Myland Community Primary School
Maple Class
Welcome to Maple Class
Classteacher: Miss N. Pender
2025-26
Tuesday 9th September
Welcome back Maple Class!
It has been lovely to welcome everyone back to school after the summer break. I have enjoyed hearing all about what the children have been up to over the summer holidays. Year 6 have been working hard to settle into new routines and I have been so impressed with all of the class. On Friday last week, the class enjoyed meeting their new Reception buddies and they are already proving to be fantastic role models to the younger children!
We have started our new topic and units of work since coming back to school. We have delved into our new book, ‘The Watertower’ which is proving to be very popular and eerie! This has helped us to think about suspense writing in English. We have completed lots of science experiments linked to our new topic, ‘Forces’ and Maple Class have enjoyed learning about the Vikings and where they came from in history.
I am extremely proud of how well Maple Class have started the beginning of their Year 6 journey. Every member of the class has come back to school with amazing learning attitudes! Keep it up Maple.
Miss Pender 😊
Academic Year 2024-25
A Final Farewell...
Well done YEAR 6! You have all worked incredibly hard and everyone at Myland is very proud of you all! Don't forget to come back and visit us when you can. Here are some photos from the production!
Friday 11th July
This week has been Class Swap Week and Year 6 have been busy with Mrs. Carter doing lots of different activities. It was lovely to have them all back in Maple on Thursday morning. It was wonderful to see lots of parents and children at Exhibition Evening on Thursday night. The children have worked so hard on their work this year and we are so proud of them.
Well done Year 6 – not long left now!
Have a lovely, sunny weekend. 😊
Friday 4th July 2025
It has been a very hot week in Maple Class, but the children have powered through the heat! This week, the class have been working hard to get their topic books up to date. They have completed their Proof of Progress (POP) task in science, showcasing their understanding of evolution and inheritance. I was really impressed with the outcomes. They have also enjoyed learning more information about the Galápagos Islands as part of their geography learning and have produced some fantastic leaflets!
We have had lots of rehearsal time for the production, too and the children are looking forward to performing soon!
Reminder: The Year 6 team have spoken to children about clothing/costumes for our production and they can start bringing in these as soon as possible. Please make sure that all clothing is named.
Thank you so much for your support. Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Pender 😊
Friday 27th June 2025
We have had a very different week in Maple Class this week because Year 6 have been out on their transition days. It has been incredibly quiet in the classroom! We started the week together on Monday, when some of the children enjoyed their second swimming session. I cannot believe the incredible progress that many individuals have already made. In topic afternoons, we have continued to explore the geographical features (human and physical) of South America. In science, the class enjoyed doing some independent research all about Charles Darwin using internet research and books from the library. On Friday afternoon, the children practised for sports day! Maple Class were excellent leaders and role models for their teams.
Well done Maple! Have a lovely weekend in the sunshine! 😊
Friday 20th June 2025
Maple Class started the week off with their first swimming session. During this session, the children were assessed by the swimming instructors. I was extremely impressed with everyone’s effort, enthusiasm and encouragement. A letter was sent out on Tuesday informing parents about future swimming sessions. I am also really impressed with Maple Class’ fantastic narrative writing this week! They have worked hard to use their setting description toolkit to bring their writing to life for their reader. In Science, the class participated in an experiment designed to demonstrate how different adaptations helped different finches in collecting food. This experiment was inspired by Charles Darwin’s findings on the Galapagos Islands. We also had very mature discussions about dealing with emotions, challenges and changes in PSHE.
Well done Maple Class! Have a great weekend. 😊
Friday 13th June 2025
We have had another very busy week in Maple Class! In our morning sessions, Year 6 have been working hard on their production and I am so impressed with everyone’s enthusiasm and acting skills this week. In English, we have explored the question: Should animals be kept in captivity? We have had some very mature discussions around this and the class have been writing a balanced argument about this topic. In Science, we have looked at inheritance and explored inherited and environmental traits that we get from our parents. Today, we continued our D.T. project by looking at count-controlled loops.
