Bees

Welcome to Bees

Bees is an exciting place to learn and discover new things! We look forward to an amazing year together. 

The class teachers are Miss Burke, Mr Brazil (Monday - Thursday) and Mrs Ricketts (Thursday - Friday)  supported by Miss Brook and Miss Hutchinson.

Class Reminders:

 We visit the library on Thursdays, don't forget your book bag.

 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 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. 

Returning to School - Bees Children

We have been very busy preparing school, classrooms and resources ready for some children to return to school on the 15th June. Things in school look and feel a little bit different to before but this is to keep us ALL safe! However, we still have the same smiley and friendly faces to welcome you in and play and learn with you. 

We have made 2 videos showing 1 of the 4 areas your child MAY work in. You will get more information on their key worker and area next week. Please watch them all, read the documents and maybe draw a picture about what they are looking forward to when they come back to school. We would love to see this on EvidenceMe. 

Remember, we are here to help you any questions do get in contact. Remember to let the office know by Thursday 12pm if you intent for your child to be in on the 15th June. 

Thank You. Stay Safe! 

Our Early Years team wanted to say HELLO and WE MISS YOU all! We have loved seeing all your work on Purple Mash and great photos on Evidence Me so we wanted to show you our happy faces! We hope to see you soon! Remember stay home and stay safe! 

Welcome Back - Summer 2

Welcome back to our final term in Bees. This half term our new text is 'The Bad Tempered Ladybird' ... I love this story and I cannot wait to see all the work you create around it and hopefully this good weather will stay so you can be busy learning outdoors! 

Below you will find ... the learning from home challenge sheet, week 1 challenges, a video of the story to watch and and some very exciting maths challenges for week 1. So remember to scroll down to see what challenges you might try this week! Remember we would love to see your photos on EvidenceMe.

With us beginning to prepare school for the return of some children this term, Mrs Kachmarski will be helping us out in Bees, she will be keeping up to date with your work on Purple Mash and is very excited to set you new tasks and leave comments on your completed work. So please go on and WOW her with how fabulous we are in Bee's ... lots of SUPER sentences! I will still be popping in to see who is doing some fabulous learning too!! We would still would love to see your updates and photos on EvidenceMe but we may not be able to reply as much as we were doing down to other school preparations but we will be looking at them all and we will hopefully see some of you this term. 

Summer 2 - Week 1 Challenges 

Another half term done ....

Well that’s a first for me ... teaching a whole half term from home! You have been fabulous Bees and grown ups thank you for all your support. Here is some of this weeks learning below, the animations are my favourite. 

There will be no home learning set next week ... you need a break after all your hard work this term. Please see information in document below. We will be back with more challenges from the 1st June! You can still explore purple mash and share your half term fun with us on evidence me if you wish too! Have lots of fun. 

Story Time ...

As some restrictions are being lifted and we are gradually being allowed to see people again and maybe return to school soon, this story is a lovely way to show some alternative ways to show someone you love and care for them ... Enjoy! 

Online Safety at home ...

At the moment children are online a lot more due to home learning, more time at home and catching up with family and friends. Jessie and Friends is what we use in school to support online safety and have produced some great resources for you all to use at home and know how to stay safe. Have a look below ...

Talk for Writing at home ...

We use talk for writing in school to develop our speaking, listening, communication, reading, writing and so many other skills. I know a lot of parents have been enquiring about activities not computer based and these are great. You do not need to print them ... grown up's if you have a read through you can pick and choose what activities with the story will work for you. The documents have all the information in that you will need. I cannot wait to hear about what story you choose to do first. 

Final week of Summer 1

Well ... what a weird half term it has been ... we have done this whole topic and half term from home! I have loved seeing all the work you have done. Below is a phonics and maths challenge. Then a VERY EXCITING pirate challenge to finish off our learning all about pirates! Remember you can share work with us on Evidence Me and there will still be challenges on Purple Mash. 

Another lovely picture book and story to read together ... 

Click here to read ... Everybody Worries by Jon Burgerman

Work from week 8 staying home, staying safe!

This week you have continued to amaze me with all your fabulous work!Here are a few bits to share some of our fabulous learning ... it might even inspire you ...

