Bysouth Class

Year 1 and year 2 enjoy learning in Bysouth Class.

Our class teacher is Miss Wilson.

Autumn 2026

Updates for our first term of the new school year are coming soon!

Spring 2026

Beauty and the Beast

In our first week back after the Christmas holidays, we were in for a treat! We were immersed in the enchanting story of Beauty and the Beast with our very own pantomime in school.

In the first two weeks of the spring term, our learning was linked to everything Beauty and the Beast related. We have retold the story and got into character by using the character masks and our very own castle! We have also been developing our fine motor skills by sewing our own roses. Why don’t you have a look at our Beauty and the Beast display or in our reading journal and see if you can spot them? We have also done lots of lovely writing and even had our very own Beauty and the Beast tea party! We of course had a good dance as well!

Forest School

We have been busy learning a variety of skills in Forest School, everything from map work to learning different knots. Here are some photographs of some knots we achieved independently!

Learning about how to keep our teeth healthy!

We had a special visitor come to our school and deliver a workshop where she was talking to us about the importance of keeping our teeth clean. We learned how to look after our teeth properly and the importance of visiting a dentist regularly.

Learning about the importance of washing our hands

Our science topic for the spring term was ‘Animals including humans’. Within this topic, we learned about the importance of good hygiene. We carried out our own investigations to see what happens if we keep our hands clean. We were given a bowl of water, some pepper floating on top of the water and some washing up liquid in a pot. We then dropped the washing up liquid into the bowl and noticed how instantly the pepper separated from the washing up liquid. In the experiment, the pepper represented the germs, and the washing up liquid represented our clean hands. We realised that if we make sure we wash our hands thoroughly we are less likely to catch germs and feel poorly.

Our magnificent Gunpowder Plot workshop

We absolutely loved our Royston Museum workshop in school! We retold the events of The Gunpowder Plot together and everyone had the opportunity to dress up in character. We learned lots about the links to Royston as well.

Signs of Spring

We had another successful year of exploring the local area to observe snowdrops. As part of Forest School, we measured the height and width of snowdrops, and used magnifying glasses to observe the snowdrops closely. We also had the opportunity to sketch the snowdrops and look out for local wildlife living in the stream and ponds.

Pinocchio!

After the February half term, we had the pleasure of welcoming West End in Schools to Reed to lead workshops on retelling the story of Pinocchio! In class, we learned about the story of Pinocchio and with West End in Schools we retold this through drama and dance. After the workshop, we then engaged with lots of lovely writing opportunities linked to Pinocchio.

: Dance

World Book Day

We had a wonderful day celebrating World Book Day! We enjoyed dressing as a word this year, and enjoyed all of our clever costumes!

Design and technology

In D&T, the children have been learning all about free standing structures. They have created their own and made their very own playgrounds. They are now proudly on display for everyone to see and enjoy!

Summer 2026

We have had a wonderful enriching summer term, here is a snapshot of what we got up to this term!

Seaside

For our class trip alongside the current Reception children, we went to the seaside. In September, the new year 1 and 2 children will be learning all about seasides in the past. At the seaside, we completed activities such as finding bird prints on the sand, making sand sculptures and of course buying and eating a delicious ice cream!

Science

We have enjoyed leading our own investigations and developing our working scientifically skills. We were put into groups, and each group chose what they wished to investigate. One group decided to see how many stones it would take to break a leaf, another group wanted to see which parachute would take the longest to touch the ground and the last group wished to investigate which paper aeroplane would travel the furthest. We recalled what a fair test is and how we need to make sure some things stay the same.

We have also this term, been learning all about living things and their habitats. We enjoyed creating our own habitats as well as creating microhabitats! Here are some of our fantastic habitats!

Our Summer Play!

Our summer play this year was Sir David Hattenscarf. We chose this play to honour the fact that Sir David Attenborough has turned 100 years old this year. The play focused on exploring different places around the world and exploring the wildlife we may encounter in different places. Here are some photos of our fabulous costumes!

Maths

We have been exploring capacity and volume in maths. We have learned how to describe the amount of liquid in a container and also how to accurately measure liquids.

Art

We celebrated our wonderful grounds using the work of Hunterwasser and Anne Slater as inspiration. We sketched the lines and shapes we could see through a viewfinder, making sure we only drew what we could see, not what we thought was there. We then used pen to create the same view in the style of Hunterwasser, then learnt the art of felting, inspired by Anne Slater to create our third version of the same view!

We also used our knowledge of Kandinsky from the autumn term to create group chalk pieces outside.

Farm trip!

We enjoyed a trip to a local farm. We learned how to care for the animals, we learned about their diet and we also planted our own pumpkin seeds. We particularly enjoyed feeding the animals. Linking to our science learning, we also learned more about food chains.

After our visit, we wrote thank you cards and posted them to the farmers.

Athlete Visit

We enjoyed welcoming athlete Alice Sharpe to our school. Alice Sharpe shared with us all about her journey to being so successful in her career. She shared with us the struggles she has come across along the way but more importantly what she did to overcome those challenges. Alice created our own exercise circuit for us, we enjoyed showing resilience and aspiration in working hard to complete the exercises. We have also been busy raising money at home. Well done Reed!

Forest School and Design Technology

We have been developing our cutting skills, by carefully cutting a range of fruits. We learned how to hold fruits correctly and where to cut the fruit. We then placed the fruit on skewers and topped this with a toasted pancake. Delicious!

In Design Technology, we also designed and made pouches to keep a momento from our year in. Many of us have chosen to keep something from the beach trip in it! We worked hard on our joining techniques and learnt how to make and use a template to get the shape we wanted. Our embellishments have really made our pouches brilliant!

Dinky Medics

We thoroughly enjoyed our Dinky Medics session. We learned about the different pieces of equipment and how we use them correctly. We had a very important job to do where we needed to help make the bears feel better.