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Maple Class Blog – Easter 2024
Well what a dramatic start to the Easter holiday! I hope that no-one had planned a long walk or at least that you took an inflatable dinghy with you.
English
We are working towards a fairytale retelling based on Carol Ann Duffy’s – The Princess’ Blankets. As a warm up, the children have used Kit Wright’s poem – The Magic Box to create some truly wonderful noun phrases to describe items that will be put in ‘the box’ which will become ‘a blanket’.
How could our princess not be warmed by these images?...
‘The haunting hoot of an owl on a crisp winter’s night.’
‘The skip of a little girl picking blackberries’.
‘A sip of molten gold from a glowing rainbow’.
‘The trickly of sand as it counts away time.’ Wonderful work, year 6!
Please also see below a spelling list for the Easter hols. These are all words that will be useful in our story writing after the break.
variety especially muscle
persuade curiosity guarantee
suggest Definite/definitely immediately
appreciate temperature determined
rhythm recommend desperate
necessary recognise sacrifice

Maths.
Times tables will always be something to keep practising. How about trying these fun BBC videos which tackle your times tables in an active way and get you moving – a bit of silly but very useful fun which are definitely good for a rainy day. Super Movers: Times Tables Collection (bbc.co.uk)
In Geography, we have been considering the effects of globalisation on our lives. The most recent focus has been on the fast fashion industry and how components of an item can come from many different countries. A challenge for the children is to choose a fashion item and try to find out all the different countries that could have contributed to its production - perhaps an annotated map could show this.
After the holiday, we move back to History to consider 20th Century conflict – most especially world wars I and II.
I have also pasted pictures of the first couple of completed Art pieces. We made wool collages of the princess’ blankets from our English story in a cubist style.
Finally, can I say a huge ‘Well Done’ to everyone for your efforts on our Meldon walk. I have included a few pictures below. The support that you all gave to one another was fantastic to see and you were a credit to your families and one another.
Have a super holiday,
Best wishes,
Mrs Armstrong