REMINDER: Swimming starts on Monday. The children will need a swimming costume/swimming shorts and a towel. They will also need an additional pair of shorts and a T-shirt for swimming safety skills. 😊
Well done Maple Class. Have a great weekend!
Friday 6th June 2025
It has been lovely to welcome the children back to school after the half term break. I hope everyone had a lovely break. This week, Maple Class have been working hard in English to write their own newspaper articles inspired by our class text, ‘Not My Fault’. I have been really impressed with how well everyone has used a formal tone and direct and reported speech. Each morning, we have continued our production rehearsals and I am so pleased to see how many children have learned their lines already! We have also started our new book: ‘What Mr Darwin Saw’ and have had some great discussions based around the story. Maple Class have also started lots of new topics in Science, Geography and D.T. On Thursday afternoon, we tested the step counters that we created in Computing and marched across the school.
Well done for a great first week back, Maple Class. Have a lovely weekend! 😊
Friday 23rd May 2025
This week, Year 6 have been introduced to their production (SIR DAVID HATTENSCARF AND THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD). They have enjoyed getting to know the songs and parts that they might be interested in. In English, we have been working hard this week to plan and write our own letters of complaint inspired by our class text (Not My Fault). The class have written formal letters complaining to the local council about the park. Maple Class have been brilliant at applying lots of different tools to ensure they have a formal tone for their audience. In the afternoons, Maple Class have enjoyed looking at how diseases are prevented in History and creating a mixed-media bust, inspired by Frink, in Art.
Well done Maple – have a lovely half term break.
Miss Pender and Mrs. Yearling
Friday 16th May 2025
WELL DONE YEAR 6!
Well done Year 6 for completing your SATs week! All of Year 6 have been absolutely amazing and the adults in Year 5 and 6 are very proud of their hard work. The children have shown resilience and have persevered brilliantly throughout the week. Thank you to all the parents that have sent in materials for us to use for our ‘junk modelling’ in Art. I know the children have really enjoyed creating their models this week too.
Well done Maple Class. Enjoy your well-deserved weekend!
Miss Pender and Mrs. Yearling 😊
Friday 9th May 2025
We have had another busy and productive week in Maple Class. This week, we have finished off our revision sessions in preparation for the SATs next week. The children have all worked incredibly hard and I am so proud of them. I look forward to seeing them at SATs breakfast (8am) on Monday 12th May. This week, Maple Class have also enjoyed learning about the importance of sleep on our health as part of our PSHE learning and they have continued their history by exploring the impact of the industrial revolution on illness, disease and medicine.
Well done for another great week Maple. Have a rest this weekend and enjoy the sunshine!
Miss Pender 😊
Friday 2nd May 2025
I have been really impressed with everyone’s topic work this week. The class have enjoyed learning lots of new topics in the foundation subjects. In history, we have been learning about previous pandemics and the class produced some fantastic work exploring the Black Death and The Great Plague. I was really pleased to see some creative writing! On Tuesday afternoon, the class explored their new art topic -3D sculptures. They used clay and a variety of tools to reconstruct their own faces! In science, we looked at the gestation period and life span of different animals.
Today, Year 6 also started planning and writing their own short narratives using a short video clip as inspiration.
Well done Maple Class. I hope you all have a lovely bank holiday weekend!
Friday 25th April 2025
It has been lovely to welcome the children back to school after the Easter break! We have started our new class text – 'Not My Fault' by Cath Howe. This book is all about relationships between siblings and we have already had some really mature discussions. On Thursday, Maple Class enjoyed the start of our history topic exploring changes in medicine through time. I have seen some beautiful work presented as timelines! We have also started some display work as a ‘hook’ into our new book. We used art to present the main character’s different emotions. I will upload some photos soon!
