Week beginning 27th January 2020
Over the next few weeks, Miss Handley will be teaching Maths in both Year 6 classes and Miss Blackford will be teaching both classes’ English lessons.
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Maths – This week’s maths learning objectives are:
- Compare fractions with unrelated denominators using equivalence;
- Know decimal equivalents for halves, quarters, fifths, eighths, tenths and hundredths;
- Use mental division strategies to find non-unit fractions of amounts;
- Recognise equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages;
- Find percentages of amounts;
- Calculate and interpret the mean as an average.
English – This week, we shall be finishing writing our non-chronological reports. Once complete we shall we moving on to our new unit by creating character profiles based on Stanley, from Holes, and innovating our own character to join Camp Green Lake.
Science – As part of our unit on Animals, including humans, our learning objectives are:
- To know how the blood is pumped around the body.
- To know the main parts of the circulatory system and know the job of the blood and blood vessels.
- I can explain what the circulatory system is.
- I can identify the main parts of the circulatory system are the blood, heart and blood vessels.
- I can explain how oxygen gets into our blood stream and to the rest of the body
- talking.
PE – Swimming is on this week. On Fridays, we shall be learning Boxercise.
Reading – We shall be continuing to read our class text, Holes. We shall be completing activities based on improving our explanation, retrieval and interpretation skills.
Geography – This term, we will be learning all about Scandinavia. This week’s learning objectives are:
• To understand key aspects of the climate zones of Scandinavia.
• To understand the position and significance of the Arctic circle
• Use graphs to identify physical features.
History – We shall be learning about the Holocaust.
Key dates – We shall be visiting Kew Gardens on Monday 3rd February 2020.
Last week of January
We are looking at an exciting week ahead with Ranger Ross in on Thursday.
Last week’s homework:
Next week, we will work through the following things:
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- Ordering fractions with related denominators.
- Converting between improper and mixed-number fractions.
- Ordering and comparing fractions with related denominators beyond one.
- Adding fractions with related denominators.
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With the help of our class-novel “Room 13” we will be …
- Using a range of narrative and language devices to improve an innovated warning dream.
- Using a storymap to orally innovate a warning dream.
- Using a range of narrative and language devices to innovate a warning dream.
- Using Success Criteria and feedback to edit and improve our writing/narration.
- SPaG: Using hyphons.
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- Exploring the influence of an object’s mass onto the depth it will immerge into water (gravity, up-thrust).
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- Spanish: I can use Spanish to talk about my pets.
- Geography: I can use my Geography glasses (incl. OS smybols and maps) to compare two locations.
- ICT: I can apply my knowledge of programming to create a simple Scratch programme.
We will also be sharing our Myths from last week.
Week beginning 27th January
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will measure length. We will also learn to compare, add and subtract length.
- In English we will complete our own version of Magic Dogs of the Volcanoes. We will then begin a new unit on non-chronological reports.
- In science we will learn how igneous and metamorphic rocks are formed.
- In art, DT and geography we will begin to make working papier-mâché volcanoes.
We are grateful to all the parents who have sent in newspapers.
Week beginning 27th January 2020
Dear Parents,
We are learning about Space, Moon and Neil Armstrong.
Please support us by enabling your child to be confident, independent learners by leaving them at the door in the morning to get on with organising themselves with their book bag and coats and promptly starting their Early morning work which consolidates their new learning.
Our context for learning is ‘Now you see me, Now you don’t’.
Our Mathletics Champions from Week beginning 20th January 2020.
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class :
Vauxhall Class : Aayush (3770 Points)
Silver Award
Lambeth Class : Vauxhall Class : Mohamed, Ishmael
Bronze Award
Lambeth Class : Vauxhall Class : Ishmael, Yigit, Afia, Elena, Aayush
Our Learning this week…
English
Our new text is called ‘ The Man on the Moon’- Familiar story. The children will be discussing the main character, Bob and write a character description. Then they will plan their own story with beginning, middle and end.
Maths:
We will be learning about weight and capacity – What is heavy/ light, heavier than / lighter than /heaviest / lightest. What is full, half full, empty.
