First Week of December 2019
This week will see the beginning of our “serious” Christmas Concert rehearsals.
We are looking forward to CMA’s concert in Minster Church on Thursday and our school’s Christmas Fair on Saturday.
This week’s homework: Au2-Wk5-29112019
Maths: We focus on multiplying and dividing by 10/100/1000 as well as multiples of 10/100/1000
English: This week, we will plan, write and then edit our independent film review of “Hidden Figures”. WHAT AN INSPIRING MOVIE!
- Looking at Grammar, we will start unpicking and then working on mastering subordination and subordinating clauses, but also further expand our vocabulary used for describing character and personality.
Art: Working hard and focused, we will paint and assemble our Cardboard Relief.
Science: After our fabulous rockets have explored the skies, we will now enter our new amazing topic “Forces”. (PICTURES WILL FOLLOW LATER)
Here are two videos as well (download and play in VLC-Player): 002 021
Spanish: Continue and expand exchanging personal information.
PSHE: Connor, our visitor from Nuffield Health, will work with us on how to keep ourselves physically and mentally fit and healthy.
Merits and Dojo wk of 25th November 2019
… this week’s merits: Akosua, Evie, Magnus & William.
… our Dojo winners this week: Lillian (35), Oscar (34) and Magnus (33). Fantastic!
Week Beginning 2nd December
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In Mathematics we will continue to work on fractions, learning how to find fractions of quantities and to find equivalent fractions.
- In English we will explore and retell the middle section of Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp by Philip Pullman.
- In History we will compare three Bronze Age civilisations.
- In Science we will investigate the spectrum of light.
- In RE we will learn about Christmas symbolism. This will include making our own Christingles.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#d7810a” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Our Christmas performance is on Tuesday 17th December at 10:15 at St Andrew’s Church. We are grateful for parents’ support in learning lines and song words. All parents are welcome at the service.[/dropshadowbox]
Year 4 news 2nd December
We are learning:
Maths-We will be looking at strategies to help with times tables up to 12×2.
Literacy-We will be continuing our explanation text based around a video explanation by Tony Ross of how to draw Horrid Henry.
Topic-we will be investigation the period of Viking and Anglo Saxon history involving Danegeld and moving on to village life
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]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. [/dropshadowbox]
Monday 25th November, 2019
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#13eadd” border_width=”3″ border_color=”#f257c4″ ]Dates for the Diary Maths Workshop – Tuesday 26th November at 9:00 am in the Dining Hall. Please attend as it will enable you to develop a greater understanding of the Year 1 Curriculum as well as give an insight of how Maths is taught in our classes.[/dropshadowbox]
A big thank you to all the parents for dropping in and supporting your children with Autumn Art. They enjoyed the fun experience with you in our classes.
Children enjoyed meeting an author -Grant Koper who wrote The Day Granny’s Knickers Blew Away and hopefully feel inspired to follow in his footsteps for the future.
Congratulations to our Mathletics Champions!
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class – Brady (5480 Points)
Vauxhall Class – Hamza ( 7654 Points)
Silver Award
Vauxhall Class – Ishmael
Bronze Award
Lambeth Class – Brady, Sakhile, Jennifer, Priscilla, Stanley, Aliyah, Emily, Olivier, Tome, Barin, Bonnie, Luke, Hasan, Yusuf, Mia
Vauxhall Class – Oliver, Rayyan, Yigit Emre, Logan, Mohamed, Alesha, Aayush
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#e0e716″ border_width=”3″ border_color=”#3c19df” ]Our Learning this week…[/dropshadowbox]
English
We have a new focus text called ‘The Lonely Beast’ by Chris by Chris Judge. Children will be making predictions, differentiate between questions and statements, role play key events, write thinking bubbles / speech bubbles as a key character and also sequence key events.
Maths
Children will finish their learning about 3D shapes and revisit Place value. They will make numbers using ten frame, numicon, counters. order numbers -smallest to greatest / greatest to smallest, understand greater than/ lesser than / equal to.
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.
History
We will be celebrating ‘Black History Month’. Our class will be talking and writing about ‘Barack Obama’. Who is he? Why he is special? What did he do? Where did he live?
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 3D Shapes.
Please hand it in by Wednesday 27th November 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 25th November 2019
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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.
Maths We have moved on to money.
