Week Beginning 14th January 2019
This week:
- In Maths we will continue to work on time – we will work on learning the numbers of days in each month and year. We will also learn about 12 hour digital time with a.m and p.m.
- In English we will write a non-chronological report on volcanoes.
- In Science we will learn about types of rocks including natural and man-made rocks.
- In topic time we will carry out research into a volcano of our choice.
- In RE we will think about whether we would include volcanoes into our perfect world.
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Week beginning 14th January 2019
What are we learning this week?
Maths – Learning all about square and cube numbers!
English – Continuing to use a picture stimulus as a writing prompt for our new unit. We shall be using the 5 senses and figurative language to build tension to a mystery story. We shall also be looking at the different types of tenses.
Science – We shall be revising our key facts from our Space topic.
Computing – We shall be looking at Online Safety, specifically the symptoms of video game addiction.
Reading – We are hoping to finish our class novel, Wonder, within the next two weeks.
History – We shall be writing an innovation of Pandora’s Box, set in modern times.
PE – We have PE lessons on Tuesdays and Thursday. Please make sure your child has some tracksuit bottoms/leggings as we shall be going outside on Thursdays.
Key dates –
31st January – Trip to Polka Theatre. Please make sure that you have paid and returned the permission slip by 11th January.
Week beginning 14th January 2019
Maths-This week we will be learning about decimals
English-We will be continuing to learn about Anne Frank
Science-We will be trying to classify living things and finding similarities and differences between them
PE-We will be swimming this week
MFL-We will be continuing our work in Spanish
History-We will be continuing to learn how Britain prepared for War during World War 2
Important Information
Well done Year 6 for a positive start back after Xmas. I hope it continues.
Thank you to all those parents who came along to the Year 6 SATS meeting. I hope you found it useful.
Week beginning 14th January 2019
Happy New Year 2019.We would like to say a big thank you for all your support and help.
Maths work shop – How to teach key concepts in Maths using resources on Wednesday 23rd January in the dining hall at 9.00am.
Congratulations to our Mathletics Champions.
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class : Ben – 3170 Points / Ryan – 4094 Points
Vauxhall Class : Oliver – 1850 Points/ Oskar – 2250 Points
Bronze Award :
Lambeth Class : Comella, Zayna, Ben x 2, Ryan x 3, Nicole x 3, Deyan, Charlotte x 3, Sackena, Jayden x 3, Marwa, Nathan.
Vauxhall Class : Oskar x 3, Oliver, Aalliyah, Leon, Yeabsira, Kostek, Suvisha.
Spring Term topic is ‘Now you see me, now you don’t’ and it is about Space especially focusing on the ‘Moon’.
This is related to exploring space in Science as well as learning about significant people who has made a contribution to world history – our focus is on Neil Armstrong. We will also be learning about classification of animals in science – mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, amphibians etc..
English
We will continue using animations to generate children’s understanding of media stories and how they have a beginning, middle and end with a series of significant events. Children will be introduced to comics and begin to develop an appreciation of how stories can be presented in a range of ways.
Mathematics
Children will be learning about time- day, days of a week, months and seasons.
Science
We will continue our learning about Seasons focusing on Winter – weather, clothes, plants / animals, length of day and night… and begin to explore space.
PSHE
Children will revisit the 5 C’s and what makes a good friend. We will continue to have a discussion about ‘ People who help us’ in the wider community.
ICT
Children will learn about e-safety and how to get help when necessary.
P.E.
Children will be learning about control and how to develop ball skills – chest pass, over arm throw, under arm throw etc…
This week Home work:-Maths, phonics and hand writing.
Please continue practising…
*Phonics and Spelling
*Mathletics
*Reading daily to develop fluency and comprehension skills.
Please return home work by Wednesday 16th January, 2019.
Week beginning 14th January 2019
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THIS WEEK’S LEARNING:
SPRING TERM 1 TOPIC: Transport
LITERACY:
Book Focus: The Naughty Bus by Jan and Jerry Oke
The children really enjoyed reading about the mischievous adventures of the naughty bus. This week they will develop their ideas about this story through role play and discuss alternate adventures for the naughty bus. Where else could the naughty bus go?
This term we are also developing the children’s ability to break the flow of speech into words and write these as short phrases or sentences by encouraging children to listen for the initial and dominant sounds in words as they spell and write.
GROUP PHONICS: Group Phonics will continue this week with each group focusing on reviewing the sounds learnt and decoding new words as well learning how to spell and write these words.
