Seahorses Class

Hello and welcome to the Seahorses homepage!

Our class teacher is Mrs Wood and the wonderful teaching assistant is Mrs Jones.

In Seahorses, independence and understanding go hand in hand – we embrace mistakes and really begin to learn from them as “the expert in anything was once a beginner”. The children are encouraged to find themselves, their creativity and their love for learning.

The aim of our page is to give you an insight into what we are learning about in class each theme along with suggestions of how you can support your child at home. You will be able to access information regarding; weekly homework and topics we are studying in class at the moment.

I hope you find this information useful, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask a member of the Seahorses team or email Mrs Wood at base3.teaguesbridge@taw.org.uk

This term's focus...

This term, our focus in Geography is Seas and Oceans where children will be learning how the world is made up of continents and oceans, along with the countries and capital cities that make up the UK. We will also learn how to identify the human and physical features within the UK and look closely at the coastal areas to identify their features and then compare these to the coastal areas in Egypt!

This term, our focus in Science is Plants. We will be investigating what a plant is, how they grow and how they survive through experimentation, observation and recording. At the end of term, the children will bring their own plants home to show what they've learnt in Science and hopefully be able to keep their plants thriving!

Value of the Season...

The Value of the Seasons this month is ‘Hope’.

Children will be understanding what the word means and the importance this value holds in school and community life. Children will be earning tokens and working towards becoming the Values Champion for the class and accept an award from Mrs Abdulla in assembly.

This Week's Homework

Homework will be sent out on a Friday and needs to be returned by the following Wednesday. Homework will always consist of:

Fridge Words - These are words children have learnt or are going to learn in school and need to be practiced in different ways to embed their understanding of the word.

Common exception words - This is to give the children the opportunity to learn to sight read and possibly practice writing some common exception words for their stage over time to improve with words they are likely to be consistently reading and writing.

Reading - This is a small comprehension text to expose children to questions they will come across when they are reading a familiar or unfamiliar text and build up their comprehensive skills, rather than solely building fluency.

Maths - This activity will be related to our learning to consolidate and secure the children's understanding.

Useful  Information

Reading books and records must be bought into school each day.

Children are expected to read at home – this can be with a more experienced reader that can support them when they need it. Any books or reading that they have done can be added to their reading record, not just the ones from school.

Children have their username and password in the front of their reading records for them to be able to access our online learning resources, please clink below to find the link:

• Times Tables Rock Stars

Our PE session is on a Thursday afternoon in the last lesson – so children will return home in their PE kit from school on that day.

We also have Dance on a Tuesday afternoon where PE kit is expected to be worn so please ensure this is brought into school with your child.