Be a Buzzy Busy Bee
This week's learning has a 'bee' focus, so get buzzy busy!
English - Book or Film Review
This week's writing task is to write a film or book review. It doesn't have to be about bees, it could be about any insect or even just your favourite book or film.
You could watch 'Bee Movie' if you have it or if you can find it.
I have put lots and lots of bee books in the library on Epic Books for Kids as well as some video clips too.
Alternatively, you may have a book about insects or bees such as:
Aaaarrggghhh, Spider! by Lydia Monks
The Very Greedy Bee by Steve Smallman
The Very Hungry Caterpillar or The Bad-Tempered Ladybird or The Very Busy Spider all by Eric Carle.
They can be heard on YouTube, for example below is a link for an animated film version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar:
What is a 'review'?
Reviews are about giving an opinion, not just retelling the story. It should have descriptive vocabualry and conjunctions (and so because when if but) to join or extend ideas.
Below are some examples and some blank templates to write on or, alternatively, write one in your exercise book. Don't forget to give it a star rating!
How Do Bees Make Honey?
Watch live webcam footage of bees in a bee colony as they come and go from the hive and perform their duties. Look closely at the bees returning to the hive to see if some appear different to others.
Pick out bees that have full pollen baskets on their legs and observe their different colours, which change depending on where they have foraged.
See how bees communicate in and around the hive and watch footage of the waggle dance they perform to tell other worker bees the direction and distance of flowers that contain lots of pollen and nectar.
Then watch bees using their proboscis to collecct nectar from flowers. See how they get covered in pollen as they feed.
Identify the parts of the flower that the bee collects pollen and nectar from.
https://explore.org/livecams/currently-live/honey-bee-hive-cam Live Bee Cam website link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE-8QuBDkkw Inside a bee hive information video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJxb9o4azaI Inside a bee hive video with music
Look at the power points about honey bees and the life cycle of a bee.
Choose from different bee activities below.
Bee Life Cycle
Learn about the life cycle of a honey bee or bumblebee, including their egg, larval, pupal and adult stages.
Draw the bee's life cycle as a diagram and label accordingly, you could add short captions to explain each stage.
Fun fact: A bee's life cycle is described as holometabolous. Other holometabolous minibeasts include butterflies, wasps and ants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD5tdykIJBI time lapse video of a bee life cycle
Science Investigation - Cheesy Puffs and Pollen
If you like cheesy puffs, (or even if you don't) you may want to investigate pollen using the activity below.
You will need to adapt it to suit home life and may need to get adults involved with sticky, cheesy puff fingers too!
Year 2 Spellings and Year 3 SPaG (spelling punctuation and grammar) available on the main home learning page this week.
(due to being more than one week's worth )
Maths options this week include a website that you may find fun. Link and picture below:
Also below are some bee related fraction challenge cards for another choice.
Further maths choices for both year groups on the home learning front page if you would like a total change.