The Beehive

Key text: Caterpillar Cake

Matt Goodfellow

Week beginning

12/01/2025

English

• This week, we started reading ‘Caterpillar Cake’ by Matt Goodfellow. We looked at repetition and rhyme. 
• Next week, we will be composing our own poems using repetition and rhyme. 

Maths

• This week we have been revising our knowledge of 2d and 3d shapes. In particular, we have been looking at the properties of shapes and how these are the same in regular and irregular shapes. 
• We have also been revising our recall of number bonds and beginning to build on our knowledge of the number system to 20. 

Next week will be continuing to focus on all of these areas. 

Science

• This week in Science, we will be starting our topic of bones and muscles by making a Mr Floppy. What does he need to support his body?

PSHE

• This week we talked about dental hygiene and we can do to take some responsibility for looking after our teeth.
• Next week, we are looking at how we can make choices about the food that we eat or making sure that we work with our adults to make sure that we have the nutrition that we need. 

History/RE/ Geography

• Next week in History, we will begin our topic of the Stone Age by looking at the materials people used in the stone age and where they found them.
• In RE we are going to be learning about how community relates to the Christian faith and Bible stories that Christians believe are important in regards to a community. 

Homework

• Decodable and Accelerated Reader reading books
• Maths homework will link to our learning this week
• Phonics related spelling and writing or Year group spellings 

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