Week beginning 6th May 2019
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#9bf6f2″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Dear Parents, Carers
The mystery has been solved! Last week 6 beautiful little ducklings hatched from the eggs which arrived last Tuesday. They will spend their final week in Chelsea Class and return to the farm on Friday so please come in and visit, preferably at the end of each day this week.
The children will have their class and individual photos taken on Tuesday 7th May. Please ensure they are in full school uniform. If they are in summer uniform, please send in their school jumpers too. Also just a reminder that only black school shoes must be worn.
Please remember to check the weather each day and dress your child appropriately for the weather. On warmer days your child may wear their summer uniform and please provide a sunhat or cap as the midday sun can be quite harsh.
Kind Regards
Reception Team [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffffff” border_width=”20″ border_color=”#4dfa2e” ]THIS WEEK’S LEARNING:
SUMMER TERM 1 TOPIC: Caring for Animals
LITERACY:
Book Focus: The Ugly Duckling
PHONICS: We will continue with group phonics, reviewing previous sounds and focusing on speedy blending of CVC words and multisyllabic words.
MATHS: This week we will review skills for counting, estimating and calculating
UW: We will discuss the life cycle of a duck
PSED: We will discuss friendships and including others in our play
PE: As the weather improves the children may wear shorts for PE so please ensure these are in their PE kits. [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffffff” border_width=”20″ border_color=”#4fc5f0″ ]HOMEWORK:
Adult and Young animals
Can you name 5 different animals?
What is the name of each adult and their young?
Draw or find a picture of each one
READING BOOKS and WORD LISTS:
Please note that word lists are only checked once a week on group days so please send in books, reading diaries and word lists on group days [/dropshadowbox]
Week Beginning 6th May 2019
It is a short week this week as school is closed on Monday due to the bank holiday. This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will work on telling the time. We will learn to tell the time to the nearest minute on clocks including those with Roman Numerals.
- In English we will start a new unit of work based on I was there – Boudica’s Army by Hilary McKay.
- In science we will investigate what plants need to grow.
- In topic time we will learn about the Roman Army.
- In RE we will continue to learn about what Christians believe about God.
- In PE we will continue with our work on gymnastics. We will also begin learning to play Basketball, each Thursday, with an external coach.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#b0b01b” border_width=”10″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Don’t forget we will be visiting the Museum of London and Roman Amphitheatre on Friday 17th May. Please return your form and make payment on parent pay by the end of this week. I would also be grateful if parents can let me know as soon as possible if they can help on the visit.[/dropshadowbox]
Well done to all the children who dressed up on Friday for Wear it Wild Day.
Year 4 News-Week beginning 7th May
Our Learning this week:
English-We will be finishing our unit of work based on the short film Origins, thinking about writing show not tell descriptions and inventing an alternative ending. See below if you would like to watch with your child
https://www.literacyshed.com/origins.html
We will then be starting a new unit of work based around The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
Maths– We will be ordering, comparing and rounding decimals
Topic– we will be starting our new History topic, learning about the Egyptians
PSHE– We will be thinking about keeping children safe with the NSPCC PANTS project. See below for a parents information guide
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/globalassets/documents/advice-and-info/pants/pants-2018/pants-parents-guide-online.pdf
PE-We will be taking part in gymnastics and circuit training lessons
Science– We will be continuing to learn about classification and dangers to natural habitats.
Successes– Well done to Nikodem, Marques, Evie, Lucas, Nisa, James, Aarav, Holly and Sh’zane who all got merits this week.
An enormous thank you and well done to Leen, Emiliana, Lucy and Ryan who organised Wear It Wild this week. It was an amazing success. Although we do not have a final figure yet, it looks as though Howard School has raised around £500! Well done!
We also need to give a special thank you to all the parents who donated cakes or time or found the time to provide a costume for their child. Without you, none of it would happen.
Photos of the day to follow…
Upcoming events-
Tuesday 7th May– School individual and class photographs.
