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Sycamore Class (Year 1)

Welcome to Sycamore Class

Staff

Class Teacher: Miss Bailey

Class Teaching Assistants: Mrs Hosken, Miss Richmond

PPA Cover: Mrs Bolekjo (Thursday PM)

Term 2 Key Information

We have Forest School on a Wednesday morning and Indoor PE on a Thursday morning.
Monday 2nd November 2026 - Start of Term 2
Thursday 5th November 2026 - Guy Fawkes; School Flu Jabs all day
Wednesday 11th November 2026 18:00 - Parent Teacher Consultations Session 1
Thursday 12th November 2026 17:00 – 19:30 Parent Teacher Consultations Session 2
Friday 13th November 2026 - Children in Need Non-Uniform & Fundraising Day
Monday 16th November 2026 - Start of Maths Week UK; Anti-Bullying Week; Road Safety Week
Monday 16th November 2026 - Odd Sock Day
Friday 20th November 2026 - Number Non-Uniform Day/World Children’s day
Friday 27th November 2026 - FRIENDS Non-Uniform Day in exchange for donations for fair - see posters
Saturday 5th December 2026 - 11:00 -14:00- FRIENDs Christmas Fair/The Sound of Christmas
Monday 7th December 2026 - Last Week of Staff Led Clubs
Tuesday 8th December 2026 10.30am - Year 1 Nativity dress rehearsal to whole school
Wednesday 9th December 2026 9am and 2pm - Year 1 Nativity performances to parents, carers and family
Friday 11th December 2026 08:45 Trumpets & Other Musicians Worship; 13:00 – 14:00 - BIG PLAY
Wednesday 16th December 2026 - Festive Non-Uniform; 11:30-13:00 School Christmas Lunch
Thursday 17thDecember 2026 - 13:30 – 15:00 Winning House Activity
Friday 18th December 2026 08:45 Christmas Giving Tree and Christmas Carol Service @Playground – All Parents Welcome. End of Term 2 at 2.30pm.

Term 2 Connected Learning

We will continue our ‘Connected Learning’ question in Term 2, ‘What can we find in our school?’

In History, we will be learning about changes within living memory, including schools, toys, technology and the local area.

In Geography, we will be using world maps, atlases and globes to identify the United Kingdom and its countries.

In DT, we will be learning to build structures, investigating how they can be made stronger and more stable.

In Art, we will look at the artists Jean-Michel Basquat and Constant Nieuwenhuys to create our own animal collages and paintings.

In Science, the children will learn about different animals, such as mammals and reptiles. Prepare your child for this amazing topic by getting out into nature! Read non-fiction books about animals and try to find animals in the world around you!

Key Texts

Useful Links

This list is not exhaustive, but these (mostly) free websites can help to continue to develop skills at home. Please let the class teacher know if you have found a good website we could add to our list! GENERAL Games for various subjects:https://www.ictgames.com/Help for home learning: http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/CBeebies: https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebiesScratch Jr (programming): https://www.scratchjr.org/Hour Of code: https://hourofcode.com/uk/learnENGLISH Purple Mash (School Login Required) https://www.purplemash.com/login/PHONICS Cued Articulation JWS Phases 3 and 5 https://youtu.be/9E2LN7_x7EY MATHS Maths games:https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Maths Playground: https://www.mathplayground.com/Number Bonds:https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button SCIENCE Practical ideas for science at home: http://www.science-sparks.com/ CONNECTED LEARNING British Antarctic Survey: https://www.bas.ac.uk/Google Maps: https://www.google.com/mapsGoogle Earth: https://www.google.co.uk/intl/en_uk/earth/

Home Learning

We do a termly home learning project which can be found here, and on Seesaw (log in information can be found in the children's Reading Records). In addition, we would appreciate you reading daily with your child and encouraging them to complete any activities sent home.

Seesaw will also be used by us to post: Home learning challenges, Reading challenges and class information. Your child can then choose whether to bring their work into class or respond via Seesaw.

Please contact the Office (on 01233 614660, or email on office@john-wesley.org.uk) if you have any questions or need help with navigating Seesaw.

What can you do at home?

Reading

Read a book you haven't read before (Oxford Owls has some good free books to read online!)

Read and follow some instructions.

Put your books in alphabetical order.

Rank your story books from most to least favourite.

Choose a word or a sound to hunt for - how many times can you find it?

Read to your toys - they love books as well.

Writing

Keep a diary every day. This is a really good way to get your feelings out and can be a really good piece of history.

Make up a story about one of your favourite characters from a book or a film.

Draw and write your own comic book.

Write the lyrics to your favourite song, but change them a little bit!

Use different writing tools, like felt pens, crayons, chalk or paint to write with.

Maths

Play Countdown. Can you make a target number using only random numbers?

Counting - How many toys do you own?

Sorting - Can you sort your toys into groups, based upon certain criteria (i.e. soft, fluffy, metal, plastic).

Sorting - Can you order toys from largest to smallest? Heaviest to lightest?

Find and write down all objects with numbers on them in the house. How many do you have?

Measure and record the length of a bean plant as the days go on.

Bake a cake.

How many small containers of water fit into one large container?

Other activities

Build a den from blankets and pillows. Use it as a reading area.

Make something using real tools (with supervision!)

Learn computer science.

Learn a language as a family.

DIY Science Experiments.

Make a treasure hunt around the house.

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Sycamore Class (Year 1)

Welcome to Sycamore Class

Staff

Term 2 Key Information

Term 2 Connected Learning

Key Texts

Year 1 Maths

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Timetables

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Home Learning

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Useful Links

Home Learning

What can you do at home?