Week Beginning 10th September 2018
We have had a great start in Waterloo Bridge Class. The children have settled into school very well. This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will be working on place value. We will learn to count in hundreds, order numbers to 1000 and know the value of each digit in a three digit number.
- In English we will begin work around a new book, Stone Age boy by Satoshi Kitamura. We will discuss and explore the story and write in role as one of the characters.
- In Science we will learn to name different types of forces and recognise whether a push or a pull will act on a force.
- In topic time we will begin our work on the Stone Age.
- In RE we will identify what we already know about Hinduism.
On Thursday afternoon the children will be taught by Mrs Ford and Mr Govinden. Mrs Ford will teach history and Mr Govinden will teach French.
Week beginning 3rd September 2018
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”10″ border_color=”#3ef6d7″ ] Welcome to Year 5! We hope that you have had a lovely summer.
The Year 5 team are as follows:
London Bridge Class
Miss Blackford – Year Group Leader and Class Teacher
Mrs Brown – Teaching Assistant
Cannon Street Class
Mr Grundey – Class Teacher
Miss Mayley – Teaching Assistant
Miss Alcorn – 1:1 Teaching Assistant
Please do take the time to come and introduce yourselves after school. It will be lovely to get to know as many of you as possible as we work together throughout the year.
[/dropshadowbox]
[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:
Over the course of the first week we shall be looking at: a range of different times tables, mental maths and place value activities.
English:
This week we shall we looking specifically at diary writing and recognising different word classes.
Reading:
We shall be sharing our favourite books and creating their book reviews. How exciting! We shall also be starting our class text, There’s a boy in the girls’ bathroom – by Louis Sachar.
PSHE:
As a year group, we shall be taking part in team building games and problem solving activities. As Howard Primary is a Rights Respecting School, we shall we taking the time to create our class charters this week and discussing our rights and responsibilities in Year 5.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”10″ border_color=”#fc71a7″ ] Keep an eye out for some important upcoming dates for Year 5! [/dropshadowbox]
Welcome to Year 1.
We are looking forward to working with you in September and ensuring that your child has a fun, positive experience where they will succeed, learn, attain and achieve their full potential.
Here are some fun activities to do…
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Holiday Homework… Please research the class bridges and make a poster… Please return it the first week back – by Friday September 7th 2018
Chelsea Class – Vauxhall Bridge
Grosvenor Class – Lambeth Bridge[/dropshadowbox]
Please continue reading with your child. You can join the Summer Reading Challenge in any of the local libraries and win certificates, medals and prizes. This year it is called ‘Mischief Makers’.
https://www.croydon.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/src
Please continue practising phonics… The websites below are fun and engaging…
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm
Enjoy Maths in the environment…
Play spot the number .. look for numbers on the buses, house numbers, car number plates…
Use money to pay while shopping, sing number rhymes…
Here are some links…
Other Summer fun activities….
Enjoy the hot weather and visit parks and gardens … Look for Summer flowers and minibeasts
Coombe Garden and Woods
https://www.croydon.gov.uk/leisure/parksandopenspaces/parksatoz/coombe-wood
Heathfield Ecology Centre
Visit museums and galleries… most of them are free
http://www.museumofcroydon.com/
Turf in Croydon
http://turf-projects.com/about-turf/
Play games like… I Spy, snap, board games like snakes and ladders…
If you go on holiday, children can keep a picture diary and write about what they did.
Have fun building with lego, bricks, junk modelling…, make paper aeroplanes.
Let children draw, colour, play with plasticine – make their name, numbers etc…
Enjoy cooking with your child…
Whatever you do…have fun and make memories as they grow….
See you in September!
Week beginning 16th July 2018
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#c3fbf7″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Dear Parents, Carers
It is hard to believe that we are finally in the last week of your child’s year in Reception!! It has been an exceptional year filled with fun, laughter and lots of learning and we hope you have enjoyed it as much as we have. We wish to thank you for all your support this year and we wish you well as all your children move onto Year 1 in the new academic year in September.
