Merits and Dojo – Week ending 24th November 2019
INCREDIBLE – This week you earned 999 Dojo Points!
… this week’s merits: Leen (being a fabulous role model) and in fact the whole class – You helped so well setting up the exhibition and clearing up after. Thank you.
… our Dojo winners this week: Cynde (53), Lillian (50) and Emiliana (48). VERY WELL DONE!
Last week of November
… and here it is, the end of November! The Christmas Madness is coming closer and closer and closer.
We are looking forward to an exciting week of learning and it is only one week before we are going to be attending CMA’s concert in Minster Church.
This week’s homework: Au2-Wk4-22112019
Maths: We will continue with multiplication with a focus on multiplying 2, 3 and 4-digit numbers by two-digit numbers (visual and formal).
A little multiplication puzzle for the family. Spot similarities and differences between the methods.
English: Having created a solid base for our first film review, we will first write our guided review of “Dora the explorer – And the lost city of Gold”.
- Based on what this will have taught us in terms of Grammar, Vocabulary and Technique, the next step is to develop an independent film review. We will watch and plan so that we can independently write in the first week of December.
Art: Working hard and focused, we will cut and paint our Cardboard Relief before we can assemble it in the first week of December.
Science: Friday will see the launch of our rockets and then we will enter the amazing topic “Forces”.
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.
Year Four Blog Week Beginning 25.11.19
We are learning:
Maths-We will be solving word problems with addition and subtraction using estimation and inverse operations.
Literacy-We will be writing an 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 Dangeld
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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]
Rocket Exhibition
Please remember to visit us for our Rocket Exhibition after school this Thursday.
Thank you.
Week beginning 18th November 2019
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Maths – We shall be looking at add and subtracting fractions (including mixed numbers).
English –
We shall be starting our new unit, based on The Pied Piper. This week, we shall be focusing on unpicking the vocabulary and understanding the storyline. We shall also be creating character profiles and conducting a hotseating task.
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 return 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.
Computing – We shall be creating power points based on our Whitgift Primary Project Week.
Music – This week, we will be learning about song structure – introduction, chorus and instrumental verse.
PSHE – our learning objectives:
- I can understand how rumour-spreading and name-calling can be bullying behaviours.
- I can explain the difference between direct and indirect bullying.
RE – Buddhism – our learning objectives:
- I can explain what Dharma is.
Merits and Dojo
… for last week’s merits: Kamil, Akosua, Oscar, Richa, Lillian and Amna.
… for the merits from the week before: Lisa, Deen, Ashton (London Bridge Class) & Keona (London Bridge Class).
… to our Dojo winners this week: Wow, Emiliana, Daisy and Lillian have all got 21 Dojo Points. WELL DONE!
Week 18th November 2019
Unbelievable, we have entered the second half of November!
Tomorrow afternoon, we will have a visitor …
Maths: We are going to continue with multiplication and division (4×1 with and without exchange, visualisation of exchange, 2×2 with visualisation and exchange).
English: In this busy week ahead, we will …
- expand our skills when describing characters and settings,
- improve a film review and
- then plan and write our own film review on “Dora the explorer – And the lost city of Gold”.
Art: We will finally start making our Cardboard Relief.
Science: We will finish Space.
Spanish: Exchange further personal information.
PSHE: Hopefully, our visitors will arrive and work with us on how to keep ourselves fit and healthy.
Week beginning 18th November 2019
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As the colder months of the year approach, could you please add a pair of black jogging trousers to your child’s PE kit if you haven’t already done so.
Kind Regards
Reception Team
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This week’s learning
LITERACY
Book Focus: Aliens love underpants by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort
The children will love this charming and funny story about alien creatures from another planet who are fascinated by human underpants! This delightful story will stimulate their imagination and create a stimulus for our learning this week.
Phonics: /r/, /h/, /b/, /f/ff / /l/ll/
MATHS
To develop understanding of 4 and 5.
Also to have opportunities to apply their learning and make links between each of the numbers 1-5.
CAL: To ask questions using words such as who, what, when, how and why things happen and to begin to give own explanations.
EAD: The children will begin to learn a few festive songs for their Christmas performance next month
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HOMEWORK
Day and night
We have been learning about day and night and what happens at these times of the day. We know that many animals can be active at night. Can you draw or find pictures of 3 different animals that are active at night and use your phonics knowledge to label your pictures [/dropshadowbox]
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Week Beginning 18th November 2019
English – Writing
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The children will be using similes to describe features of Autumn. Example – the rain fell like diamonds form the darkening sky.
On Tuesday the children will write their cinquain poem about Autumn.
On Thursday and Friday, the children will gather ideas for their recount and they will study the features of a recount.
The children will be writing recounts about their cinema visit, the author visit and their Autumn walk.
| 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 count money in pounds
- To count money with notes and coins
- to select the correct money
- to make the same amount using different notes and coins
- To count money in pounds
- Children will use their knowledge of counting in pence to help them. They will recognise it is not the amount of coins you have but the value of the coins. Children will be encouraged to count in 2s, 5s and 10s.
- To count money with notes and coins
We will teach the children to count notes and coins together and we use the expression ten pound and 23 pence. We do not introduce children to decimals yet. - To select the correct money.
Children will be given numerous items to buy and they need to select the right amount of money to buy the items. - 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.
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
Geography
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!!!
https://www.grantkoper.com/kids/
Week Beginning 18th November, 2019
Dates for the Diary… Year 1 Christmas Play – Wednesday 11th December 2019.
Our Mathletics Champions this week are…
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class – Brady (4230 Points)
Vauxhall Class – Hamza ( 4495 Points)
Gold Award :
Lambeth Class –
Silver Award
Lambeth Class – Tome, Bonnie, Yusuf
Vauxhall Class – Kelcia, Logan, Alesha
Bronze Award
Lambeth Class – Aliyah, Shauna, Kevin, Luke, Stanley, Mathilde, Teodora, Brady,Barin,Hasan, Jennifer, Mia, Mustafa
Vauxhall Class – Ishmael, Yigit Emre, Naomi, Agyeiwaa, Hamza, Aayush
Our Learning this week…
English
Poetry-Children will write and edit their own Autumn poems. Then we will begin a new familiar story called ‘The Lonely Beast’. We will be reading, discussing and asking questions about the main character.
Maths
Children will continue their learning about 2D and 3D shapes.
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.
We will also investigate – Are taller people older?
Art
Children will develop their skills using different media to create firework pictures. Autumn Art on Friday afternoon at 2.45pm.
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.
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Homework
Please support your child to make a poster about Friendship.
Please hand it in by Wednesday 20th 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.
https://youtu.be/2NQ6uS8blwY