This afternoon, Maple have been learning about the digestive system. We watched Mrs Grindrod show us how our teeth and saliva mashed up some banana and biscuit. We learnt how the food travels down our oesophagus and into our stomach. Read one of our letters to ‘Mr Toilet’ to find Read more…
Maple have been learning about the art of persuasion in English! We began by reading a letter addressed to David Walliams, which was trying to convince him to visit our school and help us with our reading. We worked really hard to pick out all of the persuasive language and Read more…
Maple have been working hard with negative numbers in maths today. We worked in groups to order our negative numbers. We even made human number lines, positioning ourselves in the correct order. We spent some time calculating the differences between some positive and negative numbers and completed some fantastic work Read more…
Maple have been comparing human anatomy to other animals this afternoon. We worked in pairs to try and identify which animals have backbones and which don’t. We discussed which of these animals had exoskeletons and which had endoskeletons. We classified the animals into vertebrates and invertebrates.
This afternoon, Maple have been mark making with charcoal. We experimented with different textures and effects to try and express the meaning of some words. We had great fun trying to ‘draw’ anger, sadness and happiness to name a few!
Maple have spent this half term learning about ‘Raiders and Traders’. They have thoroughly enjoyed our Viking Day today. We began by making some Viking oatcakes, which we enjoyed later on in the day while watching our Viking Tale show. We also made some Viking jewellery, writing our names using Read more…
During the Summer term, Maple have been learning how to play the violin with Rochdale Music Service. Have a look of the video of them in action! https://stlukesceprimaryco-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/mgrindrod_stlukesceprimary_co_uk/EfAlOdMxOmZLm6M1s5gvVtUB6DjEfCE2YV7puQxqrxKpUA
Maple have been investigating how fast different liquids flow. We have learnt some new voabulary – viscosity and gradient – ask your child if they can tell you what they mean! We made predictions, carried out a fair test, recorded our findings and discussed our results. We concluded that the Read more…
The children have been learning how to divide by 10 and 100 today in Maple. We made a ‘human’ place value chart, and discussed what was happening as the numbers were divided.
Maple have been busy making potions this afternoon. We’ve been making scientific observations and asking questions about what we’ve seen. We all got a shock when we mixed vinegar with bicarbonate of soda, looked puzzled when we stirred water and oil together and were amazed when we looked at how Read more…