MAPLE 2023 - 2024

Maple 

Welcome to Maple Class! The class teacher is Miss Miah and the teaching assistants are Olivia, Lesley and Leanne.

In our class:

• Our Teachers and TAs are committed to encouraging and putting in place reading schedules every Monday to Friday. We have a great range of books for all our pupils and are always available when they want to access and read them. Our school books are also available to borrow upon request and confirmed by the class teacher. We hope this will encourage and increase further reading knowledge for all our kids.
• Special Breakfast is every Friday morning where we have a great range of tasty and healthy breakfast foods. We also celebrate our pupils' achievements throughout the week and our rights-respecting stars with certificates.
• Please log in to class dojo everyday to see what your child has been up to in school. Key messages and updates are also sent on class dojo.

Our Learning Summer 2 2023

ENGLISH

Week 1 and 2:

We are looking at non-fiction texts with a focus on Romans. Children will learn what features are needed in a non-chronological report and at the end of the unit they will write their own report on Roman Crime and Punishment.

Week 3, 4 and 5:

We are going to write a letter to persuade. Children will read the texts The Light Thieves or The king who banned the dark. 

Week 6 and 7:

We are going to read a range of different poems and then try to write our own.

In all our written work, we will also be using Colourful Semantics to help us improve our sentence structure.

MATHS: We will be starting the term by looking at Division, Fractions, Geometry.  Make sure you go on TT Rockstars and My Maths at home to do extra practice to help you.

SCIENCE: We will be studying Human Nutrition. We will be learning about the digestive system and the importance of our teeth.

GEOGRAPHY: We are looking at the UK. We will be looking at atlases and maps to explore cities, rivers, seas and physical/human features of the UK.

ART: We will be working with Jo our school artist and  working on the skill of sculpture.

DT: We will be making food.  We will explore and develop ideas in making a savoury/sweet tart.

COMPUTING: This term we are going to be studying E-Safety. 

PSHE: The theme for this term is Transition. In Maple, we will be looking at what we have achieved this year and our goals for next year.

RE: This half term, our key question is: What can we learn from religions about deciding what is right and wrong?

PE: We are doing athletics. We will take part in lots of track and field events such as running races, jumping and throwing.

MUSIC: We have Jenny who comes in and allows us to experience using lots of different instruments.

Online Learning platforms:

Here below you can find our log in details for online learning:

Times tables rockstars: https://play.ttrockstars.com/

Purple Mash: https://www.purplemash.com/

Active learn: https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/

My maths: https://www.mymaths.co.uk/

Class Dojo: https://www.classdojo.com/