Outdoor Maths: Exploring Teen Numbers and Partitioning!
What a wonderful, hands-on maths lesson we had today! Years 1 and 2 took their place value learning outdoors to consolidate their understanding of teen numbers using natural materials and physical movement.
Using our natural surroundings, the children represented the place value of each teen…
First Steps in Computing: Exploring Our New Chromebooks!
Excitement was in the air this week as Maple Class got to use our brand-new chromebooks for the very first time!
What We Learned:
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Logging On: Every child practised finding and typing their own unique username and password. This is a huge milestone for building independent digital…
PE: Knights, Dragons, and Ball Skills!
Maple Class showed off their brilliant agility and control during PE this week as we tackled essential dribbling and bouncing skills through a high-energy game called Dragons, Knights, and Castles!
How to Play
- The Knights: Armed with a ball, the knights had to dribble and bounce their way…
Big Dreams Start Here!
Our classroom door has had an inspirational makeover! Inspired by the fantastic Little People, BIG DREAMS book series, Maple Class have been thinking carefully about the future and what they hope to achieve.
We spent time talking about our goals for this school year—like making new friends,…
Traditional Tales Science Experiment – The Princess and the Pea
As part of our learning around traditional tales, the children carried out a science investigation inspired by the story of The Princess and the Pea.
We wanted to find out how many layers it would take before we could no longer feel the “pea” hidden underneath!
Our Reception children became…
Art Inspired by Clarice Cliff
This week in Art, the children explored the work of famous artist and designer Clarice Cliff, looking closely at the bold colours, patterns and designs she used on her pottery.
Using her artwork as inspiration, the children created their own colourful tree paintings using a fun paint blowing…
Science Investigation: Is the Gingerbread Man Waterproof?
This week in science, we investigated a question inspired by The Gingerbread Man story…
Would the Gingerbread Man have been safer swimming across the river or climbing onto the fox?
The children worked in groups to order the method before carrying out the investigation independently. They…
Science Investigation: Who Was Quicker – The Tortoise or the Hare?
This week in science, we explored a question inspired by a traditional tale…
Who was quicker – the tortoise or the hare?
To begin, the children recapped their learning about the five animal groups and discussed the characteristics of animals in each one. We then compared the tortoise and the…
EYFS Literacy: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
This week in EYFS literacy, the children brought our focus story We’re Going on a Bear Hunt to life through an exciting outdoor learning activity… in the rain!
The children worked together to re-enact the story outside, becoming fantastic creative problem solvers as they thought carefully about…
Fantastic Fraction Finding in Year 1!
Year 1 have been busy mathematicians this week as we explored finding quarters of a quantity!
We started by reminding ourselves that a quarter means 4 equal parts. To help us understand this practically, we used 4 paper plates to represent the 4 parts and carefully shared counting animals…
Creative Designers in Maple Class!
Over the past few weeks, Maple Class have been busy becoming designers and engineers during our D&T project! The children were challenged to design and create a sturdy, imaginative pencil pot that was both appealing and fit for purpose.
First, the children carefully explored different ideas and…
Super Smiles with Our NHS Visitors
This week, we were very lucky to have some special visitors from the NHS come into school to teach us all about looking after our teeth!
The children learned lots of important facts about how to keep their teeth clean and healthy, including how often we should brush them and which foods and…
