Music:

We have been learning to play the Ukuleles and how we can use chords to make different sounds when strumming.

PSHE:

As part of Hello Yellow day, children in Sycamore learnt about mental wellbeing and even made their own sparkly emotions bottle to show how we may feel inside when overwhelmed with emotions.

Art:

As part of art children explored the work of Nick Park and his use of clay in his animations such as Wallace and Gromit. Linking with our Geography topic, children used the techniques learnt to make their own models of volcanoes. They then painted them to make them stand out.

Global Dimensions:

Working with Willow class, children discussed and designed ways that they could help others around the world who were struggling with the effects of global warming. They then presented their amazing inventions and ideas to the rest of the class.

Science:

In science, children explored how the process of digestion occurred in humans. They conducted an experiment to replicate this process in the classroom.

Children have explored how certain drinks can damage our teeth. Using eggs to replicate our teeth, we left them in different drinks overnight and then took them out to see what damage had occurred.

Computing:

During Safer Internet week, children in Sycamore were visited by an electronic engineer who showed children how our electronic devices are made. We were then able to act out how data moves across the internet and how to protect this data.

School trip to Rural Life Museum:

As part of our history topic on the Vikings, Sycamore class learnt more about their occupation of Somerset and how the Saxons fought and won against these brutal invaders. We even had a go at carving some runes into some clay to take home.