Monday 16th December 2019
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#11d9e4″ border_width=”4″ border_color=”#e56bbf” ]Well done to our Super star performers! We hope you enjoyed our Christmas Play.Thank you for all your help and support with our Christmas Play. Here are a few memorable moments…[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f0dc3d” border_width=”4″ border_color=”#6a5675″ ]Our Mathletics Champions for this week are…[/dropshadowbox]
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class: Carter – 2910 Points
Vauxhall Class: Yigit -4800 Points
Gold Award
Lambeth Class: Hasan
Silver Award
Lambeth Class:Brady. Teodora,Emily, Mikael, Jennifer,Mustafa, Carter
Vauxhall Class:Naomi, Hamza, Aayush
Bronze Award
Lambeth Class: Tome, Olivier, Bonnie, Barin, Aliyah, Luke, Carlotta, Stanley, Anaya, Yusuf, Mia, Sakhile, Kevin
Vauxhall Class:Ishmael. Fabeha, Olivier, Rayyan, Yigit, Logan, Alesha, Elena, Agyeiwaa
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”perspective-right” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f6c2e4″ border_width=”4″ border_color=”#5c287b” ]Christmas Party is on Wednesday 18th December. Please bring a picnic bag for your child with snacks. We will provide drinks. Please ensure that the food is nut free as lots of children have allergies.[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”perspective-right” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#90ebe1″ border_width=”4″ border_color=”#e741c5″ ]Our Learning this week…[/dropshadowbox]
English
We will finish our learning about materials by writing a simple fact file.
Maths
Children will finish their learning about measuring length by measuring a variety of objects using non-standard units like cubes.
Science
In Science we will be sorting materials into man made and natural materials.
RE
We will be discussing the significance of Christmas to Christians as well as the traditions and customs people follow.
Art:
Children will be making some Christmas decorations using different media.
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.
Handwriting
We will be learning to form the numbers correctly and begin to learn the cursive script starting with the letters c, a, o, d, g. as well as numbers.
Homework
Please support your child to make a poster about man made and natural materials. Please hand it in by Wednesday 18th December 2019
Please continue … *Mathletics-your child’s user name and the password are attached in your child’s yellow Reading Record book.
*Reading daily to develop fluency and comprehension skills.
*Play phonics games on Phonics Play / Star fall Phonics.
Last school week of 2019
We are having a very short, but incredibly busy week ahead.
There are our final rehearsals on Monday so that we are well prepared for Tuesday.
Our learning will focus on D&T with our gingerbread houses (Monday: baking, Tuesday: assembly and first decorating, Wednesday: final steps of decorating).
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#95cfed” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Maths[/dropshadowbox]
I can use formal methods of division to divide 4- by 1-digit numbers with several exchanges (L1) and with remainder (L2).
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#edc995″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]English[/dropshadowbox]
I can edit and improve my writing.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#a5e08e” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Science[/dropshadowbox]
I can explore the influence of a surface’s qualities on friction.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#edbeca” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Please remember![/dropshadowbox]
Our Christmas Concert is on Tuesday 2:15pm in St Andrew’s church.
Our class parties are on Wednesday afternoon, so please be so kind and donate some food and drinks to share.
To help us finalise the planning for the workshop in January, please the letters from last week. (Helpers are urgently needed!)
… this week’s and last week’s merits: Whole Class, Bianca, Cynde, Lillian, Josiah, Kamil and Junaid. Well done.
… our Dojo winners this week: Emiliana (62), Lillian (59), Akosua (59), Amie (59) and Bianca (59). What a successful week!
Week beginning 16th January 2019
[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#84f582" border_width="1" border_color="#dddddd" ]Dear Parents
Thank you for coming to see our musical performance last week. We are incredibly proud of all our Reception children and it was a joy to see how they have grown in confidence over the last three months.
As we approach the end of the Autumn term, we would like to wish you and your families a very joyous festive season.
The children will celebrate with a class Christmas party on Wednesday afternoon. Please send in requested party treats by Wednesday morning. The children may wear their own clothes (party clothes) to school on Wednesday. No donations required.
