This morning we had some lovely visitors from Touchstones museum come to our school and deliver an Anglo-Saxon workshop to our Year 4’s. They taught us lots of interesting facts about the Anglo-Saxons, brought a box full of artefacts that we enjoyed looking at and showed us how to do Read more
Today in Year 4 Maple we have learned some key information about the Roman Empire and Roman Britain, in order to give us some historical context and chronological awareness for our new theme about the Anglo Saxons. We then researched some Anglo Saxon shield designs and created our own shields.
This week in Maple, we explored an exciting area of science all about grouping animals and thinking like real scientists when recording information. We began the lesson by discussing how animals can be grouped in different ways. The children quickly realised that animals share certain characteristics, and these can help Read more
KS2 were treated to a fantastic performance of The Jungle Book by M&M theatre company. All of the children really enjoyed the show and Year 6 were able to take part in a workshop afterwards.
📚✨ World Book Day in Maple Class! ✨📚 Maple Class had a fantastic time celebrating World Book Day and Careers week! We saw some amazing costumes including Tracey Beaker, the Hulk, Snow White, Cinderella and many more wonderful characters. It was brilliant to see everyone bring their favourite stories to Read more
Year 4 have had a fantastic week celebrating Careers Week, with a special focus on engineering. Throughout the week, the children explored how engineers design solutions to real-world problems. Our challenge asked the question: How can robots be designed to support patients to develop fine motor skills and muscle strength? Read more
This week in Year 4, we became food designers as part of Design and Technology lesson on adapting a recipe. Our mission was to explore different types of biscuits, taste and evaluate them, and then use our findings to help us design our own adapted biscuit recipe. Investigating Existing Products Before Read more
🌈 Random Acts of Kindness Day To celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Day, year 4 created some bright and colourful artwork to share with residents at a local elderly care home. Our goal was simple — to spread a little happiness and bring some extra colour into their day. Each Read more
During our LGBT+ History Month collective worship, we learned about the theme of science and innovation and why it is important to recognise the contributions of LGBT+ people throughout history. We talked about how science and innovation help make the world a better place and how many inventors, scientists, and thinkers Read more
In our recent collective worship assembly, we focused on the theme of self-efficacy and the importance of believing in ourselves. We explored the story of The Tortoise and the Hare, discussing how the tortoise succeeds by trusting his own abilities and persevering rather than comparing himself to others. This led Read more