While it’s been a very strange and a little bit scary week, we have tried to have lots of fun in the classroom. We made some cards (but they’re a surprise so no pictures of those), did some exercise in PE, played outside lots and read some new stories. Today Read more
At the the beginning of this week we read the story of the three little pigs. We had lots of different activities linked to the story around the classroom and Miss Horrocks set us a special challenge! We were a bit worried when she said she had invited the big Read more
Thank you to all the family members that joined Birch for their shared learning and lunch this week. The children had so much fun telling and showing you what we have been learning about in topic this half term. They especially loved you getting messy building volcanoes with them. We Read more
This week we have been designing our own superheroes. We have carefully thought about our super powers, adjectives describing our superheroes and what our costume would look like. We have then been very busy designing and making our own capes and masks. Today we have been able to wear them Read more
for our act of kindness, Year 6 started to lead into our new topic: Darwin’s Delights. Much of Darwin’s research centred around bird, most famously the finches of the Galápagos Islands. We created bird feeders from lard and seed mix and set them in cups around string. the Read more
During art week, Year 5 found about the ‘The Great Wave’ by Japanese artist, Hokusai. This week, we have worked hard to produce some paintings inspired by his art. The finished masterpieces have been proudly displayed in our classroom.
As part of Safer Internet Day, we enjoyed listening to the story ‘Webster’s Friend’. In the story Webster is talking to a stranger online and telling lots of fibs to impress him. As a class, we discussed the dangers of talking to strangers online and what to do if we Read more
Year 6 were set the challenge of creating a Masterchef-worthy dish that was also healthy and had a number of benefits for their bodies. We we looked at the different food groups and how we can get many essential vitamins from fruit, protein from yoghurt and fibre from cereals. Read more
Maple have learnt that mosaics are the art of decorating a surface with pictures and patterns made of little pieces of stone, glass or tiles of different colours. We have researched some famous roman mosaics, in particular ones of roman gladiators. We were amazed by how they were made and Read more
This week we have been learning about Chinese New Year. We have made paper lanterns, learnt the New Year story and created puppets for the characters, made Chinese dragons and tasted some Chinese food. It was very yummy!