Week beginning 8th May 2018
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ce9bfc” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#030404″ ]Next week, we will be learning the following:[/dropshadowbox]
Maths:
Over the next few weeks, we shall be learning all about percentages and how to find their fraction and decimal equivalents.
English:
We shall be focusing on retelling the first chapter of Alice in Wonderland. We shall be looking at developing story maps and creating character profiles for the main character.
Reading:
Children should be reading at home every evening. They are expected to complete a book review, using the Y5 grammar expectations, once completed. If they don’t already, please encourage your child with their reading at home as it is hugely important. We shall soon be starting our new class novel, Alice in Wonderland. You can purchase a copy here.
PE:
Your children will have taken a letter home on Thursday 22nd February, detailing which swimming group that they are in. Below is a reminder of the key dates and swimming kit that they will need.
Group A Tuesday 27th February-Tuesday 27th March
Group B Tuesday 17th April-Tuesday 22nd May (No swimming on the 15th May)
Group C Tuesday 5th June – Tuesday 3rd July
Please can you make sure that they bring a swimming costume (preferably NOT a bikini for girls and NOT long shorts for boys), towel and, if they have long hair, a swimming hat all in a bag that can be easily identifiable. Children will be taught how to swim by 2 qualified swimming instructors including a teacher from Whitgift school and no prior knowledge of how to swim is needed. Children will be assessed the first week and then put into suitable groups with no child entering the deep end unless they can swim a length unaided. A trained lifeguard will also be present.
Children who are not going swimming during this time will still have a PE lesson. All children will continue to have their Thursday PE lesson.
Music:
We shall be continuing our Soundstart lessons with Mr Regan.
Art:
We shall be designing a class tablecloth, representing Greek patterns, using the paste resist process. This week, we shall be tracing our designs onto cloth, using paste to repeat our designs.
RE:
Mrs Grundey and Mrs Swift will be taking our RE sessions on Tuesday afternoons. This term we shall be looking at Judaism.
French:
Mrs Grundey and Mrs Swift will also be taking our French sessions this term. This term we shall be looking at clothes!
Week beginning 8th May 2018
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]What will we be learning?[/dropshadowbox]
Maths-We will be continuing our revision, ready for SATS-This week we will be focusing on ratio and multi-step problems
Writing-We will be writing a discussion
Reading-We will be continuing to read ‘A boy in striped Pyjamas’
Science-We will be continuing our work on the human body
Geography-We will be starting our Geography topic on Scandinavia
R.E-We will be continuing our work on Christianity.
Art-We will be studying silk paintings and making our own
P.E-There is no longer any swimming. Instead we will be having 2 PE lessons in school-Kwick cricket and Tennis
Computing-We will continue to develop our understanding of On-line safety and APP design
PSHE-We will be looking at setting ourselves goals and looking for ways to achieve them.
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Monday 14th-GPS test
Tuesday 15th-Reading SAT
Wednesday 16th-Maths Paper 1 and 2
Thursday 17th-Maths Paper 3
Friday-We will be holding a class party to celebrate the end of SATS and celebrating the Royal Wedding at the same time.
Week beginning 8th May 2018
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#d5fefa” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Dear Parents
Thank you very much for all your donations of baked treats and a special thank you to the parent volunteers who helped at the bake sale of Friday.
We managed to raise £122.80 on Friday, bringing our fundraising grand total to £396.30.
Thank you very much Reception Parents 2017/18. We couldn’t have done it without your amazing support!
Kind regards
Miss Pillay [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#39de4c” ]THIS WEEK’S LEARNING:
SUMMER TERM 1 TOPIC: Caring for Animals
LITERACY:
Book Focus: The Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
The children await the arrival of some very hungry caterpillars of their own as we get to grow some eggs of a very different kind over the next few weeks.
Phonics: Group Phonics will focus on reviewing previous sounds and speedy blending of cvc and multisyllabic words
MATHS:
This week the children we will practise counting on and back within 2o in steps of 1, 2, 5 and 10. The children will also explore the concepts of halving and doubling a number
PE: Team game skills. [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#fdf956″ ]HOMEWORK: 4th May 2018. Due Wednesday, 9th May 2018
Doubling Challenge
• If you double the spots on each ladybird, how many spots will each ladybird have?
