Merits and ClassDojo Week ending 8th December 2019

… this week’s merits:  … since I don’t want to spoil the Merit assembly which was moved to tomorrow, please wait until tomorrow evening.

… our Dojo winners this week: Lillian (47), Richa (46) and Leen (44). “Fabu-tastic!”

 

Week Beginning 9th 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

On Tuesday afternoon, the children will be going to Croydon Central Library to watch a BRIT school production .

The Christmas Concert will take place on Thursday 12th December at 2:15pm. We look forward to seeing you there!

English – Writing

The children will be using pictures to stimulate their writing in their writing journal. We will encourage the children to ensure that they use features of Year 2 writing.

  • write simple coherent narratives about personal experiences and those of others (real of fiction)
  • write about real events, recording these simply and clearly
  • demarcate most sentences in their writing with capital letters and full stops, and use question marks correctly when required
  • use present and past tense correctly and consistently 
  • use co-ordination (e.g. or/ and/ but ) and some subordination (e.g. when/if/that/because) to join clauses
  • segment spoken words into phonemes and represent these by graphemes, spelling many of the words correctly and making phonically-plausible attempts at others
  • spell many common exception words
  • form capital letters and digits of the correct size, orientation and relationship to one another and to lower-case letters
  • use spacing between words that reflects the size of the letters 

 

English- reading
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.
This week the children will sit a short reading paper.

Maths

    • to make equal groups
    • to add equal groups
    • introduce multiplication sentences using ‘x’ symbols
    • to make multiplication sentences from pictures
  • to make equal groups 
    Children will understand that equal means the same/it has to be fair

  • to add equal groups 

    can will add equal groups and use these to help them identify the link between multiplication and repeated addition

  • introduce multiplication sentences using ‘x’.
  • 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
RE
The children will be decorating candles  for advent.
ICT

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.

 

Art

The children will decorate Father Christmas, ready for the Christmas Fair.

Music 
Ministrings will continue every Wednesday. This week we will play some instruments that belong in the string family.
PE
Our PE slot is on Monday afternoon. We are currently focusing on balance and co-ordination.
Please ensure all children have their full PE kit in school (fully named).
PSHE
We have introduced the children to a programme called Zones of Regulation which we are hoping will help regulate feelings and emotions and offer the children the correct way to talk about their feelings. This week  we will continue to  think of suitable ways to regulate their feelings and match emotions to different zones.

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 9th December

This week our learning will be as follows;

  • In mathematics we will learn to find equivalent fractions.
  • In English we will retell the middle section of Philip Pullman’s Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp in writing before moving on to exploring the final section.
  • In topic time we will complete our history topic, Stone Age to the Iron Age. Children have been asked to find out about one aspect of Iron Age life at home.
  • In RE we will look at the symbolism of the Christmas story.
  • In music we are working hard rehearsing our Christmas songs.

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#2ef549″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Don’t forget our Christmas performance is at 10:15 on 17th December at St Andrew’s Church.[/dropshadowbox]

 

Year Four Weekly Blog Week Beginning 9th December 2019

Our Learning This Week:

English-Reading Focus. We will be looking at different styles of text and answering prediction and infer style questions

Maths-We will be looking at 3-d shape, exploring the number 6 and tessellation.

Topic-We will be completing our fascinating topic on Vikings and Anglo-Saxons.

Wednesday 11th December Pantomime Visit 

Dates for the Diary:

7th December-Christmas Fayre

11th December-Year Four Trip to the Pantomime

11th December-Year Four Zumba group performing at Fairfield halls

13th December-Christmas lunch and Christmas jumper day

16th December Christmas rehearsal (Children will be visiting St Andrew’s Church-no audience)

17th December Christmas Performance (yr 3 and 4 only) 10.15am at St Andrew’s parents welcome

18th December Christmas party-Year 4 have our class parties together Millennium please bring in sweet treats for the party. Southwark class please bring a savoury treat. Please be aware we have several severe nut allergies this year and food without label or stating may contain nuts cannot be used and will be sent home.

Week beginning 9th December 2019

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”10″ border_color=”#0914eb” ]What are we learning this week?[/dropshadowbox]
Maths – We shall be looking at decimals and fractions revision.

