Maple Class

Great News in Maple! Lots of us have already managed to gain a sticker on the 'Number Whizz' chart. This has really encouraged all of us to get stuck in to learning number facts. Can't wait to see how many stickers we get on Friday, Well Done Maple keep it up!

This week our 'Star of the Week'…

French update from Mr Messenger

Maple class have made a really good start to their French lessons this term. We have been very busy learning numbers and colours in French. All  of the class are very enthusiastic to show off their new vocabulary in all our new activities.

We look forward to…

Our Headteacher, Mr Gunning, came to our class this week to set us a challenge. He would like us all to become a 'Number Whizz' and showed us how we could work at home and in school to improve our instant recall of number facts. It sounds like great fun as you can earn stickers along the way.…

Last week, we began a '10 week Challenge' which Mr Bates our P.E, teacher has set. We are doing the 'Daily Mile' where over the course of the challenge we will try to improve our fitness and stamina. It is fantastic to see how much progress the children have made in only a week. They are already…

This week we have begun new topics and themes in many of our lessons. In Geography, we have started to learn about 'Extreme Earth' by beginning to find out more about volcanoes and how they are made. We watched a video of a real volcano erupting in Iceland and were surprised to see how quickly the…

Happy New Year!

It is our first day back today after a lovely Christmas holiday. It was great to see lots of smiling faces this morning full of exciting holiday news! At the end of last term, Rebecca and Archie were our Stakesby Superstars. They were both recognised for their efforts to work…

Christmas is well and truely upon us in Maple Class. Our room is looking fabulous as is the school hall with its magnificent tree.

 Last Friday, we had our Christmas Fair with many of us meeting Father Christmas! So far this week we have: been part of the audience in the Nativity dress…

Well, we have finally reached the end of November which means one thing - CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!

So prepare yourselves for glitter, sequins, ribbon and glue. It'll be a sticky icky mess but sleigh loads of fun!

However, on a more serious note, the children in Maple class have been working…

First of all we'd like to say a HUGE 'THANK YOU' to all the parents and other family members who brought their children along to take part in the town's Lantern Parade last Friday. It was a truly magical event and one which will certainly stick in the children's memories for years to come. We…

We can't wait to take part in the lantern parade on Friday night! Don't forget to check out last week's blog for photographs of us making our fabulous lanterns.

This week we welcomed visitors from York University who came to deliver a migration workshop. We learned a lot about reasons why…

The weeks are getting busier and busier as we move rapidly through the term. In Maple Class, we always look forward to welcoming visitors, so last week we were very excited to be working alongside some fantastic artists in our class! Our task was to make some lanterns for the opening ceremony of…

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