Summer 1 - Week 4 - Home Learning

Here we go to another week of home learning ... keep up the great job you are doing! 

Here you will find a phonics challenge, maths challenge and some jobs to have a go at around the house and outdoors.

Remember they are all ideas and you can pick and choose what works for you. I did think it would be good for us to all pick up a pencil again this week, in case like Miss Burke you have been using a computer a lot and not done much writing. I am going to try and write lots with a pencil this week.

I cannot wait to see your super learning this week! 

It’s Thursday ... and 7 weeks of learning from home! You are doing GREAT,!!

As another week comes to a close we want to thank you for your continued support ... you are doing a great job! Learning keeps coming in and keeps bringing smiles to our faces. This week we come to an early finish as it is a bank holiday weekend ... enjoy your VE Day celebrations if you are doing any ... we would love to hear about them and remember there are jobs and activities on PurpleMash. Here are a few bits from this week ...

More activities and fun for the whole family ... Grown Up's that includes you! 

This morning I got an exciting email from Miss Blackburn with lots of fun ideas on that have been shared from different places and different documents with help for the WHOLE family ... grown ups take a look at some of this stuff there are some good ideas in here for you too ... I will be trying some of them at home. 

I know I keep sharing a lot of stuff but that is because we know you all learn differently so do as much as is right for you and your family and pick and choose the things you feel you will benefit most from. So here you go and remember if you want to share anything with us you can using Evidence Me. 

When talking to the Grown Ups from school this morning, this picture was shared and we thought it would be great to share with you and your little heroes ... 

Summer 1 - Week 3 Learning from Home ...

Just so you know, you are all doing a GREAT job grown ups and children in these strange times! Here are some tasks to get you started as we enter into the third week of this half term. These have also been sent on EvidenceMe (if you wish to send us photos / comments back) and we will continue to put jobs on Purple Mash. 

I am really enjoying the books on purple mash, remember if you want to explore books other than what are set you can explore 'Serial Mash' section as you wish. Have fun ... Here is a bit of maths, phonics and a PE 30 day challenge ... 

Wow Bees ... thank you for another super week!! You are all doing Great! 

Keep watching our class page and Evidence Me for new activities. We are trying to provide activities which are practical, fun and play based which you can do from the comfort of your own home as well as Purple Mash as we know children learn best through their play. Keep up the super work Bees! I hope you are all comfortable in your pyjamas enjoying lots of books today ...

Phonics Sessions at Home ... 

Today you should have received some information about some phonics lessons going live on youtube each day. Here is the youtube link ... 

 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw/featured

Pyjamarama day - This Friday! 

This Friday get your pyjamas on, build a cosy den, get a blanket out and have a day reading, telling stories and act stories out and maybe be even write one! I cannot wait to see photos from your day!! More ideas on the book trust website ... 

Week 2 of Summer Term!

Well Done on all your super learning last week, we are so proud of how you have all got stuck in on PurpleMash and sending us lots of pictures and fab work through on EvidenceMe. Keep it up! 

Here are two challenges to get our week started ... a bit of phonics and maths! We cannot wait to see some more super work. 

Wow wow wow Bees ... you are amazing!! 

We have only been back 1 week and you have been amazing at getting hooked into our new learning on evidence me and purple mash! Keep up the super work ... it’s bringing a smile to my face everyday 😊 Here are just some examples from this week. Remember if you haven’t logged on yet ... get on to purple mash or evidence me. We look forward to hearing from you ...

A phonics Challenge ... 

Each week of summer term we will have a phonics challenge to embed all our phonics learnkng ... 

Welcome Back to Summer Term (with a twist)!

Hello Wonderful Bees and your Grown Ups. 

I hope you have all had a wonderful Easter Break and enjoyed some chocolate treats (but not too many). This is not how we usually start a new term but to keep us all safe we are still working, learning and having fun from home. Our new topic this half term is PIRATES! I am so excited about all the new facts we will learn, things we will make and all the fun we will have.  

This half term we like to have a focus on children making up their own stories ... so we always start by enjoying lots of pirate stories together and then make our own up. So here are some stories for you to enjoy at home ... (if you have a favourite pirate story please share it with us on the Evidence Me app) - click on the title of the story you want to listen to first. 

