Welcome to the Honey Bees

Hello and welcome!

*Meet the Honey Bee grown-ups*

The grown-ups in the Honey Bees class are Ms Holman (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday), Mrs Spratt (Thursday and Friday), Mrs De'Ath, Miss Warden and Miss Cox. We love teaching the Honey Bees and we are so proud of their achievements!

If you ever have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. Thank you! 

*Our Christian Value for the term*

Our Christian value this term is ‘Friendship.’

Friendship is such an important value in our society, with children often spending more time with their friends than with family.

Jesus tells stories of the heavenly banquet to which all are invited. The barriers between people are broken down in a loving community around God, and Jesus had stern words to say to those who refused to recognise that all are included in this community of friendship.

True friendship enables each person to grow and ensures that the unique individuality of each person is recognised. All this echoes the value placed by God on the preciousness of each person.

‘A friend loves at all times.’ (Proverbs 17:17)

*Our Learning for this term*

Autumn Term 1 2025

 

Hello and welcome to all our new families. We are so happy your child is starting their learning journey with us, and we look forward to sharing many happy memories with them over the year.

During Autumn term 1 will see the children introduced to the rules and routines of our school; from sharing a snack to learning to read. We will be focusing on a range of fantastic texts to develop their vocabulary and communication skills.

This term's focus is around starting school, understanding emotions and what to do with them. We will be looking at our families  and what makes us unique, while creating and exploring in our new environments.

We will finish the term with a celebration of Harvest by inviting you in to see this year's EYFS production of the Little Red Hen.

 

Phonics and Reading 

This term sees your child starting their reading and phonics journey.

We will start phonics in week 3 of the term.

By the end of the half term your child will have learnt the tricky words: the, is and I as well as all the following sounds:

All children will start on wordless books and will progress on to decodable books when their teacher feels they are ready. Wordless books are a crucial part of their learning journey aiding discussion, turn taking and understanding of vocabulary. We recommend you watch the following videos to help you support your child at home.

https://www.littlewandle.org.uk/resources/for-parents/#tabnametabBooksComingHome 

 

Maths 

In Reception we use a scheme called Mastering Number which uses the Cbeebies series ‘Numberblocks’ to engage the children with Maths.

During this half term, they will practise the skill of subitising, initially up to three objects (recognising how many there are without having to count them), as well as practising counting objects accurately by placing them in a line and touching each one. They will also learn how small numbers are composed of other numbers, such as 3 being made of 2 and 1.

 

Developing key skills

An important part of school life is keeping our classroom tidy and respecting our toys.

Over the term, we’ll be learning where to put things back where they belong before we move onto another activity.The children will be taught the phrase “Choose it, use it and put it away”.

Listening skills

We’ll be listening to stories and engaging in lots of conversation about the term’s books and topics.

Being active and developing fine motor skills. 

We’ll be developing core strength through climbing, balancing, jumping, running, hopping and more.  All fun things you can do in your garden or local park!  We’ll be developing our fine motor skills through lots of cutting, threading, using pencils and funky finger activities. Why not try some at home too.

Being independent.

We’ll be developing our independence skills through having a go and trying to do small tasks without asking for help straight away. We will be encouraging and praising the children who try to wash hands, open or peel their own fruit, take on and off their coats, shoes and wellies independently.

How can you help at home:

Continue to develop your child’s life skills and independence with simple activities and games. Give lots of praise and positive reinforcement for doing things by themselves such as using a knife and folk or getting their shoes on ready for school.