Meerkats Class Blog (Y1/2)
Welcome to our new blog for 2024-25! We hope to share all the wonderful things we are learning about in Year 1 and 2..
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Our Class teachers are Mrs T. Jeffery and Mrs M. Rous (alternate Fridays). Our teaching assistants are Ms F. Hillier (Mon-Wed) and Ms C. Smith (Th-Fri)
We have indoor PE every Friday and outdoor PE every Monday, children need to come to school on both days in their PE kit please.
Y1/2 Curriculum Overview 2024-25 Y1/2 Writing Curriculum 2024-25
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Friday 4 April 2025 Ending the term with a very special visit! What a fantastic last week the marvellous Meerkats had to Term 4. I can’t quite believe all we packed in this week on top of all of our learning and that we are at the end of another term!
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Friday 28 March 2025 Warminster Park and a Big Surprise! What a wonderful week we have had in Meerkat class this week. At the end of the day we took some time to reflect and it was great to hear the children animatedly share their best bits and their positive feelings towards school. They truly are an amazing bunch.
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Friday 21 March 2025 Plants and Persuasion! Firstly, may I say how lovely it was to see you all at Parent’s Evening this week and be able to share your child’s learning with you. Thank you for your continue support.
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Friday 14 March 2025 Meerkats have a 'spring' in their step! Spring is in the air and brighter days are definitely having a positive impact on the marvellous Meerkats. So much enthusiasm for all learning this week!
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Friday 7 March 2025 Meerkats in 'wordy' disguises! As I uploaded the photographs I realised what a busy week the Marvellous Meerkats have had growing their brains and being creative.
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Friday 28 February 2025 Arty Meerkats! Special news to share, Mrs Allen has had a baby boy – the children have seen some gorgeous pictures that Mrs Allen kindly shared with us and we all agree that he’s just adorable – a big Meerkat welcome to Baby Allen.
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Friday 7 February 2025 Culinary delights! It’s hard to believe we are just one week away from the end of Term 3 and half way through the school year. Our gem pot is again full, so next week the children will have extra playtime as their reward! The Meerkats are a fantastically kind bunch of children and it is so lovely to hear reports from other members of staff who also notice their kindness and general helpful ways – keep it up marvellous Meerkats!
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Friday 31 January 2025 Musical Meerkat Bakers! As I was loading all the photos for the week, I am amazed at just how much the marvellous Meerkats have packed into their week. They are such an enthusiastic bunch of children, it is a joy to be their teacher!
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Friday 24 January 2025 Music and dancing with the Meerkats! We are half way through Term 3 and wow the marvellous Meerkats have really challenged themselves in all of their learning this week. But first, I must congratulate them all on their beautiful manners, both myself and Miss Smith notice daily how polite the Meerkats are as a class but this week others members of staff have been to see me to tell me that they have noticed too. Well done Meerkats we are so very proud of you all – keep it up!
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Friday 17 January 2025 Meerkats Make Music! Another busy week in Meerkat Class with lots of exploration, learning and fun – the week just flew by and the Meerkats have certainly grown their brains!
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Friday 10 January 2025 Welcome back Marvellous Meerkats Class! Welcome back and a very Happy New Year to you all.
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Thursday 19 December 2024 Happy Christmas to the Marvellous Meerkats & their Families! What a fantastic end to the term! Myself and the team are so proud of all the marvellous Meerkats for the part they each played in our nativity performances this week – there is nothing to say except FABULOUS!!!!!
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Friday 13 December 2024 Swimming and singing! I must start with a Wow Wow Wow! Myself and the team were so proud of the marvellous Meerkats at the church on Thursday for our Christmas Service; singing, signing and performing their Christmas poem. It will be no surprise to hear our gem jar is well and truly full and extra playtime has been earned. Thank you to all the parents who joined us and a special thank you to the parents who walked to the church with us – your support is very much appreciated. Next week we have our Nativity performances and we are looking forward to seeing you…
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Friday 6 December 2024 Panto and Snowflake! Wow – that week just flew by… The magical season is upon us and our kindness elf, named Snowflake by the children, arrived into class on Monday. We have all sprinkled her with magic glitter and she is with us until the end of term. Snowflake has already noticed many acts of kindness from the marvellous Meerkats and is looking forward to hearing more of their beautiful singing.
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Friday 29 November 2024 Name that shape! We are all starting to get a little excited and into the magical mood with the arrival of the beautiful Christmas tree in the school hall. What a wonderful time to be in an infant school watching the children faces light up with the magic and wonder when they saw it was just lovely.
