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 2025
History
In History, we have thoroughly enjoyed learning all about The Great Fire of London. We had an inspiring fun packed History enrichment day, where we made artefacts linked to the topic. For our special day, we even dressed up in Tudor costumes! As well as this, we have also been comparing similarities and differences between firefighting equipment used in 1666 and equipment used today. We had a visit from the local Fire Brigade, where they spoke to us about the firefighting equipment used today.
Maths
In maths, we continue to learn a range of different skills. We have been learning about multiplication and division, place value, addition and subtraction and measurement. Here are some photos of our wonderful learning:
Science
In Science, our topic has been everyday materials. We have learned what materials make up different objects, for example a table can be made from wood and metal. We have also learned how we may describe some objects, for example, using vocabulary like opaque, to describe a wooden shelf. In one of our science lessons, we went for a walk around our school grounds and identified different materials.
Forest School
In Forest School, we have continued to build on our skills and knowledge. Recently, we went for a walk around the local area and identified snow drops. We used magnifying glasses to look at the snowdrops in more detail, and then sketched them.
Cinderella
We thoroughly enjoyed watching the Pantomime Cinderella, in January. To continue our learning linked to this, we had a wide range of learning opportunities throughout a few weeks.
In computing, we programmed Beebots to move to different Cinderella themed locations! Our Beebots visited the ball, Cinderella’s home and so many more places!
We measured our own shoes, and then designed and created our own Cinderella’s glass slipper! We used a range of objects to measure, including counters, glue sticks and rulers! We then set up our classroom as a shoe shop, where we used our knowledge of money to sell and buy our shoes!
At the end of our Cinderella learning, we had a marvellous Cinderella ball! We made our own masks, and musical instruments to play during the event! We had a wonderful time listening to music and dancing.
Art
We used our knowledge of the Great Fire of London to apply our drawing, printing and collage skills to capture the historic event in art. As part of this, we learnt that art has been very useful in teaching us about the past. This was seen in the work of Samuel Rolle and now our artwork will continue to teach those who view it about The Great Fire of London!
Summer 2025
We have had a marvellous summer term, full of wonderful learning and fantastic experiences. Here is a brief overview of some of the learning we got up to and the experiences we had!
Exploring our local area!
To develop our life skills and knowledge of the local area, we went to Royston on a public bus! We understood how walking around Royston is different to Reed, as it is a town and its busier. We walked through the market, and observed the different items for sale. Afterwards, we went to the Royston Church, and identified and discussed the religious symbols we have spoken about in our RE lessons, including a font, a cross and so on! Our final stop was at Royston Museum, we had a wonderful workshop, where we were busy exploring toys from the past, discussing these in detail. As well as this, we made our own toy! This will link with our topic on Toys in September.
We didn’t just go on one trip… we also went to Stansted Mountfitchet. We explored the toy museum and the castle grounds and learned lots about the history of toys. This will support and strengthen our pre-existing knowledge for when we come to starting our toys topic next year.
Fun at St Ed’s!
In June, the Year 2 children represented the school at the St Ed’s athletics event. The children took part in a wide variety of activities, this included long jump, javelin, shotput, and lots of relays! It was really enjoyable seeing the children cheer on their friends, no matter where they were in the race, demonstrating our value of respect beautifully.
The Bee Musical!
We also had lots of fun presenting our wonderful musical, ‘The Bee Musical’ to an audience! We learned the songs, dances and the lines. The children have immersed themselves into the musical and have been proudly singing the songs on repeat, even outside at playtimes!
More Sports!
In our PE lessons, we have been working hard on developing our fitness skills as well as other skills, such as throwing and running. We then put these skills into practice on sports day!
We also enjoyed Maypole dancing too!
- Bysouth Class Newsletter Spring 2026 (169.86KB)
- Bysouth Class newsletter Autumn term 2025 (195.23KB)
- Bysouth Class newsletter summer term 2025 (431.90KB)