English – We shall be starting a new unit this week all about short stories with a flashback. We shall be using a clip called ‘The Piano’  as our stimulus.

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Science – We shall be starting our new topic of light this week.

PE – Swimming lessons will continue after Christmas. Children will have their normal sports leaders session with the secondary students on Friday.

History – We shall be looking at the Blitz and how people protected themselves.

Music – We shall be practising for our Christmas performance.

Art – We shall be making our advent calendar stained glass windows.

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”10″ border_color=”#09e636″ ]Key dates: [/dropshadowbox]

Friday 13th December – Christmas Lunch and Christmas Jumper Day

Tuesday 17th December 2:15pm – Y5/6 Christmas Concert at St. Andrew’s Church

Monday 9th December, 2019

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#a1f4fb” border_width=”4″ border_color=”#df56bc” inside_shadow=”false” ]Dates for Diary : Year 1 Christmas Play – Wednesday 11th December at 2:15 pm in the Main Hall. [/dropshadowbox]

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f2f25c” border_width=”4″ border_color=”#9ff780″ inside_shadow=”false” ]Other events: Christmas Lunch on Friday 13th December. Jumper Day on Friday 13th December. Please bring a £1 to support Save the Children.[/dropshadowbox]

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”vertical-curve-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#c3f97e” border_width=”4″ border_color=”#a78af8″ inside_shadow=”false” ]Congratulations to our Mathletics Champions ! [/dropshadowbox]

Super Mathlete

Lambeth Class : Aliyah (5750 Points)

Vauxhall Class : Aayush (4568 Points)

Gold Award

Vauxhall Class : Yigit 

Silver

Lambeth : Kevin, Anaya, Stanley, Luke, Shauna, Mathilde

Vauxhall Class : Rayyan

Bronze

Lambeth Class : Carter, Mia, Mustafa, Jennifer, Yusuf, Hasan, Emily, Bonnie, Tome, Brady, Barin, Aliyah

Vauxhall Class : Aayush, Logan, Mohamed, Alesha, Agyeiwa, Hamza, Fabeha, Zachary

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ec96ea” border_width=”4″ border_color=”#605c68″ inside_shadow=”false” ]Our Learning this week… [/dropshadowbox]

English

We will continue our focus story – The Lonely Beast by Chris Judge. Children have enjoyed making predictions, questioning as well as reading the story.

Children will become authors – they will make a story map, write the story with a beginning, middle and end and edit their work.

Maths

Children will be learning about Measure: Length: tall and short (taller than, tallest, short, shorter than, shortest). Long and short (longer than, longest, short, shorter than, shortest). Children will be using non- standard units ( cubes, paper clips..) and standard units ( cm, metres). And also Weight- heavy and light ( heavier than, heaviest, lighter than, lightest). Children will be learning the appropriate mathematical vocabulary and using them in a fun and exciting way with practical resources.

Science
Children will begin to learn about the different types of materials – metal, plastic, fabric, glass, wood, paper etc…They will sort materials into groups on the basis of their properties and begin to distinguish between an object and material from which it is made.

ICT
During ICT sessions, we will be learning to use technology purposefully to create, organise store and retrieve digital content-log on, type name and surname, change font, size, colour and type a sentence using capital letter, space and full stop. Children will watch Hector’s world.

PSHE
We will discuss in class about-‘ People who help us’ at home, in school and in our community.

R.E

Children will be developing their awareness of different relegions and focusing on learning about Christianity. They will learn about how Christians celebrate Christmas and the traditions and customs they 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 Christianity
Please hand it in by Wednesday 11th 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.

 

Week beginning 2nd December 2019

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”10″ border_color=”#0914eb” ]What are we learning this week?[/dropshadowbox]

Maths – We shall be looking at decimals and fractions revision.

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English – 

We shall be continuing to look at The Pied Piper, this week. We shall be writing and editing our newspaper report based on the key events of the poem.

Image result for pied piper newspaper reportsScience – Our topic this half term is Electricity. This week, we shall be looking at planning an investigation and looking at the importance of variables.

PE – Swimming lessons continue this week. Our Friday PE sessions will be taught by some local secondary school pupils, as part of our Sports Leader Alliance.

