The beehive message board Summer 2 wk 1 & 2 wb 5/6/23-12/6/23

Welcome back to school after a lovely sunny half term break.

The children have settled back into the routine of school life and have impressed me with their focus and hard work this week.

Learning this week

English:

This week and next, we will be learning about Spiders using a non-fiction text. The children have already been labelling diagrams and finding out amazing facts about spiders. They have used their creative skills to create spiders from crafting materials and followed instructions to sketch a spider with art pencils.

Next week we will start working towards writing our own spider poems using similes.

Maths

This week we have focused on finding ''one more than'' with numbers up to 20. Next week we will be working on finding ''one less than'' with numbers up to 20.

Other notices

Please continue to access Spelling Shed and IDL at home as new tasks are available.
Please continue to read daily at home and sign the reading record.
If your child has a Speech and Language Involvement Plan, please continue to work on activities at home.

Thank you for your continued support as always,

Mrs Wallwork and the Beehive Team :-)

The beehive message board Summer Term 1 learning recap (Archived)

It has been a little while since I last uploaded onto the Vschool, however the children have continued to work hard and learn lots of new things.

Summer 1 Learning recap

English

In the Summer Term 1, we explored the seasons and how they change. We looked at a deciduous trees and how different it looks in each season. We enjoyed the book, Seasons come and Season Go, Trees (click here to listen to the story again)

We explored the rhyming words within this book and also created our own rhyming verses.

We then moved on to look at the parts of a plant, focusing on the features of a non-fiction text. We planted our own runner beans and observed the changes over time.

Maths

In maths we have been consolidating numbers to 20 ( some children have been working on numbers up to 10). We have been using maths manipulatives such as: counters and tens frames, Numicon, Base 10 and counting objects.

The beehive message board Spring 2 10.3.23 (and snow closure activities)

Snow closure activities

If you can get outdoors to enjoy the snow, we would love to see your photos! Please email them to the Beehive account.

Alternatively, here is our weekly Beehive update with suggested activities to try at home.

English

The children continue to read, 'No-Bot' by Sue Hendra this week. We have been learning the story using 'Talk for Writing' techniques.

Listen to the story click here .

Home Activity Ideas:

Use junk and craft materials to create a model of Bernard.
Make a sandcastle like the one at the end of the story.
Draw and colour a picture of a robot
Look at Bernard’s facial expressions at different points in the story. Can you explain how he is feeling?

Maths

In maths, we continue to explore addition and subtraction.

Here are some maths videos to consolidate the learning we have done this week: Number bonds to 10 Number bonds to 10- working systematically

Other notices

Please continue to access Spelling Shed and IDL at home as new tasks are available.
Please continue to read daily at home and sign the reading record.
If your child has a Speech and Language Involvement Plan, please continue to work on activities at home.

Thank you for your continued support as always,

Mrs Wallwork and the Beehive Team :-)

The beehive message board Spring 2 20.2.23 (archived)

Learning this week

We will look forward to welcoming you back to school on Tuesday the 21st February. We hope you have had a great half term break. :-)

The children will be starting a new story in English, 'No-Bot' by Sue Hendra.

Bernard the robot has a very unusual problem. The children will certainly enjoy this very silly story.

Listen to the story click here

In maths, we will continue to explore addition and subtraction.

We can already recognise the parts and wholes to a part-whole model. (part + part = whole)

We will be working with numbers up to 20 so please continue to encourage number recognition when you are out and about within the environment e.g. door numbers, birth dates, numbers on the clock etc

Maths videos to consolidate learning in the first week back : part whole models writing number sentences

Other notices

Please continue to access Spelling Shed and IDL at home as new tasks are available.
Please continue to read daily at home and sign the reading record.
If your child has a Speech and Language Involvement Plan, please continue to work on activities at home.

