maple class Blog

• Wednesday 9 April 2025 Maple Circus Skills What a fantastic time we had with Jebb from Shooting Stars Circus Skills! He amazed us with his skills and taught us the forces used to perform these tricks. We loved having the opportunity to try some of these ourselves!
• Wednesday 26 March 2025 Touch Typing Maple have been learning how to touch type using the correct fingers for each key.
• Thursday 13 March 2025 British Science Week in Maple Maple has celebrated British Science week with a range of activities. The theme this year is ;'Change and Adapt' and we started by thinking about what 'change' and 'adapt' mean. We explored examples of changing and adapting in science, when working scientifically, in STEM and in our everyday lives.
• Friday 28 February 2025 Maple In the Net What a fantastic start Maple have had to the half term! First thing on Monday morning, we got on a mini-bus and went to Bourton-on-the-Water Primary School to watch a very entertaining play called ‘In The Net’. Organised by the Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Partnership, this interactive drama presentation covered a range of topics around internet safety and the real-world effects of cyber-bullying.
• Friday 7 February 2025 Maple investigate plant growth In Science this half term we have been investigating what plants need to grow well. In pairs, we were given a pot of grass and a question to investigate. We set up our investigation and every day (for a week) we carefully measured our grass and recorded our observations.
• Wednesday 29 January 2025 Maple cornet lessons We have had a fantastic couple of lessons learning the cornet with Mr Storer! We've learnt how to buzz our lips to get a sound from the instrument, which was harder than many of us expected! We have also been learning about pitch and the two ways which pitch can be changed on the cornet (with the valves and with the tightness of our lips). So far we've learnt how to play B, C and D; we've learnt a couple of fun pieces and are learning how to play together successfully as a band. We can't wait to show everyone what we have been learning in our showcase at the end of next term!
• Thursday 23 January 2025 Maple Tag Rugby Maple have had a fantastic start to their tag rugby lessons with Dylan. Their passing and catching skills have improved so much already!
• Friday 20 December 2024 Christmas Fun! Maple have enjoyed so many Christmas activities! From our whole school trip to the Panto to shopping at the Christmas fair we are feeling well and truly ready for the festive season!
• Thursday 21 November 2024 Maple trip to Compton Verney We had an amazing day at Compton Verney and we were so lucky with the weather! Linda took us on a journey through the woods to our Stone Age camp where we made wattle and daub fences by weaving willow, made stone age bread by grinding barley with rocks and mixing with oats and water, built shelters, explored a cave or artefacts and lit our own fires with flint and steel (not quite as the Stone Age people would have done it with flint and flint!). We had a great day getting a taste of what life would have been like all those thousands of years ago.
• Tuesday 5 November 2024 Mysteries of the Musiverse Maple thoroughly enjoyed their music workshop this afternoon with Nick and Abbie from Cheltenham Festivals. We learned all about how saxophones are played and the differences between Nick's tenor saxophone and Abbie's soprano saxophone.
• Thursday 17 October 2024 Maple Life Ed We had a great Life Education session with Tom. He taught us all about what’s inside our bodies and what we need to stay alive (water, oxygen, sleep, food and exercise). We then thought about the things that we needed to stay happy and healthy and the importance of time to connect with others. We met Harold the giraffe and went with him on a screen free day with his friends to the theme park. At the theme park, we blasted off on a rocket to space where we met a strange race of aliens where all of them were exactly the same. We decided that life is much better when everyone is unique and when we celebrate our differences!
• Thursday 26 September 2024 Maple investigate rocks In Science, this week, we have been investigating the hardness of rocks. We scratched our rocks with a finger nail, a 2p coin and a nail and recorded our results using the Mohs’ scale. We then ordered our rocks from hardest to softest.
• Thursday 19 September 2024 Maple football with Rob Maple have made a fantastic start to their football lessons with Rob. This week we have been learning how to control the ball with different parts of our feet.

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