Maple

Our topic this term is the Mayan Civilization.  We will be learning about the Mayan Civilization – where and when this was; what life was like through buildings, clothes and food.  Exploring the Mayan number system and how they were … Continued

After watching the John Lewis Christmas advert and knowing that our library would be decorated for Christmas, Emily and Lily wrote to Waitrose asking if they would be able to donate us an Edgar Dragon for the library.  Waitrose were … Continued

Maple were lucky enough to take part in a Space explorer day at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.  During the day we took part in a live link to an underground mine, explored their planetarium, learnt about different clouds and how they … Continued

We have been learning about the Mars Rover Curiosity in Maple – how it was built and how they got it to land on Mars.  As part of this we designed and built our own models of Curiosity.  This involved … Continued

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