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 a particular country. We enjoyed learning about the Windrush Generation and how they helped to rebuild Britain after the Second World War. We also created Read more
This morning we have discussed why we are wearing yellow and blue today. We talked sensitively about the situation in Ukraine and how we should show love and kindness to others. The children then made Ukrainian flags and waved them in support.
This week we have been learning about how magnets attract and repel each other. Here are some pictures of our learning.
Well done to everyone who entered the St Luke’s egg decorating competition! All the entries were egg-cellent!! Today the School council children judged the competition, voting for one winner from each class. The children found it really difficult to judge due to so many fantastic displays but did come to a decision. Our winners are as follows: Year 6 Sycamore- Mia. C Year 6 Rowan- Abbie. F Year 5 Juniper- Ellison. F Year 5 Pine- Read more
This week, we have celebrated Easter and learnt about the Easter story and Palm Sunday. Yesterday we were very busy on an Easter hunt. Everyone had an Easter hunt checklist and we had to find the objects around the Reception area. We found lots of Easter pictures around our classroom, Snowdrop’s classroom and the hall. Once we had found a picture on our list, we had to tick it off until we had found all Read more
Balloons – who know you could have so much fun with them? Well last week our Scientists had a lot of fun at home carrying out their experiments. Well done to all the children last week. This weeks challenge is Burp in a bag! Do your parents ever tell you not to burp. Well now you can get away with it during this science experiment (shhh don’t tell them). Follow this link https://www.sciencefun.org/kidszone/experiments/burp-in-a-bag/ There is even 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 identified each type and explained to others in our group why they were in a particular column.
Today in forest school Mr Tomkins has been teaching us about the different seasons. We discussed the different seasons and we talked about the season we are in now, ‘Spring’. After learning about Spring, we all went on a Spring hunt. We worked with a partner to find different signs of Spring in the outdoor area. It was lots of fun! We found daffodils, buds, bird nests and lots more! It was very cold in Read more
This week, Year 5 have been revisiting and revising their knowledge of factions, decimals and percentages. To do this, they have taken part in a variety of fun tasks and challenges including code breakers, board games, reasoning loop questions and making/ using fortune tellers. We had lots of fun with the games and were also able to practise our reasoning skills when helping others.
This week we have been learning about Italy. We found out about Italian food and drink, landmarks, facts about the country and we even spoke some Italian! The children learnt how to say hello and goodbye, the names of numbers and colours and simple phrases such as “how are you?” and “what is your name?” In the continuous provision, the children made play dough toppings for their pizzas. They also had a go at building Read more