Maples

Welcome to Class 4 – The Maples

Our Class Teacher is Mr Pillans.

Our 1:1 Teaching Assistants are Mrs Kirk in the mornings and Mrs Lound in the afternoons.

In our class we have 17 children.

We really enjoy learning in our classroom, keeping fit and healthy in PE, learning through exploring in our Wild At Heart outside area and commencing our KS2 adventure.

If you have any questions relating to Maples Class, please contact me through Class Dojo or Google Classrooms. More general enquiries should be directed through the school office please.

Mr Pillans

The curriculum covered in Maples Class:

	Autumn term		Spring term		Summer term
History	Prehistoric Britain		Ancient Egypt
Geography	A brief introduction to Europe		Rivers and the Water Cycle – Following the River Nile.		The UK in detail, Map Skills and our local study.
Science	Rocks		Animals including humans	Plants	Light	Forces and Magnets
Art/DT	Prehistoric art: Working in paint and clay.		Water Colour and scenes of the Nile. Artistic Focus – Joseph Raffael.		Jewellery Making: Researching, designing and making jewellery.
PSHE	Aiming high	Team	It’s My Body	Be Yourself	Britain	Money Matters
Music	Singing, harmony and preparation for Christmas.		Pulse, Metre and Rhythm Improvise and compose music.		History of music and focus on composers. The Baroque and Classical periods.
PE	Multi-skills/ Boot Camp	African dance / Mighty movers	Groovy gymnastics/ Skip to the beat	Brilliant ball skills/ Gymfit circuits	Throwing and catching / Cool core	Swimming / Active athletics / Fitness frenzy
RE	Hinduism: Deities, key figures and symbols	Islam: Allah, visual symbols and mosques.	Christianity: Symbols in the bible, worship and churches		Big questions: What does it mean to live a good life?
Computing	Computing and Online safety		Research and presentations – How and why the pyramids were built.		Photography and image editing.	Animating and graphics.
French			House and home		Fruit and vegetables	Transport