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Bysouth Class

Year 1 and year 2 enjoy learning in Bysouth Class.

Our class teacher is Miss Wilson.

Autumn 2025

In our maths lessons, we have been focusing on developing our place value understanding. We have been learning how many tens and ones make a number. We have used maths manipulatives like the dienes to show this.

In our gymnastics lessons, we have been learning how to move in different directions, balance and develop our posture and control. We have also been learning how we use the gymnastics equipment correctly and safely.

We have enjoyed putting our football skills to the test at two football festivals held at other local schools.  We are very pleased to have a football club at our school too!

We have spent lots of time at home and at school reading! We have loved it so much, that some of us chose to read during one of our afternoon breaks!

We have been working very hard in our writing lessons, writing for a range of different purposes. We have written stories, letters, descriptions and recounts. We have even posted a letter!

In our Geography lessons, we have been learning about the countries and capital cities that are in the UK. Some of us have created our own wonderful 3D models at home, of famous landmarks in London!

We have been busy colour mixing in art.  Inspired by the work of Kandinsky, we have used our colour knowledge to use lines and shapes to recreate his work.  Year 2s have moved on to used tertiary colours as well as primary and secondary.  We also used our knowledge of printing to create some of the lines and shapes.

We have learnt about free standing structures in Design Technology.  We have explored what gives a structure stability and strength.  We will be using this knowledge to design and make model playgrounds.

In Forest School, we have been learning how to construct our own shelter and tie our own knots. We have also used our fine motor skills to create our own crafts by carefully rolling, moulding and sculpting our own clay faces! We have used our geographical skills to follow maps and we have begun to understand how to use a compass.

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.

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!