Year 4 have been learning the art of Yoga this afternoon. We have all enjoyed learning how to deliver a ‘peer massage’, with the permission of our friend. We all felt extremely relaxed afterwards! We know that this is a technique that we can now use when we are feeling Read more
This afternoon we have been learning about how to carry out effective searches using the internet. We worked together as a class to find the answers to some simple questions. We investigated how searches, which are not clear enough, result in us finding the wrong information. The children then worked Read more
This half term Maple have been learning all about Migration in Geography. We’ve learnt about why people migrate and how this affects people and places. We’ve investigated some of the push and pull factors that cause people to leave particular countries and the reasons for why they might stay in Read more
This morning Maple have been learning about pronouns. We worked hard to identify pronouns within our own writing. Applying our understanding of nouns, we replaced nouns identified within our work, with pronouns. As part of our extension work we investigated personal. possessive and relative pronouns. Playing a sorting game, we Read more
This afternoon Maple have been researching different Easter traditions around the world. We carried out a ‘quiz hunt’ around the playground, searching for clues. Did you know that on the island of Corfu, on the day before Easter, the islanders throw pots made from clay, filled with water, from their Read more
This afternoon we have been tasting and making biscuits! We began by evaluating 6 different types of biscuit according to their: taste smell texture appearance packaging target audience We then followed a basic biscuit-making recipe. We used techniques such as creaming, sieving and rubbing to combine all of the ingredients. Read more
Today has been World Book Day. The children from Maple all looked fabulous dressed up in their favourite character costumes. We began the day by writing a review of our favourite books – books by Roald Dahl and David Walliams were very popular! We took part in a ‘live lesson’ Read more
This week Maple have been learning about fractions. We began by using fraction walls and our times tables to recognise equivalent fractions. We then used this knowledge to help to simplify fractions. Today we have been converting improper fractions to mixed numbers and vice versa. We have used lots of Read more
This afternoon Maple have been working hard to share our online experiences and think about how to use the internet safely. We began by completing a class quiz together about online safety. The children really impressed me with their knowledge of how to keep safe online and gave some fantastic Read more
Maple have been learning about main and subordinate clauses this morning. We worked hard on identifying each one and moving the clauses around to make new sentences. We tried really hard to punctuate our sentences correctly, and even linked them to our cross curricular writing about ‘The Water Cycle’.