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Year 3 & 4 Marvellous Maples and Jolly Junipers
Marvellous Maples Teacher: Miss G Steven
Jolly Junipers Teacher: Miss C Hodges
Marvellous Maples TA:
Marvellous Maples 1:1 TA Support: Mrs K Allison
Jolly Junipers 1:1 TA Support:
Jolly Junipers TA: Miss Harrison
Marvellous Maples Classroom
Classroom
Classrooms
Our classrooms are well organised to promote the children’s independence and to ensure the best from all of our children. Both classrooms have working walls for English and Maths to aid the children with their work. We also have Topic boards where we proudly display the children’s work and photographs of their learning.
Jolly Junipers Classroom
Classroom
School Council
Every class has at least one school councillor to help share their classes’ views and make changes across the school.
School Councillor for Marvellous Maples
School Councillor for Jolly Junipers
Class Dojo Masters
Every class has at least 1 dojo master. The dojo masters help show visitors around school and explain what they are/have been doing in class.
Dojo Masters – Marvellous Maples
Dojo Masters – Jolly Junipers
Master 1
Master 2
Master 1
Master 2
Our Curriculum
Click on the tabs below to find out more information about each topic. Throughout the year we will also add pictures of memorable experiences and hooks!
During this topic, the children will be completing a study looking at British History beyond the year 1066. We will also be focussing on Queen Elizabeth II during art where we will be having a go at drawing a portrait of Her Majesty in charcoal.
Quality Text
Our quality text this term:
Little Red by David Roberts
Little Red is on his way to visit his grandmother on the other side of the wood. Ignoring all warnings of wolves in the wood, he removes his coat and strays from the path. That’s when the greedy wolf, lurking in the wood, hatches an evil plan. He steals the little boy’s red coat and hurries to the cottage to gobble up Little Red’s shortsighted grandmother. But once the wolf’s had his dinner, he’s ready for dessert… meaning Little Red is next on the menu! But can a keg of delicious sparkling ginger beer save him from a gruesome end?
Hook
The Hook
To start our hook off, we read through some instructions and found out that we were making Gingerbread men. So we followed the instructions and made ourselves some Gingerbread men.
Once we had made the mixture to our Gingerbread men, we put them in the oven until they were done. Once they were finished, we decorated them using icing, chocolate chips and marshmallows.
Experiences
Our Experience:
Coming soon!
Throughout this term, we are going to be looking at volcanoes and earthquakes where we will be making our own model volcanoes in design and technology. We are also going to be looking at different materials and states of matter.
Quality Text
Our key text this term:
Escape from Pompeii by Christina Balit
Travel back in time to the days of the Roman Empire and join Tranio, the son of an actor, and his friend Livia, the baker’s daughter, in witnessing the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79. Tranio, like most Roman boys, likes to watch whatever is going on: tradesmen selling their goods, ships unloading their exotic cargoes, politicians making speeches in the forum. But one hot August day a very different scene unfolds. The ground begins to shake, the sky to darken. People run gasping for air. Heading for the harbor, Tranio and his friend Livia hide on a boat and witness one of the most terrifying moments in recorded history-the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the destruction of their beloved city, Pompeii.
Hook
The Hook
This term our book is all about Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii. For our hook, we made a volcano, used papier-mâché and then painted them.
Once our volcanoes had dried and set, we asked the parents to come in and we made them erupt on the playground. We used baking powder and vinegar with red food colouring to make it look like lava.
Experiences
Our Experience:
For our experience afternoon, we asked the Past Presents people to come in and the children experienced what it would have been like to spend a day in Pompeii when the volcano had erupted. We did a mixture of activities of lifting things off of buildings, putting the fires out in the houses and crawling around on the floor to get out of a building.
In Traders and Raiders, we will be focussing on the Vikings and the Anglo-Saxons. We will be looking at where the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons lived and how the counties have changed over time. In art and design, we will be printing on fabrics, creating Anglo-Saxon textile designs.
Quality Text
Our key text this term:
Thor and the serpent
Everyone in the village feared for what they thought was in the sea. Until one day that their thoughts became true, when a fisherman saw a monster in the sea. Thor sets off with his fishing rod and has a battle which uses all his strength.
Hook
The Hook
For our hook this term, we watched a video about a Viking and then we made a longboat which would have helped him to escape the monster.
