Week beginning 19th November 2018
Welcome back after half term!
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ce9bfc” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#030404″ ]This week, we will be learning the following:[/dropshadowbox]
Maths:
This week, we shall be looking at the formal method for multiplication.
English:
This week, we shall be continuing our unit, film reviews. We shall be writing a review, based on the remake of Beauty and the Beast.
SPAG:
We shall be continuing to look at adding brackets for parenthesis. Furthermore, we shall be branching out with our vocabulary and looking at the Y5/6 statutory spelling list.
Reading:
We have started our new class book, Wonder by R.J. Palacio. Children are more than welcome to purchase a copy to read along in class.
In Year 5, children are responsible for changing their own books independently. We do ask that children read at home everyday and mark this by a simple comment in their homework diary. Please do encourage your child to read aloud, even though they are in Year 5, to build the stamina with their fluency.
Example comment:
Name of Book: Gangsta Granny
Peter read from page 12-16. He struggled on the words ‘inspiration’ and ‘necessary’.
PE:
Our PE lessons will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please ensure your child has their full PE kit on these days.
Music:
Soundstart lessons, with Mr Regan, shall start this week. This is where Year 5 pupils will have the chance to learn both the guitar and keyboard.
RE:
Mrs Forde will continue to teach the children all about Christianity on Wednesday afternoons.
Computing:
We shall be looking at word processing skills and how to use features to write a newspaper report.
French:
We shall be looking at the unit of pets this week, As-tu un animal?
History:
We shall be looking at key events in the history of Ancient Greece.
Key dates:
Christmas performance – 17th December
Week Beginning 16th November 2018
In Waterloo Bridge Class this week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will be learning to multiply and divide by eight and to solve multiplication and division problems.
- In English we will complete our film reviews before moving on to some new work based on Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp by Philip Pullman.
- In topic time we will write a fact sheet on a Bronze Age civilisation based on the research we conducted last week.
- In Science we will investigate reflection by taking part in a carousel of different activities.
PE is on Tuesday and Friday and children need their PE kits on those days. Jewellery (including earings). Should not be worn for PE.
Week Beginning 19th November 2018
A big thank you to all the parents who supported us during Year 1 visit to the cinema.
Our Mathletic Champions this week…
Gold Certificate
Lambeth Class: Jayden
Silver Certificate
Lambeth Class : Ben, Amira, Yaacoob, Nocole, Zayna, Charlotte, Ryan
Vauxhall Class :Yeabsira, Isabella
Bronze Class
Lambeth Class : Kay, Sackena, Isaiah, Deyan, Marwa, Annika, Cameron, Ayaan, Commella, Lena.
Vauxhall Class : Mae, Martyna, Leon, Oskar, Micah.
Super Mathlete.
Lambeth Class : Ryan (15354 points)
Vauxhall Class : Yeabsira (4200 Points)
Our learning this week…
English : Our new text is ‘Lonely Beast’. The children will be predicting what might happen in the story and they will be learning how to generate questions.
Maths
Your child will be learn about identifying, naming and describing 3D shapes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DAcXMeG5C4
Science:
Children will be learning about materials. They will be identifying, naming and describing simple properties of everyday materials.
PSHE:
Anti Bullying Week- Children will be talking about bullying. What is bullying? What are the types of bullying-Physical and emotional.
RE:
We will be talking about where Christians go to worship- Church. What can we see inside a church?
PE:
We will be learning some dance movements and show them how to move in different ways using the beat/rhythm of song.
Music:
We will be learning Christmas play songs.
Home work:
This week home work is
based on Friendship
Phonics
Matheletics
Please return home work by Wednesday 21st November, 2018.
We have a SPaG and Handwriting workshop on Wednesday 7th November, 2018 at 9.00am.
Congratulations to our Mathletic champions-
Lambeth Class:
Silver-Isaiah, Comella
Bronze-Adoma, Japdeep, Leila-Rae, Zayna, Jayden, Marwa, Ryan, Nicole, Yaacoob, Ayaan, Ben, Amira, Brooke, Vanessa
Super Mathlete- Ryan 8387 points
Vauxhall Class:
Bronze-Krishan, Suvisha, Amelia-Rose
Super Mathlete- Suvisha 2720 points.
Our learning this week………..
English-We will be looking at Fireworks poems. What is a poem? How is it different from a story? We will be looking at the features of a poem -title, poet, stanza/verse, rhyming words, onomatoaepic words…
Week beginning 12th November
This week:
- In Maths we will begin multiplying and dividing by 4.
- In English we will plan and write film reviews of Teen Titans Go! To the Movies, following our visit to the cinema.
- In Science we will learn about white being made up of other colours.
