Welcome to Maple Class

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Hello everyone and welcome to Maple Class. This year will be filled with many exciting opportunities and experiences for our children.

Class Teacher: Miss Wilson

Class Teaching Assistant: Miss Crowther

PE DAYS: Tuesday and Friday

We hope you've had a lovely half-term and are ready for a brilliant last half-term of the school year.

English

This term we are continuing with our unit of recounts. We have been looking at a diary entry about a plane crash. We have started planning our own plane crash which will land in the USA as this was our last geography unit. This half-term we will start writing our diary entry.

Guided Reading

Guided reading will be done using a whole-class approach.  We will be reading our class novel 'The boy who grew dragons'.

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 children will finish their unit on money before moving onto time.

Year 4 will finish their unit on decimals before moving on to money.

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 focusing on forces and magnets, whilst year 4 will be looking at sound. Year 3 forces and magnets will include looking at push and pull forces, how magnetic forces act at a distance and looking at the different poles on a magnet. The year 4 sound unit will include looking at how sound is made, investigating vibrations and understanding how we hear sound and how we can reduce the sound we hear.

Geography

This half-term we will be learning all about Mexico. We will be looking at comparing Mexico and the UK, identifying Mexico on a map, looking at the weather and climate of Mexico, understanding the physical geography of Mexico and looking at the Mexican culture.

P.E

PE will continue to be taught in mixed-year groups with PE taking place on Tuesday 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