The seasons
Our Science topic is Seasonal Change. We found out about the four seasons, the months of the year and how the weather changes. Then each team created a season weather mobile to help us remember our learning. Great teamwork!
Festivals of light
This term in RE we are exploring festivals of light. Diwali is happening on 8th November. We created Rangoli patterns outside with chalk. We created mendhi designs and our own diva candles. Next week we will link the festival to the story of Rama and Sita.
Autumn days
We have been thinking about the weather and changes in Autumn. We have competed writing, maths and creative tasks linked to this!
Fire Safety
We borrowed a fire safety resource box from our local Fire Station. We discovered how to call 999 in an emergency and found out how important smoke detectors are. We also talked about the dangers of playing with matches. The role play costumes were fantastic!
Four and five
This week Reception have been recognising, subitising and sorting images of four and five. Great work everyone!
The Toy Museum
We have been finding out about toys from the past. This week Year 1 wrote descriptions of some of the toys for our class museum!
Leaf art
We have started to think about Autumn this week and we created some amazing animals using leaves and twigs we found outside!
Design Technology: Smoothies
It was a busy afternoon in Maple Class! There was peeling, chopping, slicing and juicing to be done before we could create some delicious smoothies! The children were a fantastic team but they were not keen on the sour lime or avocado!
Toy Time Travellers
Today we had a visit from Lizzie from the Staffordshire History Centre. She took us back in time to meet a girl called Bessie who wanted to buy some new toys. We had the opportunity to play with some toys that Bessie might have owned 100 years ago! Our favourites were the acrobat and clockwork…
Phonics- off to a flying start!
Reception are now working on their phonics skills every day! We have started with initial phonemes and handwriting! They love using the whiteboards!
Introduction to plants
We have been busy investigating plants in our school grounds! Year 1 created their own labelled diagrams and Reception made some collage flowers. They were able to identify roots, stem, leaves and flowers.
