Art in Maple Class – adding the Empire Windrush
The final part of our artwork was to add the Empire Windrush; we focused on what the shape of a ship would look like and then practised drawing this in our sketch books. Once this had been added to our … Read More
Art in Maple Class – adding trees to our backgrounds.
We have focused on how we draw trees, particularly palm trees in order that we can add these to our Caribbean backgrounds. Initially we drew these with sketching pencils in our books; once we were happy we then practised using … Read More
Art in Maple Class
As part of our topic “My name is not Refugee” we have been learning about the Windrush Generation and the trip they made on the Empire Windrush from the Caribbean. We have been thinking about what migration is and the … Read More
Hockey Tournament – Maple Class
Today (10th March) we went to a hockey tournament – it was amazing, so very exciting! We were all nervous at the start, especially as we all had to wear gum shields as we were playing with wooden sticks! The … Read More
Netball Tournament – Maple Class
On the 3rd March we took part in a friendly netball tournament against Thomas Reade school. We played two games one which we drew and the other we won 4-0. With the help of Mrs Howard at lunch times practising … Read More
Prayer Space in Maple Class
Since the start of term we have been thinking about the war with Ukraine and Russia as we start our new topic “My name is not Refugee.” We are really sorry for Ukraine as they are battling for their lives … Read More
Conscience Alley – Maple Class
We are using the book The Promsie by Nicola Davies as part of our English work in Maple Class. We have been exploring the text thinking about what causes the issues the girl is facing and importantly whether she should … Read More
Parking People
This week we introduced our new ‘parking people’. These have been provided through a council grant. We were able to dress them in our school uniform so that they were personalised. They are being placed on the yellow zig zag … Read More
World Book Day 2022
What an amazing day we all had today celebrating World Book Day – there were so many wonderful and creative costumes. Everyone was so impressed by the creative way people had recycled and reused items to create their costumes it … Read More