Maple Class
Welcome to the Summer Term in Maple Class. We are a Year 3 and 4 class. Mrs Baines is the class teacher, Mrs Hicks and Mrs Waring are the teaching assistants who support learning.
Our Learning:
Our topic this half-term is called Merry Go Round. Within this topic we are going to be creating our own pneumatic system.
The objectives for this topic are:
- Know how pneumatic systems work.
- Know that syringes and balloons can be uses to create different pneumatic systems.
- Design a product using thumbnail sketches and exploded diagrams.
- Make a pneumatic system that creates a desired motion.
- Assemble an appealing product that incorporates a pneumatic system.
- Test and finalise ideas against design criteria.
In Science, we will be focusing on Electricity. Within this unit, we will be looking at the following:
- To identify common appliances that run on electricity.
- To construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers.
- To identify whether a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery.
- To recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit.
- To recognise common conductors and insulators.
In PSHE, our topic is Bully Matters and we will be working on the following
- Know the importance of seeking support if feeling lonely or excluded.
- Recognise if a friendship (online or offline) is making them feel unsafe or uncomfortable.
- Recognise the impact of bullying and the consequences of hurtful behaviour.
- Know strategies to respond to hurtful behaviour.
- Know that our own behaviour can affect other people.
In Music, we will be looking at the following:
- Explain what ragtime music is.
- Play on the ‘off beat’ and sing a syncopated rhythm.
- Play a call and then improvise a response.
- Improvise or compose a scat singing performance with sounds and words.
- Compose and play a jazz motif fluently, using swung quavers.
- Play a swung rhythm using a tuned percussion instrument.
In RE, our key question for this half-term is: What can we learn from religions about deciding what is right and wrong?
In this unit we will learn the following:
- Know that the Golden Rule can be found in the thinking of many different groups of people.
- Know that acting in accordance with the Golden Rule can have an impact.
- Know how the Ten Commandments might affect the way a Jewish person lives their life.
- Know some values that matter to Humanists.
Useful information:
On a Thursday afternoon, all children will be learning how to play the Ukulele.
PE is on a Monday and Wednesday afternoon for both Year 3 and 4 this term so please send your child in their PE kit on this day. Please ensure that PE kits meet the criteria of plain t-shirt/their team colour and black/navy/grey bottoms (shorts, leggings or joggers). Please make sure your child has a named water bottle that they bring to school with them every day.
How you can help
Please ensure that your child reads four times a week. On a Friday, reading records will be collected in to check if this has been done since the previous week.
Also, please ensure that your child accesses TTRS (Times Tables Rock Stars) and Spelling Shed throughout the week. This is especially important for Year 4 children as they have their multiplication check in June.
A topic menu (creative homework) involving six challenges will be issued once every half term, where children can choose their own activities. Certificates will be given out depending on the number of challenges completed.
Useful Websites:
https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb/