Welcome to The Busy Bees Class!

Class Teacher - Mrs McClymont
Class Teaching Assistant - Mrs Markham
Support Staff - Mrs Dammes & Mrs Curzon

 

A BIG WELCOME TO OUR NEW BUSY BEES CLASS OF 2025 - 2026!

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Term 6: On the Beach  
In the On the Beach project, your child will visit a beach and learn about animals that live in rock pools and on the seashore. They will explore days out at the beach and compare their experiences with beach holidays in the past. They will learn about the animals that live in the sea and find out about worldwide seas and oceans. They will explore the importance of looking after the environment to keep living things safe. They will learn about staying safe at the beach and find out about people who help us.

Supporting your child at home

• Go for a day out at the beach, and investigate a rock pool.
• Look at pictures of family days out at the beach and talk about the activities you enjoy.
• Use  Google Earth to look at images of seas and oceans around the world.
• Share and discuss the Did you know? resource.

Maths
Sharing and grouping:
Visualise, build and map
Make connections

RWI
The children are now divided into 4 groups for RWI. They will be taught by Mrs McClymont, Mrs Markham, Mrs Duckitt or Miss DeMooij . Please ensure you are watching the RWI videos each week and either practising the sounds in the green books or reading the Story Books. You will continue to receive your weekly e-mail with the sounds your child has learnt that week. 

Super 6 Books
Each half term we have our Super 6 books and Super 6 rhymes. These are books and rhymes we become really familiar with and focus on vocabulary. 

The storm whale by Benji Davies

Clean Up by Nathan Byron & Dapo Adeola

Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

Nabil steals a penguin by Nishani Reed & Junissa Blanda

The Big Book of the Blue by Yuval Zommer

This is the ship that Jack Built by Peter Millett & Sam Caldwell

Super 6 rhymes
Ten in the bed

Humpty Dumpty        

I can sing a rainbow

Bobby Shaftoe

Row Row Row your boat

A Sailor went to sea

School Values Focus: Resilience

 

Skegness aquarium trip this half term...more information to follow this week.

Transition to the new class will begin early July; the children will have chance to meet their new teacher.
 

A few reminders...

Monday

- Forest School. Please ensure the children are prepared for the summer weather. They MUST wear long sleeve tops and trousers. No t-shirts or shorts please. This is for health and safety reasons. Ensure they are covered in sun cream and have a hat. All children must wear trainers. No open toed shoes or Crocs please.  

Tuesday

- PE day. Please come to school in School PE kit and trainers. 

Wednesday

- Please return your Reading for Pleasure book on a Wednesday. The children will be issued with a new Reading for Pleasure book for the week. This is for you to read and share with your child. They will also have a small green sounds book in their reading packet and some children will have a blending book or story book. These are for you to practise the sounds at home. 

- You will receive Read Write Inc Virtual Classrooms videos to practise their sounds at home. Please try to access all the videos during the week. 

What to bring

- Water bottle

- Sun hat (apply suncream before school please) 

- Reading folder

- Fruit snack (If you want to. We provide fruit everyday)

Term 5: Animal Safari 

In the Animal Safari project, your child will learn about incredible animals that live worldwide. They will explore various animal habitats and compare the animals that live there with animals in their locality. They will learn how to care for pets and what all animals need to grow, survive and stay happy and healthy. They will explore animal features and find out how they survive in the wild. They will compare the ways that animals are similar and different.

Supporting your child at home

• Go on a local safari to find out about the animals that live in your garden or local park.
• Look at animals from around the world, discuss your favourite animals and find out some fantastic facts.
• Share and discuss the Did you know? resource.

Maths Topics

To 20 and beyond

How many now?

Manipulate, compose and decompose 

RWI

The children are now divided into 4 groups for RWI. They will be taught by Mrs McClymont, Mrs Markham or Mrs Duckitt.

Please ensure you are watching the RWI videos each week and either practising the sounds in the green books or reading the Story Books.

You will continue to receive your weekly e-mail with the sounds your child has learnt that week. 

Super 6

Each half term we have our Super 6 books and Super 6 rhymes. These are books and rhymes we become really familiar with and focus on vocabulary. 

Super 6 Books

Elmer by David McKee

There’s a tiger on the train by Mariesa Dulak & Rebecca Cobb

Want to see a Lama? By Simon Philip & Ian Smith

The Famous Five by Julia Donalson

The Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson

Super 6 rhymes

Alice the camel

Little Bunny Foo Foo

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree

It’s raining its pouring

I hear thunder

Incy wincy spider

School Values Focus: Teamwork 

 

Term 4: Ready Steady Grow

In the Ready Steady Grow project your child will take part in practical activities to explore where food comes from. They will learn what seeds and plants need to grow and grow a variety of plants. They will explore what constitutes a healthy lifestyle, including eating fruit and vegetables, exercise and teeth brushing. They will find out about life on a farm and about baby animals.

Supporting your child at home

• Visit your local library and find books about farms to share.
• Make a shopping list together and go to the shops to buy the food.
• Grow some quick growing plants or make a cress head.
• Talk about healthy foods.
• Share and discuss the Did you know? resource.

