Maple Class - Year 3 & 4
Welcome to Maple Class
Hello everyone and welcome to Maple Class.
Class Teacher: Miss Lomas
Class Teaching Assistant: Miss Crowther
We hope you have all had a wonderful half-term and that you are feeling energised and ready for the busy half-term ahead.
English
We will begin the new half-term in English with a non-fiction unit. The children will be writing reports and recounts based on our book 'Real-Life Mysteries' by Susan Martineau. We will then move on to a poetry unit and the children will write their own poems.
Guided Reading
Guided Reading will be done using a whole class approach. We will be continuring with the beautiful novel, 'How to Train Your Dragon' by Cressida Cowell.
We have a real passion about reading at Water Primary School and we encourage our children to have a love of books and reading also.
Maths
In Maths, we will continue to use Power Maths and the children will be taught in year groups.
Year 3 children will be learning about length and perimeter and then moving onto fractions.
Year 4 children will be learning about fractions and then moving onto decimals.
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 2024.
Science
In science, our Year 3 children will study Plants. They will begin by learning how to identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers. They will then explore the requirements of plants for life and growth and how they vary from plant to plant.
Our Year 4 children will study electricity. They will begin by looking at the dangers of electricity and how we can keep safe when we are around it. They will then move onto learning how to construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers.
History
This half-term year 3 and 4 will be learning about The British Empire.
This will involve looking at Britains first empire, British influence in China, India and Southeast Asia, how trade in India grew, how the British Raj in India was established, the pros and cons of British rule in India and how Britian was influenced by other commonwealth countries.
P.E
PE will continue to be taught in mixed year groups with PE continuing to take place on Tuesday 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.
Forest School
This half-term, just the year 4 children will be going to the forest on a Friday morning. Please come to school in forest school clothes with PE to get changed into afterwards.
Spellers
The children will receive spellings every Friday to learn for the following week. We will complete our spelling activities every Friday.
Snack
If you wish for your child to have snack, this will need to be paid via Parent Pay.
A note from Miss Lomas
If you have any questions or concerns, my door is always open or feel free to message me on Dojo.
Thank you so much for your continued support.
Miss Lomas