The last day of school for children is Thursday 19th December. The children must wear their regular school uniform on this day.
Best wishes for the festive season.
Kind Regards
Reception Team [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#ea1919" ]This week’s learning
AUTUMN TERM TOPIC: Light and Dark
Theme: Christmas
LITERACY:
Phonics: The children’s Phonics learning has now been assessed and next term they will work in smaller groups during Phonics lessons. This is to ensure that they learn phonic skills at the pace at which they are making progress. We will provide further information about this next term.
Please help your child by listening to them as they practise reading sounds and words using their phonic knowledge. Help them to point under each sound as they say each sound, then sweep their finger across the word as they blend to decode the word.
High frequency word lists: Next term we will begin sending home our ‘Animal’ word lists.
MATHS: Addition and subtraction skills by focusing on the language of one more and one less [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#18b022" ]HOMEWORK:
Writing CVC words
Use the sheet provided and write the word that matches each picture, forming each letter correctly Please note that the children will not receive holiday homework so please send in all homework books by Wednesday.
Books for home reading: Due to this being a four day week, reading books will be changed on any day between Monday - Wednesday so please ensure your child’s books are in their book bag everyday this week. [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#b01831" ]IMPORTANT DATES
Wednesday, 18th December: Class Christmas party. Children may wear their own clothes to school
Thursday, 19th December: Last day of term
Monday, 6th January 2020: Children return to school [/dropshadowbox]
Week Beginning 16th December 2019
December 2019
Saturday 7th December 2019 – Christmas Fair
Thursday 12th December 2019 – Year 2 Christmas Production
Friday 13th December 2019 – Christmas Jumper Day
Wednesday 18th December 2019 – Class party
Thursday 19th December 2019 – End of term
English – Writing
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| We will start a new book called 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.
Paper 2, children are given a booklet of longer texts (between 800 and 1100 words) and questions in a separate answer booklet. The test lasts approximately 40 minutes.
Paper 2 is more challenging than Paper 1, but in each paper easier questions appear at the beginning and more difficult ones later on.
What kinds of questions are there?
There will be a mixture of question types. In some, your child will need to choose an answer (selected responses). For others, they will need to write their own answer (short and extended responses).
Examples of selected response questions include:
Multiple choice, e.g. What is Lucy looking for in the story? Tick one of the boxes below.
Ranking/ordering, e.g. Number the events below to show the order in which they happen in the story.
Matching, e.g. Match the character to what they do in the story.
Labelling, e.g. Label the text to show the title.
Examples of short response questions include:
Find and copy, e.g. Find and copy one word that shows how Lucy is feeling.
Short response, e.g. What does Lucy eat?
Examples of extended response questions include:
Open-ended response, e.g. Why did Lucy write the letter to her grandmother? Give two reasons.
Maths
- to make multiplication sentences from pictures
Children could say there are 5 groups of 1. This is the same as 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 5. Which is the same as 5 x 1 - Children will be introduced to arrays
Arrays show equal groups in rows and colums. 
Our ICT slot is on Tuesday afternoon. We are game testers. During this unit, the children will play and evaluate simple scratch games. We will discuss age ratings and increasing game addiction.
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!!!
Week Beginning 16th December
The children in year 3 have worked really hard this term. This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will complete our work on equivalent fractions before doing some practical work on telling the time in preparation for next term.
- In English we will write the end section of the story of Aladdin.
- In history we will share the learning we have done at home on the Iron Age.
- In RE we will look at the symbolism behind the story of the Wise Men’s visit.
- In art we will make Christmas cards.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f1e237″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Our Christmas concert is on Tuesday 17th December at 10:10 at St Andrew’s Church. It would be lovely to see as many parents as possible there.[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ee37f1″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Our Christmas party is on Wednesday 18th December. Children may wear their own clothes and are asked to bring some food to share.[/dropshadowbox]
Year 6 Christmas messages
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”10″ border_color=”#f62222″ ]Years 5 and 6 Carol Concert.[/dropshadowbox]
Tuesday 17th December 2019 – 2:15pm
St. Andrew’s Church
Class parties shall be held on Wednesday 18th December, in the afternoon. Your child should have brought home a letter asking for donations of food and drink. Please return the slip as soon as possible.