Thank you for your continued support as always,

Mrs Wallwork and the Beehive Team :-)

The beehive message board Spring 1 (Acrhived)

30.1.23

Have a great half term break everyone. I hope you all have a good rest ready for the next term. If you would like to complete some home-learning tasks, there are updated Spelling Shed tasks uploaded for you. Some children still need to consolidate numbers to 10. This means recognising the digits within the environment or on a number line and being able to write the digit when asked. Those children confident with numbers to 10 need to move onto numbers up to 20.

16.1.23

Learning this week

The children have been exploring different versions of Little Red Riding Hood over the last couple of weeks. We are currently learning the story from memory using actions.

Listen to the story here

In maths last week, we looked at 2D shapes and recognised them within the environment.

We can name: circle, square, triangle and rectangle.

The children have been sorting the shapes in different ways such as colour or shape properties

( number of sides etc).

In maths this week we are learning about 3D shapes: Cube, Sphere, Cylinder and Cone. Please encourage your child to name different shapes within your home environment or when you are out and about.

Maths videos to consolidate shape learning : recognising 2D shapes recognising 3D shapes

Other notices

Green homework books will start coming home again this week.

Please continue to access Spelling Shed and IDL at home as new tasks are available.
Please continue to read daily at home and sign the reading record.
If your child has a Speech and Language Involvement Plan please continue to work on activities at home.

Thank you for your continued support as always,

Mrs Wallwork and the Beehive Team :-)

The beehive message board Autumn TERM 2 (archived)

Autumn TERM 2 23.11.22

Learning this week

The children have innovated the Funny Bones story this week. We have created some Funny spiders, Funny Wolves and Funny Zombies. The children have worked so hard coming up with their own ideas to change the story.

Next week we will start our new text, Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers.

Click here to listen to the story

In maths, we have been focusing on using mathematical vocabulary to compare quantities:

More, less, greatest, least, greater, fewer, same, equal.

Feel free to watch the following videos to consolidate some of our maths learning at home. Comparing groups of objects Fewer, more or same

Thank you for your continued support as always,

Mrs Wallwork and the Beehive Team :-)

Autumn TERM 2 11.11.22

The children have continued to enjoy reading and exploring the book 'Funny Bones' this week. We have been focusing on learning parts of the story through actions and hope to independently narrate and write the story next week. Here is the story:

Once upon a time 3 skeletons lived in a cellar,

a big skeleton, a little skeleton and a dog skeleton.

Late one night, the big skeleton decided to take the dog for a walk.

When they got to the park they went on the swings.

Then, they threw a stick for the dog.

Suddenly, the dog hit a tree and broke his bones.

After that, the skeletons put the dog back together.

But, they got it all wrong!

So, they tried again.

Finally, the dog was back together again.

In maths we have been focusing on counting back from 10. If you wish to recap on the learning we have done this week, you could watch the following video together. Y1 Autumn Block 1 TS8 Count backwards within 10 on Vimeo

Next week we will be looking at finding '1 less'.

All the children are working so hard during lessons. Thank you to all the parents and carers for your continuing support.

Home-learning

The children will be bringing home their green homework books this week. Tasks will vary each week and will focus on each child's individual targets.

Please continue to read daily and sign reading records. Some children may also receive a few weekly spellings too.

Mrs Wallwork and the Beehive Team :-)

Autumn TERM 2 24.10.22

October Half Term

Home-learning

It would be amazing if you could continue to read as much as possible at home this week. Perhaps you could listen to some of the stories below which we will be reading after half-term.

Ten Little Monsters by Mike Brownlow

Funny Bones by Janet and Allan Ahlberg

The beehive message board Autumn TERM 1 2022-2023 (archived)

Autumn TERM 1 5.9.22

This term we are pleased to welcome some new children and staff starting in the Beehive.

It has certainly been a busy first week back but everyone has settled in really well and adapted to the daily routines. The Beehive team are looking forward to working with the children and getting to know you as parents. I will be available most mornings on the playground during drop-off and you can also email the Beehive email account for any non-urgent queries or questions. Alternatively, please call the school office and leave a message and one of the team can contact you at their earliest convenience.

