Sycamore Class
CLASS TEACHER: Miss. Holly Neill
Learning Support Assistant: Mrs. Jenny Salter
Year Groups: 5 & 6
Welcome to Sycamore Class
In Sycamore Class, children are encouraged to develop a positive attitude towards learning through curiosity, creativity and resilience. They enjoy exploring new ideas, working collaboratively and celebrating their achievements. Over the course of the year, they will grow in independence and confidence, building the knowledge and skills they need to become enthusiastic, capable learners ready for the next stage of their journey.
Homework & Reading Information
Homework will be sent out every Monday, to be returned by the following Monday to be marked and the new homework set. Please feel free to bring the homework in sooner – there is a tray that the children will put their work into when they return it.
Please read with your child as much as possible. Sometimes it’s not possible to read every day, so we ask for 3 reads a week to be signed by an adult in the reading log. This is checked every Friday.
It is really important that children continue to develop their Maths fluency and basic skills. We are regularly practicing arithmetic skills in class and this is something you can support at home. We will also be sending home maths tasks as part of our homework. For timetables, we are using TimesTables.co.uk - this is a great resource for the children to use to practice their recall of times tables. They all have a login - the details should be inside of the front cover of their reading diary.
PE Lessons
PE lessons are on a Monday afternoon. Please make sure that your child brings their PE kit to school and keeps it at school on their peg in a drawstring type PE bag or carrier bag. For practical reasons it is unhelpful to put PE kit in a rucksack as they take up too much room on their peg. Please bring in spare socks or tights, as they get very wet during the winter months on wet grass.
Curriculum Overviews 2026-2027
Sycamore class Curriculum Overview 2026-2027 Autumn term 2