We are the 

‘Sparkling Seahorses’

Welcome to our Class Page

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Miss Burnett

Class Teacher

Miss Green, Mrs Vorster, Miss Smith and Miss Keilty

Teaching Assistants

Our topic this term is....

'Down on the Farm'

To round off our ‘Let’s Celebrate’ topic, Seahorses have celebrated Shrove Tuesday early! Together we made the pancake  mixture,  designed and  labelled  our pancake toppings and then enjoyed them as a yummy snack 🥞

Seahorses had a SWEET maths lesson today! We found out that eating one sweet means there is one less! We found 1 less from 8 to 5. 🍬

Seahorses exercising our right to our own opinion.. voting for our favourite Favourite Five story! The least popular story gets swapped for a new one. We enjoyed chatting about what we liked or disliked about the stories.

Seahorses are getting stuck in to their number day activities! #numbersday

What incredible independent writing from these superstars this afternoon! ⭐️ We  love  Drawing  Club!  

 #childrensmentalhealthweek

Seahorses have had a think about the red zone of regulation- anger. We chatted about what makes us feel angry and how our body might feel. Then we explored some ways we could help to calm our body down using our red zone toolkit.

Seahorses have been thinking about the emotions in our zones of regulation for #childrensmentalhealthweek we started the week with our greenzone- happy!

Last year in the Sparkling Seahorses class ......

Today, the Seahorses have been exploring weather. We made our own tools to help us be weather forecasters- wind socks and sun catchers!

Seahorses have been learning about minibeasts today! We have been using words to describe what they look like. We created some fantastic sketches that match our descriptions!

Seahorse’s Jigsaw lesson today was all about food, glorious food! We chatted about healthy and unhealthy food, then prepared and ate our own healthy sandwiches! They were ‘delicious’ and ‘tasty’.

We LOVE the ‘Hairy Maclary’ books in our class, so in this week‘s Story Club we read a few of his stories and made our own Hairy Maclary picture!

Seahorses choosing books that interest them in the library on #WorldBookDay2024

Designing and creating our own book characters out of… potatoes!! We had to get very creative but we've all done super job!

A fantastic class full of crazy characters and comfy pyjamas in Seahorses #WorldBookDay2024

Designing our own superhero masks in Story club after sharing ‘Zippo the Super Hippo’

Fantastic patience and teamwork from these Seahorses! Working together on our tricky marble run.

Seahorse class practicing their art skills this afternoon. We all know that when drawing people they must have a head, body, arms and legs.

We tried shouting up to the giant but he couldn’t hear us! One Seahorse said we should try writing him a letter! We wrote some letters and drew him some pictures to say sorry. We hope he will find them and come down for his things by the morning

Seahorses having fun in the snow! We collected it in our buckets and weighed them to see who had collected the most!

@WhiteRoseEd

Seahorses tasted some Chinese foods this afternoon. We even had a go at using chopsticks… very tricky but we kept trying and got there

Seahorses busy making number flowers this afternoon! Testing our number correspondence as well as our fine motor skills! #numberdayNumber is everywhere! Seahorses counting their orange segments, and how many peels it takes to open the orange! 

Seahorses starting their day by making number caterpillars! Writing the numbers and putting them in the correct order!

What we have been learning about this year.

Our past topics .......

Today Seahorses, starfish and Dolphins had a virtual visit from Claire Freedman, author of Aliens Love Underpants! The children asked some great questions.

Wow! What a great afternoon visiting Waterstones book shop. Seahorse class listened to stories and had the chance to buy a book with their vouchers

Seahorses have really enjoyed reading our favourite five stories this week and today they voted for their favourite.

Some super teamwork and maths knowledge in Seahorses this morning! Independently ordering numbers to 10.

Seahorses have been sharing their 'All About Me' bags with the class. We've found out about a chicken with an unusual name, witnessed some great yoyo skills, seen a fantastic play dough snake and heard all about a very cute baby brother!

Starting School - Our first day in Reception Class.

Our previous topics this school year ......

Superb hold a sentence from these Sparkling Seahorses in Read, Write Inc 

Today Seahorses have been learning about which farm animals lay eggs and which produce milk. Some of the children worked together with Miss Green to create their own cow so they can have a go at milking it!

Some fantastic knowledge of number bonds to ten from this Sparkling Seahorse today! Well done!!

After sharing the Easter story today, Reception made some fantastic Easter gardens.

