St Mary's & St Benedict's RC Primary School: Beesley

Date: 5th Jun 2024 @ 2:37pm

Today as part of RE we read the story 'Goat's coat' and discussed how kind the goat was to all his friends. We explored what does it mean to be a good friend? How do we make friends? What do friends do together? Afterwards the children made friendship bracelets to give to their friends.

Forest School, by Miss Fann

Date: 5th Jun 2024 @ 2:29pm

Elmer Day!, by Miss Fann

Date: 5th Jun 2024 @ 2:24pm

The children in Barlow and Beesley had a fantastic day celebrating Elmer Day. The children enjoyed taking part in a range of different activities including making their own Elmers out of milk bottles, peg board Elmers, larger scale Elmers, Elmer jigsaws, rainbows using oil pastels and creating their own Elmer ears. Throughout the week the children read lots of different Elmer stories.

World Bee Day, by Miss Fann

Date: 20th May 2024 @ 3:00pm

The children in Beesley Class have been learning all about bees. We read the story Omar, the bees and me. In drawing club the children drew the character Maisy and Grandpa's garden. The children then went on to learn and write facts about bees. The children took part in various activities in the continuous provision including printing beehives and making 3D bees (in Forest School)

Exciting news in Beesley Class!, by Miss Fann

Date: 20th May 2024 @ 2:56pm

It was a very exciting morning in Beesley Class this morning! After many weeks of caring for and observing the various changes, some of our froglets have now grown into frogs! Over the next few days we will be releasing our frogs into the pond in Forest School.

Faith week-Islam, by Miss Fann

Date: 20th May 2024 @ 2:51pm

During our Faith Week the children have been learning about the religion of Islam. The children explored many artefacts including a prayer mat with a compass and had a go at designing their own prayer mats.

Spring Scavenger hunt, by Miss Fann

Date: 19th May 2024 @ 7:57pm

The children in Beesley Class have been exploring nature through a scavenger hunt around our school environment. The children made their own nature wristbands with a variety of different things they found on the walk.

Forest School, by Miss Fann

Date: 19th May 2024 @ 7:49pm

Beesley class had lots of fun at Forest School on Friday!

Tots on tyres, by Miss Fann

Date: 12th May 2024 @ 10:23am

The children in Beesley Class have been taking part in Tots on Tyres training led by South Ribble Council. This week the children had their second session with the South Ribble coaches. The children have worked hard and showed great 'perseverance' (our Gospel Value for the month of May) Well done Beesley class!

Maths in EYFS, by Miss Fann

Date: 6th May 2024 @ 5:24pm

This week the children have been working on developing their counting skills by organising and counting larger sets of a wide range of objects. They have been exploring using their counting skills in a range of different contexts, including counting things that cannot be seen for example counting the number of beats on a drum or using counting to measure time when playing hide-and-seek. The children have been practising counting strategies that involve moving the objects. These included placing the objects in a line and counting along the line, or arranging them in rows and counting along each row. The children have been using the term 'touch counting' to ensure they keep track of which objects they have counted.

Pentecost, by Miss Fann

Date: 6th May 2024 @ 4:59pm

This week the children in Beesley Class have been learning about Pentecost being the feast to celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit to the disciples. The children made streamers to 'Share the Good News of Jesus with everyone' The children used the streamers to create a dance of sharing the Good News.

The Very Busy Spider, by Miss Fann

Date: 25th Apr 2024 @ 9:24pm

This week the children in Beesley class have been learning the story The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle. In 'Drawing Club' the children created their own version of the main character, the spider. The children then went on to think if there was another animal in the story who would they like the spider to meet? During our final 'Drawing Club' the children created their own version of somewhere for the spider to live instead of the web from the story. We had some fantastic ideas! One idea including having a Venus flytrap inside the spider's house.

Throughout the week the children have had the opportunity to explore other activities within the continuous provision. Activities included; creating their own spider webs using chalk to mark make and learning how to use a hole punch to create their own holes in card to make webs by threading string or wool for their own playdough spiders. The children have all had a go at following the step by step instructions of how to draw a spider paying close attention to detail. Just like the spider, we have had a very busy week in Beesley Class!

The Pentecost, by Miss Fann

Date: 25th Apr 2024 @ 9:08pm

In RE this week the children in Beesley class have been learning The Pentecost story. After listening to the story the children worked together to sequence the events.

EYFS visit to Smithills Open Farm, by Miss Fann

Date: 11th Apr 2024 @ 11:25am

EYFS visited Smithills Farm on Wednesday 27th March 2024. The children took part in a range of activities including; a donkey ride, a tractor and trailor ride to see and feed the horses and donkeys, watching the cows being milked, feeding the animals and the opportunitiy to hold some new born animals including chicks, guinea pigs, lambs, rabbits and stroke other animals such as as an alpaca, a lamb and a goat. The children had a great time and listened well to Farmer Carl and our guides Gabby and Emma. We had a fantastic day!

