| Subject | Profiles | Ideas for home |
| English | This half term we will be focusing our exploration of animals which live in the jungle. Through a range of speaking, reading, writing and listening activities we will learn how a wide range of animals survive in the wild and use this information to create poetry, informative reports and imaginative stories.
| Read as many different sources of writing as possible -books, magazines, labels, advertisements, leaflets, cereal boxes! Encourage your child to try sounding out any tricky new words. What are your favourite animals? What words would you use to describe their size, colour, personality? We would love to share them in class!
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| Maths | Addition and subtraction is our topic in maths this half term. We will be working on our skills to independently use the column method to add 4 and 5 digit numbers as well as understand the processes of ‘carrying’ and ‘exchanging’.
| Use the step by step support sheet alongside the column method sheets sent home to practise the skills needed to master this approach. Let us know if you need any more!
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| Personal Development/PfAL | We will explore relationships this half term. Pupils will examine the differences between friendships, family and community relationships as well as how to maintain these long term. Pupils will have the opportunity to ask questions about aspects of this theme that they are not sure about.
| Use the family tree template that will be sent home to map out your family. Feel free to send this in so that it can be shared with your child’s peers.
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| TITAN Travel Training | TITAN (Travel Independence Training across Norfolk) offers young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) support to help them to become confident independent travellers. Pupils in Sycamore will continue to follow this course in order to promote independence and their confidence in navigating public transport, focusing this half term on skills needed to be a safe pedestrian.
| Plan real or imaginary trips together and consider the transport arrangements you would need to consider in order to get there. Where does the bus/train leave from? What time does it leave/arrive? How much does it cost? |
| Kitchen Skills | Pupils will continue to explore healthy eating this half term, along with learning safe hygiene and food handling in our Teaching Kitchen. Pupils will plan, buy and make a recipe each week, which will be turned into our very own Sycamore Cook Book. | What are your favourite family meals at home, do you have a recipe? If so, send it in and we can consider making it. |
| Computing | This half term we will be looking at how technology can be used to create databases. Pupils will learn how to collect, store and present data on their own chosen subject using Microsoft Excel.
| Ask your child to sort items such as their favourite objects, food, magazines or clothes into different orders. This could be size order, favourite to least favourite, newest to oldest or any other order that you think of together.
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| Art | Pupils will continue to explore textiles this half term. They will observe differing skylines, aiming to colour match what they see, before adding in sewn details later on in the half term. | Talk to your child about what they have learnt each week about this process. What does this method involve? What worked well? What could be done next time to make their work more successful?
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| PE | Rugby – Pupils will look at aspects of rugby; getting the technique of passing and how this must be done; kicking: how players kick a ball. This is covered under the skills of tag rugby . | Look at tag rugby on YouTube and compare to full contact rugby |
| Swimming | Sycamore will have a weekly swimming lesson at The Reef each Tuesday this half term. This aims to promote confidence in the water, fitness and independence with managing washing and dressing. | Please remind your child that swimming is each Tuesday and encourage them to pack their own bag for this event. A towel, shower gel, swimming costume and warm jumper/jacket will be needed each week.
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