Our Christmas Post Office Role Play
This week in Maple Class, we transformed our role play area into a Christmas post office, and the children loved stepping into their new roles!
The children pretended to be postmen and postwomen, sorting letters and parcels, writing cards, wrapping presents and getting them ready to send. They…
London's Burning Poetry Performance!
This week, Maple Class took on a classic English poem with incredible energy, teamwork, and drama! We focused on the well-known round, "London's Burning," and turned our classroom into a stage for a magnificent performance.
We started by listening carefully to the poem. The children quickly…
Odd Socks, Awesome Hearts! Maple Class Starts Anti-Bullying Week
Maple Class kicked off Anti-Bullying Week today with a splash of colour for Odd Sock Day!
It was fantastic to see everyone rocking their mismatched socks, which sent a strong visual message: being different is wonderful!
In Maple Class, we celebrated all the unique qualities that make us…
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…
European languages day.
We have had fun on European languages day: taking part in quizzes to try and guess what languages we could hear. Creating posters about how learning a language can help our hearts and minds and learning the names of some new languages across the world.
Celebrating European Languages Day!
Maple Class had a fantastic time celebrating European Languages Day today!
We started by listening to the "Voices of Europe" song and enjoyed joining in and dancing to the music. We also learned how to say "hello" in different European languages — including French, Spanish, German, Italian, and…
National European Languages Day.
Today we learnt to sign our names and proudly showed the class.
We joined in with the song ‘Voices of Unity’ and created actions for the chorus. Our freestyle dance moves during the instrumental were incredible!
We followed this with our French lesson, holding conversations with our…
Mapping Magic in Maple Class!
This week in Geography, Maple Class explored aerial views and learned how to look at places from above — just like a bird or a drone!
EYFS: Messy Map Makers
Reception children used real classroom objects to build "messy maps", thinking carefully about where things should go. They worked…
Taste Explorers on a Fruit & Veg Adventure!
This week, Maple Class rolled up their sleeves, opened their mouths, and stepped into the world of taste testing as part of our exciting Pumpkin Soup topic in D&T.
Our little taste explorers were incredibly brave as they tried a colourful variety of fruits and vegetables — some familiar, and…
Show and Tell Stars!
Today in Class One, we had a Show and Tell circle time!
The children each brought a special item from home and took it in turns to share why it was important to them. They spoke confidently to their friends and listened carefully as others spoke, asking brilliant questions and giving thoughtful…
Window by Jeannie Baker
In English we have been learning about how our world is changing through reading the book ‘Window’ by Jeannie Baker. This made us consider changes that are happening to the environment in our local area. We have discovered that since 2020, 1000 houses have been built in Tamworth and many…
Egg-citing Easter Learning
Today, Class One took part in an egg-stra special RE lesson all about Easter. We played pass the parcel, unwrapping surprises along the way - chocolate bunnies, mini Easter eggs and pictures from the Easter Story. Each discovery helped us explore how the Easter Story connects to new life and the…