Hello and welcome to the Maple Class page for 25/26!

We have a fabulous team of 27 children in the Maple Class this year, made up of year 3 and year 4 children. Mr Eustace, Miss Neale and Mrs Prescott will join the team for parts of the week, and the class teacher is Mr Starkey - me!

ClassDojo is the main route of communication for daily updates, but the website will be updated termly for links to our documents and anything else that comes along.

Thank you!

Term 6

Hello and welcome back to the final half term of this academic year! We have some more great learning to engage the class in this half term, as well as some more exciting experiences along the way.

In maths, we will consolidate our thinking last term about perimeter, area and fractions, before moving onto thinking about money and other units of measure. In literacy, we will read the fantastic children's novel Charlotte's Web. We will also read about Jacques Cousteau, creating a piece of fictional writing about him as well as turning our attention towards biography writing.

The wider curriculum subjects include science, where year 3 children will be thinking about plants, and year 4 children will be thinking about materials such as solids, liquids and gases. We will have a fantastic geography project this term focussed on Sao Paolo in Brazil, allowing us to remind ourselves about our rivers topic earlier in the year as well as learning about the geography of the area. Part of this geography project will enable us to learn about the artistic style of typography, where we will create a map of Sao Paolo.

In Religion and World Views, the children will recap their knowledge about the Sikh faith, and they will also consider the question: What does it mean to be a Sikh in Britain today? In PE, the class will take part in cricket and tennis activities, learning skills specific to each sport as well as playing some games based around these sports. We will also discuss money in PSHE and learn about rhythm and pulse in music.

Key information and dates for the term:

• Children will need to have their learning journals, reading book and reading records in school each day. 
• Please send children in with water bottles (and we can top these up throughout the day) and a healthy snack for play time.
• Weather depending, please consider applying sun cream before school and sending the children in with sun hats and/or glasses. (Children may independently reapply some throughout the day if needs be.)
• PE kits are to be worn on a Wednesday and Thursday this term.
• Mr Alfieri has invited the parents of year 3 children into school on Thursday 4th June 3:30pm - 4:00pm to discuss the class structure for year 4.
• The year 4 Multiplication Tables Check will take place during the first 2/3 weeks of term. (We will be giving the children lots of opportunities to practise in school.)
• The Corby athletics trip is on Wednesday 10th June, and this is for the children only.
• The school's sports day is on the morning of Wednesday 24th June.
• Transition afternoons will take place on Monday 29th June and Monday 6th July.

As always, please contact me directly through ClassDojo or via the school office with any questions you may have. Alternatively, catch me on the playground at the end of the school days! 

Looking forward to spending the summer term with the Maple team!