2 Jul

It’s a “SQUAWK” from Sycamore

This week we have been reflecting on the skills we have learnt over the year. We have looked at our progression and our achievements. We have each had our own challenges this week working on our targets. What a brilliant year Sycamore your teachers are very proud of everyone! 

 

We have…

25 Jun

Sycamore score top points in Sports Week!

In Sycamore this week we have scored goals, scored tries, collected stamps whilst orienteering, danced, ran, walked, used the different equipment and most importantly we have had so much fun! 

 

We have worked on our skills, learnt new skills, designed our sports weeks rules together and…

18 Jun

Sycamore enjoy a Gelato

We have had a wonderful day in Sycamore exploring Italy 

 

It was lovely to see everyone wearing red, green or white. 

 

This morning we have been learning about Leonardo da Vinci. We found out that Leonardo da Vinci lives in Italy and is famous because of his artwork. We learned that…

18 Jun

The Treasure of Sycamore

This week in Sycamore we have been looking at the story of ‘The Treasure of Captain Claw’. We worked in groups to label the cover of the book and write our prediction of what we think is going to happen in the book. We read the book and looked a parts of the story identifying what is happening in…

11 Jun

Sycamore and the butterflies

It has been lovely hearing what everyone has been doing in the holidays. It sounds like there was lots of time spent enjoying the sun. 

 

In Sycamore we looked at our letter formation and sentence building when writing what we did in the holidays. We wrote where we went, who we have seen,…

27 May

This is a tale of Sycamore’s tiny snail...

This is a tale of a tiny snail...

We have finished filming our version of ‘The Snail and The Whale’ this week and we cannot wait to show everyone! 

We have loved using the masks and making our voices sound low and high! 

 

Sycamore has had a great focus on mindfulness this week . We…

21 May

Sycamore’s snail has an itchy foot!

Another busy week again for us in Sycamore. 

 

We have been powering on with our retelling of the snail and the whale story. We have loved pretending to dig the whale out and found pretending to be the children running out of school hilarious and the snail having an itchy foot was even…

13 May

Mental Health Awareness Week in Sycamore!

Sycamore have been exploring activities this week to help them think about their feelings and the choices that they make. 

 

We have been enjoying circle times and talking about feelings and what makes us ‘happy’ or ‘sad’. We have also been talking about what we can do to make us happy and…

13 May

Sycamore Celebrate Eid!

This week Sycamore have been busy learning new facts about ‘Islam’ and the festival of ‘Eid’.

 

We have been learning that;

  • Islam is a religion.
  • Muslims are people who follow Islam.
  • Eid is a Muslim festival, celebrated at the end of Ramadan.
  • Ramadan is when grown up Muslims do…
7 May

Quick it’s challenge time, Sycamore style!

It’s been a short but busy week in Sycamore.  

 

Quick! It’s challenge time.

 

This week we have introduced quick time challenges. These can be at any time of the day, to test any skills, including movements, sounds, knowledge of the environment and skills that we have learnt through…

30 Apr

Sycamore Wear Red!

Today we have been celebrating our differences in Sycamore for our ‘Astley Park Wears Red’ day.

Sycamore enjoyed a morning of activities including, circle time and portrait crafts. 

During our circle time we had a talk about why we are wearing red - Sycamore were great at sharing their ideas…

28 Apr

Is Sycamore going to float or sink?

In Sycamore we have been continuing with our story of The Snail and the Whale. We have been working both in groups and independently to discuss parts of the story. We have been looking at parts of the story from the perception of the snail and from the perception of the whale, we then used these…