Maple Class

It has been so much fun in school this week learning all about Africa. Here are some of our favourite activities... Lucy & Max – weaving African patterns Jake – making African flags  GG - designing African animals Ellis – reading the story Masai and I and comparing our lives to children who live in Africa Rafferty – Using the computers to research African animals and create a fact file Eden – learning about how animals use camouflage to survive and using animal patterns in art Sam – learning about where Africa is on the map Noreen – taking part in African dance workshops. Ramsey is spending half term with Night for being such a fantastic role model. Star of the week is Eden for being a great talk partner. Enjoy a very well deserved half term with lots of fun and rest!

This week we have been learning about the traditional tale  The Gingerbread Man. Today we retold the story in our own words using adjectives, conjunctions and time connectives. In PSHE, we thought carefully about our different feelings and emotions. We created our own feeling characters to represent what makes us happy, sad, lonely, excited etc. We have been learning how to use the most efficient strategy when adding numbers together in Maths. E.g. ‘5 + 3 + 5’ – Max said 'double 5 = 10, 10 + 3 = 13' We also know how to use our number bonds to 10 to find our number bonds to 100. In Science, we explored how seeds are dispersed in different ways e.g. drop and roll, hitch a ride or get blown in the wind. We designed our own seeds. Well done to Ellis how is Star of the Week for his independent work. Ava is taking Night home for using the resources in our classroom to help her writing. Tonight is the school disco - we look forward to seeing you!

We have been scientists in Maple class this week. We have applied our knowledge of what plants need to grow to create our own cress investigations and we're looking forward to analysing the results over the next week. In Maths, we have been focusing on place value. We have been breaking numbers up into tens and ones and using this to compare and order numbers. We had lots of fun making our initial using tens and ones and then finding the total of  the letter. This has been our last week learning about Rapunzel. Today we've ended this work with a creative write where we've pretended to be Rapunzel and written a  diary entry. Well done to Kaitlin who is star of the week for making a really positive transition to the school and learning our classroom rules. We're all so pleased you've joined Maple! Jake is spending the weekend with Night for showing brilliant listening skills. Reminder - It's our 50th birthday on Monday! We will be celebrating with the chil...

We have been reading the traditional tale Rapunzel in English this week. We've compared two versions (Ladybird and Bethan Woollvin) and looked for similarities and differences. Which one was your favourite? Rafferty – 2 nd because the witch was kinder Kaitlyn – 2 nd because at the end Rapunzel dresses up as a superhero Ethan – 1 st because I knew that version well In Maths, we've been investigating the = sign. We've learnt that = means the same as and doesn't always have to be at the end of a number sentence e.g. 6 + 4 = 10 or 10 = 6 + 4. We've used the greater than and less than signs to compare numbers that aren't equal. We've been learning about the conditions of growth needed for plants to survive in Science. We read a story called 'The Tiny Seed' by Eric Carle and explored why seeds didn't survive in different places. Ellis - 'One seed got stuck in the snow so it didn't have any sunlight' Myles - 'The wind bl...

It's been a busy first couple of weeks in Maple Class and we've all settled in really well. Yesterday we went on a school trip to Knebworth House because our topic is called Once Upon A Time. What was your favourite part? Ramsey and Caitlin – My favourite part was looking at the big dinosaurs Lucy – I liked the Three Little Pig’s huts. We huffed and puffed but we couldn’t blow them down. Sam – My favourite part of the story trial was when we stomped over the Three Billy Goats Gruff bridge. Well done to everyone for representing our school so well on the visit - the adults are very proud! In English, we wrote recounts of our trip using time connectives. In Maths this week we have been using our double facts to solve near doubles. Eden said ‘If I know double 4 = 8, I can use that fact to solve 4+ 3 because it’s just one less’. On Monday, we started learning Spanish with Mrs Couch. We're looking forward to learning lots of new words and phrases. Well done to Rams...