• Can you write a number sentence for each ladybird?
READING BOOKS and WORD LISTS: These will be checked on group days Monday and Tuesday group will be checked on Tuesday 8th May [/dropshadowbox]
Week beginning 8th May 2018
Thank you for supporting your child to do their homework , spelling , handwriting as well as Mathletics. However, there are some children who consistently do not bring in their homework. Your child is able to consolidate their skills by doing their homework, so please send it in weekly. Your support is much appreciated.
Our Mathletics Champions for this week…
Gold Award
Lambeth Class: Martin
Vauxhall Class: Nathan
Silver Award
Lambeth Class: Ameliya
Vauxhall Class: Lena
Bronze Award
Lambeth Class : Rebeka, Tanush, Zofia, Alvin, Zuzanna, Patrick, Kamil, Francis, Olivier, Alexandru, Shaira.
Vauxhall Class : Ablgail, Yashal, Geneva, Liming, Harry, Sarah.
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class :
Vauxhall Class ; Nathan
Our topic for this term is called ‘Let It Grow’ linked to our science curriculum about plants.
English
In English, we will be reading a new text called ‘Katie’s Picture Show’ by James Mayhew. Children will be describing the main character – Katie.
Maths
In Maths we will be looking multiplication with arrays.
Science
We will continue our learning about different plant and tree parts as well as naming and identifying flowering plants and trees in the local area. Children will be planning and writing a non-chronological report about ‘Spring’-animals, plants and trees, weather and clothes, length of day and any other facts.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3wpsbk
http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/
Art
In Art we will be exploring making different shades of grey as well as identifying primary and secondary colours.
P.E
Children will continue developing their throwing and catching skills using a ball or a beanbag. They will practise bouncing, dribbling, rolling, under arm throws, over arm throws and catches using correct posture and skills.
PSHE
Our topic is called ‘Relationships’. Children will be talking about the people who are important to them and give reasons.Then we will be talking about our rights and responsibilities.
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.
Home work
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.
*If your child attends an After school 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.
* Bank holiday on Monday 7th May 2018. Children return on Tuesday 8th May.
Week Beginning 7th May 2018
In Waterloo Bridge Class this week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will work on our mental addition and subtraction. We will add and subtract three digit numbers and ones, three digit numbers and tens and three digit numbers and hundreds.
- In English we will work on myths exploring the story of Romulus and Remus.
- In Science we will follow up on the plant investigation set up last week.
- In topic time we will learn about Roman gods.
- In PE we will continue to work on African dancing.
If you have not yet returned the permission slip for the class visit to the Museum of London on Monday 14th May please do so as soon as possible.
On Friday we will be doing a number starts test. The children should work on their number star as part of their homework. The children’s homework also includes the completion of tasks on mathletics.
Week commencing 7th May
Our Learning next week
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 continue developing our narrative writing with our text The Firemaker’s Daughter by Phillip Pullman. Next week we will be boxing up the chapter about Lila’s meeting with Razvani the Fire Fiend, starting to create our own villain and working towards writing our own fiery scene. Please feel free to read along with your child. Copies can be bought for £3.99 at the Book People.
In Maths, we will continue working on decimals, learning how to multiply one or 2 digit numbers by 10 or 100, comparing numbers to 2 decimal places and rounding decimals and comparing and ordering decimals. Please encourage your child to use Mathletics to revise these skills along with games on free websites like
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/fractions-and-decimals
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
In P.E sessions, we will be starting athletics and a dance/aerobics unit. P.E will continue to be on Tuesdays and Thursdays, please ensure your child has their kit for every lesson. 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.
Well done to all children who were awarded a merit card this week, Kimi, Eddie and Gabby M!
In other news, Mrs Adams will no longer be covering Millennium class during my planning time out of class. As of Tuesday, Mrs Grundy will be covering the class once a week. We of course wish to send Mrs Adams off to maternity leave with all our support and best wishes!
Southwark Class News Wk Beginning 8th May
Week beginning 8th May 2018.