The Pirate Cruncher by Jonny Duddle 

The Night Pirate 

The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle 

Here is a song all about Pirates - Pirate Song 

Here is a video to teach you facts all about Pirates - Pirate Fact Video 

Here is our Summer 1 home learning sheet with lots of ideas of things you can be doing at home. Here at Berry Brow we really believe your children learn through play and first hand experiences - go with their interests and see what they want to learn. 

* Purple Mash: Each day a couple of new 2dos will be set on Purple Mash (teachers will log on and leave your comments on your work)

* Evidence Me: We will send some challenges by Evidence Me but you can also use this app to send us other bits of your learning you want to share. We love to celebrate with you and your children. 

We will keep you posted on our class page and don't forget you can also access the home learning page for other updates there too. Have fun! We miss you very much and look forward to seeing some more super learning.

Miss Burke :) 

We have some Butterflies ... 🦋🦋🦋

Today was exciting three butterflies have appeared ... I will keep you posted on more progress! Hope you are enjoying your Easter’s ... 

Easter Home Learning Information ... 

Here is all the information you need for the Easter Holidays (You should have had this on email). Have a well deserved break! On Purple Mash I will add the book 'Sky-scraping Sunflowers' for you to enjoy over Easter if you would like and an Easter Egg Design challenge. 

Remember on our website there is more information on other pages. Check out Mrs Kashmarski's new reading page (link below), our 'Home Learning' page this is full of helpful tips and information for while school is closed (link below) and 'Kids Zone' this is links to lots of fun games (link below) 

Week 2 of learning from home ...

Well what another great week it has been, you have kept me very busy. Your photos have cheered me up, your work has brought a smile to my face. Thank you grown ups for engaging through both purple mash and Evidence Me. We appreciate all the work going on in your homes and from your photos it looks like you are all healthy, safe and having fun. It now is the time for us to wish you a HAPPY EASTER! Check above for what you can do over Easter ... but most importantly we want you to have a break, rest before we start again on 20th April for summer term. So here are some photos from the week and an update on our caterpillars ... I think they will ALL soon be cocoons 👍 Have a lovely Easter Bees and your families. 

Out Caterpillar update ... 

Some Fabulous examples of home learning ... 

Few more websites to help with learning at home ... Keep it FUN!

Have a look at some more websites I have found when exploring this morning. Keep up the fabulous work! 

If you are using EvidenceMe at home ... I have updated it this morning so you can add comments to your photos. You need to log out and back in, then it should work. I am loving all the photos you are sending ... they brighten up my day :) 

Week 2 Learning from Home in Bees ...

Well I have been blown away this week by what I have seen going on in all areas of Berry Brow as you have taken on the challenge of learning from home. Thank you for all your hard work both grown ups and children we know these are not easy times. You are most certainly keeping me on my toes at home and bringing a smile to my face ... so thank you. 

Below is some information for week 2 learning from home, an update on our caterpillars (they are being looked after well my Miss Burke) and some wonderful examples of your purple mash learning. Please remember the most important thing you can be doing is keeping a happy and healthy house, do as much or as little as you know is right for your little Bee (you know them best) Have fun and I look forward to hearing about week 2 of home learning! 

Keep Safe and look after yourselves. Miss Burke and the Bees Team 

Our Caterpillar update ... 

Some more of week 1's learning from purple mash ... 

Week 1 into learning from home ...

Hello lovely bees and your grown ups. We are a week into home learning now (if you are unsure what this means scroll down for more information or go to our home learning page) 

I have been amazed by your efforts on purple mash. If you need your login (if you were self isolating when school finished email the school and I will forward it on to you). Please log in and have a go at the 2dos we are setting for you ... we love looking at your work and leaving you comments. Please keep adding more and more ... 

We know in they Early Years lots of our learning is practical so have a look at these ideas ... On the new evidence me app you should all have a login for you can send us photos of practical activities you are doing. We love to look at these too ... We miss you and love hearing about what you are up to. Have a go at some of these ideas below and keep us posted ...

Learning from Home ...

As we begin to change the way we work, learn, play and explore across the country. At Berry Brow we will be using our school website, class pages, kids zone page, purple mash and oxford reading owl as spaces for you to learn at home. You should now all have received a home learning pack sharing some ideas for activities, purple mash logins and your parents evening targets. 

