Meerkats Class Blog (Y1/2)

Welcome to our new blog for 2025-26!  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 S. Bayley (alternate Thursdays).  Our teaching assistant is Mrs A. Clay.

We have indoor PE every Thursday and outdoor PE every Monday, children need to come to school on both days in their PE kit please.

School Reading Spine 

• Friday 25 September 2026 Marvellous Meerkats Investigate the Animal World. Another busy week in Meerkat Class growing our brains and having fun!
• Friday 18 September 2026 Marvellous Meerkats working together! It has been great to see the Marvellous Meerkats demonstrating how they all belong together in Meerkat Class and to see them all working so well together this week. Their star jar is filling up!
• Friday 11 September 2026 Marvellous Meerkats in their Habitat! We have had another busy and fun week. The children are filling up their reward jar and settling into our new routines and learning really well - well done Marvellous Meerkats. Enjoy looking at our learning in the photos below.
• Friday 4 September 2026 Welcome back to school Marvellous Meerkats! Welcome back to school and welcome to Meerkat Class.
• Friday 17 July 2026 A marvellous Year for the Marvellpus Meerkats!! Enjoy looking at our learning from the week and photos of us all enjoying our well-deserved treat for filling our class star jar – ice-cream, marshmallows, sprinkles and sauce!!!
• Friday 10 July 2026 Friday 10th July Another busy week - with us all trying to stay as cool as possible while we were learning.
• Friday 3 July 2026 Making Cars! A slightly cooler week thank goodness! We have had a great time making our cars for our DT project.
• Friday 26 June 2026 Exploring Wheels and Axles What a week! We hope everyone is staying safe in the hot weather. Here are a few of the highlights from what has been a crazy week!
• Friday 19 June 2026 Marvellous Meerkats Spotted at Motor Museum! Enjoy looking at the photographs from our trip to Haynes Motor Museum! Thank you to all out parent helpers who joined us for the day - your help and support was very much appreciated.
• Friday 12 June 2026 Marvellous Meerkats, Motors and Music! A busy week of learning for the Marvellous Meerkats! Please take a look at our highlights from the week:
• Friday 5 June 2026 Vintage Cars and Ocarinas! A wonderful start to the term for the Marvellous Meerkats! Please take a look at our highlights from the week:
• Friday 22 May 2026 Marvellous Meerkats - Sporting Heroes!! What a fantastic Sports Day we had - Well done to all the Meerkats for their fantastic teamwork!! Enjoy looking at all the action from the day.
• Friday 15 May 2026 Meerkats, Chicks and Puppets! Another wonderful week with the Marvellous Meerkats! Please take a look at our highlights from the week:
• Friday 8 May 2026 Marvellous Meerkats - Sew Talented! Enjoy taking a look at the highlights from our learning this week.
• Friday 1 May 2026 Maasai Meerkats and Finding Fractions! Enjoy taking a look at our learning from this week.
• Friday 24 April 2026 Marvellous Meerkats Exploring Kenya! Enjoy taking a look at the highlights from this week's learning.
• Friday 17 April 2026 Meerkats Exploring Pounds, Pence, Continents and Oceans! Welcome back to Term 5 and what a marvellous week we have had!
• Friday 27 March 2026 Happy Easter Marvellous Meerkats! Well done to all the Meerkats for a great term!
• Friday 20 March 2026 Meerkats spotted at Kingston Lacy! What a wonderful day we had today spent in the sunshine at Kingston Lacy - the children were amazing. We are so proud of them all!
• Friday 13 March 2026 Marvellous Meerkats and Gardeners! Another busy week growing plants and our brains in Meerkat Class. Enjoy having a look at our great learning from this week.
• Friday 6 March 2026 Artistic Meerkats and seed planting! Lots of learning and growing our brains this week in Meerkat Class!
• Friday 27 February 2026 Pancakes and Painting with the Meerkats! A warm welcome back to you all. We've had a busy start to the term, enjoy having a look at our great learning from this week.
• Friday 13 February 2026 A marvellous end to the term for the Marvellous Meerkats! Take a look at our great learning from this week. Thanks to all who could join us for the Parent Event.
• Friday 6 February 2026 Poetry Recitals and Marvellous Meerkats! Enjoy having a look at our great learning from this week.
• Friday 30 January 2026 From Meerkat Riddles to Florence Nightingale! Take a look at our great learning from this week.
• Friday 23 January 2026 Meerkats, BeeBots and Yoga! Take a look at our great learning from this week.
• Friday 16 January 2026 An Eggcellent Week with the Meerkats! Take a look at our great learning from this week.
• Friday 9 January 2026 Happy New Year Marvellous Meerkats! Take a look at our great learning from this week.
• Friday 19 December 2025 Happy Christmas Marvellous Meerkats! Now that's how you finish a term!! We are so proud of every one of the children for their amazing singing, acting, reading and confidence on the stage in their Christmas Performance-I am sure you will agree that they are all superstars. Well done Marvellous Meerkats you were fantastic!
• Saturday 13 December 2025 Superstar Meerkats! I must start this week by congratulating the Marvellous Meerkats for their fabulous singing and reciting of our Christmas poem at the church on Thursday. Myself and the team were so proud of every one of them, they sang and signed with enthusiasm and delivered their poem so beautifully – well done superstars! Also, a huge thank you to our parent helpers who walked to and from the church with us, your support is so very much appreciated.
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