Maple 

Welcome to Maple Class! Supporting your children in the classroom are: Angela Hughes the class teacher, as well as Callum, Nicole and Adrian, our amazing teaching assistants.

In our class:

• Special Breakfast is every Friday morning where we have a great range of tasty and healthy breakfast foods. We also celebrate our pupils' achievements throughout the week and our rights-respecting stars with certificates.
• Please log in to class dojo everyday to see what your child has been up to in school. Key messages and updates are also sent on class dojo. Here is the link:

https://home.classdojo.com

FOREST SCHOOL:

This term we will be taking part in Forest School activities every Tuesday.

Please make sure you send your child with sensible clothing and footwear on Tuesdays.

We will be outside and it may be wet. Waterproof clothing and footwear would be a good idea.

Our Learning Spring 1 2025

ENGLISH

This term we will be using the ‘Talk for writing’ approach in English.

The aim of ‘Talk for Writing’ is to develop imaginative, creative and effective writers. Children will become writers by:

Imitation, where children will listen to and learn a text.  

Innovation, where children will use some of the ideas previously heard in stories/texts and make a new version with teacher support

Invention, where children will independently create their own version of the stories/text previously heard.

We will be looking at a range of different texts over this half term.

 

 

MATHS

As mathematicians, we will focus on Number and Place Value, Addition and Subtraction as well as Multiplication and division

 

                  

Make sure you go on TT Rockstars and My Maths at home to do extra practice to help you. (see links at the bottom of the page).

 

SCIENCE

As scientists, we are focussing on Following in Darwin’s Footsteps.

‘How much variation is there in how we look?’

HISTORY

As historians, we will be learning about Leisure and Tourism.

Our big question is: ‘How did people spend their free time in the past?'

 

 

ART

As artists, we will be focussing on Painting.

 

D&T

As designers, will be looking at Structures. During this topic we will be studying Bridges.

 

COMPUTING

As technology users, we will look at E-Safety.

Keeping our children safe online is really important.

 

PSHE

As global citizens, the theme for this term is Keeping Safe.

 

RE

As global citizens, this half term, our key question is: What can be done to reduce racism?

 

PE

This half term we will be taking part in Dance

MFL

As linguists we will be learning new vocabularly linked to food in Spanish.

MUSIC

As musicians, we will be listening to a wide range of musical pieces and discussing how these make us feel and why?

 

Online Learning platforms:

Here below you can find our log in details for online learning:

Times tables rockstars: https://play.ttrockstars.com/  

Purple Mash: http/www.purplemash.com/  

My maths: https://www.mymaths.co.uk/  

Myon: https://www.myon.co.uk/login/index.html