Date: 18.05.
09 Weekly Plan no:5
Halaqah: Understand that
Allah (swt) created bees
and from them comes
honey which can be used
to cure illnesses.
Start session saying to
the children would you like
to learn about a mini beast
which makes food for
humans. ?
Show children pictures of
bees. Allow children to
handle bee puppets.
Talk to the children
regarding fears of bees.
explain that the honey the
bees make is also used as
a medicine as it has a
cure for many things:
Both the holy Qur'an and
Hadith refer to honey as a
healer of disease.
'And thy Lord taught the
bee to build its cells in
hills, on trees and in
(men's) habitations.....
there issues from within
their bodies a drink of
varying colours, wherein is
healing for mankind. Verily
in this is a Sign for those
who give thought'.
(Translation of Quran
Term: 3
KUW: Find out about, and
identify, some features of
living things, objects and
events they observe.
Explain to the children
bees are the only insects
which make food humans
can eat. Using puppets
and flowers as props.
Using the props
demonstrate how the bees
collect nectar. Explain how
the nectar becomes honey
in the bees tummy. Show
the children a picture of a
bee hive.
Engage in a honey tasting
activity encourage children
to talk about the taste of
honey. Explain the
Prophet Muhammad (saw)
loved honey.
Red Class - Early Years FS1 - Bilingual Learning – Topic: Bees
Areas of Learning :
CLL: use their phonic PD: Move with confidence,
PSRN: Use familiar objects CD: Choose particular colours to use
knowledge to write imagination and in safety.
and common shapes to for a purpose.
simple regular words Go backwards and
create and recreate patterns
and make phonetically sideways as well as
and build models PSED: Operate independently within
plausible attempts at forwards.
the environment and show confidence
more complex words
in linking up with others for support and
guidance
ACTIVITY
Seat the children in a
Show children beehive. Talk Introduce activity by Make bee masks for the children.
circle and talk about
about the shape and provide showing the children some Provide the children with a large bee
honey, encourage the
the children with hexagons to flowers. Provide them with template to cut out. Once they have cut
children to describe the
make a beehive. Divide chalk and ask them to draw the template allow them to choose
taste of the honey.
children into two groups and flowers on the ground. black and yellow materials from the
Provide the children appoint F.S and N.F as team Discuss with the children creative table (black and yellow glitter,
with paper and pencils leaders. how the bees collect nectar tissue paper felt pens, chalk or paint)
help them sound out and why do they collect the independently. Leave masks to dry
the letters to write Provide black and yellow nectar. Allow the children and secure elastic and allow children to
words which describe hexagons once complete to pretend to be bees and role play using their masks.
the taste of honey. encourage children to count encourage them to fly from
Provide word cards for both colours and write down flower to flower.
those who require help. how many hexagons of each
colour where used and to End session by
Encourage children to
indicate which one is more or demonstrating bee dance.
draw pictures and
less. Explain the dance is very
sound out words as
important this is a form of
they write them. Write
Leave out a box of communication with the
honey is on the board
connecting hexagons for the other bees to tell them
and allow children to
children to build bee hives. where to find nectar.
complete the sentence.
Encourage H.A to write
another sentence
independently.
16:68-69)
In addition, the Prophet
(PBUH) said: 'Honey is a
remedy for every illness
and the Qur'an is a
remedy for all illness of
the mind, therefore I
recommend to you both
remedies, the Qur'an and
honey.'
(Bukhari)

RESOURCES
Paper pencils crayons Yellow card, elastic, yellow and black
Books containing Bee puppets, large plastic Box of connecting hexagons, Coloured chunky chalk,
and card to write words glitter, paint, crayon, tissue paper and
information on bees. And flower. Picture of bee hive, yellow and black large bee puppet, and large
which describe honey. chunky chalk.
pictures of a variety of a pot of honey, paper hexagons cut out of card. open space.
honey. A pot of honey. plates and plastic spoons.
Bee puppets

Activity adapted for in Arabic learning:

Introduce same concept in
Arabic speak to the
children describing the
bee collecting nectar and
storing honey in the
beehive. Extend activity by
using the bee puppet. Talk
to the children about the
colour of the bee.
Introduce yellow and black
as Arabic vocabulary.
‫أﺻﻔﺮ و أﺳﻮد‬
Ask yes no questions that
related to the bee.
Does it run?
‫هﻞ اﻟﻨﺤﻠﺔ ﺗﺠﺮي؟‬
Does the bee walk?
‫هﻞ اﻟﻨﺤﻠﺔ ﺗﻤﺸﻲ؟‬
Watch the story the lazy
bee in Arabic on you tube.
Stop the story in the
middle and ask the
children in Arabic what is
the bee doing?
‫اﻟﻨﺤﻠﺔ ﺗﺠﻤﻊ اﻟﻌﺴﻞ‬
How does it collect nectar?
And why do they think it is
lazy?
Provide children with
picture cards to sequence
the story of the lazy bee
and ask them to discuss
what is happening in each
card in Arabic.
Encourage children to
write bee in Arabic. On the
board show children the
new sound they are
Assists the main teacher
in showing the children
the beehive and in the
same time tells them what
dose it mean in Arabic
(‫)ﺧﻠﻴﺔ ﻧﺤﻞ‬.
Remind the children about
the colors the hexagons
are ‫أﺻﻔﺮ و أﺳﻮد‬
Ask the children to tell you
what we get from the bee
( Honey) and what is the
taste of the honey: sweet
or salty
‫ﺣﻠﻮ أو ﻣﺎﻟﺢ‬
while the children are
cutting and sticking
remind them to say the
words scissors, glue, and
paper in Arabic as well in
During this part of the day. Assist the children to make their own
Assists the teacher in bee mask and tell them what is the
showing the children how word mask mean ‫ﻗﻨﺎع اﻟﻨﺤﻠﺔ‬remind
the bee moves from one them when they need to use any thing
flower to another by saying from you, they have to ask in Arabic
the words in Arabic while
teacher Sajeeda Says
them in English, ‫ﻣﻌﻠﻤﺔ أرﻳﺪ ﻣﻘﺺ‬
‫اﻟﻨﺤﻠﺔ ﺗﻄﻴﺮ اﻟﻰ اﻷﻣﺎم‬ ‫ﻣﻌﻠﻤﺔ أرﻳﺪ أﻟﻮان‬
This will make the use of these Arabic
‫اﻟﻨﺤﻠﺔ ﺗﻄﻴﺮ اﻟﻰ اﻟﺨﻠﻒ‬ words solid and ensure learning.
‫اﻟﻨﺤﻠﺔ ﺗﻄﻴﺮ ﻣﻦ وردة اﻟﻰ‬
‫وردة‬
this is a good time for the
children to learn
prepositions and use them
effectively
while they flying from one
flower to another use this
opportunity to ask them

How does the bee move
and collect nectar?
‫اﻟﻨﺤﻠﺔ ﺗﻄﻴﺮ و ﺗﺠﻤﻊ اﻟﻌﺴﻞ‬
What other mini beast
moves like the bee?
Provide children with mini-
beast. Fans to assist
them.
Home Corner: A garden for the bees to collect nectar.
learning is nn for nahla( English about the different colors
‫)ﻧﺤﻠﺔ‬. With the class as a
group look at the ‫ﻣﻘﺺ‬, ‫ﺻﻤﻎ‬, ‫ورق‬
beginning and end sound
for nahla.
Introduce other vocab with
nn sound ask the children
to listen to the sound and
then to identify where the
nun sound can be heard.
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