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 02/04/26)

This week in DT, the children became architects and engineers! Their challenge was to design and build a new skyscraper for Taipei that would become the world’s tallest building whilst also surviving a magnitude 7 earthquake.

The children began by researching architectural features used in real earthquake-resistant buildings, including pendulums, steel frames, shock absorbers and pyramid-shaped structures with a wide, stable base. They then produced careful scale drawings and built scale models, using the scale of 1 cm = 10 m.

Working in groups, the children showed excellent teamwork, communication and compromise as they developed their ideas together. There were some fantastic, creative models, which were then put to the test on our earthquake simulator to see how well they could withstand the shaking!

Wishing everyone a very happy and restful Easter break.

Homework

A new homework has been set on maths.co.uk covering addition and subtraction of decimal fractions. Please do encourage your child to do their workings on paper. Some children are not yet secure in exchanging, and we will continue to work on this next week.

This week our spelling focus has been 'challenge; words. Our focus words have been: centre, regular, minute, disappear, decide, heart, early, learn, notice, therefore. An assignment has been set on Spelling Shed with games practising 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!