In Art and D.T this term we have been exploring different artists and learning how they created depth in their paintings. We learnt about foreground, background and the middle to create our own pieces of art. We have created our own backgrounds to look like flames using chalks, paints and college and then added buildings in the foreground.

Bumblebees had a great workshop with the Somerset museum. We learnt about toys from the past and looked at what they might have been made of. We became history detectives and looked carefully at the artefacts for clues that might tell us that the toys were from the past. We learnt that in the Victorian times children did not have very many toys to play with but the toys that they did have they would play with for a very long time and would become really good at hoop spinning. We were able to play with these toys and learnt that some of the toys we are still able to play with now.

We looked at photos of Victorian children and they weren't allowed to smile. We dressed up and have recreated a photo from the past- it was very hard not to smile!

Welcome back Bumblebee's

We have had a great first week back at school. We have been thinking about what we are thankful for and made our thankfulness tree for the classroom. We are thankful for our friends and family, mums and dads that play with us our pets and that we have a safe place to live.

We have talked about our feelings and how they make us feel and made our own faces using clay to show different emotions.

Dear Parents/Carers,

As we approach the end of this term, I hope you and your families are all keeping well. Reverend Kevin Wright has created another Collective Worship to share with the children. This is based on the Christian value respect and uses the story of Jesus clearing the Temple. The link is:

https://youtu.be/PGedIFqPYxI

Thank you to all the children who have written some beautiful prayers- please continue to send them into school, as they are greatly received and will be added to our prayer book.

I hope the children enjoy the Collective Worship.

Kind regards,

F. Robertson

Executive Headteacher

Hi Bumblebees

This week the focus for home learning will be reading.

Here is a link to the Oak National Academy website for the English and Maths learning this week.

Year 2

https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/year-2/subjects/english

https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/year-2/subjects/maths

Year 1

https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/year-1/subjects/english

https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/year-1/subjects/maths

The website provides daily lessons for English and Maths which hopefully the children will enjoy something different this week.

Please do get in touch if we can help with anything.

Kind regards

Mrs Davies and the Bumblebee team

10.6.2020

Dear Parents/Carers,

I hope you and your families are all keeping well.

Please find a Collective Worship kindly produced by Reverend Kevin Wright and his wife Chris. I hope the children enjoy thinking about the Christian value Trust and also the Bible story of The Sower.

https://youtu.be/zHtQCTyZZo8

If the children would like to write a reflective prayer following this, it would be most welcome and please can you forward a copy to school where we can collate them in our special prayer books.

Best wishes to you all,

F. Robertson

Hi to all my fantastic Bumblebees

We are still in these very strange times which I never thought we would see and hope to never see again. I am missing you all. I miss you telling me all your little stories but I am loving sharing a little window into what you have been doing at home so thank you for continuing to share all the amazing things you have been doing at home.

I have attached a few things that you might want to try. There is some maths for both Year 1 and Year 2 and also some reading comprehensions for you to try.

There is also lots on Active Learn to keep your maths and reading skills up to date. You have logins for Numbots and Times table rock stars. Send me a photo of your highest scores and I will ask Mrs Brayley if I can add some more games to your accounts.

Please, please continue to send me what you have been up to on Class Dojo as they do really brighten up my day.

Let’s hope the weather continues to be kind to us and we can get out and enjoy all the amazing things that are on our doorstep.

As always if you have any questions please email me and I will reply as soon as possible

Continue doing what you are all doing and we hope to see you all soon

Mrs Davies and the Bumblebee team

4.5.2020

Dear parents/carers

As you know VE Day is on Friday 8^th May and as we won’t be together to celebrate, we wanted to give you some things you can look at and do at home.

There is a PowerPoint attached that you can do with your children to help them understand the significance of this day, so please take some time to go through it.

Songs:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/watch/horrible-histories-songs-ve-day-song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=25&v=HnuxWdesxI0&feature=emb_logo – activity sheet attached

Activities:

Colour Union Jack bunting and hang around the house or in your garden

Try some wartime recipes

Make a Spitfire glider and see how far it will fly

Design a VE day medal

Make a street party menu

Make and decorate a cake or some cupcakes to eat

Design and make a flag

Discover Morse Code

Design a poster

Something for school:

We would like the create a giant dove on the fence at school when the children are back. Please can they all decorate the dove outline (attached) with what they think PEACE looks like and we will put them all together. They can be A4 or A5. We would like every child to do one as it would make an amazing display and is something to look forward to putting together when we’re back.

