Welcome to Bumble Bee Class!
Teachers: Mrs Denness, Mrs Cousins and Mrs Lennon
LSAs: Mrs Brear (Monday, Tuesday and Friday) and Mrs Green (Wednesday and Thursday)
PE: Mr Goldsmith (Monday and Wednesday afternoons)
Year 1 and Year 2 Jigsaw (PSHE) and Music: Mr Goldsmith
Year 1 and Year 2 Science: Mrs Denness
Reception newsletter and topic webs
Reception Summer 1 Learning Web
Reception Spring 2 Learning Web
Reception Spring 1 Learning Web
Reception Autumn 2 Learning Web
Reception Autumn 1 Learning Web
Bumble Bee Reception Newsletter 2023-24
Year 1 and Year 2 newsletter and topic webs
Bumble Bee Y1 and Y2 Topic Web Summer 1 2024
Bumble Bee Y1 and Y2 Topic Web Spring 2 2024
Bumble Bee Y1 and Y2 Topic Web Spring 1 2024
Bumble Bee Y1 and Y2 Topic Web Autumn 2 2023
Bumble Bee Y1 and Y2 Topic Web Autumn 1 2023
Bumble Bee 1 and 2 newsletter 2023-24
2022-2023
Reception
Bumblebee Reception Newsletter 2022-23
Reception Autumn 1 Learning Web
Reception Autumn 2 Learning Web
Reception Spring 1 Learning Web
Reception Spring 2 Learning Web
Reception Summer 1 Learning Web
Reception Summer 2 Learning Web
Year 1 and Year 2
Bumblebee Y1 and Y2 Newsletter 2022-23
Year 1 and 2 Topic Web Autumn 1
Year 1 and 2 Topic Web Autumn 2
Year 1 and 2 Topic web Spring 1
Year 1 and 2 Topic web Spring 2
Year 1 and 2 Topic web Summer 1
Year 1 and 2 Topic web Summer 2
RWI: Listening to your child read YELLOW
RWI: Listening to your child read PURPLE
Did you know?
• Bumblebees are large, fuzzy insects with short, stubby wings.
• They are larger than honeybees, but they don’t produce as much honey. However, they are very important pollinators. Without them, food wouldn’t grow.
• There is variation in coloration among bumblebees and some species have bands of red, yellow and black.
• They have stocky bodies that are covered with many hairs to which pollen adheres.
• Bumblebees have four wings, the two rear wings are small and usually attached to the fore wings by a row of hooks called hamuli. The wings move rapidly, at 130-240 beats per second.
• There are over 250 known species.
• Bumblebees are social insects that live in colonies.
• The queen bee, drones and worker bees all have specific tasks to help support the colony.
• Bumblebee workers and the queens can sting, and their stinger is smooth – not barbed like that of the honeybee – so they can sting more than once. Male bumblebees cannot sting as they do not have a sting.
What else can you find out about Bumblebees?