Week beginning Tuesday 7th May
What we are learning:
Maths-We will be continuing to develop our written methods and strategies to solve problems
Reading-We will be continuing to practice our retrieval and inferential skills. We will also be continuing to read The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Writing-We will be developing our knowledge on how to build tension when writing
PE-We will be continuing to participate in dance and boxercise
History-We will be continuing to edit our writing on The Blitz
MFL-We will be learning about conversational language
Computing-WE will be continuing to write coding for different programmes
Important Information:
Friday 3rd May Wear it Wild Day
Monday 13th May SATS week
Week beginning 29th April 2019
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#e59dfa” ]What are we learning this week?[/dropshadowbox]
Maths – This week in maths, we shall be learning the following:
I can add decimals with the same amount of decimal places across 1.
I can subtract decimals with the same amount of decimal places across 1.
I can add decimals with different amounts of decimal places.
I can subtract decimals with different amounts of decimal places.
I can add and subtract wholes and decimals.
English – We shall be continuing our unit, biographies. We shall be editing an existing biography and planning a biography about Albert Einstein.
Computing – We shall be finishing up typing and designing our travel brochures.
PE -Swimming resumes this week. Please ensure PE and swimming kits are in school.
RE –We shall starting our new unit with Mrs Forde.
Geography – We shall be looking at the location of Whitby, in relation to the UK.
Art – We shall be looking at different perspectives.
Music lessons will be taught by our Soundstart teacher, Mr Regan.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#befa9d” ]Key dates.[/dropshadowbox]
End of half term – 24th May
Week Beginning Monday 29th April, 2019
We have an exciting week ahead…[dropshadowbox align=”center” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#eef543″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#3036e8″ ]Wear it Wild Day on Friday 3rd May 2019… Your child can wear any endangered animal print clothing, mask or face paint … Please bring £1 to support WWF. Thank you.[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”center” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f9beeb” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#1e24bc” ]Our Mathletics Champions this week…[/dropshadowbox]
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class : Nicole– 1818 Points and Ryan 1818Points.
Vauxhall Class : Leon– 3540 Points and Isabella 2603Points.
Gold Award
Lambeth Class: Jayden
Silver Award
Vauxhall Award :Michelle, Yeabsira, Ali
Bronze Award
Lambeth Class : Japdeep, Charlotte, Isaiah, Marwa, Annika, Ryan, Nicole
Vauxhall Class : Tristan, Leon, Yeabsira, Kostek
[dropshadowbox align=”center” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#c0f8ab” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#94b3f5″ ]Our context this term is ‘Let It Grow’. It is linked to Science and children will learn about plants. They will name and identify common flowers and plants as well as describe the basic structure of plants.[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”center” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#c2f5f0″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#ea6429″ ]Our learning this week.[/dropshadowbox]
English
Children will learn about the features of instructions and will sequence pictures and write instructions for brushing teeth and plant beans. They will also edit their writing. Our focus text is Jasper’s Beanstalk and children will sequence events and write the story.
Maths
Children will continue their learning about place value, comparing numbers using greater than > and lesser than<. They will recap number bonds to 10, 20 and multiples of 10 to 100.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhOf0H_gLP8
Science
Children will observe seasonal changes ‘Spring’ and describe weather patterns and understand how day length varies. They will also continue learning about the names of common flowers and plants including deciduous and evergreen trees.
Geography
Children will name, locate and identify characteristics of the 4 countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas on Maps-Atlas work.
P.E
Gymnastics- Children will be learning to travel, balance and sequence movements.
PSHE
SEAL- Good to be me. Children will be thinking about people in their circle of friendship.
Art
Children will be learning about primary and secondary colours.
R.E
We will be looking at Christianity- Authority and worship.
Home work :– Poster about Primary and Secondary colours.
Please hand it in by Wednesday 1st May, 2019
Please continue …
*Mathletics
*Reading daily to develop fluency and comprehension skills.
