Maple Class Gets Creative: Digital Portraits with Paint.z!
This week in Computing, Maple Class turned into a digital art studio! We explored how we can use an iPad to create brilliant paintings using a fun software application called Paint.z.
The challenge? To create a self-portrait—a digital painting of their own face!
The children loved getting…
Super Spellers in Maple Class!
Our EYFS children have been busy practising their phonics and writing skills by using picture cards to build and write CVC words.
The children looked carefully at each picture — like dog, hat, sun, and pen — and listened for the sounds they could hear in each word. They then used their phoneme…
Visit from South Staffs water
South Staffs water have been to visit Oak class to talk to us about where our water comes from and how we can stop wasting water.
We created our own model of a river basin and discussed how important our rivers are.
Stop animation
The children created flip books showing off their stop animation skills.
Wonderful Water Workshop in Maple Class!
This week, Maple Class enjoyed a fantastic Water Workshop led by a visitor from South Staffs Water. The session began with a lovely story called Little Drop, which helped the children learn all about the water cycle — how water travels from the clouds to the ground and back again!
After the…
Frame structures
In our DT lesson we have been looking at pavilions. Today we used our understanding of strong and stable, to build a structure.
Wellbeing day with Steel the Gladiator.
We had an incredible day with Steel. He inspired us to eat healthier, drink plenty and never give up on our dreams.
Thank you to SASA for arranging this alongside Mary Howard’s PTA.
A Tasty Treat in Maple Class: Pumpkin Soup!
This week in Maple Class, we had a wonderful time making pumpkin soup, inspired by our English topic book Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper.
The children followed a set of instructions carefully to make their own soup. They worked brilliantly as a team to chop the pumpkin and carrot into small…
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…
The Great Little Bake Off
This week, Maple Class had a sweet afternoon at our ‘Great Little Bake Off’ Stay and Play! We were joined by some of our lovely potential new starters for September and had a fantastic time getting creative in the kitchen.
The children decorated their own cupcakes and biscuits using icing,…
Making 5 in Lots of Ways!
During Busy Bee time, our EYFS children explored patterns and shapes using colourful Multilink cubes. They looked carefully at pictures and worked hard to copy the designs, making sure each one used 5 cubes.
Once they had built their patterns, the children counted carefully to check there were…
Investigating the strength of magnets.
The children in Willow class used their investigative skills to test the strength of different types of magnets, and whether the size of the magnet affected the strength.