Maple Class

Welcome to Maple Class!

Mr N Kent (class teacher)

Mrs A Breeze (TA)

Mrs F Dawson (TA)

Welcome to Maple Class, home to Years 3 and 4 at Wickhambreaux.

Just as maple trees change beautifully with the seasons, we encourage the children to embrace change, lead by example, and learn from their mistakes. Our class saying, "Making mistakes is how we learn!", reflects our belief in growing stronger and more vibrant with each new challenge.

Mr Kent, Mrs Dawson and Mrs Breeze aim to make learning fun, accessible and memorable. We hope your child enjoys the new challenges and approaches to learning that Key Stage 2 has to offer.

On this page you will find links to useful documents and resources that will give you an insight into the Lower Key Stage 2 curriculum. The unit overviews give a summary of the units of work that we cover over the year. You can also read our latest class news and see photos of what we've been getting up to.

Latest Class News (updated 19/12/25)

It’s been a busy and festive final week of term! In DT, we were set a real challenge by Farmer Kareem from Nile Valley Farms: to design and make a new shaduf (a simple Ancient Egyptian irrigation device used to lift water from the river). Working in mixed-year pairs, the children showed fantastic teamwork as they carefully considered levers and fulcrums, testing their designs in our own mini River Nile. Congratulations to Wilfred and Sanaan on their winning shaduf!

We’ve also enjoyed all the Christmas celebrations this week — class parties, Christmas dinner, carols around the tree, and our Christingle service. When making our Christingles, the children thought carefully about the symbolism of each part and what it represents.

In art, we created beautiful carol singer collages, which you can see on display outside our classroom, above the music display.

We’d like to wish everyone a very restful Christmas, and we look forward to seeing you in 2026 as we begin our new theme: Natural Disasters and Mountains.

Homework

Once again, there have been lots of TTRS Rock Status certificates this week! All children can achieve a rock status by playing studio at least ten times. Regular practice at home is really beneficial: just 3–5 minutes, 4 or 5 times a week, makes a real difference!