Curriculum

Busy Bees 2022 - 2023

Welcome to Busy Bees.

My name is Mrs. Cusick and I am the teacher of Year 1 and Year 2. Our class teaching assistants are Mrs. Taylor, Miss Jones, Mrs Walmsley, Mrs Parkinson and Mrs Prior. In Busy Bees we make learning fun and exciting, always striving for excellence and ensuring every child reaches their full potential.

We manage this through the following:

Focused group teaching
Valuing every child
Small school setting
Learning outside the classroom
A broad and balanced themed curriculum which is relevant to the lives of our children
Assess to Continous Provision areas to consolidate learning

Class News

Each half term we choose a new theme that interests the children. This year we will be covering the following topics:

Autumn 1 – The Place Where I Live
Autumn 2 –Fighting Fit
Spring 1 – Explorers
Spring 2 – The Farm Shop
Summer 1 –Wind in the Willows
Summer 2 – Buckets and Spades

PE takes place on a Tuesday and Thursday. Pupils may come to school ready in their kits. A reminder that PE kit in warmer weather is red shorts and a white t-shirt and plain grey, black or red tracksuit with a white t shirt in colder weather. All children need trainers for PE lessons. Gymnastics lessons are taught in bare feet in the studio.

In Year 1 and Year 2 we follow the Red Rose Phonics Scheme.

In Year 1 the age related phase is phase 4 and phase 5

In Year 2 the age related phase is phase 6.

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Homework

Homework is put on Teams each Friday and should be submitted via Teams the following Friday. The focus of the homework is to consolidate learning done in school. We recommend that reading is carried out daily for approximately 10 min per session.

Class Timetable

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