Maples
Welcome to Maples we are a mix of year 3 and year 4 children. There are two adults in Maples, Ms Whelan the class teacher and Miss Darlington the teaching assistant.
Our first mini topic for this term is The Great Fire of London. We will be finding what London was like at the time of the fire, how the fire started, how long it lasted for the impact the fire had on the day.
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Maths
In Maths we will be following the White Rose scheme of work starting with place value before moving on to addition and subtraction. The children have a weekly session using Mathletics and will be given their details to be able to use their account at home if they wish.
English
In English we will be concentrating on recognising nouns and verbs before starting to write simple sentences. Our first book will be Traction Man is Here by Mini Grey and we will use this to write a non-chronological report.
Art
In Art we will be exploring using charcoal as a medium and we will explore making loose marks and drawing on a large scale.
Science
In Science we will be learning about bone, muscles and nutrition. Maples will be learning to name the major bones in the human body, finding out about muscles and also discovering if all animals have the same skeleton.
P.E
In PE Maples will be concentrating on developing our orienteering skills on a Monday. This will involve us developing our listening and co-operation skills. Please can you make sure that you send a full PE kit into school with trainers, which will be sent home at the end of every half term.
We expect every child to read at home at least 4 times during the week. Children who achieve this will be rewarded with a weekly raffle ticket and will be entered into a prize draw at the end of term where there will be the opportunity to win a variety of prizes.
