Humanities and Understanding of the world

Show the children the ‘Making a Bee Hotel’ instructions. In teams the children will design and make their own Bee Hotel. Once their design is complete the team will explore the playground and decide where they are going to build their Bee Hotel.

Use this sheet to encourage the children to design their own bee hotel. Remember to work in teams and use each other's skills. Don’t forget to label all the materials that they will need to build their home.

After designing the bee hotel in groups, encourage each of the children to think about how they will make their hotel designs. Remember to use clear instructions and think about what they will need.

Here are some bee hotel examples and ideas. Use these designs to inspire the children's ideas and make them think about the style, decoration and materials that they need to make their own bee hotel.

Use the presentation to teach the children about what a bee hotel is, where you put a bee hotel and how to know if your bee hotel has guests. This will inspire the children when it comes to designing and making their own bee hotels.

Betsy and Bertie Bumble had worked together in the Honeywood University Research Laboratory for a long time. Bertie had enjoyed training Betsy. She was great fun to work with, she was a quick learner, and she came up with exciting ideas! One day a worried Queen Beeatrice tells them both that she has just received some awful news that a terrible disease called Beezles is on its way to Honeywood very soon.
All the creatures in Honeywood will need to work together to try and help the bees and with Professor Baillie’s help, make testing kits, medicine, and a vaccine… but will they save the bees in time?

Betsy and Bertie Bumble had worked together in the Honeywood University Research Laboratory for a long time. Bertie had enjoyed training Betsy. She was great fun to work with, she was a quick learner, and she came up with exciting ideas! 

One day a worried Queen Beeatrice tells them both that she has just received some awful news that a terrible disease called Beezles is on its way to Honeywood very soon.

All the creatures in Honeywood will need to work together to try and help the bees and with Professor Baillie’s help, make testing kits, medicine, and a vaccine... but will they save the bees in time?

The mini beasts across Honeywood are left worn out after an awful disease makes the bees sick. Many sick bees have been taken to Nightingale Hospital to be looked after by Lady Scarlett and the ladybird nurses. The little bees are so ill that their families are not allowed to come in to see them. To keep them happy, the ladybird nurses read them loving letters and cards written by their families, which are delivered every morning by the caterpillars. The caterpillar family struggle to carry the heavy sacks, so Betsy, Bobby, Blue and Bella use their enterprising skills to design something innovative to make the caterpillars’ lives easier, but will it work?