Maple enjoyed a lesson of discovering this afternoon. Working with a partner, they read the information on mountains and decided on the answers to the questions set for them. Excellent detective work everyone!
Wow, What a lovely week we have had! This week we were reading ‘What the Ladybird Heard’ and did lots of activities surrounding the story. We painted rocks to make them look like ladybirds, made farms and maps and did some Maths sorting activities in the classroom. In the story Read more…
As part of creating an information booklet on food chains and webs of the Arctic regions, Year 6 looked at how artists use accurate guidelines and proportions when sketching. They looked at how to use simple shapes to help guide them to sketching an accurate outline, as well as Read more…
Maple enjoyed a very special lesson with their parents this morning. We began by finding out which continents of the world some famous mountain ranges were found in. The children and their parents then wrote some amazing descriptive sentences about mountains and their surroundings.
Last week we created prototypes and designs for our Mountain models. Today was the fun part! We showed some fantastic team work as we started to create our mountain structures using cups and Papier- Mache although I think there was more glue on some of our hands than there was Read more…
Year 6 have been studying the physical geography of both the Arctic and Antarctica. After looking at how some animals have adapted to be able to survive there, we then looked at how we can construct food chains to identify predators, prey, primary and secondary consumers and producers. We tracked Read more…
This week in Reception, we have been learning about the story ‘What the Ladybird Heard’. During the story two people draw a map to find their way to the cow. So, we have been learning about maps this week. We have been researching the different types of maps, why we Read more…
Year 4 had a fantastic time this afternoon as we went down to the River Roch in Queen’s Park. The children spotted meanders and signs of erosion, transportation and deposition. They were amazing at explaining what each meant. They noticed signs of pollution and discussed why this was bad for Read more…
Maple have been down to the River Roch in Queens Park this morning. The children were amazing at spotting meanders and signs of erosion, transportation and deposition – ask them what it means if you’re not sure! They were quick to spot signs of pollution and notice wildlife that had made Read more…
Today we were put into groups and each group were given a different picture of a Mountain Range. During this half term, we are going to be creating models of our Mountain range. Today we created prototypes of our structures and made annotated sketches of our designs.