We break up at 3:30pm on Thursday 19th December 2019 and return to school on Monday 6th January.
On behalf on the Year 6 Team, we hope you have a lovely Christmas holiday.
Year Four Weekly Blog- Week Beginning 16th December 2019
A huge thank you to those parents and children who supported our school fayre this year. We would also like to say that the behaviour was impeccable on our very exciting visit to Fairfield Halls Pantomime of Cinderella this week.
The week ahead:
Rehearsals at St Andrew’s church will take place on Monday for the final performance on Tuesday 17th December 2019. We look forward to seeing you there if you can.
Maths-We will be consolidating our learning this term with a progress check for arithmetic, problem solving and reasoning.
English-We will be completing our focus on Reading, exploring inference and prediction through different genres of text.
Topic-We will be exploring the journeys in R.E.
Class parties will take place on Wednesday afternoon. Children can wear their own clothes for the whole day.
Can we take the chance to wish you all a very merry Christmas and happy 2020 from the Year Four Team.
Week beginning 9th December 2019
[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#f88181" border_width="1" border_color="#dddddd" ]Dear Parents
We look forward to seeing you at the Reception Christmas Performance on Tuesday at 9.30am in the Main school hall. Please drop your child off at their classroom at 8.50 as usual and proceed to the main hall. The performance will start at 9.30am.
Kind Regards,
Reception Team[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#0aa627" ]This week’s learning
LITERACY
Book Focus: Stickman by Julia Donaldson.
The children will be delighted to read this heart-warming, Christmas themed story about a stick family who await their father’s return. Phonics: Assisted blending to decode cvc words. Please continue to practise daily decoding.
MATHS: Sorting and comparing groups of objects. Key vocabulary: more, fewer, the same
Expressive Arts and Design: The children have been practising well for their musical performance to you on Tuesday. Also, this week they will be creating and making a range of Christmas related crafts in the creative areas of the classroom. [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#cf0a0a" ]HOMEWORK
Celebrations
We have been learning about different kinds of celebrations. Can you talk to your adult at home and find out which celebrations are important in your family and what you do when you celebrate eg: birthdays, Christmas, etc. You could draw a picture or find pictures of different celebrations. Please use your phonic knowledge to write a label for your pictures
READING BOOKS
Please read with your child and write a comment in the yellow reading diary. Please keep both reading books and yellow diary in your child’s bookbag after each reading.
Please note that if reading books have been lost, they will need to be replaced [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#0c830e" ]IMPORTANT DATES
Tuesday 10th December: Reception Christmas performance to parents 9.30am in the main school hall.
Friday, 13th December 2018: Christmas Jumper Day and Christmas lunch for children. Children may wear a Christmas jumper over their usual school uniform (school dress or school shirt and school trousers)
Wednesday, 18th December: Class Christmas party in the afternoon. Children may wear their own clothes to school
Thursday, 19th December: Last day of term for children.
Monday, 6th January 2020: Children return to school [/dropshadowbox]
Second Week of December – 9-12-2019
After the inspiring CSMA concert on Thursday, we are now landing in rehearsal madness.
This week’s homework: Au2-Wk6-06122019
Maths: We will now move on to dividing 4-digit numbers by one- and later two-digit numbers (visual and formal).
English: Linked with our D&T learning, we will explore the features and techniques of instructions (recipes) and then improve a given poor example.
D&T: Our first project will focus on designing and planning a “christmassy” building project.
Science: We will take the first step with our “Forces” topic by exploring gravity and air resistance.
Spanish: Continue and expand exchanging personal information.
PSHE: Connor, our visitor from Nuffield Health, will work with us again on how to keep ourselves physically and mentally fit and healthy.