Reception/Year 1 - Beech Mr Bell

Welcome to Beech Class!

We are a mixed Reception/Year 1 class.

Our class teacher is Mr Bell and our LSA is Mrs Colton.

Our swimming day is Tuesday and our PE day is Friday.

Beech Class Updates

W/C 16/09/24

This week, we have been telling and improvising stories based on the book “The Cow Who Fell to Earth” by Nadia Shireen. The children have particularly enjoyed speaking the language of Dave, the moon cow, and we have heard loud renditions of “Woo, woo!” around the class. In history, we have been talking about the difference between the past and the present and sorting objects into those from the past and the present day. In art, we have ben drawing spirals and observing how our bodies move in different ways as the spirals get bigger and bigger.

WC 02/09/24

We have had a great first week in Beech Class. The children have settled really quickly and are wonderfully confident, friendly and fun. We have been learning “all about me” with a focus on oracy skills to help the children to talk about themselves and their families as well as drawing them and using other mark making skills including writing names. We have enjoyed using the new EYFS area which looks fantastic. Many thanks to all those who volunteered their time and money to support this amazing project.

WC 15/07/24

This week, the children had great fun during our Olympic Day. We started off by practicing and performing our own Olympic dance, designed our own Olympic uniforms and made our own Olympic torches. We then had a go at some real Olympic events, including discus and relay races. The day finished with the children making torches using willow and ribbons and having our very own Olympic torch parade!

WC 08/07/24

After weeks of waiting, we were finally able to harvest our potatoes! The children chopped them up, mixed them with paprika and oil, and then enjoyed tasting their own home-grown potato wedges. In English, we have been designing and writing character descriptions of our very own aliens, and predicting what will happen next in the story "Man on the Moon".

WC 01/07/24

Last Friday, to help with our geography topic about the seaside, Beech class went on a trip to Lyme Regis. After lots of singing on the coach, we walked down the steep hill and explored the aquarium, fed the fish and held a starfish. We then had a picnic on the beach but had to be careful of the hungry seagulls who were intent on eating our sandwiches. There was just enough time for a paddle, digging some sandcastles and an ice-cream before the trip back to school!

WC 24/06/24

This week in Beech class we have been working on our descriptive writing using the short film "Butterflies" as a stimulus. The children have come up with a wonderful range of adjectives to paint a wonderful picture of what they saw. The year 1 children have been further challenged by innovating their writing and by using adverbs. In maths, we have been practicing our understanding of place value by carrying out open-ended investigations and puzzles. We have had another visit from our new intake for next year and we explored the school grounds and played parachute games in the shade of the trees.

WC 27/06/24

This week, the Reception children have been extending their knowledge of patterns by identifying, copying and continuing patterns using music, and a variety of small world toys. Year 1 have been learning how to tell the time using analogue clocks to find "o'clock" and "half past". In English, we have been writing instructions on how to run a bean bag race and then we used our skills to write instructions for Beegu on how to go to school. In preparation for our trip to Lyme Regis, we have learnt about different features of a beach and worked out if they are physical (natural) or human. We have had another great visit from our new reception children from next year and they have had the chance to explore more of the outside areas. Now the weather is finally a bit brighter, please remember to send your child to school with suncream applied and with a sun hat.