Lastly, we would love it if you could send us any pictures of your VE activities and celebrations so we put something together for our Twitter and Facebook.

Enjoy your day!

Love from the East Brent team

20.5.2020

Hi to all my fantastic Bumblebees

We are still in these very strange times which I never thought we would see and hope to never see again. I am missing you all. I miss you telling me all your little stories but I am loving sharing a little window into what you have been doing at home so thank you for continuing to share all the amazing things you have been doing at home.

I have attached a few things that you might want to try. There is some maths for both Year 1 and Year 2 and also some reading comprehensions for you to try.

There is also lots on Active Learn to keep your maths and reading skills up to date. You have logins for Numbots and Times table rock stars. Send me a photo of your highest scores and I will ask Mrs Brayley if I can add some more games to your accounts.

Please, please continue to send me what you have been up to on Class Dojo as they do really brighten up my day.

Let’s hope the weather continues to be kind to us and we can get out and enjoy all the amazing things that are on our doorstep.

As always if you have any questions please email me and I will reply as soon as possible

Continue doing what you are all doing and we hope to see you all soon

Mrs Davies and the Bumblebee team

Summer term 2020

Hello everyone.

We hope that you are staying safe and well. The Bumblebee team are missing the children and we are looking forward to seeing you all as soon as it is safe enough to open again.

Thank you to everyone who has been putting photos and comments on to our class dojo. It is great to see what you have been doing. We have sent you emails about logins and passwords but please do contact us if you are having difficulty accessing anything.

Don't forget we are always here if you need help in anyway. If you have any questions or need your logins, then please feel free to email us at teachers.eastbrent@educ.somerset.gov.uk 

We love seeing all the great things that you have been doing and all of your lovely smiling faces. Please keep the comments and photos coming, it really does make our day. Take care, stay home and stay safe.

We miss you all

Love from all the Bumblebee team

Maths Year 1

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Maths Year 2

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

English

Pie Corbett and Talk For Writing have produced some writing units to inspire the children. They are great and the children will love them.

The Y1  Sydney spider-A tale of friendship  https://www.talk4writing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Y1-Unit.pdf  

The Y2 The magical teaching box https://www.talk4writing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Y2-Unit.pdf

Active learn

Active Learn – We sent you the link before Easter for the children to do some online learning. On there you will find reading books with mini quizzes, maths games and also spelling and grammar games which I think the children will enjoy. This is the link https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0&l=0  and our school password is eastbrent1 and the school name is ebfs. Should you have any problems logging onto to this please do let me know.

Day 14

We have been watching and waiting for the chick's to arrive. It is hard to imagine what is happening inside the egg. This video shows just how amazing mother nature really is!

The day a lamb came to school!

Thursday 15th March we had a two week old lamb come to visit us. We were all able to touch and feed the lamb. We were asking lots of interesting questions about how to look after a lamb. Miss Coles needs to feed the lamb four times a day. Did you know that sheep eat cake? Their least favourite food is grass!!

Welcome to Class 2 - Bumblebees!

In Bumblebee Class this term, we have started to explore our new topic 'The Tudors'. As a whole class, the children have enjoyed and made their own class coat of arms. The children discussed and debated which colours and symbols to put on the class shield. Once all the children’s votes were calculated, their final design was:

The colour green represents joy and hope.

The colour gold represents generosity.

The bumblebees represent our class name.

The heart represents charity and love towards others.

The cross represents faith in God.

All the children are proud of their class coat of arms and our next task is to complete individual designs.

Our topic this term is Extreme Earth. We have been learning all about different types of weather. We have been making 3D tornadoes. So far this term we have written Haiku poems about winter. As part of our introduction to our English text ‘The birth of a rainbow’, we have been learning how different colours are made by using just three primary colours. We have been trying to make the sounds of different weather using a variety of musical instruments.