Well done Maple! 😊
Friday 28th March 2025
This week, Maple Class have continued revising a variety of different areas in the hall in our morning sessions:
Maths: units of measure, area, perimeter, volume, geometry, graphs
Grammar: apostrophes, parenthesis, punctuation (semi colons, colons and dashes), prefixes, suffixes and homophones
On Monday, the class enjoyed learning about the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb and have written some fantastic newspaper articles reporting on the event. The class have also enjoyed creating a large-scale collaborative collage as part of our art this half term. The results are amazing!
We have continued to explore our class text: Wonder and we are now reading from a different character’s perspective. We hope to watch the film on the last day of term.
Well done for another great week Maple Class! One more week left before the Easter holidays!
Friday 21st March 2025
This week, Maple Class have learned all about the Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses and they enjoyed researching their own using an iPad and our Ancient Egyptian books. In RE, we have been exploring Christian and Humanist beliefs and have continued our work with databases in Computing. I have continued to be impressed with all of Year 6 for their mature attitudes and hard work during our morning revision sessions.
Well done Maple! Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Pender and Mrs Yearling 😊
Friday 14th March 2025
Maple Class have continued to work really hard in the hall, completing their revision pages each morning. This week we have reviewed lots of different learning:
Maths – multiplying and dividing fractions; adding and subtracting fractions; fraction, decimal and percentage equivalences and ratio and proportion.
Grammar – conjunctions, clauses and phrases and tenses
The class also enjoyed exploring the process of mummification as part of our learning about Ancient Egypt. This week, we had some excellent discussions about the benefits of living in a diverse community in PSHE.
Well done for another great week, Maple. Have a lovely weekend! 😊
Friday 7th March 2025
Maple Class have continued to work hard in their morning revision sessions each morning in the hall. The children are getting confident with taking responsibility for their learning and marking their work independently when they have completed specific pages.
This week, we have revised a variety of different areas:
- Maths - short division, BIDMAS, estimation, properties of number and comparing fractions
- Grammar - pronouns, prepositions, determiners, sentence types, word families and synonyms and antonyms
We have also continued to work hard on our daily arithmetic and it has been great to see children improving each day. In the afternoons, we have delved into the world of Ancient Egypt and explored the everyday lives of people who lived during the time.
Friday 28th February 2025
It has been lovely to welcome the children back to school after their half term break! We have been busy in Year 6 as we have started our revision sessions altogether as a Year 6 cohort. I am so proud of all of the children because they have made such an excellent start to their revision. All week, I have witnessed fantastic, positive attitudes towards their learning. Thank you for encouraging your children at home to complete their pages each night and reminding your children to bring back their revision guides each day. In the afternoons, we have started lots of our new topics, including Ancient Egypt in history, which I know the class are very excited about.
Well done for a very busy first week back! 😊
Friday 7th February 2025
We have had a busy week in Maple Class this week. In maths, we have been following and finding rules linked to algebra and, in English, we have just started our new non-fiction unit (persuasion). The children enjoyed the final chapters of our class text: Stitch Head! This week is Children’s Mental Health Week and on Monday we completed some mental health activities linked to the emotion ANXIETY. The class enjoyed thinking of different synonyms for the word and discussing anxiety and how we could overcome it. They also enjoyed some gardening with Mrs. Richardson.
Well done for a great week, Maple! 😊
Friday 31st January 2025
We have had a great week in Maple Class. In Maths, we have been learning about ratio and proportion and using what we know to help us calculate what we don't know!
In English, we have completed our 'Tales of Fear' and I was really impressed with how everyone included the suspense tools we have learned so far.
Today, we enjoyed starting to create our own 'Stitch Heads' using the embroidery stitches we practised last week. We even managed to thread our own needles!
Have a great weekend,
Miss Pender and Mrs. Yearling
Year 6 SATs Information Evening
Here is the PowerPoint presentation shared at our recent SATs Information session for parents and carers