Welcome to Maple Class

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Hello everyone and welcome to Maple Class. I hope you have had a half term and are ready for our second half term of the acadmeic year.  

This year will be filled with many exciting opportunities and experiences for our children.

Class Teacher: Miss Wilson

Class Teaching Assistants: Miss Sykes and Mrs Woodhead

PE DAYS: Monday and Friday

No Forest School

English

Firstly, we will be continuing our non-fiction unit were we have been looking at non-chronological reports about different sports. 

After, we will begin look at a fiction unit based on the story Grimwood. We will look at exploring events and characters, punctuation dialogue and how we can add description using conjunctions.

Throughout the half-term, we’ll be looking at different pieces of writing that include character and setting descriptions.

Guided Reading

Guided reading will be done using a whole-class approach.  We will be reading our class novel 'How to train your Dragon'.

We have a real passion for reading at Water Primary School, and we encourage our children to have a love of books and reading also.  

Maths

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In Maths, we will continue to use Power Maths and the children will be taught in year groups.

Year 3 will continue with addition and subtraction before moving onto multiplacation and division.

Year 4 will conintue with addition and subtraction before moving onto area and multiplaction and division.

Timetables are also a very important part of maths, and we will continue to develop our understanding of this by using TT Rockstars daily.  It would also help the children considerably if they practise at home. 

Please note that Year 4 will carry out a timetables check in July 2025.

Science

In science, year 3 will be looking at rocks, they will observe rocks closely looking at their qaulities and features. They will also look how they are formed and explore the fosill hunter Mary Anning in more detail.

Year 4 will be looking at living things and their habitats. They will look at what living things are and how they are classified, inspect living things in more detail and complete drawings in more detail as scientists would.

Geography

This half-term we will be learning all about climate zones and biomes . We will be looking at what weather and climate is, what climate zones are, describing latitude and geographical location, biomes and vegetation belts, climate change and the effect it can have on our environment.

History

This half-term we will be looking at the Romans and, in particular, Queen Boudicca. We will learn about who the Romans were and why they invaded Britain, what life was like before the Romans, who Boudicca was and why she rebelled, what happened during Boudicca's revolt, what the consequences were of Boudicca's resistance and how should Boudicca be remembered.

P.E

PE will continue to be taught in mixed-year groups with PE taking place on Monday afternoons and Friday afternoons for all children in Maple Class. Please could you ensure that children come to school wearing the correct P.E. kits on the day of their session. 

Readers

We expect children to be reading at home most nights for around 10/15 minutes. We want to encourage a love of reading as much as possible so that children can understand the key aspects of reading.

Snack

If you wish for your child to have snack, this will need to be paid via Parent Pay.

A note from Miss Wilson

If you have any questions or concerns, my door is always open.

I look forward to a great year in Maple Class.

Miss Wilson