Maple Class News

This week we started to create the background which our faces will go onto.  We collaged with different papers and textures adding images and words which represented us.  We then used watered down ink to add depth and interest to … Read More

As part of our Art on exploring identity we have been exploring how artists embrace aspects of their experiences of life – using their background, culture, race, gender, and interests to inform and shape their artwork. We started by focusing … Read More

Maple Class have been discussing the difference between banter and bullying this week, we have been thinking about what each is and how easily banter can cross the line to become bullying.  We learnt that banter is a friendly exchange … Read More

Maple Class were lucky enough to spend the morning at Abingdon Boys School today.  We were able to go into their planetarium which was absolutely amazing.  Whilst in here we were able to see different aspects of space including the … Read More

Maple were so excited to start rehearsals with Seb and Alicia today.  Their parts were given to them last week after auditions and it was wonderful to hear the school full of singing and watching them start to learn the … Read More

As part of our work on subtraction this week we used playing cards to generate our own calculations which we had to solve.

In Maple Class we have used the work of the artist Peter Thorpe as inspiration for our own pieces.  We learnt that he creates an abstract art background and then creates a detailed space image to go in the foreground.  … Read More

We used corrugated cardboard to create our own 3D poppies ready for our Remembrance service – first we had to cut out all of the different parts and then glue these together after which we painted them. They will be … Read More