Science
In Science we will continue learning about the winter season – weather, what clothes we wear, plants and animals ( what happens to them), length of the day as well as explore Space focusing on the Earth and the Moon.
PE
Children will be learning about – ‘Dynamic Balance to Agility’- jumping and landing.
RE
We continue our learning about Christianity: We will be discussing lifestyles and celebration: Where do Christians go to worship?
ICT
We continuhttps://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/4_7/hectorsworld/Episode1/
Our new topic is ‘We are collectors’. where we find images using the web to help with our learning.
PSHE
We revisit the Zones of Regulation. Your children are amazing at calming down using a range of breathing techniques. Please ask your child to demonstrate the hand breathing, lazy eight breathing, hexagonal breathing etc..
Music
Children learn to use voices expressively and creatively. They will also develop an understanding of rhythm and tempo.
Phonics
Please continue to practice sound recognition with your child. Encourage them to apply their phonic knowledge every time you read or write with them.
Homework
Please support your child to complete their homework.
Handwriting
Please continue supporting your child to form numbers correctly as well as letters – the correct size and shape. – orientation.
https://youtu.be/2NQ6uS8blwY
Week Beginning 27th January 2020
Mordern Hall Park Trip – Thursday 30th January 2020
English – Writing
Here is the story of The Magic Paintbrush.
The Magic Brush
Long, long ago in Ancient China there lived a poor boy, who was called Chang. Although he loved drawing, Chang was too poor to have a paintbrush so he used a stick instead. He would draw in the sand or scratch marks on the walls.
Early one morning, Chang saw a large, silver fish trapped in the tall reeds by the riverbank. The fish were struggling to get free. He helped to release the fish because he felt sorry for them.
Later that day, Chang was sleeping. In his dream, a man dressed in a silver cloak spoke to him. “You are a kind boy Chang. I am giving you a magic brush. Use it to help the poor.” Chang woke with a start and lying beside him was a paintbrush.
So Chang painted the shape of a butterfly and to his amazement it changed into a real butterfly and flew away. Chang was delighted with this gift. He ran straight back to the village to see how he could help the poor people.
First, he painted a donkey for the young mother to help her carry her goods. Next he painted an ox to help the farmer pull his plough. After that he painted a hoe for the old lady to weed her garden. Everyday he found a new use for the paintbrush.
Unluckily, the Emperor heard of Chang and his magic brush. He sent for Chang and ordered him to paint a field of gold. Chang didn’t want to obey the greedy Emperor so he drew a sea with a tiny island in the distance.
“Where is my field of gold?” shouted the Emperor, angrily.
“Just here,” replied Chang, drawing a tiny field on the island.
“Paint me a boat so that I can travel to the island,” snarled the Emperor. So Chang painted a boat. The Emperor climbed onto the boat. Chang drew the north wind blowing towards the island.
“I’m going too slowly,” roared the Emperor. “Paint stronger wind.” “So Chang drew a storm. Suddenly, the waves grew rougher and rougher until the boat capsized and the Emperor disappeared. Then Chang drew a white horse so that he could ride home and tell his friends what had happened to the Emperor who wanted too much for himself.
This week we will be answering questions on the story of The Magic Brush in order to deepen their understanding. The children will have a variety of questions, including choice, retrieval and interpreting.
This week the children will write and edit their own innovated version of ‘The Magic Paintbrush’.
Maths – Shape
- To draw 2D shapes
- To understand lines of symmertry
- To sort 2D shapes
- To make patterns with 2D shapes
– To draw 2D shapes
Childrern will be provided with dotted paper and they will use a ruler to draw 2D shapes. We will discuss where is best for chidlren to start.
– Understand lines of symmetry
Something is symmetrical when it is the same on both sides. A shape has symmetry if a central dividing line (a mirror line) can be drawn on it, to show that both sides of the shape are exactly the same. Children will first practically fold paper ‘2d’ shapes to check for lines of symmetry.
– To sort 2D shapes
Children will sort 2D shapes according to different properties.
-To make patterns with 2D shapes.
We will discuss what shape may come next. What colour will the 9th shape be? ETC.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zthsb9q
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=pattern
| We will continue to read The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl. We will also be learning some new reading skills as a whole class using ERIC. The children will build their repertoire of different reading skills through the year. |
When reading with your child, please use VIPERS when asking them questions on the book they are reading.
