Seahorse Class Weekly Update

8 March 2024

This week we started our new PE unit on ball skills. The children were able to show what they had previously learnt about throwing and apply this to a new game we learnt called ‘Superhero ball’. Year 2 were very good at supporting the other children in class with throwing, catching and teamwork skills.

Year 1 and 2 wrote their non-chronological reports on kangaroos this week after looking at non-chronological reports on wombats and then practising using the different features they found. Meanwhile, reception have been writing about Jack and the beanstalk. They thought about what other treasure the Giant may have and how the police could catch Jack after he stole the Giant’s belongings.

Topic has been science based for everyone this week. We have looked at the different classifications of animals and their diets. Year 2 were able to use some key vocabulary such as carnivore and herbivore that they had previously learnt and explain to other children what it meant.

Next week we are moving on to our art focus in topic. Please can we have any junk modelling resources you may have. No toilet rolls or egg boxes please.

Seahorse Class Weekly Update

1 March 2024

This week Reception have been very busy exploring capacity. This has involved a lot of water. They have been measuring, pouring and comparing the water. It has been great to hear the children copying and adapting the questions that the adults had asked them. Meanwhile year 1 and year 2 have been looking at the five and ten times tables. They have been looking at the similarities and differences between them.

In English, Reception have been looking at the book ‘Diary of a Wombat’ and thinking about who Wombat might meet and what else Wombat might like to eat.  In Key Stage 1 we have started looking at non-fiction texts so that we are ready to create our own non-chronological reports at the end of next week.

Our topic lessons in Key Stage 1 have been about money and how we can earn and save money. The children have shown a good knowledge of the different things they can do and choices that can be made about saving money. Reception’s topic lessons have been very science based looking at the seasons and the weather. They have thought about the different types of clothes we wear in the different seasons.

We have been very lucky to have Miss Neil start working with us from UEA as a part of her PGCE placement. She has settled in really well and has enjoyed getting to know the children this week.

Seahorse Class Weekly Update

16 February 2024

This week in PE we have been using all the balancing, jumping and rolling skills we have learnt in PE this half term. We got the apparatus out and had fun balancing along the benches and jumping off of the PE tables. Next term, we will be moving on to ball skills and looking at netball. 

In English, year 1 and 2 we have finished ‘Diary of a Wombat’ by writing our own recounts of what we have done this week. We then realised how much we have all done this week, going out for food, having pancakes, playing games and after school clubs. In maths we have been busy using our two times tables and solving problems. We have also been seeing how multiplication is commutative which means we can write it as 2 x 3 or 3 x 2 but we still get the same answer. 

Meanwhile, in reception we have been watching the short video Spider! We have thought about how Spider can get out of the bath and any other animals he might meet whilst in the bath.

Seahorse Class Weekly Update

9 February 2024

This week in Seahorses we started off with lots of PE. On Monday with Miss Lucas we brought together the different balances and jumps we have been practising. Then on Tuesday Year 2 went to Cromer Academy to participate in Tri golf. It was great to see them being supportive of each other and showing other schools how well behaved they are.

Maths in Key Stage 1 has been focused on repeated addition and making links between that and multiplication  expressions such as 10 + 10 + 10 is the same as 3 x 10 because there are three lots of 10. Key Stage 1 have also started their new book ‘Diary of a Wombat’ and wrote a diary entry of Wombat’s day whilst Reception have been reading the book ‘The Enormous Turnip’ and having to work out ways to keep the turnip monster happy and think about what they can do with all the leftover turnip.

In our topic lessons this week we have had a week of art. Reception designed and then created their own animals and used some of the different ways they had learnt about to join the materials together. Meanwhile, year 1 and year 2 looked at Aboriginal art and the different meanings behind each picture. They created their own stories using the pictures and then picked a picture to paint onto a stone in the same way as aboriginals.

Seahorse Class Weekly Update

2 February 2024

This week in Seahorses we have carried on with our learning about Australia and reception spent some of their topic time decorating Australian animals having looked at Aboriginal art. They also looked at Edward the Emu in Drawing club. They thought about the other animals Edward could go and see as well as thinking about  what Edward and Edwina the emus could go and do. In maths they have been busy comparing the height and lengths of different objects and on Thursday started looking at the days of the week. We read Jasper’s Beanstalk and managed to sequence the pictures to match the story.

Meanwhile in Year 1 and Year 2 we have been busy finishing ‘At the Beach’ by writing our own postcards about a trip we have been on. To help us prepare for this we practised writing lots of different things during our sentence stacking lessons during the week. On Thursday we had some great similes including ‘as black as a shadow’ and ‘as long as a boat’. In maths, we have been using our knowledge of coins and the 2, 5 and 10 times tables to count different values of coins.

