Marvellous Marks: Our First Steps into Optical Art!
Today, we officially launched our exciting new art topic: Marvellous Marks! We had an incredible time exploring how simple lines can become spectacular works of art that can even trick our eyes!
We started our journey by looking at the amazing artwork of a famous artist named Bridget Riley. She…
Maple Class Gets Creative: Digital Portraits with Paint.z!
This week in Computing, Maple Class turned into a digital art studio! We explored how we can use an iPad to create brilliant paintings using a fun software application called Paint.z.
The challenge? To create a self-portrait—a digital painting of their own face!
The children loved getting…
Super Spellers in Maple Class!
Our EYFS children have been busy practising their phonics and writing skills by using picture cards to build and write CVC words.
The children looked carefully at each picture — like dog, hat, sun, and pen — and listened for the sounds they could hear in each word. They then used their phoneme…
A Tasty Treat in Maple Class: Pumpkin Soup!
This week in Maple Class, we had a wonderful time making pumpkin soup, inspired by our English topic book Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper.
The children followed a set of instructions carefully to make their own soup. They worked brilliantly as a team to chop the pumpkin and carrot into small…
Well-being Day with Steel the Gladiator!
Maple Class had an amazing Well-being Day today! The children were so excited to meet Steel the Gladiator, who talked to us all about being confident, kind to ourselves, and kind to others.
The children loved asking Steel questions about his time as a real TV Gladiator and were thrilled to have…
The Great Little Bake Off
This week, Maple Class had a sweet afternoon at our ‘Great Little Bake Off’ Stay and Play! We were joined by some of our lovely potential new starters for September and had a fantastic time getting creative in the kitchen.
The children decorated their own cupcakes and biscuits using icing,…
Making 5 in Lots of Ways!
During Busy Bee time, our EYFS children explored patterns and shapes using colourful Multilink cubes. They looked carefully at pictures and worked hard to copy the designs, making sure each one used 5 cubes.
Once they had built their patterns, the children counted carefully to check there were…
Rolling, Dribbling and Controlling!
This week in PE, Maple Class had lots of fun developing their ball skills!
We started our lesson with some warm-up games to get our bodies moving and ready for action, before practising how to move the ball carefully around cones, through spaces, and even around each other! The children…
Maple Class Gets Moving! – Jumping & Coordination
This week in PE, Maple Class had an action-packed fundamentals lesson exploring coordination and different types of jumps. The children were full of energy and enthusiasm as they worked on building their control, strength, and balance.
We began by learning and practising a variety of jumps,…
Sensory Scavenger Hunt Fun!
This week, our Reception class took their learning outside for a sensory scavenger hunt, and what a wonderful adventure it was! As part of Maple Class' Scie topic on using our five senses, we explored the world around us using our eyes, ears, noses, and hands to discover all sorts of natural…
Grooving with Graphemes!
Reception have been busy consolidating their phonics learning this week through some exciting games!
The children moved around the hall while the music played - then, when the music stopped, they quickly jumped onto a spot and picked up the grapheme card. Everyone had a turn reading the…
Marvellous Maths Outside!
This week, Reception took their maths learning outside to explore the numbers 4 and 5. The children had so much fun finding, making and representing these numbers in different ways using the resources around them.
They worked brilliantly together to make groups of 4 and 5 using tyres,…