In Maths this week, we will complete our work on decimals- ordering numbers with tenths and hundredths as well as finding the effect of dividing 1 and 2 digit numbers by 10 and 100. This week’s homework is set on Mathletics and your child’s password and user name can be found in their homework diary.
In English, we will be beginning to plan and write our suspense story based on the adventures of our main character Lila from The Firework Maker’s Daughter by Phillip Pullman.
In Topic, we will learn about Ancient Egyptian mummification and the afterlife and will begin our cross curricular design and technology lessons. In groups, we will be designing and making a structure designed to protect an Egyptian mummy from rain and buried in sand for thousands of years (over a weekend) We will be exploring how different joining and construction methods help to give strength to the structure. For this topic we will be using wood. If you have any left over small pieces of wood that you would be willing to donate we would very much appreciate it.
Thank you for your continued support.
Congratulations this week go to Harley, Tyray, Adrian B and the whole class for achieving merit cards as well as to our readers of the week-Anomiga and Limar.
Week beginning 7th May 2018.
Week beginning 7th May 2018.
In Maths this week, we will complete our work on measure, adding and subtracting mass and capacity. We will then add and subtract three digit numbers in ones and tens.
In English, we will study Roman myths and retell the story of Romulus and Remus.
In Science, we will analyse our results about plant investigation.
In Topic, we will learn about Julius Caesar.
In RE, we will about the importance of being part of the Khalsa in Sikhism.
Thank you for your continued support.
Week beginning 7th May 2018
Reminder: Monday 7th May is a bank holiday and the school is closed! Enjoy the long weekend and make the most of the (hopefully) glorious weather.
We will be covering the following objectives next week.
Writing
We have begun to write our own losing tales and will be finishing and up-levelling our work.
Our next focus will be on poetry. We will be using The Magic Box by Kit Wright as a stimulus for our poems.
Reading
Our current class read is Why the Whales Came by Michael Morpurgo.
Maths
We have come to the end of our work on measure and will be moving onto time.
In year 2 we cover:
We will be covering the following learning objectives.
- Telling the time to the hour (o’clock).
- Telling the time to half past.
- Quarter past and quarter to.
- Telling the time to five minute intervals (e.g five past two/ five to 12).
- Knowing key facts about time e.g how many hours in a day, days in each month, months in a year.
- Applying our knowledge of time to solve problems. Please see some examples of time related problems below.
You might also come across problems such as:
“Joan’s swimming class started at 5:40 and lasted for 30 minutes. Draw the hands on the clocks to show what time her class started and finished.”
Please practice telling the time at home with your children. It is an important life skill that needs lots of practice in order for your child to be secure in it.
PSHE
Zippy’s Friends- our current unit is titled ‘Saying Goodbye’. There will be a letter going out shortly regarding a proposed trip.
P.E
Monday: basketball.
Wednesday: skipping skills.
Week beginning 30th April 2018
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#c6fde8″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Dear Parents
We would very much appreciate your donations of sweet and savoury baked treats for another legendary Reception Bake Sale at the end of the week. There has been a huge demand for homemade baked treats so if you enjoy baking please send in your treats. Look out for letters in bookbags for more details tomorrow.
You are welcome to come in and visit our ducklings this week as they are now located in Grosvenor Class until Friday.
Also, please take note of the cold weather forecast for the coming week and dress your children accordingly.
Kind regards
Miss Kowalczyk [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#fa9283″ ]PLEASE NOTE: We have asked the children to remove all bag tag toys from school book bags as this has become the cause of much distraction these past weeks. We would be grateful for your support in ensuring these tags are removed.[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#8385f5″ ]THIS WEEK’S LEARNING:
SUMMER TERM 1 TOPIC: Caring for Animals
LITERACY:
Book Focus: non-fiction books about the life cycle of egg laying animals
Phonics: Group Phonics will focus on reviewing previous sounds and speedy blending of cvc and multisyllabic words
MATHS: This week the children we will practise correct number formation and orientation and revise skills for addition and subtraction.
PE: Team game skills. [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#83f5f1″ ]HOMEWORK: 27th April 2018. Due Wednesday, 2nd May 2018
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: These will be checked on group days only [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#3df9a9″ ]A few useful videos:
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