Spring Term 2026

Welcome to the Spring term. I've updated this page with information about our curriculum and homework for this term.

Please get in touch if you have any concerns or queries. 

Class Timetable 

Curriculum

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Reading 

We have updated some children's colour bands and will be continuing to do this throughout the term. Please try to read regularly at home and sign the planner to show which pages have been read. Ideally aiming for 3-5 times a week. Please can planners and books be kept in bags as we may need them for reading throughout the week.

All planners and books will be checked on a Monday. If a book is completed before then children can pop it into the basket in class and they will be changed throughout the week.

When reading please encourage:

• Reading the text at a steady pace, re-reading to gain understanding
• Talking to you about what the text is about- summarising
• Discussing unknown words and strategies to work them out
• Answering questions about the text.

Spelling

Improving spelling has been identified as a key priority for Maple class. We follow the Lancashire Red Rose Spelling scheme and from the Spring term we will be increasing delivery of this to 4 times a week. Your child will learn spellings for their age group whilst also revisiting spellings from previous years. To support this learning in class, I will be sending home a list of spellings for children to learn each week. Some children will be working on securing the Year 2 Common Exception Words, whilst others will be working on the Year 3/ 4 list.  

There are some strategies from the spelling scheme that we use in class that will help them to practise at home. They are familiar with all of these strategies. I’ve attached an outline of each below. I will send spellings home on a Monday on a template they can use to apply these strategies. The following Monday we will have a spelling test on these words and new words will be given out. The purpose of this is to really encourage this practising at home and for children to see the importance of this. Whilst we are teaching this regularly in class, the main way children will learn these spellings is by regularly, repeatedly practising to write them. Your support at home to do this will be really valuable and much appreciated.  

You may find that your child can already spell the words sent home. I would still encourage them to practise as we often find that this spelling knowledge isn’t applied in their writing. For a challenge they can practise putting these words into sentences (with the correct punctuation). 

Read, Turn/cover, Write, Check 

Children read the word aloud. They then turn/cover the word. They then write the word from memory. Finally, children look back at the original word to check their spelling and correct if necessary.  

Triangle Words 

Children attempt to write a word repeatedly over several lines.   Each time, they add the next letter in the sequence until they have written out the full word, e.g.  

 b 

b u 

b u s 

b u s i 

b u s i n 

b u s i n e  

b u s i n e s 

b u s i n e s s 

 Sticky Note Spelling 

Can be completed on a sticky note or a small piece of paper folded into four quadrants. Grids are provided on the weekly practise sheet sent home.  The focus word is written in the top left-hand quadrant.  The child traces over the adult's writing, before copying the word in the top right-hand quadrant.  Covering the top two quadrants, the child then writes from memory the word in the bottom left-hand quadrant.  Finally, the child then writes the focus word in the bottom right-hand quadrant, this time with their eyes closed!   

Maths Homework

Weekly tasks will be set on Mathletics each Tuesday. All children have their logins stuck into reading records. These tasks will be linked into current in-class learning and will therefore really help children to consolidate these concepts. Mathletics delivers teaching points and adapts to each child's ability, providing a personalised learning experience!

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Extra tasks?

Here's some things to do that can further support your learning while at home.

Maths

• Go to our times tables page and practise your times tables. Year 3s you must learn your 3x, 4x and 8x tables. Year 4s you must learn them all. 
• Matheletics or Times Table Rock Stars (all logins are in reading records)

English

• Grab your reading book (either one from school or one from home) and have a read. Find 5 words you don't know the meaning of and find the definition using context or a dictionary. Draw a picture of your favourite character from what you picture in your mind. Write a different ending to the story you are reading. Write a book recommendation or review to share with the class. 

Additional Links

Below I have attached some links to useful websites.