Welcome to Sycamore Class Page
Sycamore is a mixed-age class consisting of Reception, Year 1 and Year 2.
We embrace the opportunities a mixed-age class offer in meeting our school’s values and ethos. There are many benefits of the different ages learning together, such as providing opportunities for all children to practise and develop their collaborative skills. We see fantastic empathy and communication from older children in their caring and nurturing leadership roles, with the younger children being exposed to great role-models resulting in higher expectations, greater resilience and determination to do more and to do it better. Together they are able to learn through a curious and inquisitive curriculum, provided for through topic based play and adult directed tasks.
We teach both the EYFS and KS1 core curriculums (links below) separately, however some aspects of our teaching will involve whole-class learning and projects worked on together.
Google Classroom
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Curriculum Planning
Reception
Suggested ‘Good Reads’
‘Good reads’ list could include some of these books:
Owl Babies- Martin Waddell
The Gruffalo- Julia Donladson
Handa’s Surprise- Eileen Brown
Rosie’s Walk- Pat Hutchins
Six Dinner Sid- Inga Moore
Mrs Armitage on Wheels- Quentin Blake
On the Way Home- Jill Murphy
Farmer Duck- Martin Waddell
Goodnight Moon- Margaret Wise Brown
Shhh!- Sally Grindley
Rainbow Fish- Marcus Pfister
KS1
Suggested Book List
‘Good reads’ list could include some of these books:
- Oi Dog by Kes Gray
- Handa’s Surprise by Eileen Browne
- Because I Love You by Julia Hubery
- The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett
- Hungry Harry by Joanne Partis
- The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
- Poo at the Zoo by Sarah Eason
- The Detective Dog by Julia Donaldson
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.
- Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett
- Bringing Down the Moon by Jonathan Emmett
- The Monkey with a Bright Blue Bottom by Steve Smallman
- Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins
- Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers
Useful Websites
English and Phonics
topmarks.co.uk/English-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds
www.ictgames.com/literacy
https://app.sirlinkalot.org/
bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zgkw2hv
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk
spellingframe.co.uk
www.familylearning.org.uk/phonics_games.html
http://www.letters-and-sounds.com
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/alphablocks-watch
http://more2.starfall.com/n/level-a/learn-to-read/play.htm?f&redir=www
Maths
topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
ictgames.com
bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zjxhfg8
mathszone.co.uk
crickweb.co.uk/ks1numeracy.html
coolmath4kids.com
abcya.com
https://mathsbot.com/manipulativeMenu
Computing
https://www.scratchjr.org
https://code.org/learn
Topic:
https://www.atozkidsstuff.com/africa.html
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/dinosaurs-other-extinct-creatures/dino-directory/tyrannosaurus.html – Dinosaur directory from the Natural History Museum; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQbNdWnuitY – Video clips from BBC’s Walking with Dinosaurs series; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTHaH5ONge8 – Music clip about Fossils from Saint-Saën´s The Carnival of the Animals.