Week Beginning 15th November 2019
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will continue our work on multiplication and division learning to multiply and divide by 8.
- In English we will write a film review of Johnny English Strikes Again.
- In science we will learn that darkness is the absence of light.
- In history we will introduce the Bronze Age.
- In RE we will consider the significance of Diwali for Hindus and what we can learn from that.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#3de5f6″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Last week the children enjoyed their cinema visit. Some of the children have enjoyed making pots in art while other children will make their pots next week.[/dropshadowbox]
Whitgift Primary Project – Day 1
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Today, we had a lovely time getting to know Whitgift School. In Computing, we learnt how to take pictures – using a camera – and manipulate them using Corel Photoshop. We had fun using different effects and creating our own animated GIFs.
Next, we were introduced to the language of Italian. Our teacher, Mr Jackson, taught us the names of different colours and pets. We realised there were a lot of similarities with the etymology of words we have previously learnt in our French and Spanish lessons.
Finally, we were treated to a treasure hunt in the Water Garden. This proved to be a fantastic opportunity to see a range of different birds – including flamingos – and even the odd wallaby popped out to say hello!
Week beginning 11th November 2019
YEAR 6 ENRICHMENT WEEK
This week we will be experiencing a range of activities that will help develop the children’s wider understanding of the world and beyond. Below is a list of the different activities that will be taking place.
Monday-Today we will meet Floella Benjamin and watch the film ‘Coming to England’. She wrote the book and produced the film about her life in Trinidad and her experience living in England.
Tuesday-We will be walking to the cinema in Croydon and watching the film ‘Aladdin’
Wednesday-We will be catching the tram to Vue cinema on Purley Way and watching the film ‘Stan and Olly’
Thursday-We have been given a last minute opportunity to go to Pizza Express and make pizzas.
Friday-We will be continuing our project that we started last Friday with the London Ambassadors ‘WE’ charity. We will be looking at ways we can raise money for the homeless in Croydon through a range of different events.
Week beginning 11th November 2019
Dates for the Diary… Tuesday the 12th November workshop cancelled.
Apologies for the error about Year 1 Christmas Play. It is on Wednesday 11th December.
Our Mathletics Champions this week are…
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class – Tome (3528 Points)
Vauxhall Class – Aayush ( 5472 Points)
Gold Award :
Lambeth Class – Brady
Silver Award
Lambeth Class – Hasan, Jennifer
Vauxhall Class – Hamza, Aayush
Bronze Award
Lambeth Class – Aliyah, Shauna, Kevin, Bonnie, Tome, Luke, Stanley, Carter, Annalise, Emily, Harvey, Mathilde, Teodora, Levi
Vauxhall Class – Ishmael, Logan, Yigit Emre, Kelcia, Tymon
English
We continue our learning about poetry. Children will identify the different features of a poem – verses/ stanzas, rhymes, repititive words / phrases, onomatopoeic words, alliteration. They will read a range of poems about Autumn, identify key vocabulary, generate their own word bank, write and edit their own firework poems.
Check out this firework poem
Maths
Children will continue their learning about subtraction. They will use the key vocabulary – subtract, take away, minus, fewer, less and understand how to subtract using different resources – ten frame, part/part whole, number lines etc… They will begin to reason and explain their thinking as well as solve simple problems. Please practise subtraction using number rhymes.
Then we will learn about 2D and 3D shapes.The
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.
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 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.
Homework
Please support your child to make a poster about 2D shapes.
Please hand it in by Wednesday 13th 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 / Starfall Phonics
- Wednesday 6th November Local area walk- 9.15 to 10.30 am
- SPaG & Handwriting Workshop – Tuesday 12th November at 9:00 am in the Dining Hall.
- Friday 22nd November- Autumn Art Parent’s Drop-In, both classes 2.30 to 3.15 pm.
- Tuesday 26th November- Maths workshop for parents-9.00am in the Dining Hall.
- Tuesday 11th December KSI Christmas Play.
Super Mathlete
Vauxhall Class: Aayush- 10,156 points
Lambeth Class: Hasan-3893 points
Silver Award:
Vauxhall Class: Ishmael
Lambeth Class:
Bronze Award:
Lambeth Class: Shauna, Brady, Olivier, Mathilde, Emily, Aliyah, Luke, Stanley, Mikael, Hasan, Mia, Sakhile, Anaya, Carter, Bonnie
Vauxhall Class: Aayush, Mah’ree, Hamza, Agyeiwaa, Kelsey, Naomi, Freddie, Alesha, Fabeha, Yigit Emre, Logan
English
We will begin our new half term with recount writing-discussion about our half-term holiday, make a plan and then write and edit our recount writing. We will recap ‘Our Year I-Jumbo Targets’- capital letters, one finger space between words, a full stop at the end of a sentence, keywords spelt correctly. By the end of this week, we will be introducing ‘Poetry’- reading and performing ‘Autumn’ and ‘Fireworks’ poems.
Maths
We will be continuing our learning about subtraction. Children will use ten frames, part-part-whole, counters, cubes, numicons to develop their understanding of key concepts. Then we will be looking at 2D shapes.
Science
Children will be observing, discussing and then learn to describe changes across the four seasons.
RE
Hinduism – Children will be talking about ‘Diwali’ story and celebration- the festival of light. Children will be dressing-in traditional clothes, drawing ‘Rangoli’ patterns, making divas with grains.
Art
We will be learning to draw Rangoli patterns using lines and shapes, making Diwali cards and divas.
PE
This term we will be discussing Real PE-‘Bike Ride’. Children recap showcase different ways of travelling and develop core body strength by balancing.
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 episode 2.
History: We will be celebrating ‘Black History Month’. Our class will be talking 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 a, o, d.