Next week, year 2 are going to Cromer Academy for Tri-golf on Tuesday and we are looking forward to seeing what they can teach us when they come back.

Seahorse Class Weekly Update

26 January 2024

We have had another amazing week. We have started looking at postcards in year 1 and 2. This has been a part of our English work based on the book ‘At the Beach’ where a young boy called Henry sends postcards whilst on holiday at Crabby Spits. On Thursday we then wrote our own postcards telling other people about our holidays and trips we had been on. Meanwhile, Reception have been writing about a magical island and the different animals on it after watching a short clip from Noah’s Island.

In maths, Reception have been looking at the height of different objects and had a race to see who could build the tallest beanstalk. They then put them in order from shortest to tallest. Key Stage 1 have been looking at counting in twos, fives and tens. We are now beginning to look at coins and the different amounts they represent. Next week we will combine both  pieces of learning to count amounts of money.

In topic, Year 1 and 2 began learning about Aboriginals and how they are indigenous to Australia. We learnt that they move around, hunt for only what they need and do not waste things.

Please note Seahorses will have PE on Tuesday (30th) and not Monday (29th) next week. It is only changing  for that week.

Seahorse Class Weekly Update

19 January 2024

We have had another busy week in Seahorses. It started with year 1 and year 2 making their own instruments out of recycling like Ossiri in our story. They then at the end of the week wrote an ending to the story where Ossiri met the Bala Mengro. In some stories he liked her music and they became friends but in other stories he chased her away from his cave. Next week we are looking at a book called ‘At the Beach’ which contains lots of postcards. Meanwhile this week, Reception have been looking at the story of Cinderella and helping her plan her own party and find an outfit to wear. This week Reception have been looking at how we can partition five into different combinations of numbers. Next week in maths, KS1 will be moving on to multiplication and division. Whilst in Reception, they will be comparing the height and length of different objects.

We have carried on learning about Australia this week and have learnt that it is south of the equator and that the equator is an imaginary line that goes around the world. We also discovered the countries near the equator are hotter than the countries near the north and south poles.

Seahorse Class Weekly Update

12 January 2024

We have had a great start back to the term and we have been very lucky to get some new resources in our continuous provision that the whole class have enjoyed using this week. The biggest hit has been the marble run and we have enjoyed finding different ways to put it all together. We have also changed our role play area and have got big boxes (more always welcome and any big tubes) which have become homes, cars and a doctors surgery. 

Year 1 and 2 have started their new book in English called ‘Ossiri and the Bala Mengro’. It is all about a little girl wanting to play a musical instrument having to make her own. We will be making our own instruments on Monday so any donations of small bottles, yogurt pots or kitchen roll tubes would be greatly appreciated. Meanwhile Reception have carried on with Drawing Club and have been finding out about Harry and his bucketful of dinosaurs going on holiday.

On Tuesday, Key Stage 1 competed in an inter-house topic quiz seeing what they could remember from our previous topic ‘Let’s Fly Away’. It was great to see how much the children could remember. The winners were Red House with a score of 100! Well done!

Seahorse Class Weekly Update

15 December 2023

This week Seahorses worked very hard to show how much their writing has improved by completing their tracker books. Years 1 and 2 enjoyed seeing how far they have come from when they started writing in them in Reception. Year 2 have finished their writing about ‘The Jolly Christmas Postman’ by writing their own letters. It was a lovely way to end the year. Meanwhile, Reception and Year 1 have been writing about ‘The Poddington Peas’ and their adventures in a hot air balloon.

We have had great fun in the tough spot making patterns in the flour and practising our letter formation as well as playing with the dolls house. All the dolls have had all sorts of adventures. Seahorses have all worked very hard to learn our song for the production. They have been incredibly resilient and not let being on stage faze them at all. We are very proud of them. 

Seahorse Class Weekly Update

8 December 2023

This week Year 1 and Reception have been busy writing about Superworm in Drawing Club. They have written about different ways they can capture a monster that is trying to take Superworm as well as describing Superworm himself. Meanwhile Year 2 have been working their way through The Jolly Christmas Postman. They have been looking at the different letters that he has delivered and started writing some of their own to Humpty Dumpty.

We have all been practising our song ready for the production. Reception and Year 1 have been joining in really well with the actions and are remembering some of the words now as well. We can’t wait to be the warm up act for the production next week.

On Wednesday we had a lovely time when the PTFA came in to do some winter crafts with us. We have decorated jars, made lollipop trees and reindeer as well as decorating candy canes.

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