DT: Making Humpty Move!
We have been busy engineers in Maple Class this week! We have officially finished our Moving Storybook project in Design and Technology.
The children have worked incredibly hard to create their own moving storybooks based on the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. They had to carefully cut, stick, and…
Ready, Aim, Release!
This week in PE, Maple Class have been continuing our Target Games topic. We had a brilliant lesson focusing on improving our throwing accuracy and aim.
The children played a high-energy game where they had to collect beanbags and discs and throw them back into their own team hoop. However,…
Science: A Rainy Day in the 'Jungle' with Jane Goodall
In Science this week, Maple Class travelled all the way to the forests of Tanzania without leaving our school grounds!
We have been learning about the famous scientist Jane Goodall. To truly understand her work, the children became scientists for the afternoon. We grabbed our books and…
The Great Class Pet Census: Working Scientifically!
Our scientists in Maple Class worked together this week for a massive investigation. We wanted to find how many of each pet are in our class, and we used some brilliant scientific methods to get our answers!
Step 1: Sorting and Counting with Cubes
We began by using concrete materials. Each…
Leaping into Learning: One Less with Our Speckled Friends!
Reception have had a "toad-ally" awesome time in maths this week! Our classroom has been filled with the sound of music and splashing as we dived headfirst into the world of subtraction using one of our favourite nursery rhymes: Five Little Speckled Frogs.
Introducing the concept of "one less"…
Tower Power & Brilliant Bonds!
We’ve had a "number-tastic" week in Reception! Our current obsession with Numberblocks has taken our maths skills to new heights!
Building Up Our Skills
Inspired by their favourite blocky friends, the children set to work building number towers. We practised:
- Constructing towers from 1…
Time-Travellers: on the Move!
This week, our Reception history detectives hopped into a "time machine" to explore how we get from A to B! We’ve been comparing transport from the past with the vehicles and vessels we see in the present.
Spotting the Clues
The children turned into mini-investigators, looking closely at old…
Beep Boop: Robot Routes!
This week, Reception turned into a room full of programmers! We’ve been learning how to give clear commands to our robots to help them find their way.
Think Like a Robot
Before we even touched our paper robots, we had to become the robots! Working in pairs, the children took turns being the…
Making Magic Move! Exploring Sliders and Moving Mechanisms in D&T
Maple Class have had a fantastic start to our new Design and Technology topic, where we will be learning all about moving mechanisms. By the end of the term, the children will use these skills to design and make their own moving storybook.
This week, we began by experimenting with sliders. The…
Reaching for the Stars: Reception Writing Takes Off
Reception have made a brilliant start to the term, and we are so proud of the progress they have made in literacy since returning after the Christmas holidays.
The children have been doing some fantastic writing, confidently applying their phonic knowledge independently. It has been lovely to…
Animal Kingdom Explorers!
It has been a busy two weeks of Science! We have been learning how to group and identify different animals.
In KS1, we moved from sorting animals to identifying why they belong in a specific group. We looked for clues like:
- Mammals: Do they have fur or hair?
- Birds: Do they have feathers…
Mission Control: Cutting Skills Take Flight in Reception!
This week in Reception, our classroom has been buzzing with excitement as we launched our new Space Topic! Our little astronauts have officially begun their training, and their first mission was a vital one: Mastering the Flight Paths.
To prepare for our journey to the moon, we took to the…