Sycamore

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…

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…

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…

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…

Cake? Yes please! 

We fully enjoyed the cakes Isobel had brought in to celebrate her birthday, we had a choice of Vanilla, Strawberry or Chocolate. They were delicious! 
 

A Happy Birthday to Isobel and a big thank-you for the cakes. 
 

In Sycamore this week we have been looking at the story of The Snail and the Whale. Firstly we looked at the features of a book cover, and what we could see on the cover of The Snail and the Whale. We then wrote a sentence on what we think might happen in the book before sharing our ideas with our…

We have had a lovely first week back in Sycamore. 

This week we had a very important challenge! To help build a house for a Minibeast!

We started learning all about different minibeasts. We looked at lots of minibeasts including ladybirds, worms, ants, spiders and then spoke about…

We have had a lovely few weeks all being back together. 

This week we have all been very busy working on our own targets. We have all focused brilliantly and worked really hard, Well done Sycamore. 

We have been continuing with our outdoor and indoor movement. We have been working…

Today Sycamore Class have enjoyed celebrating Red Nose Day! 
 

In class we have our very own Red Nose Day competition; creating and designing a red nose just for us. We were challenged to use different colours, drawings, patterns and to be as neat as we could. To make our challenge even harder…

A lion in cornflakes? We listened to the story of The Lion in Cornflakes and had a go at making our own lions. Some of us used paint, some used colours and some of us did cutting and sticking. We all enjoyed making some brilliant lions. Roarrrrrrrr.

Sycamore had a lovely time making…

It has been a very busy week here in Sycamore! 

We have loved seeing all our friends and hearing what they have been up to while they have been at home. 

This week we have been looking at the story of the little red hen. We loved the story, asking lots of questions and making…

We have been very busy in Sycamore class this week, We have been focussing on the story of Lost and Found. We have enjoyed hearing all about the boy and the penguin. We discussed how the boy and the penguin could get to the south pole and how the penguin was feeling at different parts in the…