Here is our 'Home Learning' overview for Bees children ...

Below here are some links to pages we have found since sending home this sheet and links to key websites ... 

Purple Mash - https://www.purplemash.com/sch/berry-hd4

Phonics Play - https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ (free access for all while schools are closed)
Oxford Reading Owl - https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/reading

Gonoodle - https://www.gonoodle.com/good-energy-at-home-kids-games-and-videos/ (this website is great for keeping active, you will find - dances, yoga, movement, relaxation and much more)
Joe Wicks -  https://bit.ly/394KytO - watch out he will be doing live PE sessions during the closure of schools. 

Each day you will be added at least 1 new '2 do' on purple mash and myself and Mr Brazil will be checking each day to see if you have sent us any work in. Remember you can explore all the other games as well as what we set you. 

Our Caterpillars will remain safe in school or at my house and I will keep you updated on how they are growing on the class blog page (this page) so please keep coming back to keep up to date with their progress ... we know how excited you were to see them grow and change. 

This page will be updated with new challenges, learning and updates so please keep coming back to check for new information. 

Most importantly ... look after yourselves, look after your family, friends and neighbours. Have fun and keep being fabulous. We will miss seeing you everyday but look forward to seeing your amazing home learning and hearing about your adventures soon. Love from 'The Bees Team' :) 
 

Happy Easter ...

Today has been a weird day for everyone and even stranger as the EASTER BUNNY visited us earlier than normal. It was so exciting. These smiles in the photo below made my day! We have been on a egg hunt and made baskets.

As of today school is closed to most pupils until further notice. Please loom after yourselves, stay safe and keep smiling! All of the staff in Bees will miss seeing you every day but we will be thinking of you during this time. Thank you for your support in uncertain times. 

Look at those smiles ...

Did you know we have caterpillars in Bees?

We have been busy learning about the lifecycle of a butterfly and looking after our caterpillars to help them grow. Look at them growing ...

Artists - Giuseppe Arcimboldo

We have enjoyed learning to be artists the last few weeks in Bees. We practised different skills and in the end produced these FANTASTIC paintings. Come and visit Bees to see them more closely. Can you remember any facts about Giuseppe to tell anyone at home. 

Keeping well ... look after yourself this half term ...

Look at our beans ...

A Harp

Mr Brazil brought his harp to show us this morning. We listened to the different sounds ...

We are making bird feeders this week ...

Mix, mix, mix ... we made rainbow buns ...

We have been busy bakers today in Bees ... Jack asked us to mix colours to make purple, green and orange buns. Can you remember how to mix colours? ...

red + yellow = orange

red + blue = purple 

yellow + blue = green 

Were they tasty? Can you remember the ingredients we used? Why not try and make colourful buns at home.

Our very own beanstalks ...

Today I have loved working in the science area with the Bees children. We have planted our own beans. We talked about how to look after them. We are now just waiting to see what happens, we can’t wait (some of us came to check our seeds every 5 minutes after we planted them) At home see if you can find any plants in your house or garden and discuss with a grown up how you look after them. We have made a handy set of instructions to help you plant seeds at home. Have fun! 

Happy New Year! We look forward to welcoming you back to school tomorrow morning!

We hope you have had a lovely Christmas and enjoyed your two weeks off. We hope you are ready to get stuck back into learning again this next term. Look at this picture below ... 

What story do you think we could be doing?  You can find out more tomorrow with the jobs we will be doing. See you in the morning Bees :) 

Party ... Fun ... Father Christmas ... Presents ... Food ... Dancing ...

If you are wondering why we are so tired this evening the list above is just a few of the things we have been up to ... we had a FABULOUS party day in Bees. The children looked amazing and our special visitor cheered us all up! Your children have been a credit to you today during party day so well behaved with beautiful manners ... you should be super proud of them all! 

Christmas Fun next week ... 

1 week till Christmas ... this week we will be doing lots of fun Christmas learning in class as well as ... 

Christmas Dinner day on Tuesday! 

Party day on Wednesday (information below ...) 

A busy and fun week ahead of us preparing for Christmas at Berry Brow!

Remember grown ups to join us for carols at 8.45 on Friday 20th December (Last day of term). 