Home work:
Please support your child to make a poster about ‘Barack Obama’.
Please hand it in by Wednesday 30th October 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 / Starfall Phonics
Week beginning Monday, 11th November 2019
Dear Parents, carers
Thank you for attending our parent evenings. If you missed your scheduled appointment please try and arrange another appointment as soon as you can.
Please note that school starts at 8.50 everyday and the children now engage in early morning work as soon as they arrive at school in the morning. If they arrive late, they miss out on vital opprotunities to practise their learning, so please do your best to ensure they are in class by 8.50am everyday.
Kind Regards,
Reception Team
AUTUMN 2 TOPIC: Light and DarkThis week’s learning
LITERACY
Book Focus: Whatever Next by Jill Murphy as well as a selection of non-fiction books about Space
The children will explore non-fiction books about Space, learning about the key features of a non-fiction book such as the title, heading, contents page, index page.
Phonics: /o/, /c/, /k/ /e/ /u/
Please keep sound sheet at home and continue to practise saying and writing these sounds every day. As your child continues to learn more letter sounds they may forget the earlier sounds taught so it is important to practise daily recognition and writing (using each of the sound cues eg /a/ – round the apple , down the leaf)
MATHS: To develop understanding of 1-3. The children will be introduced to Number blocks, a popular programme available on the BBC Cbeebies. Learning in Maths will be based around the characters representing the numbers in this popular educational series.
Knowledge and Understanding of the World: The children will learn about the different planets in our solar system.
Communication and Language: To listen and respond to ideas expressed by others in conversation or discussion.
HOMEWORK Remembrance Day
Who would you like to thank on Remembrance Day? Find or draw a picture about some of the different people who help us in our communities. Ask your adult to help you write a sentence about how they help us (eg. police/firefighters/nurses/doctors/paramedics, etc)
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, these will need to be replaced
IMPORTANT DATES
Merits and Dojo
… to our Dojo winners this week: Pyman (28), Richa (27) and Mollie (26). Very well done everybody!
The merits will be announced here tomorrow as we have not yet had our Merit assembly.
Week 11th November 2019
Next week, we will not only be visiting the cinema on Wednesday, but also be …
English:
- … continuing with our letters to Jeff’s friend in Washington D.C. (write – feedback – edit),
- after which we will will first identify the features of a Film-Review.
- Then we will improve a given mediocre Film-Review in order to lift it to Year 5+ standard.
Maths:
- I can identify Composite Numbers.
- I can identify Prime Factors.
- I can identify Common Factors.
- I can use visualisations to multiply 4-digit by single digit numbers.
Science:
- I can explain why we have day and night.
- I can share my knowledge about Space with others and explain key concepts.
ICT:
- We will continue planning/designing a web page.
Spanish:
- We will continue securing our skills and knowledge when exchanging (asking for and giving) basic personal information like our name, age, feelings etc.
PSHE:
- We will welcome visitors from Nuffield Health who will be working with us on keeping ourselves fit and healthy.
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Week Beginning 11th November 2019
Tuesdsay 12th November 2019 – BFI Peter Rabbit at VUE Purley Way
English – Writing
| On Monday the children will up level their sentences about Autumn. Up levelling is a process by which the children improve their sentences. |
| Children can up level their sentences by using adventurous adjectives, creating and tone and using similes. On Tuesday the children will create interesting sound effects using their knowledge of onomatopoeia.
On Thursday, the children will be creating powerful pictures with their words. On Friday the children will plan an Autumn poem using their knowledge of Autumn. |
| 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 will continue with the addition and subtraction block.
- I know my bonds to 100.
- I can add 3 1-digit numbers
- to count money in pence
Number bonds to 100
Children should use their knowledge of number bonds to 10, to help them with their number bonds to 100.
- I can add 3 1-digit numbers
- to count money in pence
We will introduce children to money and we will begin by counting in pence. They will recongnise 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.
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Week Beginning 10th November
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will continue our work on multiplication and division learning to multiply and divide by 4 and 8.
- In English we will write a review of a short film. We will then plan and write a review of a longer film after our cinema visit.
- In science we will learn about reflective surfaces.
- In topic time we will introduce the Bronze Age.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#1ba8e1″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]We are looking forward to our visit to the cinema on Wednesday to see Johnny English Strikes Again.[/dropshadowbox]
Year Four Blog Week Beginning 11.11.19
Thank you for all parents who helped their child dress up for an amazing day of History. See the extra blog named Viking Visitor to photos of your children enjoying their learning.
We will be learning:
Maths-We will be subtracting using formal (abstract) methods as we as using concrete and pictorial representations to understand column subtraction.
English-We will be writing our innovated version of the Robin Hood Golden Arrow story.
History-We will be taking a short break from our topic of Anglo-Saxons and Vikings to learn about and celebrate Remembrance Day.
R.E-We will be continuing our unit on discrimination. This topic is also covered in guided reading. Children have a project based homework to complete in their choice of ways.
Year Four-Black History Month Research Homework (to be completed over two week-due in 22nd November)
As you may know, people across the country celebrate Black History Month. For your homework over the following two weeks, we would like you to choose a famous person who has contributed to equality and anti-discrimination and research their life. You can choose how you present this information but should prepare to present what you have found out to your class mates.
Some examples for you to choose from could be: Nelson Mandela, Mary Seacole, Barack Obama, Muhammad Ali or a local personality like Stormzy.
P.E-P.E continues to be on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. One session a week will be outside weather permitting. Children will be asked to join in as this is a curriculum subject however, if they have an injury please write a note to the class teacher and your child will be asked to participate in different ways such as coaching, referring etc. Please provide your child with P.E kit as set out in the school uniform policy.