Y1 - Maple
Welcome to Maple Class.
The Class Teacher is Mrs McGuinness.
Summer 1 Parent Quest
Jubilee Fun!
In Art this term we have been sketching animals. We have been mixing colours to make the shades we need to paint our animals. They are fantastic!
We had a visit from Joanne Stribbling, the artist. She showed us her amazing art work. We are lucky that Mrs Mortimer is one of our fantastic teachers in the school too!
In RE we have been learning about different faiths. Jewish people have a shabbat on Sundays, the day of rest. We made bread for our Shabbat.
On Wednesday we went to Wingham Wildlife Centre on a coach! It was amazing. We saw lions, tigers, giraffes and even watched penguins eat fish!!
Spring 2 Parent Quest
We painted our penguins. Do you like them?
For our science lesson we went to the pond to look at the frog spawn. We found tadpoles!
In Dance we have been learning how to move like animals. We performed our dances to our friends.
In P.E we have been learning ball skills. At the end of term we played rounders against Beech Class.
We have been working really hard in our Art lessons. We made penguins out of clay using different types of tools.
World Book Day 2022. Our class book was Poles Apart and everyone dressed up as penguins or polar bears. We looked amazing!
We love computing.
In Art we are making models of penguins. We have been using plasticine.
We went to the church for Collective Worship. Todays worship was about Lent. What could you give up for Lent?
We went on a minibeast hunt. We found worms, slugs, ants, spiders and bees.
Phonics workshop with our parents.
Our Wow starter.
Spring 1 Parent Quest Year 1
In Geography we have been making models of human features in Slade Green. We then put them altogether to make a 3d Map of Slade Green
Look at our fantastic homework. We made models of human features in Slade Green.
In Art we have been drawing a city scape. Look at all the different lines we made.
In Maple class we have been writing our own prayers and collecting them together in our class prayer jar. Reverend Jim blessed them in collective worship.
In Science we made a scientific key about materials.
In RSHE we have been looking at keeping healthy. We sorted foods into healthy and unhealthy and explained why.
This week we went for a walk around Slade Green. We found lots of human and physical features.
This week we went to the church for collective worship. Sam told us all about what epiphany and what it means to Christians. Reverend Jim helped us with some activities.
In Art we have been learning to draw lines of various thickness. We used pencils, thin tip pens, felt tips and sketching pencils to draw lines and dots.
In Geography we studied aerial maps to find the human and physical features of Slade Green.
Autumn 2 2021 Learning Quest - Seasons
Christmas dinner time!
In Art we painted the seasonal backgrounds using different brushes and sponges. We then painted a tree. Do you like our season paintings?
We love Christmas jumper day!
In R.E we have been learning about Advent and how wreaths are used in the count down to the birth of baby Jesus.
In DT we designed and made our own toy using levers. We are so clever!
Our WOW moment this week was 12 children read at home every night. They moved up the stars and landed on the silver star. Well done! 
In Science we have been learning about the wind. We went outside to check the winds speed and checked which direction the wind was blowing. We measured the wind. It was blowing at 5mph!
