This week we asked the question ‘What do bees do?’  The children found out all sorts of information about them such as their life-cycles, what they eat, the parts of their bodies, where and why they collect pollen, how they make honey and they they live in a hive. 

We made a variety of bees in the art area.  Some children chose to make bee puppets; making a bee on a stick from their choice of materials.  Others made bees on cardboard tubes and we also had lots of great paintings of bees too.  They will be added to our minibeast garden display.

In English we read the story 'The Very Greedy Bee'. We wrote some sentences, imagining the bee had got lost and the other minibeasts helped him to find his way back home. We wrote sentences such as.....

We are excited that our eggs are getting close to hatching around Monday or Tuesday next week.  We are keeping a calendar to count down the days.

In maths we explored and practised knowing number bonds to 10 facts. Bonds contain just two parts. We used numicon to make 10 using 2 amounts. We represented the same amount on 10 frames and noticed the 2 parts again. Some of us recorded the bonds as a number sentence.

In Monster Phonics this week, we have been practising reading and writing onset ccc words and ccvcc words with previously taught digraphs.  We also learned 3 new tricky words: called asked looked.  We also used the story The Enormous Turnip, to practise this skill.  Please continue to read with your child regularly.  It really makes a difference to their confidence and fluency. Please also continue to use spelling shed.  Again, this really helps the children to develop confidence and fluency with their segmenting and spelling skills. 

Next week is our move-up day on Wednesday, where we will spend the day in Hedgehogs in Year 1. Friday is our trip to Twycross Zoo. Please look out for reminders about the trip closer to the day.

Have a lovely weekend in the sun!