Maple

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

Our topic for this term is Space. We will be exploring the Solar system, thinking about the size and placement of planets.  Investigating what we know about the moon landing in 1969 and the evidence around this and the people … Continued

Whilst learning about the water cycle we carried out an experiment to make it rain in our classroom.  In order to do this we placed a bowl of hot water inside a larger bowl and covered this with clingfilm.  Next … Continued

As part of our work on rivers we created our own models of rivers using items from within the classroom to create mountains and valleys on our models.  Next we covered our model in plastic and then we made in … Continued

When we visited the Abbey we were lucky enough to walk around with a person named Tim, he told us lots of information about the river and how monks made lots of laws. He was dressed up as a monk … Continued

As part of our river topic we have been learning about the journey of a river from source to sea.  We have created our own models of rivers on this journey, including mountains, valleys, ox-bow lakes and flood plains in … Continued