Maple class end of summer term

This is a selection of the learning we have been doing this half term.

End of Summer 1 in Elm Class

This half term has been extremely busy in Elm class. We have finished our topic 'Changes' focusing on Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole and the changes they made to nursing and hospitals. We made time lines, made comparisons and wrote a non-chronological report. Some children even took their learning outside of school and went to visit Florence's grave. In maths we learned all about measuring, position and direction and also had the chance to consolidate our learning of multiplaction, which we previously learned at home during lockdown. We completed a topic on the human form in art, which was lots of fun and produced some interesting and funny final pieces that are on display in Year 2. And finally, we even managed to squeeze in swimming lessons. Needless to say, we have had lots of fun, but are ready for our week off! We look forward to our final half term before venturing into the realms of Year 3.

Year 3-Battle of Britain Day

 Year 3 had great fun yesterday on our Battle of Britain topic Day. In the morning we made invisible ink, made,cooked and ate our own bread and also deciphered Morse code. In the afternoon we went up to the field where we discovered very strange objects located around the field and had to piece together the mystery of what might have happened. We then engaged in a thrilling 'dogfight' between the RAF and the Luftwaffe. We had a brilliant day and loved dressing up in our WW2 costumes. Take a look:-

Year R Supertato!

This week we have been reading the book, 'Supertato'! We have designed our very own veggie super heroes and have written sentences to describe their super powers. We've also been making our own super hero masks, cooking up some healthy potions for Supertato (to keep his strenth up) and making our own Supertatos to bring home. On Thursday morning we discovered something very suspicious in our classrooms, veggies had been taped to the walls and were trapped! We think the Evil Pea must have snuck in overnight and done this, how rude!

Year 2 Self Portraits

Today is the final session in our Human Form art series of lessons. We have created self portraits in the style of Julian Opie, a British artist. His style is simplistic and focuses on simple lines, it was quite tricky not adding too much detail to our drawings. Can you see the resemblences?

Year 2 - Position and Direction

In Year 2 we have been learning all about position and direction in maths. We have learned our left from our right and begun to explore turns, anticlockwise and clockwise. We have loved getting outside to do this!

Year 1 Outside Reading

 This week Year 1 have been really enjoying reading. We decided to read outside a couple of times this week. The children had fun sharing their books with a friend. It's great to get outside when we can!

Year 3-Black on White Self Portraits.

 Year 3 have been looking at tone, shadow and negative space in Art. In this weeks lesson we had the challenge of using black paint on white paper to create a self portrait. We were inspired by the art work of celebrated street artist BANKSY who uses tone and minimal colours to great effect in his work. We took some silly photos and digitally made them greyscale. We looked at how the negative space in the photo were the lighter areas in our portraits and suggested features. We then had a go at reproducing them in paint. It was very difficult but we all did our very best. Take a look:-

Funny Faces in Year 2

In Year 2 we are continuing to study the human form in art. This week we looked at various model pictures and thought about, what is beautiful? We thought about outer and inner beauty and what magazines and catalogues do to make the models more perfect. We then took these pictures and created funny face collages. We took different facial features and stuck them back together to make our faces funny. What do you think?

Year R Vegetable Printing

This week we have been reading the book, "The Enormous Turnip", and so have been discussing vegetables that grow over/underground. Today we enjoyed doing some vegetable printing, thinking carefully about where to 'stamp' them, over or under?

A visitor on the Y1 playground...

Today we had a visitor on the Year 1 playground. The children enjoyed looking at the snail and talking about how they climb up the trees. Some children decided to create habitats for the snail and thought about what they need to survive. 

Year 1 Construction Challenge

 Today, Year 1 were given the construction challenge to build a flower out of blocks. Willow class worked in small groups and were fantastic listeners! Cedar class worked as a class and created one group flower. 

Well done Year 1, you competed today's construction challenge! 

Y4 Empathy Superhero Comic Strips

We have been learning about empathy. We created a new empathy superhero to join our 'RESPECTERS' and we wrote some comic strips about how they save the day using empathy. We are going to continue looking at empathy and practise using it in our daily lives.

YR Playing Rounders

Year R enjoyed being introduced to the game of rounders. They were keen to have a go and had fun too.

Year R Mr Greenheads

Year R have been very busy creating their very own 'Mr Greenheads'. They were asked to bring in some old socks from home and worked in pairs to follow the instructions (from a non-fiction book). First, they put in some grass seeds, then compost and after carefully tiying a rubber band on the end they stood them up in the old yogurt pot. The next job was to create a face using felt shapes and PVA glue. Once the face was attahced they then added some water and put the Greenhead somewhere sunny! It will be very exciting when they start to sprout some grassy hair! They'll be taking them home to look after once the hair has sprouted!

Y5 DT - What could be Healthier

 Following on from their taste testing of sauces last week, Y5 pupils made their own alterations to a 'Basic Bolognese' recipe with the aim of making it 'Healthier'. Some choose a range to add a range of veg, some went for low fat alternatives to beef mince and others...well others threw caution to the wind and made some questionable choices! They seemed to enjoy it though!

Take a look at how they got on.

Year R Athletics

Year R have been very busy up on the field practising athletics skills! They have shown fantastic focus, determination and teamwork!

Y1 Maths

This week in maths, Y1 have been exploring multiplication and division through making equal groups. They were all given some counters and they had to find someone else who had an equal group to them. They then had to find someone who had an unequal group to them and find a way to make it equal. They all worked brilliantly, well done Year 1!

Year 2 Maths

For the last few weeks, Year 2 have been practising their measuring skills. We have practised using rulers and metre sticks correctly, compared lengths and solved problems. We have also been practising using the vocabulary for height and length, working out which words would be the same for both and which ones would be used for only height or only length.

Florence Nightingale - A resilient woman!

In Year 2 we ahve been learning all about Florence Nightingale. We have learned about her life and what an amazing woman she was. She has changed the way hospitals are run today and the way people view woman and nurses in the profession. We have enjoyed writing facts about her and creating a timeline of her life. Next week we move onto Mary Seacole, who was another famous woman doing the same job at the same time as Florence.

Bolognese taste testing

 As part of the 'World Kitchen' unit of work this half term, Y5 will be creating their own 'healthy' Bolognese recipes to cook in the kitchen. 

The children learnt about the journey our beef mince goes through to get from 'Farm to Fork', investigated the nutritional content of different Bolognese sauces and had a go and testing some - about half the children managed to work out which was the cheap or expensive sauces on trial.