Mrs Wallwork :-)

beehive@haslingden-pri.lancs.sch.uk

Home-learning

Please read daily with your child and sign their record (3 times minimum per week)
Try and access online interventions such as IDL, Spelling Shed, White Rose Maths App or Number Gym

Autumn TERM 1 8.9.22

This term we are pleased to welcome some new children and staff starting in the Beehive.

Mrs Wallwork :-)

beehive@haslingden-pri.lancs.sch.uk

Home-learning

Please read daily with your child and sign their record (3 times minimum per week)
Try and access online interventions such as IDL, Spelling Shed, White Rose Maths App or Number Gym

Autumn TERM 1 9.9.22

Learning this week

In Maths this week the children have been learning to sort objects and shapes into different criterion. We have recapped on colour recognition, 2D shapes and counting to 10 through song.

In English we looked at a story called The Little Green Dinosaur. The children sequenced the events of the story and retold the story in their own words.

Reminder

Home-learning

Please read daily with your child and sign their record (3 times minimum per week)
Try and access online interventions such as IDL, Spelling Shed, White Rose Maths App or Number Gym

Autumn TERM 1 20.9.22

Learning this week

In maths this week we will be looking at counting objects to 5 or 10.

The one-to-one principle: Children assign one number name to each object that is being counted.

The stable-order principle: When counting, the numbers have to be said in a certain order.

The cardinal principle: The final object in a group is the total number of objects in that group.

In English we will be starting our new story Harry and his Bucketful of Dinosaurs. Why not have a go at some of the home-learning activities below if you have some spare time.

There will also be some frozen dinosaur eggs in the Beehive provision for the children to excavate this week!

Reminder

Home-learning

Please read daily with your child and sign their record (3 times minimum per week)
Try and access online interventions such as IDL, Spelling Shed, White Rose Maths App or Number Gym
Year 2 and Year 3 children will start to get weekly spellings in coming weeks
Year 3 children will start getting a piece of maths homework in the Autumn Term 2

Autumn TERM 1 28.9.22

Learning this week

In maths this week we have been looking at counting larger groups of objects. We have explored how to arrange objects into lines and put them in tens frames to help us count carefully.

We continue to use the 1-minute maths app daily to support our counting skills. If you haven't yet downloaded it at home I would strongly recommend you do.

In English we have continued to explore the book Harry and his Bucketful of Dinosaurs. This week we have concentrated on writing simple sentences about dinosaurs using the 'hold a sentence technique'.

Open Classroom

Don't forget to come into school to visit the Beehive on Thursday 29th September. It will be great to meet you all and for you to join our morning reading session.

Polite reminder- Home-learning

Please read daily with your child and sign their record (3 times minimum per week)
Try and access online interventions such as IDL, Spelling Shed, White Rose Maths App or Number Gym
Year 2 and Year 3 children will start to get weekly spellings in the coming weeks
Year 3 children will start getting a piece of maths homework in the Autumn Term 2

Autumn TERM 1 5.10.22

Learning this week

In maths, we have continued to work on counting larger groups of objects. We have focussed on placing these amounts onto a tens frame. We even counted Grandma's knicker during our Number Fun counting song!

In English, we have designed our own dinosaurs and focused on using adjectives to describe them.

Parents Evening

Please complete the form that has been sent home and return to the class teacher. In the first instance I will liaise with the class teacher and try and arrange to be present during your meeting slot. If this is not possible, I will be in touch to arrange an appointment time that is convenient for you.

Autumn TERM 1 17.10.22

Learning this week

In Maths, the children will be looking at counting to numbers up to 20. We will use number lines to support our learning.

In English, we will be reading a new story called Worrysaurus. Together we will explore emotions and talk about strategies to make us feel better. We will also be looking at rhyming words.

See the link below to listen to the story at home.

click here

Parents Evening

Don't forget that it is parent meetings on Monday 17th October. If you do not have an appointment please contact your child's class teacher ASAP.

**NEW**

There is a new maths app that can be downloaded to your devices. It follows our school maths scheme and give the children further rehearsal of number skills in school and at home.