We now have tadpoles in Beesley Class!, by Miss Fann

Date: 8th Mar 2024 @ 4:14pm

Exciting news in Beesley Class.... the frogspawn has now hatched into tadpoles! The children are enjoying watching the tadpoles move around the tank and have been learning that the tadpoles who stay at the bottom of the tank have not yet developed their lungs and the ones who are near the surface of the water have. The children are now looking to see if they can see any legs growing.

Beesley Class World Book Day 2024, by Miss Fann

Date: 8th Mar 2024 @ 4:03pm

Beesley Class had a fantastic day dressing up for World Book Day. The children also took part in a live zoom with the author of the JoJo and Gran Gran books- Laura Henry-Allain. Laura read her story JoJo and Gran Gran visit the farm.

National Tell a Fairy Tale Day, by Miss Fann

Date: 28th Feb 2024 @ 1:53pm

The children in Beesley class enjoyed celebrating National Tell a Fairy Tale Day. The children have been looking at the stories The Three Little Pigs and The Little Red Hen and have been taking part in activities such as; building a new house for the three little pigs, following instructions to draw pigs and created their own puppets to retell the stories in the puppet theatre.

During 'Drawing Club' the children created their own version of The Little Red Hen, drew a map of the farm and created recipes for some magic bread (baked by The Little Red Hen).

We also read the stories of Jack and the Beanstalk and Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

The arrival of frogspawn in EYFS!, by Miss Fann

Date: 27th Feb 2024 @ 8:23am

The children in Barlow and Beesley class had a nice surprise when they arrived at school yesterday- the arrival of some frogspawn! The children are very excited about having them and so far have enjoyed observing the frogspawn in the tank. We have been talking about the different stages of the life cycle of a frog and went to our school library to find lots of books about frogs for us to look at. Some children have noticed some tails growing and moving already. We can't wait to see some more changes over the next few weeks...

Chinese New Year, by Miss Fann

Date: 9th Feb 2024 @ 12:17pm

This week the children in Beesley Class have been learning all about Chinese New Year. During 'Drawing Club' the children have been learning the Zodiac story and have created their own animal to take part in The Great Race. The children then went on to design a different race and finally created a potion to wake up the cat.

2024 is the year of the dragon.Throughout the week the children have taken part in a range of different activities including; Mandarin number writing, creating their own individual dragons, making a class dragon from their handprints, junk modelling dragons and food tasting. We have had lots of fun learning all about Chinese New Year!

Making igloos, by Miss Fann

Date: 1st Feb 2024 @ 8:33pm

Over the past few weeks, the children in Beesley Class have been exploring the Arctic. The children have been looking at the animals that live in the Arctic and have been looking at photographs to compare it with our local area, Bamber Bridge. The children noticed how many different types of buildings are in Bamber Bridge and we talked about where people may take shelter from the cold in the Arctic. This led to our exploration of igloos. The children worked together to use the junk modelling materials to create their igloos. The children have been looking at joining by exploring using different types of glue and tape. We found that some types of glue were better at joining materials such as cardboard with another material, whereas some types wouldn't allow the materials to join. The children have started to decorate their igloos and have started to use different textures on their models.

Once the igloos have dried the children are looking forward to putting them in the Small World Area of our classroom and using them in their play. A fantastic example of the children building for a purpose!

Elsa visits Beesley Class!, by Miss Fann

Date: 30th Jan 2024 @ 9:50am

The children of Beesley class were shocked to see that Elsa had paid a visit to their classroom and, not only that, Elsa had used her magical powers and frozen all of the animals! The children had a go at exploring the ice talking about how it felt to touch and what it looked like. The children shared their ideas about how they thought the animals could be rescued. Some of the children's ideas included; "smash the ice", "put water on it" and "get an ice hammer." As a class we then talked about freezing and melting. We explored what happened when we held the ice in our hands and noticed that some of it melted into water.

The children were then given the challenge to rescue the animals from the ice. It was fantastic to see the children share their ideas and exploring throughout the challenge.

We are pleased to say that the children managed to rescue all of the animals.Well done Beesley Class! Great teamwork!

Winnie the Pooh Day 2024, by Miss Fann

Date: 22nd Jan 2024 @ 5:18pm

On Thursday 18th January 2024 it was Winnie the Pooh Day! The children in Beesley class celebrated by listening to lots of Winnie the Pooh stories and had a go at a range of different Winnie the Pooh activities. These included matching the character pairs,role- playing the stories using character puppets, creating a map of Hundred Acre Wood and in the creative areas the children explored creating the different characters using a range of different materials.

Winter Walk, by Miss Fann

Date: 19th Jan 2024 @ 2:29pm

The children in Beesley Class have been exploring the season of Winter. Firstly, we looked at the seasonal changes from Autumn to Winter. The children then got dressed to explore the surrounding school environment. We discussed the importance of staying warm and put on our coats and any hats, gloves or scarves we had. We explored Forest School and saw some berries, holly, some ice and bare trees.

The children then went onto the playground and had a go at breaking the ice. We had lots of fun!

Drawing Club, by Miss Fann

Date: 11th Jan 2024 @ 2:15pm

Beesley class have started 'Drawing Club' this week focusing on the book 'Brown bear, brown bear what do you see? Have a look at our fabulous creations.

We have really enjoyed creating our new codes and learning lots of new vocabulary!