Sycamore Tree- Year 1/2 2024 - 2025

Welcome to Sycamore Tree Class!      

Welcome back! I hope you all had wonderful Christmas with your friends and family, and are looking forward to the new year ahead! 

Have a read through our welcome letter and curriculum overview to see all the exciting things we have planned for the Spring Term. These are in our files section below.   

On this page, you will find some useful information about the term ahead and any key messages that you need to be aware of.  If you scroll to the bottom of the page, you will see our class Twitter feed and link to Google Classroom. We love to use Twitter to share some of the excellent things going on in class and will use Google Classroom to support learning at home - spellings, homework and useful documents will be uploaded and made available on there.  If you are on Twitter, please follow @sycamore_tree1 to see regular updates.

We are set to have a great term and have some really exciting things planned and lots of new things to learn about. As always it is important that we work in partnership to ensure the very best for your children. If you have any queries or need some support, please do not hesitate speak to me at the end of the day, phone or arrange an appointment. 

Kind regards,

Miss Humphreys 👩‍🏫

Maths

During our Maths lessons this term, we will begin by finishing our Shape topic before moving onto Addition and Subtraction again but delving deeper to numbers up to 100. The children will be looking at partitioning, adding and subtracting numbers to 100. Later in the term, we will begin to focus on Multiplication and Division. We have worked so hard on our 2's, 5's and 10's. Please continue this times tables work at home on Numbots.

English

In English, the children will use a variety of different stimulus throughout the term to engage and inspire the children’s writing. The children will begin the year looking at our new book ‘The Dragon Machine’ and writing a narrative by the end of this. The children will first look at predictions  and inference with this book, then move onto using their new knoweledge of adjectives and verbs to describe the 'naughty' dragons. A big focus for writing this term will be to write correctly punctuated sentences starting with a capital letter and ending the sentence with a full stop.

Sycamore Tree class have been working extremely hard with their spellings. This term the children will need to focus on using their spelling strategies and rules consistently to ensure they can spell all of the KS1 common exception words. Please ensure your child is practising their spellings and three of the week at home.

Science

Our Science lessons will look at ‘Materials’. This topic investigates objects and materials to identify and name them, and understanding their simple physical properties and uses. The children will be doing lots of practical work in this topic!

History

In our History topic, the children will explore the question '?' which focuses ‘Why were canals so important?’. This is focus on the history of the Sankey Canal and its use in the past. Children will learn about the life of canal boat people and their jobs and have chance to visit a canal.

Geography

In our Geography topic, the children will explore the question ‘Where do I live?’. A focus on our local area and town. Where is Warrington in the UK? It is also a look at local landmarks, maps of the UK and the four countries that make up the UK including their capital cities.

Homework - This term, homework will be sent home on a Friday at the end of each week and is to be returned to school the following Wednesday. If you require any help or support with this, please just ask. Thanks for your support. 

PE - This term, our PE is on a Tuesday and Thursday. As in previous years, children can come to school in their PE kits. Please ensre children are in their correct kit as last year, clothing such as football shirts and other brightly coloured shirts started to be worn in some classes. It is also important children have appropriate footwear and a warm, hooded jacket or coat to keep them warm in colder weather. 

Google Classrooms - Please log in to Google Classrooms and use the invite code in your child's diary. This is where our homework is posted, and any additional links you may want to use for your child will be uploaded there too!

Useful Links

Please find some useful links below.