Sycamore

Class Teachers: Ms Turner Monday, Wednesday, Thursday am, Friday.

Class Teaching Assistant team: Mrs Lawson, Mrs Ede, Mrs Sully, Ms Mason

Mrs Hayward will be teaching all day on Tuesday and Mrs Mason will be teaching on Thursday afternoons. 

Take a look at some of our learning below

 

 Timetable: this is the timetable for Term 6. Please note that occasionally,  lessons or timings have to change.

 

sycamore 25 26 timetable term 6.pdf

 

  

Our learning this term:

In English we will be writing a narrative story. We will work hard on using fronted adverbials, mixed sentence starters and getting our speech punctuation correct. We'll continue to learn spellings with certain patterns using our Sound & Syllables approach. 

Our guided reading this term will continue with reading and exploring 'The Boy At The Back Of The Class' by Onjali Q Rauf. The aim of or guided reading sessions is to focus on following text & reading aloud, using expression in our voices and answer questions about the text. We'll also examine a range of genres in our Unseen Texts session. 

In maths we will focus on time, shape and statistics. We also work on our times tables and recap key maths skills in short sessions every day. In our history topic we will learn all about Victorian times, with specific focus on the life of Queen Victoria.

In RE we will learn what the Covenant is and why this is important in Judaism. We will be having PE coaching in rounders with Matt on Mondays. He will help us build on our previous learning in fielding skills as well as enjoying some games of rounders. On Wednesdays we will be working on a range of athletics skills. 

Our science topic this term is sound. We will be learning about how sound is made, how it travels and how it can change. In PSHE we will look at how our bodies change and also how we feel about changing year groups at the end of the term. We are very lucky to continue to have ukuleles sessions with David this term in our music lessons. In art we will be learning about and experimenting with printing. This will link to the artist Chris Ofili. Our computing sessions will be a mix of programming and practising general skills such as typing, copy/paste and altering text.  

 

Home reading expectations in Y3/4

Our expectation in KS2 is that all children must read to an adult a minimum of 4 times a week. Comments and a signature should be recorded in their Reading Record. This will usually be a couple of pages from their school book but please still encourage your child to read a range of reading materials (magazine/comic/e-book/poetry etc). Children who meet the expectations will be allowed a special playtime on Friday afternoon. If they do not meet the required standard of reading, they will stay in & read instead. We know there may occasionally be exceptional circumstances some weeks but please do try and help your child to achieve the goal - it would be great if all children had extra play every single week. 

 

P.E - general

P.E is a statutory part of the curriculum and we aim to deliver two hours every week. P.E takes place on a Monday and Wednesday. Children may come into school in PE kit on PE days. Please can children have a cap or hat available on PE days as the weather gets more sunny. 

Multiplication

At the end of Year 4, children take part in the Multiplication Tables Check (MTC). Starting from Y3, we deliver daily multiplication practise to help children prepare for this test. Below is a link to a 'mock-up' of the actual test. It would be great to practise this at home as much as often to help your child be 'Times Tables Ready'. Y3's may not know all the multiplication facts yet as we will be learning them throughout the year but any early practise will still be beneficial (and lots of children seem to really enjoy the challenge of beating their previous score as they improve!) 

 https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check 

 

Homework expectations in Y3/4

Homework will be set at the beginning of each term. This will be a range of English, maths & creative activities. Your child needs to complete two activities (or as many as they like!) by the end of term which will then be celebrated in class. If there are any children who do not complete these tasks, they will be asked to do it in their final celebration time of term. 

 

Snack:

Please could you ensure that your child has a small, healthy snack for snack time. They could bring in a piece of fresh or dried fruit, or vegetables (e.g. carrot sticks, cucumber etc). Please also remember that nuts are not allowed in school due to allergies. Thank you! 

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us on our class Dojo or via the office.