Year 1 and year 2 enjoy learning in Bysouth Class.
Our class teacher is Miss Wilson.
Autumn 2024
In our writing lessons, we have been using the book ‘The Koala Who Could’ to inspire our writing. We have been writing character and setting descriptions, writing letters and we have so much more still to do!
Below you can find some of our wonderful writing.
Here we have been sequencing pictures from the story, and putting them in the correct order. We have learned that we can make our writing more interesting by using different time adverbials.
In maths, we have been focusing on place value and addition and subtraction. We have been learning a range of methods that we can use to add and subtract, as well as ‘show the maths’. Below you will find some images of our fantastic work in maths!
In PE, we have been working on our gymnastic skills. We have been learning how to climb using the apparatuses, use different parts of our bodies to move, and improve our balancing skills too!
In Forest School, we have been working hard on using a new tool, the bow saw. We have also created our own tool safety booklets, to help keep us safe whilst learning a new skill. We have continued to use other tools we are familiar with.
In History, we have been learning about ‘The seaside through time’. We decided that we would like to find out more about the past by asking our family questions, some of us asked our parents whilst others asked our grandparents. We found this really useful!
Spring 2024
In Bysouth, we have enjoyed learning about the traditional tale ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. We have been growing our own beans in Science. In maths, we set up our own shop to buy beans! As well as this, in writing we wrote descriptions of the giant and the giant’s house
In Science, we have been learning about plants. We have been observing how plants grow from bulbs or seeds into mature plants. As well as this, we have been learning about deciduous and evergreen trees.
In Geography, we are continuing to develop our Geographical skills. We are working hard on our map skills, by looking at photographs and a range of globes and maps.
In History, we have been learning about Guy Fawkes. We have spent time exploring sources of information and looking for clues to find out why the Gunpowder Plot was unsuccessful.
Summer 2024
In Forest School, to achieve our food technology knowledge, we have been learning how to plan, prepare, cook and serve food safely. We have designed our own meals, including pizza and making our own pancakes from scratch! We have continued to develop our understanding of how to start a fire, keep a fire going and how to be safe around fires.
In Science, we have been learning about living things and their habitats. We have sorted things into dead, living and never been alive. We know something is living if it can do all of the life processes. We explored a wide range of objects and provided really good scientific explanations to back up our answers.
In maths, we have been learning about fractions. We have been using different maths strategies to find one third, one quarter, one half and so on. We have used strategies such as groupings. We have also been identifying one half and one quarter in different forms, including on rulers and measuring jugs!
We have also been enjoying learning about India, and focusing on the village of Chembakolli. We had a visitor come into school and share with us their knowledge of India, they even brought in their wedding dress! We tried an array of different Indian foods.
In preparation for our new topic in September ‘Seaside through time’, we visited Southend and spent the day exploring the beach, completing different activities on the beach and developing our understanding of how things have changed over the years at the Southend Pier Museum. We even used our own money to buy ice creams!
- Bysouth Class letter Spring Term 2025 (343.02KB)
- Bysouth Class newsletter Autumn 2024 (346.66KB)