

At St. John's, I lead Phonics and Early Reading, and Music, and I am the Team Leader for KS1. 

I have a passion for listening to and playing music as well as competing in sports events. I have represented Ireland twice for different sports; the 100m freestyle event in swimming and Team Twirling at the Baton World Championships!

Other staff working in our class are:

Mrs. Bradshaw - 3rd Teacher and Nightingale Teacher on Fridays

Mrs. Hmar - Teaching Assistant (Monday–Thursday)

Mrs. Bates - Teaching Assistant (Fridays)

Our weekly timetable: 

Important dates for the diary this term for Nightingale Class:

Individual Photos - 8th October

Science 3D diorama building - 1.30 - 2.30pm Thursday 17th October

PE - Every Wednesday

Our learning this term:

In term 1, we will be reading the texts 'Stuck' and 'Lost and Found'.  We will learn about and use nouns, adjectives and exciting vocabulary in our writing.  In Year 2, the children will focus on writing sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, a range of punctuation, with a particular focus on checking their own work.

  

In Maths, we will focus on counting in 10s to 100 and understanding place value.  The children will use different manipulatives to build numbers and also partition numbers into tens and ones.

Our Geography topic this term is 'Lost and Found'.  We will develop skills involving map reading, locating famous landmarks and using a simple key and cardinal points to create their own map.

In Science, Year 2 will learn about 'Animals and their Habitats'.  The children will explore the outdoors, searching carefully for animals that may live in nearby habitats and microhabitats!

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

Learning at home for Nightingale Class: 

Children are expected to read every night for at least 10 minutes.  Reading records should be signed by an adult and brought back 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 Numbots can be accessed from home using the logins provided on the inside of your child's reading record.  Spelling assignments will be given out each week, which supports the Year 2 spelling curriculum.

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

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

Key Stage One (Years 1 and 2) 

• 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:

To launch our topic this term, we went on a treasure hunt.  We had to read clues in search of Miss. Coyne's water bottle!  It was stuck up a tree! 

In computing, we explored different fonts, sizes and colours when typing our names on 'Word'.  We were amazed to learn how to copy and paste our work again, and again and again using 'ctrl + C'!