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Week Beginning 28th October

October 28, 2019

Welcome back to everyone after the half term holiday. This week our learning will be as follows;

In mathematic we will be working on geometry. We will be learning to recognize angles as a property of shape or turn and to find right angles and angles bigger or smaller than right angles.
In English we will start a new unit on film. We will start by exploring a short film entitled For the Birds.
In science we will introduce a new topic on light and dark.
In history we will learn about the Stone Age settlement at Skara Brae.
In RE we will learn about how and why Hindus celebrate Diwali.

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f5e87c” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]On 15th November we will be visiting the Cinema on Purley Way as part of Croydon film festival.[/dropshadowbox]

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ea8bf1″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]We enjoyed our Stone Age dress up day on 18th October. Many thanks to parents and carers for organising the wonderful costumes.[/dropshadowbox]

Week beginning 29th October 2019

October 27, 2019

[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#f7922a" ]Dear Parents, Carers

Welcome back to school for the start of Autumn 2 . We hope you have had a restful break.

Please note that school re-opens for children on Tuesday 29th October 2019 at the usual time of 8.50. Please arrive promptly by 8.50am as the children will be starting early morning activities once they arrive at 8.50am.

Please remember to send your child's PE kit back to school as well as any reply slips for parent evenings and for our visit to the Whitgift school wildlife area.

If you have signed up to help on our visit to the Whitgift school, please arrive as follows:

Chelsea Class: arrive at the school at 8.50 as usual on Wednesday 30th October 2019
Grosvenor Class : arrive at the school at 8.50 as usual on Thursday 31st October 2019

Many Thanks

Kind Regards

Reception Team

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AUTUMN 2 TOPIC: Light and Dark

This week’s learning

LITERACY

Phonics: This term the children will begin learning letter sounds in Phonics lessons. They will learn to say, recognise and write one new letter sound each day.

This week’s sound focus: /s/, /a/, /t/ and /p/

The children will bring home a daily sound sheet. Please help them with letter formation and practise ‘stretching’ or ‘bouncing’ the initial sound for each of the pictures on the sheet sent home

MATHS

This week’s Maths focus: Counting with accuracy within 1-5

KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD

This week we will introduce our new topic: Light and Dark, and explore the first of several celebration during this half term. The children will learn about the Hindu celebration of Diwali also known as the festival of lights. We will also discuss fireworks and the safety of handling these. [/dropshadowbox]

[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#971f18"] HOMEWORK

Well done to the children who received certificates for completing all their homework in Autumn Term 1. Keep up the good work and they will receive another certificate at the end of Autumn 2 too.

The first homework for Autumn 2 will be issued on Friday. Check book bags for green homework books.

Reading books will be changed on group days. Please note that Red group and Blue group will change their books on Tuesday 29th October [/dropshadowbox]

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IMPORTANT DATES

Wednesday 30th October 2019: Chelsea Class visit to the Whitgift School wildlife area at 10.00am

Thursday 31st October 2019: Grosvenor Class visit to the Whitgift School wildlife area at 10.00am

Monday 4th Novemeber 2019: Reception visit to Crodon Library: Grosvenor Class at 10.00am and Chelsea Class at 11.00am

Tuesday, 5th Novemeber and Wednesday 6th November 2019: Parent meetings for Reception children from 3.50pm

Further dates to follow [/dropshadowbox]

Week Beginning 28th October 2019

October 26, 2019

Monday 28th October – INSET DAY

English – Writing

The children were introduced to Lotte’s Reiniger’s version of Hansel and Gretel and they are familiar with the story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxkIGXVwZTM&t=312s

The children will write an apology letter to their parents, aplogising for venturing into the terrifying woods. We will first look at features of an apology letter before we write our own.

English- reading

We will continue with our whole class read: Fantastic Mr Fox 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.

