Maple

Welcome to the Maple Class page for September 2022 - 2023. We hope you enjoy seeing all of the great things we have been learning about and doing. I think you will see that already we have had a busy and fun half term.

Carey Camp 2023

Football Fun

Football

This afternoon, we had two coaches in to school to take Maple Class for their football session. The children enjoyed developing their passing skills and put these into practice in two small sided games.

World Book Day

On Wednesday 1st March, we celebrated World Book Day. Maple class dressed up as favourite books characters and looked absolutely brilliant. During the day, we did a book trail around the school grounds, read with a Year 1 friend, recommended books to each other and other book day activities. It was a great day to celebrate the love of reading.

World Book Day Photos

This afternoon, we had a visit from Tim from Wessex Water. During the afternoon, the children learnt about the water cycle and made a water filter to clean some very dirty water. The children loved seeing their water travel through their filters and come out much cleaner. Tim also explained what happens at the water treatment plant and the importance of conserving water in the home. It was a great afternoon of learning.

Water Filters

This term, Maple class had some geography homework. This was to research a world river and present is creatively. The homework has been absolutely amazing from models, to Power Points, to posters and booklets. Each day, several children have shared their information with the class. We are all river experts. Well done Maple class.

River Homework

River Trip

On Wednesday, we went on a trip to The River Stour as part of our geography study on Rivers. We walked to the river via the water meadows where we were able to identify different river features such as meanders, the flood plain, a weir and many others. Once at the river, we conducted four different river activities. These were: measuring the depth of the river to find the river profile, measuring the speed of the river flow at different points across the river, kick sampling to see which river invertebrates we could catch and we conducted a general site survey of the river location. We also learnt about map symbols and identified different river plants and wildlife. We had a great morning of hands on learning and returned to school much more knowledgeable about rivers.

River trip photos

Harvest Festival

This week, was our Harvest Festival. In the morning, we had a Harvest assembly to parents. In the afternoon, we hosted a tea party for grandparents. Maple class made the scones for the tea party, served our guests the wonderful refreshments and chatted to our guests. During the afternoon, each class performed a song or poem. Maple class performed 'An Apple Rap' beautifully. It was a wonderful tea party and the class did a wonderful job entertaining our guests. We've received some lovely thank you cards from some of our guests.

Harvest Tea Party

Science experiments

On our first day in Maple class, we were set the challenge of creating the tallest Lego tower in teams. We worked hard together to create some fantastic towers.