Maple swimming permissions 2026

 

Year 4 2025-26 Swimming Lessons

In Year 4 the children will be having swimming lessons at the Central Park Leisure Centre. 

All parents/carers, please complete Google Form.

Each class will have one half an hour session each week in a block. 

Maple: Commencing in Spring. Date TBC

Maple class should get roughly 10 sessions each (STC) which will ensure they achieve the swimming requirements of the national curriculum in KS2 which are to:

- swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 meters
- use a range of strokes effectively
- perform a safe self-rescue in different water based situations

The children will leave school in the afternoon, accompanied by Year 4 staff, and we will make our way to Central Park Leisure Centre on foot. We will return to school before the end of the school day.

Your child will need:

• Swimming costume or swimming trunks (no bikinis please!)

• A towel

• A named bag to carry and store their items in

• A swimming hat 

• Goggles (not essential, but can be worn if preferred)

Children should come to school in their uniform and will get changed when we arrive at Central Park Leisure Centre. Please note, no aerosols or powders should be given to children, as these can cause problems for children with asthma.

All children, regardless of ability, will be taking part in swimming lessons as they are a National Curriculum requirement. Children will only be exempt from lessons with a signed and dated doctor’s note or certificate. 

If you have any questions or queries about this or any other swimming related issue, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Year 4 team via year4@broadford.havering.sch.uk.

Learning journey- Year 3

This week, the children have been exploring how punctuation can bring their reading to life. We looked closely at full stops, commas, question marks, and exclamation marks — tiny symbols that make a big difference!

Through shared reading, drama activities, and partner practice, the children discovered how pausing at a comma or raising their voice at a question mark can completely change the meaning of a sentence. They had great fun experimenting with expression, especially when reading aloud this week’s story.

As their confidence grew, the children began to notice punctuation more independently and used it to guide their tone, pace, and understanding. 

Sensational Science in Year 4

 This week in Year 4 we built great resilience by observing how matter changes states, which requires patience and focus! We used our resourcefulness to see condensation clearly by breathing on cold windows. Our teachers demonstrated boiling by safely heating water to create water vapour. We were reflective about the processes of melting and freezing, using reciprocity to discuss our scientific findings and observations.

"boiling requires bubbles and condensation is what that wet stuff on windows is called" Tommy, Elm

"Condensation is the opposite of evaporation." - Noah, Willow

"I have never thought about how closely these states of matter link before. " Finley, Maple

Year 4 Spellings 1.12.25

 Please find below Year 4's spellings for this week. Please encourage your child to practise their spellings every evening, so they are prepared for their spelling test on Friday.

	A	B	C
1	plantation	information	old
2	exploration	preparation	cold
3	accusation	cancellation	gold
4	declaration	temptation	hold
5	realisation	limitation	told
6	preservation	sensation
7	adoration	admiration
8	alteration	explanation
9	reservation	observation
10	anticipation	separation

01.12.25 Year3 Spellings

 

Look…Say…Cover…Write…Check 

WB:01.12.25

	Group c	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu
1	two
2	too
3	group
4	guard
5	guide

Look…Say…Cover…Write…Check 

WB:01.12.25

	Groups A/B	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur
1	ate
2	eight
3	two
4	too
5	knows
6	nose
7	group
8	guard
9	guide
10	interest

Year 3 Certificates

It's been an wonderful week in Year 3 and the children have been working hard to make progress in their learning.

         Let's look at the story of this week...

In Literacy, the children started the week by reading their story for this half term 'Stone Age Boy'. They then used their knowledge of the book to summarise the beginning, middle and end of the book. This was important information which allowed them to plan and write their own shared retelling of the story. Excellent work Year 3!

In Maths,  the children used their knowledge of adding and subtracting using the column method to add and subtract numbers across a hundred. It was good to see everybody making progress and remember to carry over numbers into the correct columns. Great work everybody!

This weeks certificate winners are...

E for Excellence - Afreenish, Freddie and Evangeline
Star Writer - Elyssa, Jaxon and Theodore

4R's - Harrie, Jayden and Lujah

Teacher Happy - Sophia and Emma

 

   

Year 4 Certificates

 

Well Done to all of our certificate winners this week! 

Elm Class 

E for Excellence: Joshua

Star Writer: Hayden

4 R's

Reflectiveness: Jackson

Resourcefulness: David

Reciprocity: Elsie & Alexandra

Maple Class 

E for Excellence: Zara

Star Writer: Zyana

Teacher Happy: Jace

4 R's
Resilience: Ara

Willow Class 

E for Excellence: Victor

Star Writer: Adejuwon

Teacher Happy: Munsha

4 R's
Resourcefulness: Olaf

Have a restful, relaxing weekend. We look forward to seeing the children on Monday.