Author: Rachel Fairclough
Sycamore Class Newsletter 9.6.23
This week the children have been busy practising their times table ready for their times table check. They have been working hard all year on their times tables and should be proud of the progress they have made. They can continue practising at home on: Multiplication Tables Check – 2023 – Timestables.co.uk
In Maths, we looked at converting to and from the 24-hour clock which finished our unit on Time. Yesterday, we started our unit on shape where we looked at angles as turns. Today, the children enjoyed going out on the playground to work as a group to follow instructions, where they needed to move clockwise and anti-clockwise and half and quarter turns. We also looked at identifying acute, obtuse and right angles.
In English, we have started our unit on Historical stories. We started the week looking at key vocabulary and events in a story then found features of historical stories. The children tried to write their own suspense questions and synonyms for said.
The children really enjoyed looking at herbs this afternoon in Design and Technology. They looked at and smelt dried and fresh herbs, and thought about when they are used.
In Science, we have started our unit on Plants. The children looked at parts of flowering plants and what their job is.
Our Golden Certificate winner this week is Frankie. She has a positive attitude to learning and her perseverance has really paid off . Frankie has worked really hard with her times tables and should be very proud of the progress she has made. Well done!
We hope you have a great weekend.
Mrs Fairclough, Miss Shadbolt and Mrs Davies
Sycamore Class Newsletter 26.5.23
We have had a busy last week to end our first half of the Summer term. The children have been thinking about what they have learnt and enjoyed so far this year, and what they are hoping to get better at.
In English, we have planned and written our advertisements for Shrewsbury Prison. We have used the features to persuade customers to visit, such as: catchy slogans and customer reviews.
Well done to this week’s Golden Certificate Winner, Darcie. Today she wrote a fantastic leaflet to advertise Shrewsbury Prison.
In Maths, we started our week solving problems with money to end our unit and then moved on to look at time. We have looked at; days, months and years, and hours, minutes and seconds. Today, we looked at converting between analogue and digit time.
The children have been working on their times tables ready for the Times Table Check after half term. We have been using the following site: Multiplication Tables Check – 2023 – Timestables.co.uk which they can use to practice at home.
In Science, the children really enjoyed making a moving arm model to show how their muscles in their arm work.
We hope you have a lovely half term.
Mrs Fairclough, Miss Shadbolt and Mrs Davies
Sycamore Class 19.5.23
This week, we have started our unit on money in Maths. We have been; writing money as decimals, converting money between pound and pence, comparing, estimating and calculating with money.
In English, we have been looking at features of adverts. We have looked at persuasive language, using our senses and customer reviews. We have also completed our writing assessments and been given a new target.
The children have enjoyed looking at a non-fiction text on our skeleton and bones in reading. This has linked to our science work. In Science, we’ve looked at the human skeleton and have investigated whether having a longer femur means you can jump further.
Today in Art, the children have also enjoyed using clay to make models of themselves.
Our Golden Certificate winner this week is Jake R. He has made good progress with his reading and spellings. Well done, Jake. Keep it up.
As the weather is getting warmer, please ensure children have sun cream applied before coming into school and bring in sun hats and water bottles. Please can we also remind you to label all cardigans and jumpers so if children misplace them, they can be returned easily. Thank you.
We hope you have a great weekend.
Mrs Fairclough, Miss Shadbolt and Mrs Davies
Sycamore Class Newsletter 12.5.23
We have had a short but busy week this week.
In English, we have started our unit on adverts. We looked at what an advert is and the features of an advert. We then looked at slogans; what they are and why they are used, before trying to write our own about Shrewsbury Prison. The children enjoyed thinking of all the slogans they already know that are used to help sell a place or product.
In Maths, we have finished our unit of work on decimals. This week, we have looked at comparing and ordering decimals and halves and quarters as decimals. Next week, we start our unit on money.
In Science, we have been looking at skeletons of animals. The children enjoyed looking at ‘vertebrates’ and ‘invertebrates’ and matching the animal to its skeleton.
This week, our Golden Certificate Winner is Noah. He is an excellent role model who is always eager to learn and always tries hard. Noah created an excellent Lego model of a prison for his homework, which was very well thought out. He enjoyed sharing his model with the class and the whole school in assembly today. Well done, Noah!
PE will be on Monday and Wednesday for the next two weeks. Please can children come into school in PE kit on these days. Thank you.
Have great weekend.
Mrs Fairclough, Miss Shadbolt and Mrs Davies
Sycamore Class Newsletter 5.5.23
This week we were extremely lucky to have the opportunity to visit Shrewsbury Prison as part of our Crime and Punishment topic. The children really enjoyed exploring the different wings, discovering what crimes led to being sent to prison and the punishments that were given to the prisoners. They even found out that the prison was haunted! We completed some fun tasks organised by the prison and enjoyed a scavenger hunt looking at clues and answering questions! They showed great enthusiasm and asked some fantastic questions during the guided tour – very impressed with all of them. Well done, Sycamore! We all cannot wait to carry on exploring Crime and Punishment through the ages!
The children looked great in their crowns and thank you to all of you who came to celebrate this afternoon.
In English, we have planned and written our persuasive speeches. Today we have been looking at reading our work and how we could edit and improve it.
In Maths, we have been making a whole using tenths and hundredths, and partitioning decimals. Next week, we will be finishing our work on decimals.
We hope you have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the bank holiday.
Mrs Fairclough, Miss Shadbolt and Mrs Davies