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Friday 22 November 2024 All aboard SS Great Britain! It’s all about the trip this week and what a wonderful day we all had aboard SS Great Britain! Firstly, I must say how very proud myself and Miss Smith were of all the children. Their behaviour and engagement on the trip was amazing, with lots of questions and connections to our learning noticed – definitely gems in the jar for everyone! Also, may I take this opportunity here to thank our wonderful parent helpers who joined us – without your help and support these trips could not go ahead – thank you so much. We hope you had as much fun as us.
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Friday 15 November 2024 Poetry and an Engineer! Wow – another fabulous week for the Marvellous Meerkats which finished on a golden high with all of the children getting a gold card for their fantastic English firework inspired poetry. Myself and the team were so impressed with the children’s handwriting, word choices and inclusion of capital letters, full stops and finger spaces. We have also been chorally reciting poetry and the children’s reader voice is really developing with great tone and enthusiasm. It is wonderful to see their growing love of all the books we share.
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Friday 8 November 2024 Guy Fawkes and Fireworks! What a great start to Term 2 for the Marvellous Meerkats. The children have returned full of enthusiasm and with oodles of energy for new learning.
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Friday 18 October 2024 Just Marvellous! It was lovely to see you all this week at Parent’s evening and share how well the children have settled into class, the new school year and to share their fantastic learning with you. It will be no surprise for you to hear that the Marvellous Meerkats filled their gem jar this week and chose extra playtime as their special treat. Well done Meerkats – what fabulous start you have made to the year!
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Friday 11 October 2024 Terrific Scientific Meerkats! Another great week for the Meerkat class, we have been very busy growing our brains and meeting our kindness challenge of sharing smiles and caring for each other’s feelings. We have also been learning Makaton sign language to say ‘good morning’ and ‘good afternoon’ – do ask your child to show you.
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Friday 4 October 2024 Marvellous Musical Meerkats! Wow – the term is flying by and the children have really settled into our class routines. The ‘gem jar’ is filling up so hopefully we will have our class treat before the term finishes.
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Friday 27 September 2024 Creative Meerkats! Another fantastic week in Meerkat class, with the highlights being our disco dancing throughout the day today and trip to the Holboune Museum yesterday. A big thank you to our parent helpers who joined us – these trips could not go ahead without your support - thank you so much. ??
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Friday 20 September 2024 Sensory Learning for Meerkats! What a sensory week we have had in Meerkats this week. We have been learning all about Kevin and what he likes and dislikes in our class book ‘Can I build another me?’ by Shinsuke Yoshitake. Using our senses of smell, sight and touch, the children explored different food stuffs to think about their own likes and dislikes. The children guessed some of the smells straight away just by looking at them, others however, proved trickier and they had to rely on their other senses. Some caused quite humorous reactions of ‘yuk’ and instant nose pinching especially the ‘love it – hate it’ marmite. Myself and Mrs Allen, were so impressed with the children for having a go and smelling and touching all the foods – one even felt with her feet what salad feels like! Do check out the pictures to see the reactions.
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Friday 13 September 2024 What a marvellous week! The marvellous Meerkats have been very busy growing their brains this week. The children have enthusiastically leapt into their learning with both feet – enjoying all new topics during our first full timetabled week!
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Friday 6 September 2024 Welcome back Marvellous Meerkats! Despite the weather, the Meerkat Team want to wish you all a very warm welcome back to school. What a marvellous and busy first week Meerkat Class have had. The Year 2 children have all settled back quickly into our routines and kindly supported the Year 1 children. Already we can see the children working together as a team just like their class namesakes! Myself and the Meerkat Team are very proud of them all – Keep it up Marvellous Meerkats!
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Friday 12 July 2024 Cars and Concerts! Wow what a week – the highlight being the amazing New Orleans Band who joined us on Thursday in the hall. We were all treated to a musical extravaganza as the band played many songs, to which we could clap and tap along to, join in with and even dance to. From ‘The Backstreet Boys’ to ‘Oh When the Saints go marching in’ and many numbers in between. The children thoroughly enjoyed every moment, calling for an encore.
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Friday 5 July 2024 Cars and Construction! There was lots happening in class and across the school this week; transition visits for Year 2, an election and a visit from Westbury Library!
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Friday 28 June 2024 Colourful Meerkats! Gosh the weeks are really flying by now but the marvellous Meerkats haven’t lost their enthusiasm or energy for learning and growing their brains! We started the week ‘learning outside of the classroom’ looking at cars and finished the week back outside with our amazing Colour Run!
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Friday 21 June 2024 It is all about Teamwork! The term is flying by but it was still another great week for the marvellous Meerkats. It is amazing to see how much they have grown, learnt, explored and progressed since September. Whilst they are a mix of two separate year groups then are most definitely just one class. However, saying that, the Year 2 children have begun their transition and this week with a visit the Junior School as part of their transition programme. There will be having more visits as the term progresses. Please follow the link for the letter which was sent with all transition details.
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