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 🐝 We Found a Bee Nest in Our Garden! 🐝

This week in Foundation, something very exciting happened… we discovered an underground bees' nest in our school garden! 🐝🌼

While we were outside exploring, someone spotted little bees flying in and out of a small hole in the ground. At first, we thought it might be ants or wasps—but then we looked a bit closer and saw they were bees! They were busy buzzing around, collecting pollen and going back into their secret underground home. 🕳️🌸

We were so curious that we decided to start learning all about bees. Here are some of the amazing facts we’ve already discovered:

✨ Bees live in nests or hives, and some even live underground!
✨ They love flowers because they collect nectar and pollen to make honey.
✨ Bees are super important because they help plants grow by spreading pollen.

We were very careful not to disturb the bees. We learned it’s best to watch them from a safe distance so we don’t scare them. Mr Chanter found out that the nesting bees are the protected species and that they will fly away when they are ready. They will not sting so don't worry.

Next week, we’re going to keep learning even more facts about bees.

Do you know any fun facts about bees? Let us know! 🐝📚


Maths

In maths we practised counting beyond 20. We also learnt how to share quantities fairly. It would be great if the children can practise this skill by sharing fruit or other food products between family members.

Phonics

In phonics we worked on consolidating tricky words and on reading longer words. 

Have a great weekend!

Mrs Sheehan

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