White Rose Maths App (click here)

Our learning in pictures

contact us

You can contact the Beehive teachers and send us your work or photographs to the email address below:

beehive@haslingden-pri.lancs.sch.uk

The account will be checked fortnightly.

If your enquiry is urgent and if you need to speak to someone sooner then please contact the school office or email the following account:

bursar@haslingden-pri.lancs.sch.uk

important dates for your diary

Share a story 2022-2023

Each term the Beehive teachers share lots of stories with the children . Our busy bees then complete lots of learning tasks linked to each book.

Keep a look out for our new stories this term.

Listen to the stories again at home and see if you can have a go at some of the suggested Home Activity Ideas.

Here are a selection of books we have shared together so far this term.

SPRING 2

No-Bot by Sue Hendra 22.2.23

Bernard is a robot with a very unusual problem!

click here to listen to the story

Home Activity Ideas:

Use junk and craft materials to create a model of Bernard.
Make a sandcastle like the one at the end of the story.
Colour a picture of a robot
Look at Bernard’s facial expressions at different points in the story. Can you explain how he is feeling?

SPRING 1

Peter and the Wolf 30.1.23

Peter doesn't listen to his grandfather and he enters the meadow without permission. Will the wolf catch him?

click here to watch an animated version of the story.

Home Activity Ideas:

Why is it important to listen to a trusted adult?

The Wolf's Story 23.1.23

The poor misunderstood wolf tells his side of the story at last. A traditional tale with a twist.

click here to read the story.

Home Activity Ideas:

Would you trust the wolf? Discuss with your family the reasons why or why not.
Describe the wolf in 5 words.

Traditional Tale- Little Red Riding Hood 16.1.23

A young village girl who lives with her mother is given a little red riding-hood to wear, and everyone starts to refer to her as ‘the Little Red Riding-Hood’ on account of it. One day, the girl’s mother asks her to go and visit her grandmother, who lives in the next village, through the forest.

click here to watch and listen to the story.

Home Activity Ideas:

Help an adult to suggest things for a picnic
Have a walk with your family through a forest. What can you see, smell and touch?

Autumn 2

Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers 28.11.22

There once was a boy and one day a penguin arrives on his doorstep. The boy decides the penguin must be lost and tries to return him. But no one seems to be missing a penguin. So the boy decides to take the penguin home himself, and they set out in his row boat on a journey to the South Pole. But when they get there, the boy discovers that maybe home wasn't what the penguin was looking for after all!

Click here to watch and listen to the story.

Home Activity Ideas:

Make a list of things that the boy and penguin might pack in their suitcase
Make a poster to tell people that you have found a penguin, in case anyone has lost it
Find out about the South Pole... Try to find it on a globe. Where is in relation to where you live? If you wanted to go there, how would you travel?
Discuss how the boy might be feeling when the penguin first arrives at his door.
Explore why the penguin follows the boy. What does he want?
The penguin was lonely... Discuss what is means to be lonely and how we can help others when they are feeling lonely.

Funnybones by Janet & Allan Ahlberg 31.10.22

After half term we will be exploring the story Funnybones.

This is the first book in the FUNNYBONES series and introduces the skeletons - a big skeleton, a little skeleton and a dog skeleton.

They live in a dark dark cellar of a dark dark house on a dark dark hill and so the word repetition continues through this lighthearted story for early readers. The skeletons venture out of their cellar one night to find someone to scare, but everyone is in bed so they amuse themselves by scaring each other and playing with the skeleton animals that live in the zoo.

Click here to watch and listen to the story.

Home Activity Ideas:

Watch the animated series and explain which you prefer. There are lots of episodes available online. Here is one of them click here

Autumn 1

The Little Green Dinosaur 5.09.22

Click here to read the story.

The story is about a dinosaur who has lost his mummy. He sets out on an adventure to find her. The story has lots of repetition to help remember the story plot.

Home Activity Ideas:

Encourage your child to retell the story
Listen to another story where the animal cannot find their mummy: Owl Babies by Martin Waddell click here

Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs by Ian Whybrow 20.9.22

Click here to watch and listen to the story.

