Welcome to Sycamore Class!
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Hello and welcome to the page for Sycamore Class.
You will find out lots of information about our class and what we will be learning about during the year.
Our Class Charter
We all came together as a class to make the charter for our class. We discussed what we thought we all needed to do to make our classroom happy and where everyone feels safe and can learn. All the children signed to say they agree.
Staff
Mrs Smith teaches Sycamore Class.
Sarah Yates (HLTA) will cover PPA.
TAs that may support the class at different times are: Sharon Hirst and Georgia Whittle.
PE
We have 2 lessons of PE a week. We will do PE Wednesdays and Thursdays. Please can you ensure that PE kits are in a bag in school for those days. We also need PE kit for outdoors as well as indoor PE.
Children need to have a water bottle in school everyday. Please can ensure it has your child's name on.
Home Learning
We send home what words and sounds we have covered in Little Wandle during the week on a Friday. These are to reinforce at home and practise the spellings in any fun way you wish!
We send home Little Wandle reading books on a Wednesday to return on the following Monday. Please ensure you read the book at home with your child and record in the reading record.
We will send home topic or maths homweork every two weeks. This will be linked to learning they have completed in school. You can be as creative as you like. We love to see the projects from home.
Mixed Classes 2026-2027
This academic year we are having three mixed Year 1/Year 2 classes in KS1. To make sure we teach age appropriate curriculum and meet the needs of the children, the children will will move around in the mornings to 'core subject teaching groups'. This might mean your child gets taught by other teachers in KS1. Most afternoons the children will be back to their own class for foundation subjects. This is an excellent way for the children to get more personalised learning. All KS1 teachers will be working closely together to plan and prepare engaging lessons. Any questions about how this will work, please ask.
What we will be Learning.
Links to Try at Home
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