Sycamore Class

Welcome to Sycamore Class Page

Sycamore is a mixed-age class consisting of Reception, Year 1 and Year 2.

We embrace the opportunities a mixed-age class offers in meeting our school’s values and ethos. There are many benefits of the different ages learning together, such as providing opportunities for all children to practise and develop their collaborative skills. We see fantastic empathy and communication from older children in their caring and nurturing leadership roles, with the younger children being exposed to great role-models resulting in higher expectations, greater resilience and determination to do more and to do it better. Together they are able to learn through a curious and inquisitive curriculum, provided for through topic based play and adult directed tasks.  

Carefully selected parts of  the EYFS and KS1 core curriculums (links below) have been mindfully interwoven so that the pupils can be taught together. Work is adapted, tiered and targeted questioning are used- both to extend and support learning. Although some aspects of our teaching will involve whole-class learning and projects worked on together, other skills and knowledge are taught separately to allow for the depth of understanding needed to master the foundational skills (such as in Phonics). Where children have complex specialist SEN needs, bespoke adaptations are provided through the advice of specialists. 

In Reception much of our learning is through play and we will keep you updated through Tapestry- so please keep an eye out for all the wonderful activities the children will be taking part in.