We have been learning about the artist Monet and exploring his images of the River Thames that he painted. We looked at these carefully and using acrylic paint then started to experiment in creating our own colour palettes to use … Read More
SHOULD SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BE BANNED? Today, all of Maple class took part in a debate. They were asked this one question- SHOULD SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BE BANNED? The entirety of the class was split into two sides- team FOR and team … Read More
As part of our work on Rivers and Waterways we have been finding out about plastic pollution from single use plastic. We have researched the impact that it has on our ecosystems and environments and the harm it is causing … Read More
We have been enjoying playing dodgeball this term; developing our skills of team work and sportsmanship as well as accuracy of throwing and catching and ways to play effectively as a team.
We used our knowledge of arrays and area to help us problem solve the best way to fit all of the patches of vegetables into our garden.
We have been learning about angles in maths in Maple this term – finding out about the different types of angles, how you would measure them using a protractor and learning to calculate missing angles.
Following on from our work on plastic pollution Maple wanted to take action on the amount of litter around the school. They realised that this waste will end up being blown into rivers and streams and damaging the environment. Support … Read More
As part of our work learning about different angles we went hunting where angles could be found in the school and saying what type of angles we had found.
We enjoyed exploring the book Flotsam by David Weisner this term. To start our work on the book we had great fun investigating our own trays of “Flotsam” and describing the back stories of the items that we found in … Read More
We have been learning about square numbers in Maple Class, how to calculate them and then sorting them using Venn Diagrams.