- In History we will identify the differences between Stone and Bronze, and what Bronze objects were used for.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f7f050″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Please make sure that children have their P.E kits in school. N.B. All earrings MUST be taken out for P.E lessons.[/dropshadowbox]
Week beginning 12th November 2018
Writing
We have been continuing to work on our autumn poems. You will have seen the homework we sent home last week about similes (e.g the girl floated into the room like a cloud/ he is as fast as lightning). We have been using this technique in our learning. We are also focusing on the use of alliteration and onomatopoeia. Alliteration is where the same letter/ sound is repeated in a sentence. For example: the sneaky squirrels scavenged silently for their nuts.
Reading
We are continuing to read The Giraffe, The Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl.
Maths
Due to a variety of reasons, we are still continuing with our work on addition and subtraction this week. We will also be giving the children a short calculating paper soon.
Geography
We are continuing to compare Croydon to Darwin, Australia.
Science
We will be looking at materials and their properties this half term.
Week Beginning Monday 12th November,2018
A big thank you to all the parents who attended the SPaG & Handwriting workshop. The handouts have been sent home.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”2″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Cinema Trip is on Tuesday 13th November, 2018.[/dropshadowbox]
Our Mathletic Champions this week…
Silver Certificate
Lambeth Class : Adoma, Japdeep,Deyan, Annika
Vauxhall Class :Anthony, Oskar
Bronze Class
Lambeth Class : Charlotte, Zayna, Isaiah, Jayden, Amira, Ryan, Nicole, Yaacoob, Comella, Cameron, Ayaan, Nathan
Vauxhall Class : Krishan, Martyna, Shun Ming, Mila, Suvisha
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class : Ryan (12428)
Vauxhall Class : Krishan (7630 Points)
Our learning this week…
English : We continue our learning about poetry… Children will continue to plan and write Autumn poems.
Please support your child to understand rhyming words.
Maths
Children will continue to learn to subtract… We will be solving simple word problems. Revise subtraction by crossing out and counting back on the number line.
Your child will also learn about identifying, naming and describing 2D shapes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDQDyx59QY4
Science
Children will be learning about seasonal changes – Autumn
History:
We will be learning about significant people in our life time- ‘Barack Obama’.
PSHE:
Children will be thinking about friendship and how to be a good friend? We will also be revisiting Rights and Responsibilities, our class charter and the 5 Core Values in our school.- caring, courtesy, consideration, co-operation and commitment.
RE:
We will be learning about harvest and discuss how it is celebrated around the world.
PE:
We will continue to develop balancing skills as well as listening skills and travelling in different ways.
Music:
We will be learning more harvest songs.
Home work:
This week home work is
based on Maths – 2D shapes
Phonics
Matheletics
Please return home work by Wednesday 14th November, 2018.
Southwark News Week Beginning 12th November 2018
A great big thank you to Zoe Henry from the Theatre Bug Dance Company who taught an exciting street dance class with year 4 on Friday.
What are we learning this week
Maths – This week, we will be learning to multiply by 10 and 100 and understanding that this is the same as a number getting 10 and 100 times bigger and not just adding a 0 or 00 to a number. This is essential understanding for our upcoming work on decimals. Children will be given a username and password to a new free maths programme we will be trialling to support your child’s knowledge and understanding of the key year 4 objective-multiplication and division facts to 12×12 this week called J2blast.
English –This week we will be completing our written explanation texts-How to Draw Horrid Henry by writing a conclusion and self and peer assessing. We will then be amending our writing according to the feedback.
Topic – We will be completing our topic of Remembrance this week by writing poems to reflect our understanding of how children were affected by WWI.
I.C.T-We will be continuing to develop our PowerPoint presentation skills by including animation and transition between slides.
Important information
We will be watching Goosebumps at Grants cinema on Wednesday as part of Croydon INTO festival. 
Due to unforeseen circumstances Friday’s additional cinema trip has been cancelled. A letter will be going out to explain further.
Week beginning 12th November 2018
This week many children will be working at Whitgift school. Please provide a packed lunch for those selected to attend every day. The children attending Whitgift will return to Howard by 2:30 each day.
Those in class will be working on the themes below.
Those children in school will be swimming on Tuesday
Maths:
This week, we shall be continuing to look a adding and subtracting fractions with unrelated denominators and/or mixed numbers.
English:
We shall be writing a film review of the film Zoo, in line with our upcoming trip to the cinema as part of the Into Film Festival. We shall be looking at how to plan, write an edit an effective film review.
SPAG:
we continue to prepare for the tests in this subject
we have reviewed, all the year4/5 compulsory spellings and have completed the first set of year 6 statutory words.