Kind Regards
Miss Pillay and the Reception Team[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#f44878″ ]IMPORTANT DATES:
Tuesday, 17th July 2018: You are invited to attend a very short performance by Reception children to celebrate Howard’s 120th year. Parents to arrive at 1.15pm . Five minute performance to start at 1.20pm
Thursday, 19th July 2018. Last day of school for children. Children to attend from 8.50am to 3.30pm in school uniform as usual. [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#0f83f2″ ]THIS WEEK’S LEARNING:
In our final week at school the children will continue to participate in lessons as usual so please ensure they attend school at the usual times
LITERACY: We will be looking back on our year and writing a reflection of our learning in Reception
Phonics: We will continue with learning the final few letter sounds for the year and practice decoding skills
MATHS: we will be exploring two digit numbers and talking about place value.
[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#53f550″ ]HOMEWORK: Sent out on Friday 13th July Due back Wednesday 18th July
My year in Reception
Can you write a few sentences and draw pictures about what you enjoyed most about your year in Reception?
Word Lists and Reading books: Please send in any outstanding reading books and diaries. Word lists may be kept at home for children to continue practising . You may hand these to the Year 1 teachers in September
[/dropshadowbox]
Week beginning 16th July
The last week of school!!!
This is a really bust week for Year 6.
Monday-Geography-food sharing morning
Tuesday-Arts celebration afternoon. Year 6 are performing at 2.30pm. Please come along and join in the celebration of Howard’s 120 Year birthday.
Thursday-2.45pm-Year 6 Leaver’s assembly. Your child will also take their report home this evening along with their Sats results. Your child can also bring in an old shirt and get it signed in the morning.
Thank you to all the parents who helped make the Year 6 Leaver’s party such a great evening. It was amazing! You all worked so hard and Year 6 looked amazing!
Monday 16th July, 2018
A great big thank you to all the parents for all your support and help this year. It has enabled us to ensure that your child is able to develop, progress, attain , succeed and achieve their full potential. We wish you a lovely Summer break and a great year in Year 2.
School finish for children on Thursday 19th July and starts on Wednesday 5th September.
Lambeth Class will be in Hungerford Class with Miss Stroud.
Vauxhall Class will be in Westminster Class with Miss Brown.
The Year 2 Summer homework has been sent home with your child on Friday.
As part of our Arts Celebration Day we are making puppets and doing nature sculptures in the style of Andy Goldsworthy. Please send in leaves, twigs, shells, flowers rocks, pebbles for us to do this as well as socks, lolly sticks, eyes etc,, for the puppets. We will provide additional resources.
Our Mathletics champions this week…
Bronze Award
Lambeth Class : Frances, Rebeka, Suden, Zuzanna, Alexandru, Alvin, Betim, Kamil, Tanush, Zofia
Vauxhall Class: Abigail
Super Mathlete :
Lambeth Class : Francis ( 3190 Points)
Vauxhall Class : Abigail ( 1299 Points)
Our learning this week…
English
We will read the story ‘Lima’s Red Hot Chilli’ by David Mills, talk about characters, look at noun phrases, sentence structure, adjectives-describing words and sequencing the story. We will write a similar story by changing title, character’s name, problem.. using a similar pattern. We will then edit the story.
Maths
This week we will be revisiting addition and subtraction and problem solving.
History
Children will continue to develop their understanding of the past. Let them talk to you or grandparents or older family members of how life was when they were young and begin to think about what life is for them especially relating to toys and games they play. ( For e.g doll house / marbles in the olden days and computer games in the modern times).
ICT
We are learning to create and debug programs. Please support your child to develop their skills by using ‘Lightbot’.
http://lightbot.com/hour-of-code.html
Art
Children will continue to learn about the British nature artist Andy Goldsworthy and create their own nature sculptures. Please bring twigs , leaves, flowers, pebbles by Monday. Thanks.
P.E
Children will continue developing their skills to balance as well as develop different types of movement. This week, the children will learn to develop their team spirit and positive attitude towards winning gracefully as well as accepting defeat as a way to improve their skills.
PSHE
Our topic is called ‘Relationships’. Children will be talking about feelings – how to deal with changes and transition.
Music
We will continue to sing using our voices creatively and learn about rhythm and tempo.
R.E.
We will be continuing our learning about different religions focusing on basic principles of Hinduism, Islam and Christianity.
Homework
Homework is sent home every Friday and should be promptly returned on Wednesday please. Homework is also set weekly related to the concepts children are learning. Please continue to do your Mathletics. Looking forward to more Gold Award winners this term.
P.E.
