Thank you to the parents who joined us for shared learning this week. We all enjoyed showing you our skills builder skills problem solving by figuring out what the ancient Chinese characters said. And our history/ art skills by making our own oracle bones which ancient Chinese people used to Read more…
Attention grabber The lesson began with a Fetch and Find activity, where pupils collected objects from the table. We discussed how the objects were the same and how they differed, focusing on the materials used to make them. For example three photo frames, one made from wood, one from metal Read more…
We have been so lucky to enjoy another half term of forest school with Miss Brown this half term. We have worked on lots of our skills during the sessions which also link to our skills Builder skill each half term..
It was an exciting Challenge Day in Maple as we took part in the Operation Moonbase mission from Skills Builder. The children threw themselves into the task with brilliant enthusiasm and worked on all eight Skills Builder skills: listening, speaking, teamwork, leadership, problem solving, creativity, staying positive, and aiming high. Our challenge was to imagine a brand-new utopian Read more…
Today we have been taking part in a Skills builder day- Operation Moonbase. We were set different challenges throughout the day using all of the different Skills Builders. We have had lots of fun creating our own society thinking carefully about which 4 people would go to Utopia and which Read more…
The children have taken part in various skills builder challenges! They have worked especially hard to create their own, impressive 3D models of what a society on Utopia may look like! Well done Year 3!
When we arrived at school this morning, there was a rocket on our school field, which must have landed over night. When we arrived in the classroom we could see on our class screen that we had been sent a special mission. The mission was to plan for building a Read more…
When we arrived at school this morning, there was a rocket on our school field, which must have landed over night. When we arrived in the classroom we could see on our class screen that we had been sent a special mission. The mission was to plan for building a Read more…
Today we have been working on improving our key skills by completing the skills builder challenge. Children were given different tasks throughout the day to work on problem solving, teamwork, adapting and speaking and listening.
Today we had a very exciting surprise, a rocket had landed on our field! We spent the day using different skills such as listening, problem solving, creativity and communication to complete tasks related to the rocket and space. In the morning we pretended to be travelling to space in a Read more…