In Year 4 we have been learning about the Rock Cycle. We began our Science lesson today with a Kahoot to go over facts that we had previously learnt about rocks. We then used play dough to explain the process of how the different rocks are formed. We began with Read more…
The children in Juniper have been given the opportunity to run a stall at the Christmas Fair this year and to plan, research, source and make the products that we will sell. The whole class has been involved in deciding what sweet products would sell best, researching Christmas themed sweets, Read more…
This week was Recycling week, in Maple we discussed what recycling, reusing and reducing meant. We sorted images under the three categories and discussed how we could all be more environmentally friendly. We then designed our own recycling symbol, we came up with lots of brilliant designs!
Today we had a visit from Touchstones museum. It was a brilliant introduction to our History topic for this half term – Romans. We had a discussion about where the Romans originated from which led on to us looking at the vexillum which is a flag used by the Roman Read more…
Year 4 Maple have settled in brilliantly! Our class text for our English lessons this half term is The BFG By Roald Dahl so we started the school Year off with some fun BFG activities. We created dream catchers, drew pictures of the BFG and we also looked at some Read more…
A fabulous Summer fair with a great turn out.
On Thursday 7th July, Maple took part in the Rochdale Science-Faith Festival at St. Luke’s Church called God and the Big Bang. We took part in interactive workshops with the opportunity to discover, discuss and debate the compatibility of science and faith.
On Wednesday, Maple took part in our sports day. We all tried our very best and worked together well in our teams. We really enjoyed all the activities and especially the races at the end.
This half term Year 4 Maple are learning all about different types of rocks and fossils and today we used chocolate to help us remember the rock cycle. We used different types of chocolate (milk, white and dark) to represent the different layers in sedimentary rock. We then applied heat Read more…
This week in Year 4 Maple we had a special information session all about Charcot Marie Tooth. One of our wonderful pupils has this condition and wanted their friends to learn all about how it effects their day to day life. Our NHS visitors provided lots of information and set Read more…