Home Activity Ideas:

Imagine that you find an old box in your attic. What might be hidden inside?
Read some of the other books that feature Harry and his dinosaurs
Click here to watch Harry and his Bucketful of Dinosaurs cartoon
Design a special container for Harry to keep the dinosaurs in, so that he doesn't have to use a bucket any more.
Can you draw / paint a new type of dinosaur?

The Worrysaurus by Rachel Bright and Chris Chatterton 17.10.22

Click here to watch and listen to the story.

The story helps children to explore their own emotions and recognise these. It supports them to think positively about unknown situations and gives them ideas of how to feel better if they are feeling worried about something. It also lets children know that often things aren’t as bad as they may seem.

Home Activity Ideas:

Create a new name for the dinosaur and explain why you chose that name? e.g. Laughasaurus
Create a Happy Box and put in all your favourite things
Listen to another story about feelings. click here Ruby's Worry by Tom Percival

Archived - Share a story from 2021-2022

Here are a selection of books we shared last term.

Listen to the stories again at home and see if you can have a go at some of the suggested Home Activity Ideas.

Here are a selection of books we have shared together so far this term.

Tidy by Emily Gravett

Click here to watch to the story

Home Activity Ideas:

Find all of the rhyming words in the story. Can you find other words that rhyme with these?
Find out more about badgers. Where do they live? What do they eat?
What is a badger’s home called? Can you find out the special names for the homes of other animals?
At the end of the story, the animals have a picnic. What food would these animals eat as part of a picnic?
Use leaves and other natural materials to create your own art.
Create some pictures of trees using finger painting. Here are some instructions from the author, Emily Gravett: (click here)

Peace at Last by Jill Murphy

Click here to listen to Peace at Last

Home Activity Ideas:

Mr Bear is tired. Make a list of other words that mean the same as 'tired'.
Mr Bear eats a sandwich in the middle of the night. Write a set of instructions to teach someone how to make their own delicious sandwich.
Mr Bear hears lots of sounds during the night. Can you make a list of other things he could hear?
Find out about animals that are nocturnal. What do they do at night time? What do they do during the day?
Look at the shape of Mr Bear's feet in the pictures. Can you find out about the footprints of different creatures? How are they similar / different?

Peace at Last by Jill Murphy

Click here to listen to Peace at Last

Home Activity Ideas:

Mr Bear is tired. Make a list of other words that mean the same as 'tired'.
Mr Bear eats a sandwich in the middle of the night. Write a set of instructions to teach someone how to make their own delicious sandwich.
Mr Bear hears lots of sounds during the night. Can you make a list of other things he could hear?
Find out about animals that are nocturnal. What do they do at night time? What do they do during the day?
Look at the shape of Mr Bear's feet in the pictures. Can you find out about the footprints of different creatures? How are they similar / different?

Stories for pleasure

read by your teachers

Learning Games / interventions

These games are played daily each morning

Letter and Number Formation (click here)

movement & music

The children in the Beehive need sensory breaks between learning opportunities.

Here are a few of our favourite songs for you to try at home:

Tooty Ta - A repeating pattern song to get your body and mind moving (Apologies in advance parents. It is an utter earworm! ) click here

***New movement songs****

Move and Freeze click here
Body Boogie click here
Dr Kinickerbocker click here
Hop Pop Stop click here

Fine Motor- Dough Dance Songs - Grab some play dough

Funky Feet Dough Dance- grab some dough and strengthen those fingers click here
I like to move it! click here
Row your boat click here

Remote Learning: when isolating

This area applies to pupils who are absent from school because they have been instructed to self-isolate by Public Health England. This area will be updated with content when it is activated.

Please consider:

Adult modelling, lots of repetition, short bursts of learning (5-10mins), encourage regular sensory breaks

Dough Disco

To strengthen your muscles in your hands get some dough and join in with Dough Disco here.

** Check out a new dough song Down in the Jungle **

Alternatively, you can use a small teddy, stress ball or a pair of socks made into a ball.

Lesson 1 - Phonics

For individuals who are isolating, please see the activities listed on the Reading and Writing sections of this page.

