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Bella Bumble's Waggle Dance

Bella goes in search of clean water to cure the poorly bees of their bad bellies. She meets new friends and develops new skills on her journey.
Bella Bumble is a kind, caring and enterprising little bee, she loves flying with her bee friends and collecting pollen from beautiful flowers. One day, she wakes up to find that her the bees in Honeywood hive, have taken ill after drinking dirty water from the local river. Bella Bumble is full of energy and keen to find a fresh supply of good clean water for the bees in the hive. She flies off on her adventure and meets new friends along the way. Bella learns that partnerships and friendships are very important and that by working together you can achieve a lot more than working alone.
Activities

An activity to develop and demonstrate entrepreneurial skills - putting into practice the learning from The Bumbles of Honeywood storybooks or supplementary teaching materials.

Lesson Plans

A detailed plan to support teachers in delivering a lesson dedicated to the development of an entrepreneurial mindset. Highlighting areas of learning and key skills explored, this lesson guide will identify appropriate resources required for activities and also differentiation options for varied abilities.

Presentations

A PowerPoint Presentation to support the understanding of various themes explored in The Bumbles of Honeywood storybooks and reinforce the skills required to develop an entrepreneurial mindset.

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Bella’s journey
Download the cut outs of the landmarks in Honeywood. Bella goes on a very important journey to save her sick bee friends. Use the landmarks to make your own story map for Bella's Journey.
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Ages 5 & 6
Bella’s journey
Bella goes on a journey to find fresh water to save her sick friends. Use the landmarks from the story that Bella passes and start to create your own class story map.
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Ages 5 & 6
Butterfly symmetry
Use this presentation to learn all about the basics of symmetry. Encourage the children to identify the line of symmetry on each creature and identify which creatures are not symmetrical.
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Ages 5 & 6
Butterfly symmetry
All creatures look different on the outside. Some are symmetrical and some are not. Use this lesson to learn all about symmetry, and print off the template to make your own symmetrical minibeast.
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Ages 5 & 6
Butterfly symmetry – shapes
Use the cut outs to decorate your own symmetrical minibeast. Encourage the children to consider the shapes and colours they cut out to ensure their minibeast is symmetrical.
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Ages 5 & 6
Butterfly symmetry – template
Use this template as a base for your symmetrical minibeast. Cut and stick different coloured shapes to create fun patterns. Remember to make sure your mini beast is symmetrical.
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Ages 5 & 6
Celebration – Lesson Plan

In the story ‘Bella Bumble’s Waggle Dance’ Bella managed to find a safe, clean water supply for the bees which helped them get better. The bees want to celebrate Bella for her resilience and bravery, so they decide to have a party. Ask pupils to design and make a party hat to help them celebrate.

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Ages 5 & 6
Celebration – My Party Hat Design – Activity 1

The bees want to celebrate Bella for her resilience and bravery, so they decide to have a party. Ask pupils to design and make a party hat to help them celebrate.

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Ages 5 & 6

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