A Viking skald ( a Norse bard) raided Maple Class on the first day of this spring term for the children’s ideas on synonyms as they began new work in English on Viking kennings (two word riddles) and spells.

He told them about what Vikings were (raiders from Scandinavia) and the legacy they left behind in Britain.  He shared two spells from Odin’s Edda – one of the great collections of Norse poems.

Hello and welcome back to school!

We hope that you have had a lovely and restful summer and are looking forward to the new term as much as we are in Maple class.

We have had a very busy 1st full week back in school. We have been learning the ‘meet and greet’ song in French. In Science, we have been learning about sound vibrations and how sound travels. We did a mini investigation with a drum and some rice to show how the size of vibrations change depending on the loudness of the sound.

For Roald Dahl day, we made our own bookmarks and we had a lovely afternoon reading with some children from nursery. We also took a class photo to show off our amazing Roald Dahl day costumes!

Please continue to read with your child regularly. The children should have brought home their free read book and their new reading record. Logins for Times Tables Rock Stars will be going home next week. New spellings will be given out each week. There will be no traditional spelling test but you may wish to practise these further at home.