Maths Topics

Length, height and time

Building 9 and 10

Explore 3D shapes

RWI

The children are now divided into 4 groups for RWI. They will be taught by Mrs Herrick, Mrs Markham, Mrs Dammes or Mrs Richardson.

Please ensure you are watching the RWI videos each week and either practising the sounds in the green books or reading the Story Books.

You will continue to receive your weekly e-mail with the sounds your child has learnt that week. 

Super 6

Each half term we have our Super 6 books and Super 6 rhymes. These are books and rhymes we become really familiar with and focus on vocabulary. 

Super 6 Books

Oi Frog by Kes Gray & Jim Field

Tad by Benji Jones

Luna Loves Gardening by Joseph Coelho & Fiona Lumbers

The Bunny who came to breakfast by Rachael Davis & Mike Byrne

The girl who loves bugs by Lily Murray & Jenny Lovlie

The rhyming rabbit by Julia Donaldson Lydia Monks

Supertato by Sue Hendra & Paul Linnet

Super 6 rhymes

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Mary, Mary Quite Contrary  

Old macdonald had a farm

Three blind mice

Little Bo Peep

Mary had a little lamb

School Values Focus: Respect

Term 3: Long Ago

In the Long Ago project your child will learn about their history and how they have changed from when they were babies. They will learn about their family history and heritage and find out what life was like when their grandparents were children. They will learn about what it was like to go to school in the past and how everyday objects, such as clothes, toys and vehicles have changed.

Supporting your child at home

• Look at photographs of the children as babies and discuss how they have grown and changed.
• Look at family photographs so the children can see family members when they were children.
• Talk about what your life was like when you were a child.
• Share and discuss the Did you know? resource.

Maths Topics
Alive in 5
Mass & Capacity
Growing 6, 7, 8

RWI

The children are now divided into 4 groups for RWI. They will be taught by myself, Mrs Markham, Mrs Dammes or Mrs Richardson.

Please ensure you are watching the RWI videos each week and either practising the sounds in the green books or reading the Story Books.

You will continue to receive your weekly e-mail with the sounds your child has learnt that week. 

Super 6

Each half term we have our Super 6 books and Super 6 rhymes. These are books and rhymes we become really familiar with and focus on vocabulary. 

Super 6 Books

Dogger by Shirley Hughes
The Tiger Who came to Tea by Judith Kerr
My Two Grannies by Floella Benjamin
Lucy & Tom: At School by Shirley Hughes
A First Book of Dinosaurs Matt Hunt & Simon Mole
The Elves and Shoemaker and other traditional tales

Super 6 rhymes

Wind the bobbin up
Little Miss Muffin
Fee fie fo fum
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
Ring-a-ring-a-roses
Roses are Red

School Values Focus: Respect

A few reminders...

Monday

- Forest School. Please ensure the children are prepared for the winter weather and have waterproof coats, trousers, hat, scarf, gloves and wellies. Please also ensure they have an inside pair of shoes too to keep the classroom clean and dry. 

Tuesday

- PE day. Please come to school in School PE kit and trainers. 

Wednesday

- Please return your Reading for Pleasure book on a Wednesday. The children will be issued with a new Reading for Pleasure book for the week. This is for you to read and share with your child. They will also have a small green sounds book in their reading packet and some children will have a blending book. These are for you to practise the sounds at home. 

- You will receive Read Write Inc Virtual Classrooms videos to practise their sounds at home. Please try to access all the videos during the week. 

What to bring

- Warm coat, hat, scarf and gloves

- Water bottle

- Wellies to leave in school

- Reading folder

- Fruit snack (If you want to. We provide fruit everyday) 

Term 2: Marvellous Machines

In the Marvellous Machines project, your child will learn about technology that is part of their daily lives. They will explore various machines, learn about how machines help us and find out about how machines have changed and developed over time. They will learn about products that use electricity to make them work and explore magnetic and non-magnetic materials.

Supporting your child at home

• Talk about the machines and technology you use in your everyday lives.
• Look for things in the home that are powered by electricity.
• Look for items that are powered by batteries.
• Share and discuss the Did you know? resource.
   

Term 1: Let's Explore

In the Let’s Explore project, your child will explore their class environment and school grounds so that they feel settled and happy in their new surroundings. They will learn about the local environment and find out about places they have visited on holiday. They will look at and create maps for journeys.

Supporting your child at home

• Use  Google Earth to explore the locality.
• Go on a walk around your local community and talk about the things that you see.
• Encourage your child to talk about the activities they enjoy doing at school.
• Share and discuss the Did you know? resource.

Dates for the diary 

Meet the Teacher - Wednesday 17th September 2025 3:45pm or 5pm. 

Whole School Photos - Thursday 25th September 

EYFS Baseline assessments - Monday 29th September (more info to follow) 

Grandparents mooring - Friday 3rd October 

Bikeability - Monday 13th October & Tuesday 14th October 

 

Please sign up to Parent Hub as soon as possible. This will be the main form of contact. 

 

Useful Website

• Numberblocks
  Learn how much fun counting can be with the Numberblocks - a fun-loving group of numbers who work together to solve problems big and small.

• Alphablocks
  Play along with the fun and friendly letters of the alphabet as they work together to make words and tell stories using phonics.

• Read Write Inc
  Find more information about Read Write Inc for parents on the link below.