Miss Bagnall, Mrs Lane and Miss Scriven
Welcome back to Bumblebees! We hope you had a magical Christmas holiday and made lots of memories. Bumblebees is taught by Miss Bagnall with support from the amazing Mrs Lane and Miss Scriven. We are looking forward to a happy and productive 2025! In Bumblebees, we expect fantastic behaviour, an enthusiastic, ‘can do’ attitude to learning and wonderful friendships.
In English, children will continue to have daily phonics sessions which will support them in their reading, spelling and writing. They will continue to practise and develop neat letter formation. Through our English lessons, we will explore a range of writing genres. Children will be taught to write narratives, letters, character descriptions and much more. Children will be taught the Year 1 grammar objectives, including punctuating sentences and joining clauses with ‘and’. We will also focus on spelling rules and plurals. In Guided Reading sessions, children will have the chance to develop and discuss their understanding of a range of texts. Please ask lots of questions when you listen to your child read at home!
In Maths, we will focus on Number and Place Value. Children will learn to count, read and write numbers to 100. We will also learn about Money, Geometry and Time. Please continue to practise number bonds as this will help when solving number problems. There will be regular practise of counting in 2s, 5s and 10s to support children in their timetables in Year 2.
In Science this term, we will be learning about Seasonal Changes and Everyday Materials. Children will learn to identify and name a variety of everyday materials. We will also learn how to observe changes across the four seasons and describe the weather.
We will have Geography lessons and learning about The United Kingdom in the first half term. After half term, we will focus on History and our enquiry question will be: Why did The Great Fire of London destroy so many houses? Children will be learning about this significant event in history and the impact it had.
Children will also have RE, PSHE, PE, Art, DT, Computing and Music lessons throughout the term. PE is on a Wednesday with Mr McCarten.
We look forward to another fantastic term!
Miss Bagnall, Mrs Lane and Miss Scriven.