Amazing maths skills from this Sparkling Seahorse in provision today. Sofia was able to rearrange the numbers into the correct order and spotted which one was missing. She then made her own number card for the missing number. Great work! #MathsEveryoneCan

As part of World Book Day, Reception Class visited our local The Bridge Library.  We shared some wonderful books with our friends.

We’re loving #WorldBookDay in Reception today! Can you guess what our favourite books are?

What a great way to start #WorldBookDay by sharing our favourite books with our friends in Reception!

We had an AMAZING time at Rand Farm today!

Reception had a great time exploring some of the farm themed provision today. What a lovely introduction to our new topic 'Down at the Farm' #farming #curiosity

Anyone interested in trying one of Reception’s potions they have been busy making today? Apparently they “Make you feel better when you are poorly.” #imagination

Reception have been really enjoying painting different places they would like to visit in provision today, the beach was a clear winner! #everychildisanartist

Learning about different foods that are eaten during Chinese New Year and what they represent, lion dancing and even some dragon dancing! What a great day in Reception #allaroundtheworldweek

Great determination from this young man in Reception today! Building The Great Wall of China all by himself. He was very keen to explain all the features he had included after looking at photos of the wall, fantastic job!

Reception have been getting ready for our Lion Dancing tomorrow by making our own lion masks.

Finding out all about Chinese New Year in Reception today, traditional clothing, lanterns, lion dancing and Chinese name writing!

Seahorses were very excited to share one of our 'Favourite Five' stories at the end of the day, they were desperate to help to tell the story and had great fun acting it out too! Can you guess which story it is?

Some fantastic teamwork and throwing skills in today's PE lesson. Great work Seahorses!!!

Autumnal splatter painting in our wellbeing groups today.

Some of our worry monsters- we choose materials, colours and patterns to represent us.

Our Sparkling Seahorses .....

Home Learning 24th January 2022

Please see below our Home Learning for those children currently absent from school.  Thank you.

Daily maths – please complete one activity per day – videos/photos of these could be uploaded to Tapestry so we can see how you got on.

Which show 6? –
Composition of 6
https://vimeo.com/498019083
Sorting 6, 7 and 8 –
Composition of 7
https://vimeo.com/498021661
Composition of 8
https://vimeo.com/498022619
Matching 6. 7 and 8
https://vimeo.com/498023359
1 more and less
https://vimeo.com/498023851

Daily phonics – please complete one ‘Speed sounds’ and one ‘Word time’ each day from your child’s group.  Follow the links for the online videos.
 

Mrs Lee’s Group
Speed sounds
1. https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/j6B8mTdV/sJOMNgoL
2. https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/D3viDOon/dukWAlkQ
3. https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/FMHnXE1C/WxHpWpjC
4. https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/rAdJz6wZ/c0LByexy
5. https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/q29GU6sd/fcGkSFxI

Word time
1. https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/0LHvROAd/w8yI8tgb
2. https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/KlgrZrGD/KlPH1UUW
3. https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/jB2vaxIC/cijU53pI
4. https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/3CAZfa3P/Vg9h1uJu
5. https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/OR9FDwPO/TQl35B4A

Mrs Moore’s Group

Speed sounds
1. https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/j24J5nGJ/ybaD9VPs
2. https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/pc3mMb2r/uwp5lzG2
3. https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/pWPyvPbX/dSYRcYXW
4. https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/w8tJUEGY/DJEng8T7
5. https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/MaA0lS0f/zxJp7QgV

Word time

1. https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/DmotUWuD/PC6KuQPR
2. https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/UZ2YotsP/Q3ZcwNaS
3. https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/Tc7p4gez/Lf2czNfG
4. https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/j6d5eKoC/FWLetTOR
5. https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/MLU9vpy4/qELdNZgl

Home Learning 17th January 2022

Please see below our Home Learning for those children currently absent from school.  Thank you.

Last year in the Sparkling Seahorses.......

January 2021

Please follow the link below for our Home Learning Page.

Home Learning

We have begun to send Home Learning Packs home with ideas for you to support your child with reading and writing. These packs can also be found on the Seahorse Class Home Learning Page. Go to the Home Page and click on Children and follow the link to our page.

Christmas fun in the Seahorse Class! 

Term 2

We Love The Gruffalo!

The children are still enjoying the story of The Gruffalo and love to read the story and retell it through pretend play.

Term 1

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