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24 October 2025

Wellbeing day with Steel the Gladiator.

We had an incredible day with Steel. He inspired us to eat healthier, drink plenty and never give up on our dreams. 
 

Thank you to SASA for arranging this alongside Mary Howard’s PTA.

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24 October 2025

A Tasty Treat in Maple Class: Pumpkin Soup!

This week in Maple Class, we had a wonderful time making pumpkin soup, inspired by our English topic book Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper.

The children followed a set of instructions carefully to make their own soup. They worked brilliantly as a team to chop the pumpkin and carrot into small…

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22 October 2025

Well-being Day with Steel the Gladiator!

Maple Class had an amazing Well-being Day today! The children were so excited to meet Steel the Gladiator, who talked to us all about being confident, kind to ourselves, and kind to others.

The children loved asking Steel questions about his time as a real TV Gladiator and were thrilled to have…

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21 October 2025

The Great Little Bake Off

This week, Maple Class had a sweet afternoon at our ‘Great Little Bake Off’ Stay and Play! We were joined by some of our lovely potential new starters for September and had a fantastic time getting creative in the kitchen.

The children decorated their own cupcakes and biscuits using icing,…

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17 October 2025

Making 5 in Lots of Ways!

During Busy Bee time, our EYFS children explored patterns and shapes using colourful Multilink cubes. They looked carefully at pictures and worked hard to copy the designs, making sure each one used 5 cubes.

Once they had built their patterns, the children counted carefully to check there were…

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16 October 2025

Investigating the strength of magnets.

The children in Willow class used their investigative skills to test the strength of different types of magnets, and whether the size of the magnet affected the strength.

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14 October 2025

Staffordshire Regimental Museum

Our trip enriched our learning about WW1. We had a fantastic guide, Roger, who explained all about life in the trenches, weapons, uniforms-showed us some interesting artefacts. We had such a great time in the trenches, acting out the various roles and discovering new learning about the war.

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13 October 2025

Rolling, Dribbling and Controlling!

This week in PE, Maple Class had lots of fun developing their ball skills

We started our lesson with some warm-up games to get our bodies moving and ready for action, before practising how to move the ball carefully around cones, through spaces, and even around each other! The children…

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10 October 2025

Maple Class Gets Moving! – Jumping & Coordination

This week in PE, Maple Class had an action-packed fundamentals lesson exploring coordination and different types of jumps. The children were full of energy and enthusiasm as they worked on building their control, strength, and balance.

We began by learning and practising a variety of jumps,…

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9 October 2025

Creating 3D pictures


 

In Art we have been using tints and shades to develop 3D art.

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9 October 2025

Sensory Scavenger Hunt Fun!

This week, our Reception class took their learning outside for a sensory scavenger hunt, and what a wonderful adventure it was! As part of Maple Class' Scie topic on using our five senses, we explored the world around us using our eyes, ears, noses, and hands to discover all sorts of natural…

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8 October 2025

Hot seating in the role of Sidney.


 

In English we are reading the book ‘One Boy’s War’ to link in with our topic on WW2. Today we took on the role of Sydney (an 16 year old recruit) and asked him questions about his time in the war. The children used their knowledge to respond as Sydney and answer some tough, heart-wrenching…

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