Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
Year 5 children celebrated publishing their diary entries by reading their finished pieces to KS1 children. The diary entry was written from a perspective of a WW1 soldier on a battleship sailing in an Arctic convoy. It was great to see how proud and confident Year 5 children were when showcasing their work and to see the involvement and interest of our KS1 children.
EYFS had a visit from West End in Schools, were they took part in a Diwali Dance Workshop! The children learnt all about the celebration of Diwali and how it is often known as the 'celebration of light' before they retold the famous story of Rama and Sita through dance. The children had so much fun!
Graduation - Wow! We had a fantastic graduation on Monday. The children all looked fantastic and we are so immensely proud of each and everyone of them. Thank you again for all of your support throughout the year. We wish all of the children good luck as they head into year 1.
Havenswood - F2 had a fantastic trip to Havenswood on Tuesday. The children loved joining in the activities, making clay faces, wooden frames and especially going on the zipline. Thank you for all of the adults who supported with our trip.
This term, KS1 learnt new skills and new knowledge to help them answer the question: "how can art leave a lasting impression?" Yesterday, the children showcased everything they had learnt this term to their fellow Mapplewellians - the children showed their beautiful double page spreads and their bird baths which they sculpted using clay. They were inspired by nature when creating their sculpture and decided to leave a lasting impression on their local community by donating them to a local care home to improve the habitat of the local birds. The care home residents and care home helpers were so excited to meet some children from KS1! They were blown away by the children's artwork and to thank the children for their hard work, they shared some cakes and juice, and they played some games with the children. We are so proud of KS1 and the legacy they have left behind in their local area, there were smiles all around!
This year some year four children decide they wanted to try and grow some fruits and vegetables. They have done a lots of preparation, from preparing the soil to picking what they would like to grow. The children are really excited about digging up the vegetables they have grown. The children are growing potatoes, carrots, cabbages, leeks, beetroot, spring onion, pumpkins tomatoes, peas and beans. They are also growing strawberries and raspberries.
F1 showcased their end of enquiry masterpiece with the local artist Paul Lille. Each child helped to create the finished piece by painting lots of different sections of paper to produce a final picture. The children were able to tell him about the colour mixing techniques they had learnt and how we created our collaborative piece of art.
This week, the F2 children showcased their curriculum learning through answering the question "can nature inspire art?" The children have learnt about different artists and artistic skills before creating their own drawings and paintings based on flowers. We showcased our artwork in an art gallery for parents to come and see, and even had a visit from local artist, Paul Lillie! The children were very proud of their work and confidently told our visitors what they had learnt.
Year 3 and 4 hosted an Ancient Greek art exhibition for F2, KS1 and UKS2 this week.
They talked to their visitors about their pottery and the design process they went through to make it.
They also enjoyed showing their double page spreads and sharing lots of interesting facts about Ancient Greece lives, gods and goddesses and Olympics.
All of our visitor loved seeing the artwork, pottery and especially the amazing creative homework.
A representative from the Rotary Club presented a check for £250 and £100 to restock our supply of children's books in KS2 and purchase lots of lovely new books for our reading area. Receiving the cheques are our Head Boy and Head Girl. The £250 is being matched by Friends of Mapplewells so we will have the amazing total sum of £600 ! We are extremely grateful to the Rotary Club for their generous support, and we know that our children will really benefit from having some lovely new books from a wide variety of authors. We look forward to welcoming the Rotary Club back to Mapplewells when the books arrive
Year 3/4 took part in the Police workshop, asking and answering lots of questions. They got chance to sit in a police car and some tried on the police uniforms too! They learnt how the police help us to stay safe in our local community.
