Author: Rachel Fairclough
Sycamore Class Newsletter 28.6.24
Good afternoon,
It’s been great to see the sun this week. Please make sure that children bring water bottles and sun hats into school, and suncream has been applied before coming into school. Please also make sure jumpers and cardigans are names, so if they are misplaced they can be returned quickly. Thank you.
This week we started our unit on position and direction in maths and have been looking at co-ordinates. The children have been describing positions using co-ordinates, learning how to plot co-ordinates and draw 2D shapes on a grid.
In our writing sessions, the children have been planning and writing a diary entry from the perspective of Jim Jarvis from our class book ‘Street Child’. One child who showed a good understanding of features of a diary entry was our Golden Certificate winner Alfie K. He is a also great role model to his peers and always listens well, tried hard and contributes well to class discussions.
Please can any trip letters be returned as soon as possible. Children need to wear school uniform as normal and will be back for the end of the school day.
We hope you have a great weekend.
Mrs Fairclough, Mrs Brunyard and Mrs Davies
Sycamore Class Newsletter 21.6.24
A huge well done to all the children who took part in Sports Day. It was great to see them working together and cheering on their house.
This week, the children have enjoyed using instruments to look at pitch in science and have started to make their bridges in design and technology.
Thank you to all of the children who have returned the trip letters. If you haven’t, please bring them in as soon as you can and if there are only problems getting onto parent pay then please let us know. Thank you.
Our Golden Certificate winner this week is Mimi. She’s a great member of the class who listens well, tries hard and is very helpful. Thank you and well done.
We hope you have a fantastic weekend.
Mrs Fairclough, Mrs Brunyard and Mrs Davies
Sycamore Class Newsletter 14.6.24
Good afternoon,
In our writing sessions this week we have been planning and writing our own poems based on the poem ‘The Sound Collector’. We changed our poem to ‘The Taste Collector’ and thought of some of our favourite food and drink and how they tasted.
Our Golden Certificate winner this week is Riley. He had some great ideas in English and create a fantastic poem. Well done!
In Maths, we finished our unit on shape. This week we have looked at quadrilaterals, polygons and lines of the symmetry. The children have also enjoyed investigating how sounds are made by using a ruler in Science.
Next week we have sports day on Thursday morning. Please can the children come into school wearing their PE kit (they can wear a top supporting the colour of their house). Thank you.
We hope you have a great weekend.
Mrs Fairclough, Mrs Brunyard and Mrs Davies
Sycamore Class Newsletter 7.6.24
Happy Friday!
In English, we have been looking at the poem ‘The Sound Collector’. The children found features of the poem and we looked further at repetition, alliteration and onomatopoeia. Well done, Noah who correctly spelt ‘onomatopoeia’ this morning.
We have started our new topic ‘sound’ in Science and how sounds are made. One child who really impressed during our lesson was Archie. He was a golden certificate winner this week. Archie is a great member of Sycamore Class and always tries hard. Well done, Archie.
We have started our unit on shape in maths. We have looked at angles as turns, how to identify angles and comparing and ordering angles. Today we looked at properties of triangles.
The children have enjoyed practising their timestables in class. Please remember to practise at home.
Multiplication Tables Check – 2024 – Timestables.co.uk
Have a great weekend.
Mrs Fairclough and Mrs Brunyard
Sycamore Class Newsletter 17.5.24
Happy Friday!
This week we’ve been looking at informal letters in our writing sessions. The children have been working on using questions and apostrophes for contractions (e.g can’t), in their writing. In Maths, we’ve been looking at multiplication and division.
The children enjoyed making switches in our science lesson. We talked about the job of a switch and used one in our circuits. In design and technology, we’ve looked at attachment techniques ready to help us design our bridges.
Our Golden Certificate winner this week is Reggie. He’s been trying really hard and making good choices. Well done!
We hope you have a great weekend.
Mrs Fairclough and Mrs Brunyard