Maple Class have been exploring the text The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes. We have loved finding out about the different characters, creating character and setting descriptions and writing internal monologues for Bess as she waits for the Highwayman to return. … Continued
We have been creating textile work inspired by Space and learning about Artists who use Space as their inspiration. We learnt about the textile artist Karen Rose and the amazing work that she creates matching her love of stitching with … Continued
We have been creating Art work inspired by Space and learning about Artists who use Space as their inspiration. We learnt about the artist Peter Thorpe. He started creating abstract art to use up paint from commercial jobs and then … Continued
In Maple as part of our work learning all about the Moon we investigated the different phases of the Moon. We had great fun pretending to be the Earth holding out our Moon and watching it go from a New … Continued
Developing positive playgrounds Danny Taylor with Maple class today as part of our work developing play leaders. Maple considered what the qualities of a good play leader are. They learnt three new games that they can use on the playground. … Continued
In Maple Class we have been learning all about the moon, how it was created, what’s inside it, why we only see the near side and how the craters and seas on the surface are formed. We had so much … Continued
Maple Class were lucky enough to visit Abingdon School and take part in an Earth and Space workshop in their Laboratory. Firstly we created models of the solar system including planets, moons and asteroid belts. Next we used objects to … Continued
We had great fun in Maple class practising our addition and subtraction skills playing lots of different maths games using cards, dominoes, dice and counter grids We all especially enjoyed playing the card game Stop or Dare This is a … Continued
In Maple Class we built scale models of the solar system using different sized objects to represent the planets and toilet roll!! We used each sheet of toilet roll to represent 20 million km from the sun and then worked … Continued
We have been learning about nouns this week, common nouns, concrete nouns, proper nouns, abstract nouns and collective nouns – who knew there were so many different types! We shared these books Then we wrote our own collective noun poems … Continued