Maples class have finished our Topic, Dynamic Dynasties, where we have learnt about how the Shang Dynasty came to an end and made comparisons between other Bronze Age Civilisations. Additionally, we started our next part of Topic, Investigating Our World, where we have practiced our map skills, learnt about time zones, climate zones, vegetation belts and biomes. Also, we have looked at key capital cities and different settlement types. 

In DT, we have been looking at pnuematics and moving mechanisms, where we worked in groups to create our own moving boxes.  During our writing this half term, we have worked hard on our creative writing, creating our own narratives about Narnia and The Grinch. In Computing, we have continued to look at online safety and ways that we can keep ourselves and others safe when using online devices. 

We look forward to starting our new topic, Sow, Grow and Farm next term.  

Maples class have started our new topic, Dynamic Dynasties, where we have looked at the history of ancient China, focusing primarily on the Shang Dynasty, studying what life was like and key events. We have also started looking at important figures, such as Lady Fu Hao. During Science, we have studied earth and space, looking closely at the solar system and the space race. Additionally, we have enjoyed looking at various designs in Art, practicing our sketching and painting skills, where we have created some beautiful landscape Art. Maples class have been working extremely hard on our writing skills, where we have created some fantastic stories about the film ‘The Clocktower’. We look forward to continuing our work on this Topic and starting our new Geography unit, Our Changing World.  

This half term, Maples class continued our Topic, 'Britain at War'. After finishing our WW1 study, we then moved on to WW2, where we studied the causes and impact on civilians. We were extremely lucky to have a special visit from Historical Workshops, where children had the chance to look at real artefacts from World War 2, practice first aid and even use real stirrup pumps from World War 2 that were used to put out fires from air raids. After this, we had a look at key events, such as the evacuation of Dunkirk and looked at important figures such as Anne Frank.

In Art, we have looked at the unit ‘Birds Bees and Butterflies’, where pupils have created impressive pieces of artwork using mixed media inspired by Pop Art. During RE, we have looked at important qualities in a person and what our names represent. Also, we performed our end of year show ‘Let the Games Begin’ to a fantastic audience! All the children put a great deal of effort and enthusiasm into the play and it was a great success.  It has been an amazing yet busy last half term and we are very proud of all of the hard work, responsibility and resilience shown. Additionally, Maples took part in bikability training, where they learnt how to ride a bike safely and responsibly beyond school groups. The instructors were very impressed with the children’s’ approach to learning new skills and we hope they will continue to carry forwards what they have learnt.

Another huge well done to our Year 6 pupils, who have gone above and beyond with their incredible SATS results! We have been preparing our leavers speeches and it has been lovely to see the journey that they have all been on, we wish them all the best of luck for their future adventures!