Welcome to Beech Class 2023-2024!
Hello and welcome to Beech Class. This page will give you a little bit of information about the ladies in the room that will help you and show you some of the things we have and will be learning. Check back on this page regularly to see photographs of all the exciting things we will be doing.
Beech Class Team
Mrs Fenton and Mrs Lambert are your teachers. Mrs Fenton works in Beech Class Monday to Wednesday and Mrs Lambert is in Beech on a Thursday and a Friday. We work really closely together to ensure that you always get the best learning experiences.
We are very lucky in Beech Class to also have Miss Dakowicz, Mrs Godlewska, Miss Clifford, Mrs Davis and Miss Williamson help us throughout the week. All of these ladies are here to help and support all of your learning and we always have lots of fun at the same time.
Spring 1
As part of our work in Spring One we are continuing our learning about the world before moving onto our food topic at the start of Spring 2. We have already explored England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales in Europe and we are moving onto exploring some of the other continents this half term. We are going to be focusing on some of the animals in the continent and locating the continents on a map.
Watch out for more exciting 'Wow' days as the term progresses.
Please see below Home Learning Menu and Parent Forecast to find out what we will be learning.
We have been on a trip to St Peters church. It was really interesting and we had a great time exploring and learning different parts of the church. We really enjoyed playing the organ. It was so loud! Have a look at some of the pictures of our trip below.
Autumn 2
What a busy half term Autumn 2 was! We have had lots of exciting experiences this half term. We celebrated Diwali day and were lucky enough to have Mary talk to us all about how she celebrates Diwali. We had our Christmas celebrations and put on a fantastic show to our adults and ended the half term with our Antarctica day.
Diwali Celebration Day
Our Diwali day was an exciting opportunity for us to learn about different celebrations that happen in different religions. We thought about how it was celebrated and had the opportunity to mix with other classes to explore a range of activities. The children were thrilled about coming to school in their 'best clothes' and had lots of discussions about what they were going to wear! Watch this space for some pictures of the day.
Antarctica Day
For our I wonder what is around the world topic we focused on the continent of Antarctica. We found out that penguins live there and it is an extremely cold desert! We spent the day in small teams working together to make a sledge for a penguin. It was really tricky and the boxes didn't want to stick but with a bit of determination and perseverance we did it! Mrs Rees was kind enough to lend us Cherry Class' penguin and we tested our sledges on the snow ramp. Only one sledge had a minor crash so we were really pleased. We ended the day with biscuits and hot chocolate. It was a great day!
How could I forget....we also went to Gullivers!
In Foundation Stage we try our very best to give the children a wide range of experiences and our trip to Gullivers has to have been one of the best. I am sure you can see from the pictures below just how magical a day it was. Thank you to the Parents/Carers for contributing to this exciting experience and to the extra staff members we pinched from classes to make this a day to remember. I have added a few of the pictures below.
Topic Update
We have updated our Home Learning Menu and our Parent Forecast in light of the children's interests in class. We will now be focusing on the question 'I wonder...where in the world'. We will be thinking about different countries in each continent, starting with exploring the UK. We are also going to be thinking about different ways to travelling too these countries and learning lots of new and exciting vocabulary.
Autumn Term
During the first term we are going to be answering the question ‘I wonder what is special in my life?’ We will hold a planning meeting at the start and see what we would like to learn about and what we already know about the things that we feel are special.
Please see below our Parent Forecast and useful information. The PE and Library days will be added asap and an updated copy added. Please ensure PE kits are brought into school on a Monday and stay until Friday so that we can make the most of any opportunity we may be given to do PE.
We have also added Autumn 1 - Home Learning Menu. Please complete one piece of Home Learning per week and hand it in either in your book or on Class Dojo. If you need any help or support with this with advice/resources please speak to a member of the Beech Class Team.
Reading Superstars
Can you be a 'reading superstar'?
5 times or more = win a PRIZE and 3 dojo points,
4 times = 2 dojo points
3 times = 1 dojo point
Below are some useful documents to support your child with their reading at home.
Summer Term 2023
I can't believe it is our last term in Beech Class. You have all come so far and we are so delighted with the progress you have made. This term is very exciting. We have a trip to Cleethorpes planned to support our learning in RE/Geography and we can't wait! Who doesn't love a trip to the seaside!
Our new 'I wonder' statement is I wonder what's out of this world. We have already asked the children and they are keen to learn about space. We have lots of exciting learning planned for you, including learning all about the planets and Neil Armstrong. The children have also requested a 'rocket and space station' to be built in the classroom. We are looking forward to seeing where the children's imaginations take them.
Please see below our Parent Forecast and the Home Learning Menu that we will be starting after half term. The menu will be sent home in the children's books and added to Class Dojo too. Any problems please let us know. We will also be continuing our Parent Share mornings and will be asking for feedback on these to help improve (if necessary) and adapt them to make them work for the majority, preferably all, of us.
We have started our Art Week celebrations this week. We have had the best time dying the t-shirts and have been so excited to find out what they look like! We had an amazing Fashion Show and we are incredibly proud of all of the children for taking part and giving it 100%. Beech Class you are amazing!!
Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.
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