History – We shall be looking at the Blitz and how people protected themselves.

Music –  Our learning objective: To understand time signature and metre.

PSHE –  our learning objectives:

  • I know some ways to encourage children who use bullying behaviours to make other choices.

RE –  Buddhism –  our learning objectives:

  • I can recall Buddhism facts

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”10″ border_color=”#09e636″ ]Key dates: [/dropshadowbox]

Saturday 7th December 11am- 3pm – Friends of Howard Christmas Fair

Friday 13th December – Christmas Lunch and Christmas Jumper Day

Tuesday 17th December 2:15pm – Y5/6 Christmas Concert at St. Andrew’s Church

 

 

 

Week beginning 2nd December 2019

Diary Dates: The Year 1 Christmas Production this year is called ‘The Magical Christmas Jigsaw’. It will be performed on Wednesday 11th December 2019 in the Hall at 2.15pm.
Please provide your child’s appropriate costume in a named carrier bag by Friday 6th December 2019.

A big thank you to all the parents who attended The Maths Workshop on Tuesday 26th November 2019. We hope this was helpful. The Handout has been given out to all the children.

Congratulations to our Mathletics Champions!

Super Mathlete

Lambeth Class – Tome (4140 Points)

Vauxhall Class – Aayush ( 3902 Points)

Silver Award

Vauxhall Class – Mah’ree, Agyeiwaa, Freddie, Oliver

Lambeth Class- Barin, Priscilla, Mia, Aliyah

Bronze Award

Lambeth Class – Brady, Sakhile, Jennifer, Stanley, Emily, Olivier, Tome, Bonnie, Luke, Hasan, Kevin,  Mustufa, Carter, Mikael, Harvey, Shauna

Vauxhall Class – Yigit Emre, Logan, Mohamed, Alesha, Aayush, Hamza, Fabeha, Ishmael, Afia, Naomi, Kelsey, Kelcia

Our Learning this week…

English

We have a new focus text called ‘The Lonely Beast’ by Chris by Chris Judge. Children will be planning a story map with story beginning, middle and ending.

Maths

Children will be learning about Measure: Length: tall and short (taller than, tallest, short, shorter than, shortest). Long and short (longer than, longest, short, shorter than, shortest). Children will be using non- standard units ( cubes, paper clips..) and standard units ( cm, metres). And also Weight- heavy and light ( heavier than, heaviest, lighter than, lightest). Children will be working on practical tasks.

Science

Children will begin to learn about the different types of materials – metal, plastic, fabric, glass, wood, paper etc…They will sort materials into groups on the basis of their properties and begin to distinguish between an object and material from which it is made.

 

Children will also continue their learning about seasons focusing on Autumn.

P.E

Children will continue developing different ways of travelling as well as develop their core strength and balance.

ICT

During ICT sessions, we will be learning to use technology purposefully to create, organise store and retrieve digital content-log on, type name and surname, change font, size, colour and type a sentence using capital letter, space and full stop. Children will watch Hector’s world.

PSHE

We will discuss in class about-‘ People who help us’ at home, in school and in our community.

Art:

Children will be making some Christmas decorations. A snowman for the hall and a candle for the classroom.

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 Materials.

Please hand it in by Wednesday 4th 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.

Festive Songs to practise

Dear Parents

Chelsea Class will be learning these songs to perform to you on Tuesday 10th December. Please help them to listen to and practise these songs during the week:

Six Little Snowflakes

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Father Christmas

(to the tune of Frere Jacques - see below)

Father Christmas, Father Christmas

He got stuck, he got stuck

Coming down the chimney,  Coming down the chimney

What bad luck, What bad luck

 

Father Christmas, Father Christmas

Dressed in red, dressed in red

Coming down the chimney, Coming down the chimney

Bumped his head,

‘Ouch!’ he said

We wish you a merry Christmas

Festive songs to practise

Dear Parents

These are the songs your children will be performing to you on Tuesday 10th December. Please help them to practise these:

When Santa got stuck up the chimney

S-A-N-T-A

Pop, Bang, Crack go the Christmas Crackers

We Wish you a Merry Christmas