As part of our World Book Day celebrations, Year 6 looked at learning, writing and performing a range of poems to celebrate reading. We also designed front covers for the class novels which have inspired our reading and writing this year. All of our activities have helped contribute towards meeting as many of the ’25 ways to celebrate World Book Day’ challenges as possible.
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’ listening to some authors who have written books especially for World Book Day. We also met some of the illustrators. The children have all taken Read more
Rather than just celebrating world book day, we have celebrated it all week! We have spend the week reading the book Alice in wonderland and performed scenes, created character descriptions and wrote two poems based on the book. We also listen to a celebrity read the book to us on Thursday. Here are some pictures of our week.
Are you ready for a challenge? This week will be the first of six different science experiments that you can do at home during Spring 2. Are you really enjoying your science topic in school? Do you want to become a scientist? Do you want to explore the world around you? Well you can, all you need is follow the instructions below. This weeks experiment is to make a volcano – have you done this Read more
This morning, Year 6 had a visitor, Reverend Kirsty who came in to task about Ash Wednesday. The children took part in lots of discussions where they had to decide how sorry they would be for a particular incident. Ash Wednesday is all about how Christians confess their sins and profess their devotion to God – it is also the start of Lent. During our assembly, Reverend Kirsty placed the ashes from last years Palm Read more
Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Lent – what do these days mean Christians? Today Year 6 explored the topic of lent, looking in detail at Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and Easter. We discussed that Shrove Tuesday is a Christian observance, where people prepare for Lent by eating pancakes and sweets and partaking in carnivals such as Mardi Gras. The annual tradition of Shrove Tuesday falls on 1 March in 2022, taking place one day before its more Read more
This half term year 4 will be learning all about space. During today’s lesson our focus question was ‘What are solar and lunar eclipses?’. To help us understand how an eclipse works we went into the playground and worked in groups of 3, with one person playing the role of the Sun, the Moon or the Earth. We worked together to try to demonstrate how Earth orbits the Sun and how the Moon orbits earth. Read more
This week we have been learning about France, looking at the language they speak, the food they eat and also landmarks within France. Bertie had been to France and left us a letter to read and we guessed where we thought he was. We then worked together to write him a letter back. We spotted Paris on the map and found out that the Eiffel Tower was a landmark in Paris. They eat crepes and Read more
For forest school we worked in groups to collect sticks then had to make 2D shapes. We had to follow the clues and work as a team to complete the different challenges like: *How many squares can you make with 12 sticks. *How many triangles can you make with 12 sticks. *Use 12 sticks and make 3 different 2D shapes.