The Gruffalo Nativity 

WOW WOW WOW!! We are amazingly proud of all of Bees ... what a fabulous performance ... we have never had an audience so BIG! We didn’t only fill the hall ... we filled the corridor! You were all superstars 🤩 and most certainly got us in the Christmas spirit! A massive well done to you all ☺️

Gruffalo Crumble!!!!! Yum yum yum ...

Today we have baked, we followed a recipe to make our own Gruffalo Crumble! After finding out we won a whole class treat for our attendance this term ... the adults thought we deserved our own Gruffalo Crumble with a sneaky film of the stick man as a reward!! What a great Friday treat Bee’s! Keep coming to school and let’s try and get the ‘Arrive on Ti me Treat’ again at Easter! Look at the fun we had ... we have included the recipe so you can make it at home!

Thanksgiving 

Thank you Lucy for sharing with us all about Thanksgiving today, a celebration they celebrate at home. We love to hear all about what you do at home. 

Today we met an Author!!!

A massive thank you to Jim and Louise from read bookshop for coming to work with us today, we had. A great time! Why not go and check our the book shop for yourself. 

Blue Zebra Muscles (Our Band Name)

We had great fun today creating music, creating a band and enjoying singing. Have a look at us in action and grown ups check out book bags for a letter tonight. 

Remembrance Day in Bees ...

All of Bees were amazing during our minutes silence on Monday to remember people who have helped us. Can you remember why we wear a poppy? Tell a grown up at home ...

Our Bonfire night art in Bees ...

We have been busy exploring different materials and textures to create some fabulous art after listening and smelling the sparklers this morning. 

Welcome Back for Autumn 2 ... 

We hope you have had a well deserved rest this week ... ready for another term full of learning and lots of fun. This half term we will be learning all about THE GRUFFALO ...

You will see below we have attached some of the learning which will take place this half term and some activities you can do to help at home. Remember we love to see any learning or anything you make at home ... bring it in to share with us and the rest of Bees. 

Remember from tomorrow we ask that all children will be left at the door and a member of the Bees team will assist in the cloakroom if it is needed. Thank You. 

Some key dates for this half term are ... 

Wednesday 13th November - Owl Visit (details are on ParentPay) 
Friday 15th November - Children in Need 
Friday 22nd / Monday 25th November - School is closed 
Thursday 28th / Friday 29th - Bikeability Sessions (please bring warm clothes including gloves) 
Wednesday 11th December 1.30pm - Christmas Nativity 
Thursday 12th December - 10.00am - Christmas Nativity 
Wednesday 18th December - Christmas Party 

Remember to check the weekly newsletter for other upcoming dates as things will be added and changed. Also check your child's reading nag daily for information and letters sent home. Thank You. See you in the morning! 
 

Please drop us off at the door after the holidays ... Thank You!

Yummy, delicious, tasty bread!

We have been busy baking this week just like the Little Red Hen. We made some bread and talked about what it tasted like. Here is the recipe to have a go at home ...

Junk Modelling in Bees

This week we have loved learning to junk model ... we have used lots of different resources and talked about our models. This is a few of our models, come into class to see the rest ...

Busy busy in Bees and remember it is Family Learning Morning next week ..

Another great week in Bees. Here are a few photos but why not come and join in the fun next Tuesday at our family learning morning. You will have a great time!!

Can you help us build a bug hotel?

The Little Red Hen - Talk for Writing Story

Bees are fab at re-telling our story ... get them to impress you or someone else at home by re-telling the story. Here is our story map ...

Our Class Promise ...

We did a handprint to say we agree. Have a look at what we came up with as a class ...

We are all here ... 

We are so excited to have all our little bees in school full time now! It has been another busy week making new friends, learning classroom routines and just having lots of fun!! Your children have been AMAZING and we know we are going to have a great year. Below are some more photos of all our fun and the information you received on your child’s first day.

Week 1 in Bees ...

Well what a FABULOUS start we have had in Bees! We are still excited to invite more new friends to join us next week. The children have settled brilliantly, are developing lovely friendships and most importantly having lots of fun! We have been so busy we didn’t take too many photos. Here are a few snaps of our week, we will try and get some more to share next week when all of Bees are in ...

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 ...