Author: Rachel Fairclough
Sycamore Class Newsletter 28.4.23
This week in in English, we have continued our unit on speeches. We have focused on the different features of persuasive speeches including rhetorical questions and emotive language. Today we have tried to use some of these features to write our response to a speech.
In Maths, we have been learning more about decimals. We have looked at how hundredths are represented as fractions and decimals and on a place value chart. Today, we have looked at dividing a 1 or 2-digit number by 100.
In Science, the children enjoyed looking at food labels and finding the nutritional values of different foods. We have also looked at things needed to survive and be healthy and carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.
Here is our topic web outlining what we will be learning this term:
SYACMORE Topic Web ‘How was Shrewsbury shaped’
The children have gone home today with a piece of card to create a crown for the King’s Coronation and their homework this half term.
Well done to this week’s Golden Certificate Winner, Evie. She has had a good week where she has tried hard and made good choices. Well done.
Next week, we have our trip on Wednesday. Children will need to wear school uniform with sturdy shoes or trainers. If possible, please send them with a backpack to carry their lunch and water bottle. Thank you.
Due to our trip being on Wednesday we will have PE on Thursday next week.
We hope you have a lovely weekend and enjoy the bank holiday.
Mrs Fairclough, Miss Shadbolt and Mrs Davies
Sycamore Class Newsletter 21.4.23
Welcome back and we hope you had a great Easter break.
In English this week, the children have read a range of different speeches, delivered a speech and looked at features of a speech. Today we have looked at the difference between fact and opinion, and next week we will continue to look at features of a speech ready to write our own at the end of the unit.
In Maths, we have started our work on decimals. We have explored tenths as fractions and decimals, tenths on a place chart and number line, and dividing a 1-digit number by 10.
In RE, we have recapped why Christians celebrate Easter where children enjoyed acting out Holy Week and then looked at Pentecost.
In Science, we have been talking at what animals (including humans) need to survive and stay healthy and sorted foods into different food groups.
Our Golden Certificate winner this week was Ethan. He has come back with a positive attitude to learning and been trying hard. Ethan has also been reading at home. Well done and keep it up.
Daily reading and practising times tables and spellings really does make a huge difference to the children.
Yesterday, the children were given a letter about our trip to the prison. Thank you to all those who have returned them already.
The children will be given homework for this half term on Monday so please can they bring their homework books into school. Thank you.
We hope you all have a nice weekend.
Mrs Fairclough, Miss Shadbolt and Mrs Davies
Sycamore Class 31.3.23
This half term has really flown and we have had another busy week to end our Spring term with our Easter competitions and disco.
Today the children really enjoyed making their moving posters of the water cycle in DT and we have been evaluating our work looking at what they did well and would improve on next time. This week we have been looking at Poetry in English where they have been looking at rhyming couplets and then writing their water cycle poems.
In Science we have finished our work on rocks by creating our own mini compost bins and looking at different types of soil.
In RE we have been looking at why Christians celebrate Easter and how it can make Christians feel sad, hope and joy.
Our Golden certificate winner this week is Alisha. She has been trying hard, making good choices and proven to be a good friend. Well done.
We hope you have a great Easter.
Mrs Fairclough, Miss Shadbolt and Mrs Davies
Sycamore Class Newsletter 24.3.23
A huge well done to Year 3 and 4 for their fantastic performance ‘Glint of Gold’. They were fantastic and we are very proud of them all. Thank you to parents and carers for helping them learn lines, practise songs and their costumes. A big thank you also to all those that bought refreshments before the performances (and those that sold them). We raised £125.60.
When they haven’t been busy practising and performing ‘Glint of Glint’ we’ve had assessment week. The children have written a story, been looking at grammar and punctuation and completed their accelerated reading test. In Maths, we’ve finished our unit on fractions.
Our Golden Certificate Winner is All the Children in Sycamore. They were amazing in their performance and we couldn’t be prouder. Well done, Sycamore Class.
Have a great weekend.
Mrs Fairclough, Miss Shadbolt and Mrs Davies