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- To make the same amounts using different notes and coins
- To compare money
- to find the total
- to make the difference using money
- To make the same amount using different notes and coins
Children will develop their understanding of different ways to make the same amount. The children will begin to see that 10p can be made using 2p, 2p, 2p, 2p and 2p or it can be made using 5p and 5p. - To compare money
Children will use their knowledge of counting in pounds and pence to compare different amounts.
- to find the total
Children will add up pounds and pence in order to find a total
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.
Florence Nightingale will be introduced to the children. The children we be shown several pictures of Florence Nightingale and then they will answer questions to help them get an understanding of her life.
The children will answer questions such as who do you think this woman is. Does her uniform tell you about her job? Why is she special? etc
Art
We will continue to explore line and tone. The children will draw different facial parts by taking a line for a walk. They will draw a mouth, an eye, an ear and a nose without lifting their pencil form the paper.
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 25th November
The children are continuing to work hard in year 3. This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will learn to recognise and use fractions. We will focus on tenths.
- In English we will explore the beginning of Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp by Phillip Pullman.
- In science we will learn about reflection.
- In history we will research and compare three Bronze Age settlements.
- In RE we will begin a new unit on Christmas symbols. We will start by looking at the
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#dabd2d” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]The children are working hard on preparing songs for our Christmas Performance. We would be grateful for parents’ support in helping them to practise at home. The performance is on the morning of Tuesday 17th December and it would be lovely to have as many parents there as possible.[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#da2da9″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Several children have been bringing Pokemon cards to school and these sometimes cause arguments and disruption. We ask that Pokemon (and similar) cards remain at home.[/dropshadowbox]
Week beginning 25th November 2019
Dear Parents
Please remember to add a pair of black jogging trousers to your child's PE kit if you haven't already done so.
Kind Regards
Reception Team
AUTUMN 2 TOPIC: Light and Dark
This week’s learning
LITERACY
Book Focus: On The Moon by Anna Milbourne and Benji Davies
We will explore a range of fiction and non-fiction books about space and our solar system. We will discuss the difference between fact and fiction books and how factual books help with our learning.
Phonics: /j/, /v/, /w/, /x / and /y/
MATHS
To develop their understanding of one more and less than a number. We will explore how and why numbers can be ordered.
CAL: To show an understanding of prepositional language by the use of words such as: under, next to, on top, behind and in front.
EAD: The children will continue to learn a few festive songs for their Christmas performance next month
HOMEWORK
Learning about Space
Can you draw a picture of the planets in our Solar System? Can you use your knowledge of initial sounds to write labels for each planet in your picture? Which is the smallest planet? Which is the biggest planet?
Week beginning 25th November 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 fractions alongside their decimal and percentage equivalents.
English –
We shall be continuing to look at The Pied Piper, this week. We shall be planning and starting to write a newspaper report based on the key events of the poem.
Science – 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 continuing to research about how Croydon was affected during WW2. We will also be writing diary entries as a result of Mrs Bakka’s visit.
Music – This week, we will be learning to understand the criteria for a vocal performance – clear diction, good tone, dynamics, metre.
PSHE – our learning objectives:
- I can explain some of the ways in which one person (or group of people) can have power over another.
I know some reasons why people use bullying behaviours.
RE – Buddhism – our learning objectives:
- I can state what the Four Noble Truths are.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”10″ border_color=”#09e636″ ]Key dates: [/dropshadowbox]
Friday, 29th November – Mufti Day for the Bottle Tombola (bring a bottle to be used as a prize during the Christmas Fair).
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
IMPORTANT DATES
To help the families plan with the incredibly busy weeks ahead, please check and note the following dates:
Friday, 29th November – Own Clothes Day for the Bottle Tombola (bring a bottle to be used as a prize during the Christmas Fair)
Tuesday, 5th December 10:45 – Croydon CMA concert (only children)
Saturday, 7th December 11-15 – Friends of Howard Christmas Fair
Friday, 13th December – Christmas Lunch and Christmas Jumper Day
Monday, 16th December pm – Rehearsal in Church
Tuesday, 17th December 2:15 – Y5/6 Christmas Concert in Church
Thursday, 19th December – Attendance Assembly
Wednesday, 8th January 2020 – Greek Workshop in the Hall (themed day with costumes)