* This area becomes activated when your child's CLASS is isolating*

Set 2 sounds- for those working on Red ditty books

ay sound- https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/ydZMI4EG/1Ym8S5zl

spellings- https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/It5Yw4fN/1QxdfWA0

ee sound - https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/Clv2h5K3/2p6SwGqd

spellings- https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/2bH1vIDj/75y0DC5y

Set 2&3 sounds for those working beyond Red ditty books

Day 1 Sound – https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/tXnzG3nX/kEDpFqiU

Day 1 Spellings - https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/X37gsFt9/J2jE8IZr

Day 2 – https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/LV2l5Bpr/MTixECRH

Day 2 Spellings – https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/nt13qMJi/Sly2ZxNI

Day 3 – https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/jnAPPxYa/9PPzsSyE

Day 3 Spellings – https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/5KztfrTp/MaeOoB2x

Day 4 – https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/wEaMnCRz/kEu0uwSk

Day 4 Spellings – https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/gag4MXaT/Q0o1nqsj

Day 5 – https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/KjF6OYhH/xnt7s7hH

Day 5 Spellings – https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/xbCFMEoW/ftVmT4yH

Day 6 -https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/Boqrhgsy/eghTMnch

Day 6 Spellings – https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/RJmqnstJ/Tm9SCSQD

Lesson 2 - Reading

Go to Oxford Owl, click log in, select students, enter the login details below and select Read, Write, Inc eBook Library. You will focus on the same book all week and this will then link to your writing tasks.

Which book should you pick?

Children learning Set 1 - Red Ditty or Sound Blending Level

Children learning Set 2 - Green, Purple or Pink Level

Children learning Set 3 - Orange, Yellow or Blue Level

Lesson 3 - Writing

Reading to Writing

Using the online Oxford Reading Book you have just read, you will now need to complete the tasks below to develop your writing skills.

Writing

Day 1: Say and write all the green words from your story.

Day 2: Say and write the red words from your story.

Day 3: Copy the title of your book. Now list the characters. Also draw them if you wish.

Day 4: What happens in the story? Draw a picture and add some words you know.

Day 5: Sentence focus:

· Write a sentence about the story

· Include green and red words

· Capital letters

· Finger spaces

· Full stops

· ‘’Fredding" out words (sounding out words.)

NB: You can use the tasks listed on days 3-5 with any book you are currently reading.

Always answer the questions verbally before you start to write.

Lesson 4 - Story Time

UPDATED: To support your routines, we have uploaded the full week so you have the flexibility to do lessons when it is best for you:

Either get a parent/carer/older sibling to read a story, or:

Monday - Click here to listen to the story 'Ten Rules of Being a Superhero'.
Tuesday - Eliot Midnight Superhero
Wednesday - Supertato - Evil Pea Rules
Thursday - Supertato - Veggies in the Valley of Doom
Friday - There's a Superhero in Your Book

Also, you could check out the stories read by your teachers at the bottom of this page. New stories have been uploaded.

Lesson 5 - Maths

VSchool Maths Lessons

All VSchool maths lessons from September - February have been archived and can be accessed via the file share below. You can repeat these lessons to aid consolidation during any individual isolation periods.

Check out our counting song (1 less) click here

Fun maths games to play:

Remember to complete all learning in short bursts (5-10mins).

Have a sensory break in between.

Lesson 6 - Communication & Language

content to be activated if class should close

Lesson 7 - Mindfulness

Take a mindful moment watching some scenes and sounds from nature. Find a quiet space in your home and watch whichever video you want to relax:

Sensory Break (ideas)

The children in the Beehive need sensory breaks between learning opportunities.

Here are some ideas:

Take a walk
Play with Lego
Water play- (help wash up)
Sand play
Yoga
Mindfulness colouring

beehive File Share

Below are folders that contain resources you might need.

Home Learning Gallery

We love seeing all of your home learning efforts, please email your work to beehive@haslingden-pri.lancs.sch.uk and we will add your work to our gallery.

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