Maple Tree Class Blog
Maple Tree Class Blog
Christmas Update - 22.12.23
Mrs Trotter (l.trotter) on: Maple Tree Class Blog
Hi everyone,
Just a quiet lead up to the big day this week.....
Completion of our Design and Technology project 'Marbellous Structures'.
UKS2 Performance 'A very Victorian Christmas'.
Making Victorian Christmas cards.
Christmas Party
UKS2 football tournament
Christmas jumper and dinner day.
and finally....
THE HOLIDAYS!
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM MAPLE TREE CLASS!
We hope you and your families enjoy the festive break. Thank you for our lovely gifts.
See you in 2024!
Mrs Trotter, Miss Simms and Mrs Senior
Weekly Update 15.12.23
Mrs Trotter (l.trotter) on: Maple Tree Class Blog
Hello,
It has been a very Christmassy week in school. Maple Tree Class have enjoyed watching both the early years and Key Stage 1 performances which were both fantastic! We have also been busy preparing for our own performance 'A Very Victorian Christmas'. The children have worked hard to learn songs and recite a poem.
Next week, is the final week of the term and it is jam packed with activities, the performance, the Christmas party and a UKS2 football tournament.
We will all be ready for the holidays by next Friday!
Mrs Trotter
Weekly Update 8.12.23
Mrs Trotter (l.trotter) on: Maple Tree Class Blog
Hi,
It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas in school this week. The class is decorated and we have been busy linking the curriculum with a Victorian Christmas. Below are the verses of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' that Maple Tree Class have been learning ready to recite as part of the Christmas assembly on Tuesday 19th December. It would be great if the children could also practise this at home.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a pedler just opening his pack.
His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly
That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
In English, we have also been learning about one of the most famous Victorian authors Charles Dickens and two of his most well known characters Oliver Twist and Fagin. The children have read extracts from the novel and watched several clips from different film versions in preparation for writing some character descriptions. We will also be reading extracts from another Charles Dicken novel with a strong Christmas theme. Can you guess what it is?
Have a super weekend.
Mrs Trotter