Maple Class - Year 4 & Year 5

As a part of Anti-Bullying Week, Maple Class took part in BBC's live lesson to help us understand what bullying is and empower us to speak out against bullying!

In our History lesson, we have been exploring Tudor artefacts and considering whether they would have been owned by rich or poor people in Tudor times. 

Maple Class have been visited by our local vicar - Fr. Peter - today. He has taught us so much about the Bible - when it was written, who it was written by, how it became so popular and so much more! 

We've been learning about the Bible in RE. Today, we explored different versions of the Bible and considered why there are different versions. We looked at the titles of each of them to see how they each represent what Christians believe about the word of God.

Maple Class have been exploring the traditional Japanese art form of origami. Today, we have each learnt new skills in paper folding to each create our own origami crane to represent peace.

Year 4 and 5 children in Maple Class have worked hard this half term to design and make (from scratch) a mask with an electrical circuit in it! We made our masks with the user as a Hindu or Sikh in mind who would wear this during Diwali - the Festival of Light. This festival celebrates the victory…

Maple Class have enjoyed a Creative Builders Workshop this morning to extend our Science and DT learning about electricity and electrical systems! Each child started by building their own Lego building (from homes to football stadiums), before we joined them together to make a city! We then…

Maple Class have enjoyed a visit from Sports Cool this afternoon where we have learnt new skills in archery! We have some amazing archers!

We've had fun in the forest this morning creating some beautiful natural wall hangings!

We've had a super busy first week in Maple Class. We have been working collaboratively to build the tallest newspaper tower in PSHE, exploring numbers practically in Maths, exploring poetry in English, discovering different versions of the Bible in RE and finding out lots about the Earth, Sun and…

Careful using a draw knife to whittle the branch. Steady hands and great concentration.

How many different colours can we make from berries?