Guided Reading 

This half term in Guided Reading, Sycamore are reading the fantastic book by Nizrana Farook called “The girl who stole an elephant.” The children have made connections and predicted about what will happen in this by using the front cover and blurb. In groups, the children explored different vocabulary by using an example of text to find their definition and then used a dictionary to find the correct definition. 

Geography 

In Geography, Sycamore having been learning about why do earthquakes occur? The children have learnt about where the plates are located in the world and how they move. This week in Geography, the children used information packs to find out about famous earthquakes and collected important information. 

RE 

In RE, the children have been talking about different values and which ones they find are important to them. As a class we did an activity about what we think would be classed as important or not important such as love, being famous and friendship. 

Spanish

This week in Spanish, the children have become doctors and have had the challenge to find out what is wrong with the patients and translate. They also sang a song about going to the doctors and the different problems. 

Guided Reading 

This week in Guided Reading, the children have summarised part of the story where Chaya is trying to figure out how to rescue her best friend from prison. The children have used vital points in the text and there imaginations to show six key points. 

Science

In Science this half term we are learning about the human body and animals. The children have been looking at the circulation system and how it works. They have learnt about the different parts of the heart and how important it is in our body. Today in Science, the children had a fun afternoon learning about how and what is blood, and how it moves around the body. They did an experiment where they had a go at making there own blood using yellow and red food colouring which represented the blood and plasma and used cheerios and marshmallows to represent the red and white blood cells. The children worked really well in their groups and learnt a lot about what is needed for healthy blood. 

Art

In Art this half term, Sycamore are learning about Robert Rauschenberg. They have been looking at his art work and trying to identify the type of style he uses and appraising the fantastic collages he has created. This week in art the children had a fun afternoon trying to create mini versions of Robert Rauschenberg work uses different pictures, tissue paper, paint, charcoal and oil pastels. Sycamore have used there imaginations and come up with some great ideas.