Welcome to Maple!

Year 4

This half term our topic is the Vikings, we will be exploring this in humanities.  We will also be using, 'Arthur and the Golden Rope' by Joe Todd Stanton as our vehicle text in English; we will be writing to inform; an instructional guide to defeat a Viking monster. 

In history sessions, we will be studying all about the Vikings, looking at struggles through different time periods; the areas of history already explored from the Stone Age to the Romans, the key events between the Anglo Saxons and Vikings; political, economic, religious and military conflicts. We will then explore Viking culture and look at the reliance of historical sources for both the Anglo Saxons and Vikings. 

In Design and Technology lessons, we will be constructing Viking Longboats. We will be continuing to learn about electricity in our Science lessons.  

This term, in RE we will be discussing key themes in Judaism: Abraham and Moses; exploring religious and non-religious texts. 

Forest School is every other Wednesday starting on Wednesday 5th March.  Please come in your forest school clothes.  Make sure you have waterproofs and wellies or walking boots.

This term, PE will be swimming lessons on a Thursday continuing on 27th February.  We will be having a PE lesson every other Wednesday starting on 26th February.  Please make sure you have your PE kit in school, these should be available in school all week. 

We are using Class Dojo for our positive praise.  Here is the class link 

https://www.classdojo.com/ul/p/addKid?target=class&class=CE5AFFF

If you have anything you wish to discuss, please do not hesitate to contact me at

jpriest@smallwood.cheshire.sch.uk