6 Sep

Welcome back Sycamore Class !

A huge welcome back!  What a fantastic week we have had in Sycamore Class. 


The children have had a very busy week with lots of fun and laughs.

We have made some super friendships this week welcoming two new children to Sycamore. 

The children have settled in very well back into school…

9 Jun

A busy first week back in Sycamore !

Welcome back ! 

Syacmore class have come back ready to hit the ground running . 


This week in PE we have been practicing our throwing and catching skills working towards a full game of rounders . 


In music this week the children have amazed all staff with their  knowledge of…

18 May

Sycamore - Who can I trust ?

Sycamore have been learning all about adults who we can trust. The children used a combination of their own family photos,  strangers that we know are safe e.g doctors and police and strangers that are not safe to categorise in the circle of trust . 
Mrs Banks worked with this group and started…

18 May

Sycamore learn about baptism

In sycamore today with Mrs Crouch the children learned all about baptism . As a class we talked about what a baptism is and what it means . Mrs Crouch showed the children how to baptise a baby , then all of the children had a go at being the Vicor to baptise the baby. 
The children used ‘holy…

10 May

Sycamore swimming superstars!

Today in Sycamore class we have worked very hard with our swimming lesson. 


5 of our pupils today have secured their puffin swim award for swimming 5m with a swim aid independently. 

What a great achievement! 
 

All of your hard work and consistency each week is paying off. You should…

10 May

Sycamore get creative with digital art!

Sycamore class used iPads to create some imaginative selfies for digital art. 
 

Each child used an iPad and travelled around school to find exciting places to take a selfie. Some children chose to share a selfie with a friend or a teacher, whilst some choose to take a silly selfie alone . 

5 May

Fudge,Dec and Beccaaaaaa come to visit.

This week 7A had some special visitors. Fudge, Dec and Beccaaaaaa the chicks. Sycamore have been working on life cycles and from incubator to hatching.
Sycamore class bought the chicks to visit. We had to be extremely quiet as they were only 7 days old.
Mrs Banks took them out of the cage and…

27 Apr

Sycamore chicks - let’s get settled into our new home !

The chicks are ready to go into their brooding . 

We moved the incubator into the brooding and lifted the lid off slowly . 

Some of the chicks were quite confident and happily jumped into their brooding and began exploring . 


Some of the chicks felt a little nervous and needed some…

26 Apr

Sycamore chicks! Setting up the brooding area!

As the chicks began to hatch, it was time to set up their home. This is called brooding. 
All the children took turns to help build the brooding pen for the chicks. 

What good team work sycamore class! 

In the brooding pen, the chicks have a heater to keep them warm, lots of hay, water for…

26 Apr

Chick update! We’re Hatching!

Wow! We have life! Some of the eggs have started to hatch. Our first chick is a beautiful yellow colour - we have named the first chick Becca. Followed by chick number 2 which is brown, then chick number 3 very closely after is a lovely grey. Chick number 4 took its time to make an appearance but…

26 Apr

Eggciting news in Sycamore!!

On Tuesday this week in Sycamore class we had some very exciting arrivals. 
 

Miss Molloy and the children in Sycamore class have been doing lots of research about how to care for animals and what animals need. This week we are going to put our learning to the test. 

Real chickens to care…

21 Apr

A very productive week first week back in sycamore !!

Welcome back ! 
Hit the ground running this week with some amazing digital art work . The children looked at digital images and used their words to talk about what they could see. The children then recreated the art work by using colours on the same image and adding in a printed photograph of…