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  • Term 5, week 5

    Published 18/05/25, by Rachael Smallcombe

    Swimming last week was a great success, with all the children saying that they felt they had made progress and were loving the time in the pool. Again, this week, each group will spend 30 minutes in the pool every day, and I am sure they will continue to enjoy the lessons this week.

    Maths – in maths, we will be continuing the fraction unit, with the children comparing unit fractions and then looking at non-unit fractions.

    In Art, we will be continuing work on our still-life project.

    PE will be on Monday as usual, but swimming will take priority on Friday. We will be continuing with athletics this week.

    Science – our science will be all about plants for the remainder of this term, and moving into term 6.

    Time and Place – we will continue with our Ancient Egyptian topic.

    Homework will be issued on Tuesday and is due back the following Monday. If you have any questions about the homework, or if your child is having difficulty completing the work, please email, or leave a note in the homework book.

    Reading Records can come in every day, but should always be sent in on a Monday and Thursday. Books will be changed on those two days, but we will also do our best to change books every day if necessary. If you have any questions about your child’s reading level, please get in touch.

    If you have any questions, at any point in the year, please email the class email: maple@st-barnabas.kent.sch.uk. For any urgent messages, please email the main office email.

    Kind regards

    Mrs Smallcombe and the Maple Team

     

     

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  • Home Learning wc 12th May

    Published 11/05/25, by Rachael Smallcombe

    Maple Class Homework – Tuesday 13th May 2025

    (To be handed in by Monday 19th May)

    There are two ongoing activities on Purple Mash, to be completed weekly. One is a chapter from a book, with online activities, and the other is a recurring maths activity. There should be a notification each week on the individual Purple Mash opening page, with the Monster Multiplication game resetting each week.  If the schedule for the reading task is not showing, please find via the Serial Mash option. Purple Mash log-in details can be found in the front of the Home Learning books.

    This week’s main homework is a Maths sheet - please see attached.

    There is also a Wider Curriculum Matrix for terms 3 and 4, which you will find in the home learning book.

    In addition, please learn times tables and spellings.

    Spellings - This week we will be learning the following spellings.

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  • Term 5, week 4

    Published 11/05/25, by Rachael Smallcombe
    What an amazing week we had last week! The children worked so hard to make the show a huge success, and we are very proud of them all. I hope you were able to come along and see the show for yourself, but if not, I am sure your child will have told y
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  • Term 5, week 3

    Published 05/05/25, by Rachael Smallcombe
    This week is all about the ‘Show in a Week’! Please do check your emails regarding ticket sales for Thursday. It would be great to see as many of you there as possible. Another quick reminder: you will have received advice about cos
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  • Home Learning wc 28th April

    Published 27/04/25, by Rachael Smallcombe
    Maple Class Homework – Tuesday 29th 2025 (To be handed in by Tuesday 6th May)   There are two ongoing activities on Purple Mash, to be completed weekly. One is a chapter from a book, with online activities, and the other is a recu
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  • Term 5, week 2

    Published 27/04/25, by Rachael Smallcombe
    This week, we will continue focusing on the ‘Show in a Week’, joining forces with year 4 to build on the amazing results we have had so far. Another quick reminder: you will have received advice about costumes prior to the Easter holiday,
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  • Home Learning wc 21st April

    Published 22/04/25, by Rachael Smallcombe
    Maple Class Homework – Wednesday 23rd April 2025 (To be handed in by Tuesday 28th April) There are two ongoing activities on Purple Mash, to be completed weekly. One is a chapter from a book, with online activities, and the other is a rec
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  • Term 5, week 1

    Published 22/04/25, by Rachael Smallcombe
    Firstly, sorry about the delay in uploading this week’s blog post and homework will be issued tomorrow (Wednesday), due to the bank holiday yesterday. This week, we will be focusing on the ‘Show in a Week’, joining forces with ye
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  • Home Learning wc 31st March

    Published 30/03/25, by Rachael Smallcombe
    Maple Class Homework – Tuesday 1st April 2025 (To be handed in by Tuesday 22nd April) There are two ongoing activities on Purple Mash, to be completed weekly. One is a chapter from a book, with online activities, and the other is a recurr
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  • Term 4, week 6

    Published 30/03/25, by Rachael Smallcombe
    Last week was such a busy week! We had a great time at the Trinity, watching the Wild Robot and Friday’s sponsored walk was a huge success! In Whole Class Reading this week we will continue reading Alice in Wonderland, the abridged version.
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  • Home Learning wc 24th March

    Published 23/03/25, by Rachael Smallcombe
    Maple Class Homework – Tuesday 25th March 2025 (To be handed in by Monday 31st March) There are two ongoing activities on Purple Mash, to be completed weekly. One is a chapter from a book, with online activities, and the other is a recurr
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  • Term 4, week 5

    Published 23/03/25, by Rachael Smallcombe
    It was lovely to see so many parents and carers last week during the Parent Consultation meetings. If you haven’t yet managed to catch up, please message the Maple Class email, and I will organise a time for you to pop in. This week, we have
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