Lambeth Class : Monday & Wednesday
Vauxhall Class : Wednesday & Friday
*If your child attends an Afterschool sports club and takes their P.E kit home, kindly return the P.E kit the next day. A lot of the children have been upset and disappointed as they have missed their P.E sessions as a result of not having kits.
Week commencing 16th July
I can’t believe we have got to the end of the year already! Thank you all for your support this year. I have really enjoyed teaching Millennium class and I wish you all luck in Year 5!
Our topic for this term is called ”Temples, Tombs and Treasures’ linked to our HISTORY curriculum about Ancient Egypt.
Your child has taken home a homework sheet to cover the homework for the whole half term. Please choose another activity to complete for homework this week. We have had some fantastic work so far! I have attached an electronic copy of the homework below in case the paper copy is lost Homework-Egyptians
In English, we will be looking at poetry and drama over the final days of the term. We have been reading list poetry and looking at features and effective language. We have also been using this as an opportunity to practise the plural apostrophe of possession.
In Maths, we will be continuing a unit of work on Geometry, covering properties of shapes and position and direction, plotting of coordinates and simple translation of position.
We have also started to use a mental Maths game called Daily 10 which you can find a link to below
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
I have also asked those children who are less confident to continue to practise time (including digital, analogue and 24 hour time) and money, including coin recognition, for when we revisit these units.
We have used a co-ordinates game this week which the children enjoyed. If you would like to continue to play it at home, follow the link below:
In addition to this we will continue to run the Daily Mile to help promote the fitness of our children.
As I’m sure you all know, reading daily is essential in helping your child progress with reading and writing. Please enjoy reading a range of fun books as well as your child’s school reading books to promote a love for reading. Please remember to write a comment or sign your child’s reading record regularly. Remember that your child can keep a book for as long as they need in order to finish it. We appreciate your support to enable your child to be a fluent and competent reader.
In Science, children are enjoying a unit on Electricity with Mrs Grundey.
In RE- the children are learning about Judaism
Successes- Well done to Gabby M, William, Tyler, Leon and Sarah who were awarded merit cards this week!
Please remember that it is Egyptian dress up day next Monday. Costumes do not need to be elaborate, we have made collars at school and an easy costume idea would be to use an oversized white t-shirt as a tunic with a belt
http://http://www.show.me.uk/editorial/1184-how-to-make-an-ancient-egyptian-costume
On Tuesday, the school is having an Arts celebration day. Work from all classes will be on display and activities will take place around the school. Each class will have a performance slot in the afternoon.
Week beginning 16th July 2018
Week beginning 16th July 2018
In Maths, we are going consolidate our mental maths strategies.
In English, we will complete writing our scripts for the television adverts and record them.
On Tuesday we will have our Arts Mark day so will prepare work on moving images as well as perform a song with Waterloo Class.
We break up for the summer holidays on 19th July 2018 at 3.30pm.
On behalf of Mrs Glenn, Mrs Edgeler and Mrs Tooze we would like to thank you for your continued support throughout the year and we wish the children in Blackfriars a smooth transition to Year 4.
Week Beginning 15th July 2018
In our last week in Waterloo Bridge Class our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will focus on our metal maths skills.
- In English we will prepare performances of our adverts in small groups. We will make props and rehearse our adverts before performing and filming them.
- In Design and Technology we will create moving pictures of people involved in sports.
- In music we are working hard on preparing a song for our arts celebration.
- In PE we will work on balance skills using the Real PE curriculum. Our last PE lesson will be on Monday.
We look forward to seeing as many parents as possible at our arts celebration on Tuesday afternoon.
Week beginning 16th July 2018
We can’t believe we have almost reached the end of the school year! Hungerford Bridge have worked so hard over the course of the year and we are proud of every member of our class.
This week we will be finishing off various activities and the week is likely to be a little different to usual.
In maths we will be continuing to recap our previous learning. Our focus will be on multiplication and division. We will also be recapping the properties of 3d shapes by making some from straws and plasticine.
Literacy
We have got some editing and up-levelling to do but might have time to write a short piece of writing based on the story The Day the Crayons Quit.
Important information
Tuesday 17th July – 120 years of Howard Primary School/ Art festival – you are invited between 1:20 and 3:30 to see a selection of art work and performances by the pupils
Last day – Thursday 19th July (Friday 20th is an INSET day)