We will be attending Modern Hall Park where we will be comparing animal habitats. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately (including footwear) for the weather as we will be spending the majority of our time outside.
Our ICT slot is on Tuesday afternoon. We are photographers is the name of our new unit. In this unit, the children review photos online, practise using a digital camera, take photos to fit a given theme, edit their photos, and then select their best images. Children will also select images to create a comic.
Florence Nightingale. The children will continue to explore Florence Nightingale. We will be comparing the conditions in Scutari hospital before and after Florence Nightingale. The children be writing about the differences in a diary form.
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Is your child an author?
If yes, head over to Grant Koper’s website. Your child has the opportunity to have their story published on his website and their story read out of YouTube by Grant himself!!!
Year Four Weekly Blog Week Beginning 27.1.2020
Our Learning This Week:
Maths-We will be learning to describe movements of coordinates on a grid as translations. We will then be multiplying and dividing by 6 and 9.
There are many online games your child can play to consolidate this learning. We have used these websites in class:
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/469/Coordinates-Alien-Attack
http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L350/index.html
English-We will be learning to understand and infer a poet’s motivation using the poem-For forest by Grace Nichols. We will be performing our own version of the poem and exploring our likes and dislikes with poems around the rain forest theme.
https://clpe.org.uk/poetryline/poems/forest
Topic-We will be looking at the climate in a rain forest.
Science-A part of our Science and Geography topics we will be having an exciting visitor to spend an afternoon or morning with each class. Ranger Russ brings a variety of animals from rain forest habitats to share with the children. For more information see the attached letter which will be going home on Monday.
For more information take a look at Ranger Russ’ website
Dates for the diary:
Parents Evening will take place on Thursday 12th and Tuesday 17th March
Year Four Weekly Blog Week Beginning 20.1.2020
Our Learning This Week:
Maths-We will be learning the properties of triangles in order to identify and names isosceles, scalene, equilateral and right-angled triangles. Children will continue to revise the properties and vocabulary associated with 2-d shapes. For example, perpendicular, parallel, quadrilateral,adjacent,diagonal,bisect,polygon. We will then be moving on to coordinates reading and plotting points in a 10 by 10 grid.
There are many online games your child can play to consolidate this learning. We have used these websites in class:
https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/geometry/shapeshoot/QuadShapesShoot.htm
https://www.iknowit.com/lessons/d-geometry-quadrilaterals.html
https://www.mathplayground.com/matching_shapes.html
http://www.skoool.com.eg/english/skoool_bundle/content/primary/maths/polygons/index.html
English-We will be reading the Great Kapok Tree boxing up the story to understand the structure and writer’s techniques before innovating our own animal addition to the story.
Feel free to read along with us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1Teb-_jTyI
Topic-We are starting our Geography unit-The Rainforest by learning about the climate.
R.E-During P.P.A, with Miss Symes, children will be learning about bible stories. Children have been invited to share their personal bibles if they wish.
I.C.T-During P.P.A, with Mrs Forde, children will be learning about Logo.
Reminders:
P.E will take place on Tuesdays or Friday and Thursdays-Children will need their full p.e kit including tracksuit bottoms or leggings for outside P.E.
Daily Reading at home is essential. Please sign your child’s book to show this is happening.
Homework will continue to be given out on a Friday to be completed for the following Friday. All children are expected to complete homework unless this is prearranged with their class teacher.
Please let us know if you have lost the homework then we can provide another copy.
Week Beginning 20th January 2020.
Dear Parents, Welcome Back.
This is an exciting term where we are learning about Space, Moon and Neil Armstrong.
Your children are super learners. Please support us by enabling your child to be confident, independent learners by leaving them at the door in the morning to get on with organising themselves with their book bag and coats and promptly starting their Early morning work which consolidates their new learning.
Our context for learning is ‘Now you see me, Now you don’t’.
Our Mathletics Champions from Week beginning 13th January 2020.
