Welcome to Bees: 2021/22
Bees is an exciting place to learn and discover new things! We look forward to an amazing year together.
The class teacher is Miss Burke and Mr Lynch supported by Ms Brook, Miss Hutchinson and sometimes Miss Hancox.
Class Reminders:
We visit the library weekly, don't forget to bring your book bag everyday.
Guided reading takes place throughout the week, try get into the habit of always bringing your book bag everyday. If you want to read at home you can also read lots of books online at https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home
Don't forget to write names in ALL clothes.
We work outside a lot in Bees please send your child with sensible clothing for the weather. You may choose to leave a pair of wellies in school, please ensure these are named and left in a plastic bag on your child's peg.
We love to hear and see what you have been up to at home by you uploading to your child’s Evidence Me learning journey at home through the app.
π You can contact us on our class email bees@berrybrow.co.uk π
ππ If you are self isolating follow this link for activities to do at home and please share any learning with us via Evidence Me or our class email address ... here is the link for home learning activities ... https://www.berrybrow.co.uk/bees-reception/
Our Celebrations ...
Thank you for joining us today ... we have created memories of a life time! What a fabulous day we have had celebrating the Platinum Jubilee πππ
Preparations are on the way for our special celebrations ...
In Early Years this week we have begun some of our preparations for The Queens Platinum Jubilee ... 70 years! WOW! We cannot wait to celebrate in a couple of weeks ...
Pirates, pirates, pirates ...
We are really engaged in our new story ‘The Night Pirate’ ... the stories, vocabulary and talk going on around the classroom is amazing! We have been busy builders ... we have built pirate ships inside and outside ... look how great they are it’s because of the brilliant team we all are in Bees. I cannot wait to see what other AMAZING things happen this half term following this first week.
Our New Story this half term ... can you practise it at home ...
Our Week ...
We have had a busy busy week. We have innovated and changed our story ...tell it to someone at home. We have continued to think about healthy eating and had exciting snack times as well as continuing our Guiseppe art but this time in p,aydough.
Keeping fit and healthy in Bees!
In bees we really enjoy our PE lessons, sessions with Me Fox and we always learn something new ... today it was throwing. It makes the adults really happy to see us practising these skills in our outdoor area. This week and last there has been some amazing physical activities and games happening ...
What would you change in our story?
We would love to hear your ideas! You could draw a picture or record a video to send to us on Evidence Me.
Science Week 2022 - Growth
We have loved the start to British Science Week. Did you know we had our very own caterpillars in Bees .... they are growing bigger and bigger everyday ... we are impatiently waiting for them to start building their cocoons because we know they next exciting stage in their life cycle.
This is the day we proudly welcomed them into Bees class and we promised to look after them!
Look now at some of our FABULOUS science week learning! Remember to check our Evidence Me for ideas how you can get involved with science week at home ...
We are builders ... We are designers!
Today it was buzzing in the construction area. One small idea developed into a large scale construction of a museum. It was great to watch the teamwork, communication, writing and imagination. This started with one child and ended up with a good 10 children working on the project taking on a role! You made us proud Bees!
World Book Day 2022!
Today we have enjoyed lots of book activities and sharing books with Year 2. Each child has brought home a book they can keep from our world book day shop and their own voucher to go and spend or redeem on a FREE book. Make sure you use it! We have had lots of book fun ... reading, writing, drawing and talking about books! Have a look at our photos ...
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Can you start to practise retelling our story at home? We would even love to see your own story maps you draw. Here is our class one to help you ...
Playdough, recipes, independence and a lot of mess!
In Bees we have added a self service playdough station to our classroom. This is helping us to develop independence, reading skills, team work and being confident to get things right through trial and error. Look at it in action. This has been a popular area over the week.
Snack. talk and friends!
In Bees we love spending time with our friends. Over the last few weeks we have enhanced our snack area by adding some magazines ... the conversations this week have been so good to listen too.
Sand. Sand and more Sand!
In Bees we love working in the sand. Over the last few weeks we have enhanced and developed our sand area. It now promotes more opportunities for problem solving, talking, turn taking and opportunity to think of ideas! This group of children wowed me with their volcano this week ... it even erupted! I cannot wait to see what happens in the sand next week.
We are learning about 3D shapes ...
Innovating our talk for writing story ...
Can you have a go at home at changing parts of our story ...
We are Artists ...
This week we have begun some learning all around Kandinsky and his artwork. We have created our own art in his style in both the creative area and construction area. We have loved experimenting with art this week.
Experimenting with sounds ....
This week we are experimenting with sounds, today we talked about what experimenting means and trying to make different sounds in different ways. We have been experimenting both indoors and outdoors. We have even got creative.
Look at us learning through our play ...
When we are asked what we have done in school and we say play ... look at these photos this is us playing but look at how much learning is going on ... we are counting, ordering numbers, recognising numbers, working in a team, reading books, telling stories, acting stories out, speaking in sentences ... so much and that is in just two areas. Can you imagine how much we learn in one day?!! WOW!!
Gymnastics with Huddersfield Giants
Today we have loved having Huddersfield Giants back ...we began some gymnastics and today practised different stretches to help us as the term develops. We also played some fun games. We cannot wait for next Monday π
Our New Story ...
