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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 :)
Weekly Update - 18.9.26
Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Maple Tree Class Blog
Hello,
We have had a fantastic week - kickstarted (literally) with our exciting author visit from award winner children's author, Tom Palmer on Tuesday! Highlights have already been shared on the school Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/RuffordParkPrimaryandNursery/posts/this-morning-ks2-had-an-exciting-visitor-award-winning-childrens-author-tom-palm/122261192162100566/
In our English lessons, we used Tom's "scrapbooking" idea for planning our own original story entries to the BBC 500 word competition. More information about this can be found here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-words
It has been great to see a couple of children further their research and planning by making notes/bringing in pictures from home to add to their plans! We have some very dedicated writers who are hoping to be winners I think!
We have our exciting WW2 trip next week. Please see the information below from the original trip letter that was also shared on last week's blog.
Trip costume guidance:
We encourage all children to come dressed as evacuees to make the visit as authentic as possible. Please be assured that there is no need for costumes to be expensive or bought especially for the occasion. School uniforms and clothes that the children already have can easily be worn for the day with slight adaptations. There are a few sample ideas/suggestions below.
Boys: Dark trousers or shorts (no jeans), white shirt with a collar. If available, a flat cap would be great and a cardigan/jumper/tank top or jacket with black or brown shoes (school shoes are ideal!).
Girls: Simple pinafore style dress or school skirt and a white blouse. Cardigans/tank tops or jackets can also be worn. Long socks or tights and brown or black shoes (school schools are again ideal!). If available, a beret would be great and hair in plaits or tied back with a ribbon or headband.
We will be making evacuee labels to wear on the trip in school in September, so you do not need to provide one for your child as part of their costume.
Have a lovely weekend!
Miss Bairstow