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class : Yusuf (6052 Points)
Vauxhall Class : Aayush (3320 Points)
Silver Award
Lambeth Class : BradyVauxhall Class : Yigit Emre
Bronze Award
Lambeth Class : Tome, Aliyah, Bonnie, Emily, Carlotta, Stanley, Hasan, Yusuf, Sakhile, Olivier, Anaya, Carter
Vauxhall Class : Ishmael, Yigit, Hamza, Elena, Aayush
Our Learning this week…
English
Our new text is called ‘ The Man on the Moon’- Familiar story. The children will be predicting, questioning, talking about feeling and thoughts about the main character and write a character description.
Maths
We continue our learning about time – months of the year, Seasons, using a clock – o’clock, half past . Please practise with your child yesterday was, today is, tomorrow will be.
https://youtu.be/5TA5z_DE204
https://youtu.be/oIgzCOZNT6o
We will also be learning about weight and capacity – What is heavy/ light, heavier than / lighter than /heaviest / lightest. What is full, half full, empty.
Science
In Science we will continue learning about the winter season – weather, what clothes we wear, plants and animals ( what happens to them), length of the day as well as explore Space focusing on the Earth and the Moon.
PE
Children will be learning about – ‘Dynamic Balance to Agility’- jumping and landing.
RE
We continue our learning about Christianity: We will be discussing lifestyles and celebration: Where do Christians go to worship?
ICT
We continuhttps://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/4_7/hectorsworld/Episode1/
Our new topic is ‘We are collectors’. where we find images using the web to help with our learning.
PSHE
We revisit the Zones of Regulation. Your children are amazing at calming down using a range of breathing techniques. Please ask your child to demonstrate the hand breathing, lazy eight breathing, hexagonal breathing etc..
Music
Children learn to use voices expressively and creatively. They will also develop an understanding of rhythm and tempo.
Phonics
Please continue to practice sound recognition with your child. Encourage them to apply their phonic knowledge every time you read or write with them.
Homework
Please support your child to complete their homework .
Handwriting
Please continue supporting your child to form numbers correctly as well as letters – the correct size and shape. – orientation.
https://youtu.be/2NQ6uS8blwY
Week beginning 20th January 2020
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SPRING TERM 1 TOPIC: Transport
LITERACY:
Book Focus: The Hundred Decker Bus by Mike Smith
This fantastically colourful and funny story will be our focus book this week. We will read the story and explore possibilities for a creating the next deck for this marvellous bus
MATHS: This week we will focus on comparing numbers to 10 to develop the children’s sense of number to understand where each number sits in relation to other numbers. Children will develop their understanding of the different representations of numbers 6-10 as they compare sets of numbers to find out which have fewer, more or the same amounts as other numbers
UW: This week we will discuss the significance of the Chinese New Year [/dropshadowbox]
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Create your own vehicle
Can you draw your own idea for a vehicle that transports people from one place to another eg a flying car or a ship that moves on land? What special features will your vehicle have? eg wings/skates?. Ask your adult to help you label your design [/dropshadowbox]
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Week beginning 20th January 2020
Biting through the (today not so) grey January, here is the homework due on Wednesday for everyone whose dog has eaten the homework.
Next week, we will work through the following things:
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- Solving mathematical problems involving multiplication and division.
- Visualising and identifying fractions.
- Identifying fractions as part of a whole.
- Counting in fractions.
- Comparing fractions with the same denominator.
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With the help of our class-novel “Room 13” we will be …
- Identifying and using suitable language devices to describe a dream (warning dream).
- Using a storymap to orally retell a warning dream.
- Using a range of narrative and language devices to retell a warning dream.
- Using Success Criteria and feedback to edit and improve our writing/narration.
- SPaG: Using apostrophes as markers for possession and contraction (incl. use in certain plural forms).
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- Exploring the influence of an object’s shape onto water resistence.
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- Spanish: I can say what pet I have and what its name is.
- Geography: I can use OS smybols and maps to compare two locations.
- PSHE: I can keep myself fit and healthy, but also encourage others to do the same (Connor will be back next week).
- ICT: I can apply my knowledge of programming to create a simple Scratch programme.
We will also try to find the time and start sharing some of the Myths that you have researched as homework.
See you tomorrow.