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
Week beginning 2nd December 2019
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LEARNING VIDEOS
Here are a collection of useful videos to help your child practise their learning.
- Phonics - blending to read cvc words with sounds /s/a/t/p/i/n
2. Phonics - blending to read cvc words with sounds /m/d/g/o/c/k
Maths - Subitize (quick recognition of a quantity)
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This week’s learning
Phonics: Assisted blending to decode cvc words with the following sounds: /s/a/t/p/i/n/m/d/g/o/c/k/ck. Please use the video above for extra practice.
Your child will bring home a list of words to decode. Please keep these at home and practise daily decoding.
MATHS:
• To practise number formation
• To develop quick recognition of quantities up to 5 by looking at arrangements of these quantities. This is known as subitizing - see video above
Understanding the world: To discuss the celebrations that occur in December and how different people in the world celebrate. We will talk about the significance of the Advent calendar for some Christians.
Expressive Arts and design: This week the children will continue to practise the four songs that they will perform to you on Tuesday 10th December 2019 at 9.30am in the main school hall. [/dropshadowbox]
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Writing numbers
Can you use the number formation rhymes to practise writing each number of the numbers 0-9 like this: 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2. Please refer to number formation rhymes in their homework book
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]
Week Beginning 2nd December 2019
December 2019
Saturday 7th December – Christmas Fair
Thursday 12th December – Year 2 Christmas Production
Friday 13th December – Christmas Jumper Day
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.
Maths Money
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- to find change
- to solve two step problems with money
- to recognise equal groups
- to find change
Children will work out how much change they should receive by either subtracting the total from the amount paid, or counting up to find the difference. - to solve two step problems with money
A two-step problem is a word problem that requires two operations to solve it. This means that children must be familiar with the vocabulary associated with the mathematical symbols they are used to, in order to make sense of the word problem.
An example of a two-step problem involving money: an orange cost 18p and apple cost 32p. How much change would you get from £1.
Children need to first add the total cost of the apple and orange and then take it away from £1.
- to recognise equal groups
Children will understand that equal means the same/it has to be fair
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.
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!!!
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.
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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
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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
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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!!!