For one of our reading extracts, the children read and performed a poem called, ‘Giants’ which is about a human picking up and poking small creatures. The children thought about their tone of voice and emphasis for certain words as well as their body actions whilst acting. Some of the groups then performed this for the class.

Our first writing journey for term 1 was a description of a planet. They created their own planet using papier Mache, painted them and thought about the features of this planet. They wrote their descriptions, which were amazing, using skills such as ambitious adjectives, verbs and adverbs and using prepositions (under, next, beyond) to start their sentences.

In outdoor and adventurous activities, Maple class have been using the school maps to locate different markers. When they have found these markers, they need to identify the correct information and use this information to create words or numbers.

We have conducted a few science experiments tis term including gravity, air resistance and friction. For their friction experiment, they used Newton metres and different types of surface to test which material is best for footwear.

Maple class used the artist Peter Thorpe as their inspiration for art this term. They created colour wheels, practised using chalk in a variety of ways as well as using different types of paintbrush stroke. Their final abstract space work was brilliant!