Experience
Our Experience:
For our experience this term, we had the Past Presents people in again to teach us all about the Vikings. We learnt about how the viking prep their ships for battle, how they fought and what happened to them when they died.
In Burps, Bottoms and Bile, we will be looking at animals and humans digestive system and their skeletons. We will will also be looking at healthy diets and how to prepare and cook food in design and technology.
Quality Text
Our key text this term:
Poppy, Waldo and the Giant by Pie Corbett
The day that Poppy thought she saw a giant was the first day of the summer holidays.
Who is this giant and what are they doing around where Poppy lives?
Hook
The Hook
Someone raided our classroom!
Whilst we were out, someone helped themselves into our classroom and raided our book corner. They left huge white footsteps and they left us a piece of paper with a strange story on it.
Experiences
Our Experience:
Coming soon!
As part of Design and Technology, we will create a moving robot – how exciting!
We are very lucky this term to be having a community artist Kate to help deliver our art lessons – we will be making metal structures. Parents will be able to come into school on the 16th May to create metal jewellery with the children – Yay!
In PE, we shall be learning to play badminton.
King of the birds
Our key text this term:
The Robot and the Bluebird by David Lucas
There was once a robot with a broken heart, good for nothing but expiring slowly on a scrap heap. Then one winter’s day a migrating bluebird lands on his shoulder, too exhausted to go further. The robot offers her shelter in the place where his heart used to be, and her warmth and singing and companionship stir up the last glimmer of energy the robot has; he carries her across snowy wastes to the warm south, whereupon his strength dies out finally. And there he still stands today like an old hollow tree, home every year to singing birds.
Hook
The Hook
Coming soon!
Experiences
Our Experience:
Coming soon!
In Blue Abyss we are going to be looking at living things and their habitats and food chains. In Geography, we are going to be identifying the positions and the importance of many key parts that a globe tells us. We are also going to be thinking about climate change on the water cycle and the availability of drinking water.
Jack and the Beanstalk
Our key text this term:
The Shark in the Dark by Peter Bently
The shark in the dark is big, mean and greedy and he enjoys tormenting all the little fishes in the depths of the ocean. Until one day, a squid comes up with a cunning plan to unite the fish and teach the shark a lesson he’ll remember forever.
Hook
The Hook
Coming soon!
Experiences
Our Experience:
Coming soon!
Our Experiences and Opportunities
We will be doing lots of exciting things over the year. Click on the tabs below to see the photos of what we have been up to.
To start our hook off in Autumn 1, we read through some instructions and found out that we were making Gingerbread men. So we followed the instructions and made ourselves some Gingerbread men.
Once we had made the mixture to our Gingerbread men, we put them in the oven until they were done. Once they were finished, we decorated them using icing, chocolate chips and marshmallows.
Autumn 2’s book was all about Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii. For our hook, we made a volcano, used papier-mâché and then painted them.
Once our volcanoes had dried and set, we asked the parents to come in and we made them erupt on the playground. We used baking powder and vinegar with red food colouring to make it look like lava.
For our experience in Autumn 2, we asked the Past Presents people to come in and the children experienced what it would have been like to spend a day in Pompeii when the volcano had erupted. We did a mixture of activities of lifting things off of buildings, putting the fires out in the houses and crawling around on the floor to get out of a building.
For our experience in Spring 1, we had the Past Presents people in again to teach us all about the Vikings. We learnt about how the vikings prep their ships for battle, how they fought and what happened to them when they died.
Things You Need To Know
Home learning will help children to practice skills and consolidate knowledge learnt at school. For Marvellous Maples and Jolly Junipers, home learning will be given to the children on Friday and must be returned to school by the following Thursday.
Home learning club is available at lunch time if your child wishes to attend or requires extra support.
If children are struggling or you are unsure how to support your child, please message Miss Steven or Miss Hodges on Class Dojo.
Children will also have the option of completing topic related challenges which can be chosen from the grid on the topic page.
PE day for both Maples and Junipers is on Mondays.
The children need to bring in their PE kit to school, so that they can get changed in school, just before PE.
In September-December we do PE indoors. The children need to have shorts and a top in their bags. From January the children will be doing PE outdoors. They need to make sure that they have got warm clothes such as joggers and a hoodie.
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