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 26/06/26)

This week in English, we read about Chitty flying over Canterbury Cathedral and Dover. We imagined we were on the beach watching Chitty fly overhead, using role play to explore the different reactions and emotions people might have had. We also revisited punctuating direct speech, focusing on how to correctly write conversations involving more than one speaker.

In maths, we focused on solving two-step word problems, using bar models to represent the structure of the problems and help us decide which calculations were needed.

In art, we explored the colourful pop art of James Rizzi, looking at his bold style and how he created busy, detailed scenes. The children created their own individual cityscapes and next week we'll collaborate to create a larger class James Rizzi-inspired cityscape, combining everyone’s ideas into one shared piece.

A huge well done to everyone involved in our High Tea performance — the children performed brilliantly, and we hope you enjoyed watching it.

Finally, a special mention for how well the children have coped with the heatwave this week. We have taken things a little more slowly, but they have continued to show enthusiasm and focus.

Homework

A new homework has been set on maths.co.uk, focusing on multiplying fractions by a whole number.

This week our spelling focus have been words with the suffix -le: battle, settle, article, humble, struggle, terrible, possible, example, capable, adjustable. An assignment has been set on Spelling Shed with games to practise this week's words. Also handwriting the words at home is good practice.

Don't forget to play TTRS! 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!