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 10/1/25)

Happy New Year!

It's been a busy first week of Term 3, and the children have settled back into our familiar routines.

In English, this term we're reading The Great Kapok Tree. This book, set in the Amazon rainforest, tells the tale of one great tree and all those creatures that consider it home.

This week, we've used the front cover to make predictions about the book. We've also learnt about the difference between using s for plural, and 's to show possession. We used this grammar knowledge, and our work on purposeful adjective last term, to write descriptions of an illustration from the book.

In maths, we've been considering different strategies to help us with mental arithmetic, and when it's efficient to use these. For instance, adjusting:

684 + 299 =

299 is very close to 300, so it's more efficient to do 684 + 300 = 984

Then we adjust, as we've add 1 too many: 984 - 1 = 983

684 - 299 =

299 is very close to 300, so it's more efficient to do 684 - 300 = 384

Then we adjust, as we've subtracted 1 too many: 384 + 1 = 385

On Fridays this term, Year 3 are at forest school - they really enjoyed their first day in the woods this week, and do keep an eye on this webpage for photos of their woodland adventures!

Meanwhile on those Fridays, Year 4s will be covering geometry in maths (this week we focused on angles), programming in Computing, and printing in Art.

Homework

I've set a new homework on spag.com, focusing on plurals and apostrophes, which we've been learning about this week. This homework includes some challenging questions, and we will look at some of these as a class next week.

TTRS certificates will resume next week - those children who have 'Gone Green' will now also receive questions in the 20x and 30x tables, to extend their learning.

Check out the gallery below to see some photos of our learning!