Maths We will continue with the addition and subtraction block.

to add two 2-digit numbers (number line )
to add two 2-digit numbers (place value chart )
to add two 2-digit number (number line) (crossing the tens)
to add two 2-digit number (place value chart (crossing the tens)

to add two 2-digit numbers (number line )

15 + 13

First children jump in ones, then they jump the in tens.

to add two 2-digit numbers (place value chart)

to add two 2-digit numbers (number line ) (crossing the tens)

to add two 2-digit numbers (place value chart) (crossing the tens)

History

Children will continue to write their letter to Amy Johnson. In their letter they will include information about her achievements and they will tell her the public perception of her. The children will also ask Amy Johnson questions.

Science

We will be thinking about how materials change shape. The children will recognise that some materials cannot change shape, whilst others may but this change will not always be permanent.

ICT

Our ICT slot is on Tuesday afternoon. This week we will continue to explore programming. We are the programmers of the future!

Music

Ministrings will continue every Wednesday. This week we will play some instruments that belong in the string family.

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).

Art

Children will be drawing lines of different shapes and thickness, using different grades of pencil. The children will create different tones using light and dark. The children will also show patterns and textures in their drawings.

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.

Philosophy for Children

October 26, 2019

Please refresh what you had discussed with your parents:

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First week in Autumn 2 – The race to Christmas begins

October 26, 2019

After a hopefully wonderful and relaxing week, we welcome you back on Tuesday, 29th October 2019.

Remember, Monday is an Inset day!

Next week, we shall be learning …

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I can apply my mathematical knowledge and skills to solve addition and subtraction problems.

I can use rounding rules to estimate and check my answers.

I can apply my mathematical knowledge and skills in a test situation.

I can use various resources to visualise multiplication and division.

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SpaG: Expanded noun phrases (Recap)

I can use a story-map to orally summarise a complex story.)

I can use feedback to improve my narration of a substituted scene.

I can identify the key features of a letter.

I can plan the response to a letter.

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Science: I can prove that the Earth is a spherical celestial body.

ICT: E-Safety (the last take)

Spanish: I can exchange basic information (name, feelings) – recap. I can name the basic colours and single-digit numbers.

PE: I can create a series of balances to music. (Gustav Holst’s Planets Suite – Jupiter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz0b4STz1lo)

Writing & SpaG – Guidance and Support

October 26, 2019

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#e1f2ab” ]As promised during parents evening, here are the word-banks and support sheets that we are using during our writing sessions. They are glued into our SpaG (Spelling-Grammar-Vocabulary) books and have proven to be of great help. There are also explanations of most Grammar concepts we will be “touching” this year.

Please feel free to print and use them at home as they are a fantastic support for our learning in Year 5 and Year 6.

First, download them. Then right-click and “Extract all”.[/dropshadowbox]

SpaG-Book-Set-up

Week beginning 29th October 2019

October 24, 2019

Dear Parents,

Autumn 1 half term has been a pleasure getting to know your children and to see how they have settled so quickly into Year 1 class routines.

Welcome to Autumn 2 half term. Hope you had rest and ready for a busy and exxciting half term ahead. Our new Topic is ‘Sort It Out’.

Dates for the Diary:

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.

Congratulations to our Mathletics Champions this week !

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

Our learning this week…

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.

https://youtu.be/2NQ6uS8blwY

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

Merits

October 21, 2019

… for this week’s merits to:

the whole class and particularly Evie, Richa, Deen, Kamil and Oscar.

Also, many thanks for the numerous Harvest Festival contributions.

Half-Term

October 21, 2019

“Happy Half-Term” to everybody.

Thank you for your hard work and now enjoy a restful, hopefully very sunny week.

For anyone, who might have misplaced their homework, use the link below:

Au1-Wk7-18102019

An update of the learning for the week after half-term will follow on Friday.

Monday 14th October,2019

October 13, 2019

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f88ee9″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#7c3ef2″ ]Dates for the Diary : Phonics Workshop – Tuesday 15th October at 9:00 am in the Dining Hall [/dropshadowbox]

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Lambeth Class: Yusuf

Vauxhall Class: Aayush

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