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Weekly Update - 22.10.26
Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Maple Tree Class Blog
Hello and happy half term!
We have officially completed our first (and longest!) half term of the year. We have had a great and very busy start to the academic year, beginning with an Ofsted and ending with parents' evenings and lots in between!
This week, there is no usual homework for Year 6 Maple and instead they have all been sent home with a "recommended read list" for Year 5 and Year 6. I have challenged them all to visit a library or a bookshop or even look at home for books they haven't read yet and try to read something from one of the lists if they haven't already. The children already have their WW2 rationing homework challenge too so they might like to make a recipe from that over the holidays too!
I hope you all have a lovely half term and will see you in a week!
Miss Bairstow
Weekly Update - 16.10.26
Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Maple Tree Class Blog
Hello,
Our trip photos from our evacuee day on the Worth Valley Railway back in September are now live on the website. View the gallery by clicking the link below:
We have also published our diaries and our excellent display is up in the corridor - look out for this at Parents' Evening next week!
In maths, Miss Bairstow's group have been finishing off their work on multiplication and looking at formal methods for division. Mrs Trotter's group have been finishing their work on rounding and moving on to formal methods for addition.
In topic, we have been learning about rationing and creating some propaganda posters linked to this.
An additional rationing WW2 history/DT homework task has gone home this week too. It runs from now until the week before Christmas and is a chance for you to have a go at making some WW2 inspired recipes at home!
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Bairstow
Weekly Update - 9.10.26
Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Maple Tree Class Blog
Hello,
This week we have been busy writing our evacuee diary entries! Most of us are almost finished and we are looking forward to publishing these next week. Hopefully we will have a display of these up for parents' evening so be sure to look out for our amazing work!
In maths, Miss Bairstow's group have been looking at square and cube numbers, as well as formal methods for multiplication. We also had a visit from Mr White, a maths teacher from Benton Park, on Friday. He delivered a Year 6 into Year 7 style algebra maths lesson to give the children a taste of what is to come next year! Mrs Trotter's group have been practising their rounding skills.
Have a good weekend!
Miss Bairstow
Weekly Update 2.10.26
Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Maple Tree Class Blog
Hello,
This week we have started gathering ideas and planning our evacuee diary entries. Our trip provided some excellent inspiration for this! We also completed a topic lesson where we considered the type of belongings evacuees would've packed to take with them.
In maths, Miss Bairstow's group have been learning about factors, multiples and primes. Mrs Trotter's group have been continuing their work on place value.
We were hoping to share some trip pictures with you this week but have had a slight technical hitch - hopefully we will be able to upload these ASAP.
Have a lovely weekend!
Miss Bairstow
Weekly Update - 25.9.26
Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Maple Tree Class Blog
Hello,
Our highlight of the week was definitely our exciting trip on Wednesday! Year 5 and 6 visited the Worth Valley Railway to spend the day as evacuees and find out what life would've been like for children during WW2. We will be basing our writing for the rest of the half term on this visit and it ties in nicely with our topic work too. More photographs to follow next week!
This afternoon, we received a visit from some members of staff from Benton Park to talk to the children about secondary school and their upcoming open days. The deadline for applying for secondary school places is 31st October if you have not already done so.
Have a lovely weekend!
Miss Bairstow :)