This afternoon, year 4 began their DT create and design project with the Royal Opera House. for our first lesson, we looked at -what is opera? – what is a set designer? – our design brief – items we will need our focus is the magic flute! we also thought Read more…
Last half term, year 4 created some wonderful batik art work inspired by William Morris. they took their time to create their art work from their own mood boards using pictures from the rainforest. We spoke a lot about careers work like this could lead too as we have lots Read more…
The children enjoyed their first history lesson this half term. We talked about transport and the children sorted transport into different groups. The children worked together as a team and decided how to sort the cards out. We then thought about how a lot of transport uses a wheel. We Read more…
This half term Juniper’s geography topic is all about ‘Energy and Sustainability’. This afternoon we have looked at what ‘sustainability’ means. The children brought a wealth of knowledge about this to the lesson, discussing how we look after our planet and what we are doing to destroy it. We looked Read more…
The Year 6 Rowan children took part in a basic first aid lesson during PSHE. We discussed first aid situations and incidents, along with the treatment they should receive. We then had a practical session where we were able to put our knowledge into practice to treat our patients!
In Art this half-term, Year 1 are looking at different forms of art including various types of crafts. Today, the children were very lucky to have a special visit from Alice’s mum, who is an artist(Kpink). She designs and creates beautiful bespoke bags and many other items. Read more…
We have had such a fun week learning about different careers. We have read books and watched a video about lots of different types of careers we could do when we are older. We then completed a piece of writing about our preferred job and why. Mrs Graham’s sister Emma, Read more…
We’ve had a brilliant week in Maple, we have learnt so much about different types of careers. We have been reading books which include inspirational characters and real life stories about how people achieved their dream careers. We’ve had lots of visitors such as Police Dog handlers, The Manchester Fire Read more…
Wow! All of the children did a fantastic job of dressing up in their careers themed costumes today, you all looked fantastic!! This week we have really enjoyed learning about different careers, we have read lots of stories about people with different careers and even practised doing different jobs to Read more…
We’ve had such a lovely time during careers week. Throughout the week we’ve looked at a number of different inspirational people in books, linking to World Book Day. We loved dressing up as ‘what we want to be when we grow up’. We’ve also created our own job adverts for Read more…