KEY WORD LISTS:
- Your child will have received their animal word lists. These are the key words that occur most frequently in books your child will read in Reception and beyond.
- The word lists are designed to encourage your child to learn to read these words in a fun and engaging way so they can instantly recognise them in the books they read.
- Please check bookbags for animal word list folders which contain a useful information sheet for parents.
- Please only send in lists if your child is ready to be tested.
- Please note that there isn’t any rush for your child to race through the lists. It is more important that they have secure recognition of these words before moving onto the next list.
MATHS:
This term we focus on securing number skills within 0-10. This week we will focus on:
- Counting of actions or objects which cannot be moved.
- Counting an irregular arrangement of up to 10 objects with accuracy
- Selecting the correct numeral to represent 1 to 10 objects.
- Using language related to addition and subtraction
TOPIC:
This week we will explore different forms of transport such as land, air and water transport
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Journey to school
Draw a simple map of your journey to school? Which places do you pass, which types of transport do you see?
READING BOOKS
Please continue to send in reading books, diaries and word lists on group days [/dropshadowbox]
Week Beginning 14th January
We have had a great first week back in Waterloo Bridge Class. The children have worked really hard. This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we continue to work on time. We will work on learning the numbers of days in each month and year. We will also learn about 12 hour digital time with a.m and p.m.
- In English we will write a non-chronological report on volcanoes.
- In science we will learn about types of rocks including natural and man-made rocks.
- In topic time we will carry out research into a volcano of our choice.
- In RE we will think about whether we would include volcanoes into our perfect world.
We were proud to receive our first 100% attendance certificate in assembly this morning for our attendance for the last week of the Autumn term.
Southwark Class Wk beginning 14.1.19
What are we learning this week?
Maths – This week we will be multiplying and dividing by 11 and 12 and multiplying 3 numbers.
English – We will be using a poem For Forest by Grace Nichols to start our term’s topic on Rainforest and Deforestation, comparing and contrasting other poems around the same theme.
https://clpe.org.uk/poetryline/poems/forest
Science-We will be completing our unit on teeth and digestion by investigating the effect of sugar on the teeth.
I.C.T-We will be continuing our internet safety unit exploring online gaming
Congratulations to Southwark’s Crazy chickens who got 145 marbles this week. George who was our reader of the week and those children who got merit cards, Nicodem, Amalia and Arman from Southwark and Armandes, Billy, Aarav, Nisa and Lucy from Millennium. 
Week beginning 7th January 2019
Happy New Year! We hope you all had a restful break. Thank you so very much for your generous gifts and festive wishes.
We have a very exciting half term planned!
Writing
We will be looking at a traditional warning tale: The Magic Brush. Some of the key vocab that we will be focusing on includes: ox, hoe, struggle, obey, capsize and Emperor. We will be answering questions about the text, including looking at the moral of the story.
Reading
Our new class read will be The Hodgeheg by Dick-King-Smith. We will be doing lots of reading comprehension style activities based on the text in preparation for the SATs in May.
Maths
This week we will be looking at the 5 and 10 x table. We will also be completing an assessment on money.
History
We will be completing a timeline of Florence Nightingale’s life before making fact files about her.
Science
We will be moving on to looking at plants. We will be finding out and describing what plants need in order to grow. The children will be hypothesising and planning their own investigations.
Week beginning 7th January 2019
We hope everyone had an enjoyable and relaxing Christmas.
This week:
- In Maths we will learn to tell the time to the nearest minute using analogue and digital clocks.
- In English we will learn about the features of a non-chronological report.
- In Science we will begin a new topic on rocks and soil.
- In topic time we will learn about the causes of volcanoes.
- In RE we will begin a new interfaith unit on ‘Why We Should Care For Our World’. We will start by looking at what we would include in a perfect world.
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Week beginning 7th January 2019
Welcome Back!
Happy New Year!
I hope you all had a restful holiday and the children are ready to come back and work hard this term.
This week we will be learning:
Maths-Recognising the value of each digit in a 7 digit number
English-We will be looking at biographies and specifically Anne Frank’s which links to our History topic World War 2. We will be finishing off our class book Holes.
Science-We will be learning about Living things and their habitats
Computing-We will be continuing our work on designing APP’s
PSHE-We will be looking at stereotypes
History-We will be studying World War 2
R.E-We will be starting our work on Buddhism
MFL-We will be continuing our work on Spanish
Important Information
Year 6 SAT’s meeting for parents-Tuesday 8th January 2019 at either 9.15am or 6pm.