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 10/07/26)

This week has been Sports Week with a sprinkle of reading!

We started the week with a visit from poet Jonathan Sellers as part of the Canterbury Children's Literature Festival. The children thoroughly enjoyed taking part in his interactive workshop, acting out poems and exploring how performance can bring poetry to life. Inspired by our class text, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, we then wrote our own poems about Joe the Monster, using imaginative language and vivid descriptions.

The rest of the week has been packed with sporting activities. The children took part in a rounders tournament, enjoyed a fantastic Sports Day, and even had the opportunity to play pétanque during their French lessons.

In art, we completed our collaborative James Rizzi-inspired cityscape collage, bringing together everyone's individual artwork into one colourful class display.

In R.E., we designed our own Humanist buildings, thinking carefully about Humanist values such as care for the natural world, freedom, community, equality, and celebrating human achievement through art, science, and music.

We rounded off the week with our annual Kick Back and Read – a lovely way to end a busy and enjoyable week.

A huge well done to all the children for their enthusiasm, teamwork and excellent sportsmanship throughout Sports Week. And a special congratulations to St Mary's for winning Sports Day - Mr Kent and Mrs Breeze were very happy!

Homework

This week our spelling focus have been words with the suffix -ally: basically, frantically, dramatically, historically, nationally, emotionally, accidentally, automatically, traditionally, specifically. 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!