The second set of words are:
ancient, apparent, appreciate, attached, available, average, awkward, bargain, bruise, category, cemetery.
I am happy to provide you with the full set of words if you would like.
have looked at subordinate clauses, speech marks and adverbial phrases.
Reading: The class book is holes by Louis Suchar.
Year 6 children are encouraged to independently select books from the year 6 library located in Tower Bridge Class
It is expected that a book review will be completed at the end of each bookIn Year 6, children are responsible for changing their own books independently. We do ask that children read at home everyday and mark this by a simple comment in their homework diary. Please do encourage your child to read aloud, even though they are in Year 6, to build the stamina with their fluency.
PE:Our PE lessons will be on Friday Please ensure your child has their full PE kit on this day.
Our topic this half term is gymnastics
Music:with Mrs Hughes on Thursdays
RE:We continue to study Christianity on Wednesdays
PSHE: with Mrs Forde on Wednesday
Computing. with Mrs Forde on Wednesday
Spanish. animal names lesson 2
Geography:The British Isles.
Name major cities and geographical features of the UK
Key dates:
12th November – Film trip
Week beginning 12th November 2018
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#c2fbc2″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Dear Parents, carers
Thank you for attending our parent evenings.
The children are quite excited about their first school trip this week on Tuesday 13th November Thank you to all those parents who are able to join us as helpers.
Please take note of the following:
• Please arrive at school promptly at 8.50am as preparation is required before we walk to the cinema.
• Parent helpers will be provided with a guide which explains our expectations for the morning.
• If you are helping, your younger children must not accompany you as we will need your undivided attention on the day.
• For health and safety reasons we do not give the children snacks at any point during the trip, so please do not bring any snacks with you.
• At all times during the trip you will be expected to remain with your group of children and follow the leading staff member.
Have a lovely week and don’t forget to show your child the videos posted below to practise some of the things they are learning about.
Kind Regards,
Miss Kowalczyk, Miss Dale, Mrs Carden and Miss Evans[/dropshadowbox]
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[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fffffffff” border_width=”20″ border_color=”#f339c1″ ]AUTUMN 2 TOPIC: Light and Dark
This week’s learning
LITERACY
Book Focus: 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/
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 learn to recognise numerals 6-10 using number formation rhymes
Knowledge and Understanding of the World: The children will about the different planets in our solar system. Communication and Language: To listen and respond to ideas expressed by others in conversation or discussion. [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fffffffff” border_width=”20″ border_color=”#39e3f3″ ]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, they will need to be replaced [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fffffffff” border_width=”20″ border_color=”#5139f3″ ]IMPORTANT DATES
Tuesday, 13th November – Reception trip to cinema
Tuesday 11th December – Reception Christmas performance to parents 9.30am
Friday, 14th December 2018 – Christmas Jumper Day and Christmas lunch for children [/dropshadowbox]
Week beginning 12th November 2018
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#c2fbc2″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Dear Parents, carers
Thank you for attending our parent evenings.
The children are quite excited about their first school trip this week on Tuesday 13th November Thank you to all those parents who are able to join us as helpers.
Please take note of the following:
• Please arrive at school promptly at 8.50am as preparation is required before we walk to the cinema.
• Parent helpers will be provided with a guide which explains our expectations for the morning.
• If you are helping, your younger children must not accompany you as we will need your undivided attention on the day.
• For health and safety reasons we do not give the children snacks at any point during the trip, so please do not bring any snacks with you.
• At all times during the trip you will be expected to remain with your group of children and follow the leading staff member.
Please note that I will not be in school all of next week due to a training event and will be covered by Miss Thompson and Miss Evans. I will return to school in the week beginning 19th November 2018.
Have a lovely week and don’t forget to show your child the videos posted below to practise some of the things they are learning about.
Kind Regards,
Miss Pillay[/dropshadowbox]
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[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fffffffff” border_width=”20″ border_color=”#f339c1″ ]AUTUMN 2 TOPIC: Light and Dark
This week’s learning
LITERACY
Book Focus: 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/
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 learn to recognise numerals 6-10 using number formation rhymes
Knowledge and Understanding of the World: The children will about the different planets in our solar system. Communication and Language: To listen and respond to ideas expressed by others in conversation or discussion. [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fffffffff” border_width=”20″ border_color=”#39e3f3″ ]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, they will need to be replaced [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fffffffff” border_width=”20″ border_color=”#5139f3″ ]IMPORTANT DATES
Tuesday, 13th November – Reception trip to cinema
Tuesday 11th December – Reception Christmas performance to parents 9.30am
Friday, 14th December 2018 – Christmas Jumper Day and Christmas lunch for children [/dropshadowbox]