Year 1

For our science longitudinal study, we have been focusing on how the trees on our school grounds are affected by seasonal changes! As a class, we picked a Beech and a Pine tree and have been tracking changes through our weekly Mother Nature Monday sessions! The children have noticed that the Beech tree has acquired some brown and yellow leaves, while the Pine tree has not changed yet. We have been looking closely at leaves to see if this helps explain. We can't wait to keep track of our trees over the next few weeks to observe further changes!

Alongside our science longitudinal study, we have also been very interested in the season of Autumn! We have been using adjectives to describe features of Autumn and have learned an Autumn themed poem! The children got the chance to perform their poem around a bonfire and also got a marshmallow to live the full Autumn experience!

We are very proud of Maple class!

Year 1 Poem

Year 2

n year two we have carried on exploring measurement in maths. This week we are looking at length and the children started off by making sure they could use a ruler correctly and then used this skill to compare and order lengths of string. They then carried this investigation on by finding items in the classroom whose length was between the pieces of string they had already measured. The children showed great co-operation and organisation while completing their work.

Year 3 and 4

On Monday 11th October the whole school took part in Hello Yellow day raising awareness of Young Minds. The children completed lots of fun activities and explored ways in which they could look after their own mental health. It was a very colourful day!

year 5 and 6

This week, we started our next text: A Midsummer Night's Dream. To help us understand the complex plot, we created a 12 point summary and used freeze frames to piece the story together.

In science the children took their knowledge about light and reflection and used these to create their very own periscopes!