Sycamore (Year 4 and Year 5) 
                                               ​Mrs van Vuuren,                                                         Mrs Kanyuka and Mrs Hackett
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Welcome to  Sycamore class!
  All the sparkle of the Christmas Holidays certainly seemed to bring joy to our children and it was lovely to see their cheerful faces bounding back into school at the beginning of this term. Having worked really well last term, our corridors proudly display many of the homework projects that were designed and built.  We also have good memories of our visit to the Church where we learnt more about the Trinity and re-enacted a Christian Baptism.
As our focus for the Spring Term is to learn about all that which is ‘Inspiring and Ingenious’, we started off with a WOW day filled with interesting inventions. Our innovative children enthusiastically created a variety of fascinating original products made from recycled packaging, and had a lot of fun doing so too. We have also started a range of new activities like the Maths Club and the Energise Club and look forward to a term filled with fun, friends, facts and fabulous lessons

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KS2 handwashing song
Greg James Radio 1
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Termly Curriculum maps

​ Autumn: Our Elemental Earth
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Spring:  Inspirational and Ingenious
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Summer: 
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Science:
Spring 
Y5: Properties and changes in Materials; Living Things - Habitats and Lifecycles
Y4: States of Matter; Animals including Humans - nutrition, skeletons/muscle

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Reading support
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Maths support
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BBC bitesize
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Useful Information
Monday:
Tuesdays:  am Swimming/Class PE,   Lunchtime  Sports club
Wednesday: am Class PE
Friday: Spellings, Times tables, Maths or English homework. 

PE kit – please make sure your child has both an indoor PE kit (t-shirt, shorts, socks, plimsolls !) and outdoor PE kit (trainers, if possible, and tracksuit), especially now the weather is becoming colder and wetter,  in school every day.
Remember swim kit for Tuesdays: costume/trunks/swim shorts, towel, hat, bag big enough to hold all your belongings (coat, shoes, uniform etc.), goggles, if absolutely necessary and advised.
We aim to fit in as much PE as possible, and may go outside at times other than those on the timetable. Kit  must  be named!
​Please    make sure earrings are  NOT worn on PE days.
Water! 
Please remind your child to bring their water bottle to school every day, filled with fresh water for them to drink freely throughout the day. We encourage the children to drink whenever they feel thirsty and their water bottle may be kept where they are working as long as it has an ‘unspillable’ drinking spout. 
Don't forget healthy fruit snacks for morning break times, too!

Spellings and Phonics  –   our new spelling words will be sent home on a Monday and tested on a Friday.  Your child will bring home a spelling sheet  each week to help them learn their spellings. Please encourage them to work on the bits they find most tricky. Don't forget to keep practising those tricky 100+ commonly mis-spelt words!
Times tables -There will be weekly times tables tests,  usually on a Friday. Please encourage your child to practise, using the sheets provided if you find them helpful. All Year 4s are expected to know all x facts  for all times tables up to x 12.
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