*Play phonic games on Phonics Play / Starfall Phonics
Week beginning 29th April 2019
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#9bf6f2″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Dear Parents, Carers
The mysterious eggs will be arriving on Tuesday and we hope to have hatchlings by the end of the week. You are welcome to come in and have a look at the process, preferably at the end of the school day. The eggs will be in an incubator and will spend the first week in Grosvenor Class. Thereafter moving to Chelsea Class in the second week.
Also, we look forward to Friday’s Wear it Wild Day. Remember you don’t have to buy a special costume for this day. Get your child involved in creating their own costume or a fun mask of an endangered animal to wear to school on Friday. Donations of £1 go to the WWF charity for their efforts to protect endangered animals.
Kind Regards
Reception Team [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffffff” border_width=”20″ border_color=”#4dfa2e” ]THIS WEEK’S LEARNING:
SUMMER TERM 1 TOPIC: Caring for Animals
LITERACY:
Book Focus: The Ugly Duckling
The children will be making predictions about what might hatch from the eggs.
PHONICS: We will continue with group phonics, reviewing previous sounds and focusing on speedy blending of CVC words and multisyllabic words.
MATHS: This week we will focus on the concept of sharing objects into equal groups
UW: We will be discuss the concept of an endangered animal and talk about different endangered species across the globe
PE: As the weather improves the children may wear shorts for PE so please ensure these are in their PE kits. [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffffff” border_width=”20″ border_color=”#4fc5f0″ ]HOMEWORK:
Animals that lay eggs
Can you draw or find pictures of different animals that lay eggs? Can you write a short sentence about each animal?
READING BOOKS and WORD LISTS:
Please note that word lists will now only be checked once a week on group days so please send in books, reading diaries and word lists on the following days: [/dropshadowbox]
Week Beginning 29th April
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will continue our work on fractions. We will learn to compare, order, add and subtract fractions.
- In English we will learn about the features of a narrative poem. We will plan and write our own poems.
- In science we will learn about the parts of a plant.
- In topic time we will learn about the Roman invasion of Britain.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#c72bc2″ border_width=”20″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]We have planned two opportunities to enrich the children’s learning on the Romans. On Friday 17th May we will visit the Museum of London. Letters will go out early next week. On Wednesday 22nd May we will have a Roman Banquet and dress up day.[/dropshadowbox]
Week Beginning 29 April
NB:Our preparation for the forthcoming SAT test continues relentlessly.
Literacy
Our focus will be on reading comprehension and giving extended answers which contain information from the text
Maths
We will be revisiting
Adding and subtracting decimals.
written multiplication/ division including decimals
square/cube/prime numbers
PE
We are playing summers ports including field games such as rounders and invasion games such as skittle ball
RE
We will be looking at how Buddhist monks express their faiths
Science
we will revisit classifying living things
SPAG
we will be using a range of activities to reinforce many area of punctuation and the use of standard English
Week beginning 29th April
Writing
This week we will be moving onto a new piece of writing which will be based on a picture book called Tuesday by David Weisner. We will be doing drama in the role of a police officer and witnesses. The children will also be looking at the features of a police report before we write one as a class.
Our end goal is to write a police report based on the story.
Maths
We will be continuing with our work on statistics this week before completing an assessment on position and direction.
We will be interpreting pictograms where the pictures represent amounts greater than 1. Have a look at some example below…
The key shows that each smiley face represents two aliens. Therefore half of a smiley face represents one alien. 4 aliens like maggots because 2+2=4. Three aliens like slugs eye balls the most since 2+1=3.
We will also be looking at block diagrams. These can be presented horizontally or vertically.
History
TBC
Art
We will be looking at a new artist: Khandinsky. Our focus will be on his use of ‘hot and cold’ colours.
Geography
We will be using atlases to look at the countries, capital cities and seas in the United Kingdom.
Science
Our new topic is all about animals and habitats. We will be looking at things that are living, non-living and have never lived. Over the half term we will also be exploring a range of habitats including: the rainforest, desert and ocean We will be looking at how humans keep healthy as part of this unit.
PE
We are going to be making the most of the good weather this term. We will be doing ball skills with tennis/ basketball and skipping.