In Bees we have got straight back into learning our new story 'Jack and the Beanstalk'. The children have been busy planting seeds, learning to follow and give instructions, building and learning about castles and acting out our new story. All the adults have been impressed by the AMAZING independent writing going on in our play. We cannot wait to show you how our seeds grow and change this half term. What a great start back. Look at the photos below. Then see our new story map so you can practise the story at home ...
Party day and Panto afternoon! What a great day we have had celebrating Christmas!
We are performers!
We have loved putting in a show for you all and for the camera ... we hope you enjoyed as much as us! Through this experience we have learnt so much! Watch out in your emails for a link and on Evidence Me for a photo ...
Shark in the Snow ...
It had been a snowy and Christmassy week in Bees. We enjoyed the snow at home on Monday, on Tuesday we excitedly awaited them arrival of a new book and did lots of learning around it and then on Thursday we met Nick Sharratt again! What a week ...
Tree Service 2021
Thank you for joining us for our 'Tree Service' we hope you enjoyed! Remember to book for our nativity next Wednesday.
One Kind Word ...
In Bees we love that we are all different and all special. We are adding kind words to our balloons over the week to celebrate anti-bullying week 2021! Look at us celebrating with odd socks below and listen to the song we will be learning with Andy this week.
Remembrance Day 2021
This week in Bees we have been learning about Remembrance Day. We looked at photographs of a poppy and discussed why we wear them and what they mean. Then we painted some beautiful poppies. Some children even made some beautiful thank you cards for everyone that helped in the war. The children were amazing as we took part in the 2 minute silence.
‘In it for a minute’ challenges ...
We were set challenges of how many jumps, throws, squats, side steps and many more challenges we could do in 60 seconds! We had great fun getting our hearts beating!
Why not see if you can do any at home. Here they are we would love to lo see how you get one, send your photos on Evidence Me!
Two exciting half term challenges ...
Crack the Code - Maths
Thank you for attending today, we hope you found it useful. Please see the presentation below if you were unable to make it. Any questions come and speak to Miss Burke. This is the end of our crack the code sessions but we are always here to support you at home ... this new journey of school for you and your child we are on together, please come and speak to one of the team if you have any questions.
Pumpkins, pumpkins and more pumpkins π
We have loved exploring pumpkins and even today making and trying new pumpkin soup.
Crack the Code - Writing
Thank you for attending today, we hope you found it useful. Please see the presentation below if you were unable to make it. Any questions come and speak to Miss Burke. We would love to see you next Thursday 21st October to find out about maths, please come along.
Crack the Code - Reading
Thank you for attending today, we hope you found it useful. Please see the presentation below if you were unable to make it. Any questions come and speak to Miss Burke. We would love to see you next Thursday 14th October to find out about writing, please come along.
Busy busy busy this week in Bees ...
We are super friends, learning and exploring together! We are so stuck into our learning it’s hard to believe we have only been in school a month! Proud of our Bees!
Our talk for writing story ...
We are getting really good at our new story. Why not tell it to someone at home? They would love to hear it ...
Jigsaw Jennie
This is Jigsaw Jennie, she is always in our classroom, making sure we make good choices and work hard, twice a week we have jigsaw time where we talk about lots of different things and this week it was all about being a good friend!
We met an AUTHOR!
Today we met Catherine Rayner on zoom. She read us stories and told us all about how to draw Arol the lion. We had a great morning. I would love to hear about stories you have read at home, remember to share with us on Evidence Me.
Save the dates ...
Evidence Me set up ...
You may have received an email to set up and account. Here is the link mentioned above ...
http://help.evidence.me/evidence-me-help-for-parents/
Any problems speak to a class teacher.
We are back!
What a great first day we have had! We love this week getting all our new Bees in! Keep coming back to the photo reel below to see some photos from our first week! You should have an email from Evidence Me please activate this account, download the app and this means you can get regular updates on your child in school. For help this please come and speak to a member of our team.
Also two other asks ...
- If anyone has any box modelling please bring it in.
- If anyone has any pre-loved children's magazines we would love some to share with our friends in the reading area.
Remember if you need anything come and speak to us! I am so excited for this first week of our new adventure!
It is September!!!! YAY!
We have been busy getting the classroom ready for our lovely new Bees and we are very excited to meet you and show you round. Have a sneak peak of what our classroom looks like. We can’t wait to see you in just a couple of days! We hope you have had a great summer!
On your child’s first day / afternoon session make sure you collect a little pack from us including important information and a little treat for you! Don’t miss out!
Welcome ...
It is nearly September and time for you to begin your journey with us at Berry Brow. In such uncertain times please can you make sure the school office has your correct contact details so we can keep you up to date on our plans as and when they change. We are very much looking forward to welcoming our new families into our Berry Brow family. See you in September.
50 things to do before you are 5 in Kirklees ...
Welcome to Bee's ... over the next couple of weeks we are excited to meet all our new starters to Berry Brow. If you are looking for something to do before you start, download this app to see some fantastic things to do locally!
To download the app go to ... http://kirklees.50thingstodo.org
Remember to keep us updated on what you get up to, we would love to hear all about it! Here is more information ...