Maple have been reading an amazing book this half term about a boy who eats books! He ate so many books that he became super smart. We have also been busy writing our own story about a girl who likes to eat trees and flowers. She ate so many that she was able to talk to them! This week the children have written a story plan for their own version of the book. We’ve got Read more
Today we have been looking at Black history month, we talked about achievements of black men and women in the past and today. We then focused on a pirate called Black Caesar- he was an African tribal war chief who was captured and sold into slavery. Caesar was extremely strong and he managed to take control of the ship. He then started his life as a pirate and became very well known.
As part of our topic this half-term, we are learning about farming, so today we made a special virtual visit to Cronkshaw Fold Farm. A farmer took us on a tour whilst doing his daily farm jobs. We checked in on the goats, collected the eggs from the hens and met Tess the sheepdog puppy, who is currently training ready to work on the farm. The children had lots of fun and asked the farmer Read more
We have been learning about the artist Andy Goldsworthy who creates art using stones, pebbles and rocks. We created mood boards so we could explore some of his work and then we created our own piece of art work using stones that we collected from around the school grounds. Have a look at some of our masterpieces!
Today we learnt about the different parts of a flower and their roles. We then dissected a Lilly, separating and labelling each part, including the stamen, stigma, filament etc. Tomorrow we will be using this knowledge to write complex sentences about plant reproduction.
This week we have been learning about different materials and which materials float or sink. We have also been doing some fantastic plates art work:
Year 3 have been learning about how our earth was formed. We learnt about the 4 different layers of the earth and about what they were made of. To help with our learning, we created clay models to show the different layers. Here are some pictures.
Today Year 4 Hawthorn put on their masks and created models of the different types of teeth. We learnt all about the types of teeth we have and their function. What a super fun lesson. Well done Hawthorn.
Maple have been learning about different types of lines in Maths today. We have been using strips of paper to make parallel lines, horizontal, vertical and perpendicular lines. We are now going to use our learning to describe properties of shape.
Over the past few weeks that Year 1 have been in, we have had lots of fun! Here is a selection of photographs that we have taken over the weeks.