Week beginning 23rd April 2018
Maths-We will be starting our first week of revision ready for SATS-This week we will be focusing on algebra, area, perimeter, angles, measures, circles, BODMAS, common factors and multiples, square numbers and prime numbers.
Writing-We will be writing letters of complaint
Reading-We will be continuing to read ‘A boy in striped Pyjamas’
Science-We will be continuing our work on pollination and fertilisation
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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Congratulations to all of Year 6 who have started this term in a very focused and committed way. A special mention to Omarion and Andrea who have shown great commitment to their learning this week.
Week beginning 23rd April 2018
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fcfdb7″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Dear Parents
It has been a wonderful start to the term with such glorious sunshine. Thank you for sending in sun hats and caps.
Please be reminded that the summer uniform for children includes:
- For GIRLS:Summer dress; blue and white small check.
Black shoes or plain black trainers.
No coloured trainers, no open toe sandals nor shoes with a high heel. - For BOYS: Grey or black shorts.
Sky blue polo shirt with school logo.
Black shoes or plain black trainers
No coloured trainers or open toe sandals - All items must be clearly labelled. Please use a laundry marker.
If you haven’t already done so yet, please provide a summer hat or cap and ensure that you apply sunscreen on your child before they arrive at school. Also ensure that your child brings in a named water bottle everyday. Please ensure that the bottle is filled with plain water only.
Kind regards
Miss Kowalczyk
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[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#3323eb” ]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
UW: It will be an exciting week in Reception as we await the arrival of some special eggs! About 6 eggs will arrive in a small incubator on Tuesday. They should hatch quite quickly, hopefully before the end of the week and the hatchlings will stay with us until the end of next week so there will be plenty of time to come in and have a look at them.
Phonics:
Group Phonics will continue this week, reviewing previous sounds and focusing on speedy blending of cvc and multisyllabic words
MATHS:
This week the children will learn the concept of sharing in maths – how to share a quantity of objects into equal groups. We will also review counting objects in groups of 2, 5 and 10.
the children will also revise correct number formation and orientation.
PE: Team game skills. This week the children will learn to use control and co-ordination skills for ball games. Due to warmer weather this term, the children may wear shorts for PE so please ensure these are in their PE kits. [/dropshadowbox]
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Please accept our apologies as homework books were not sent out on Friday. They will be sent out on Monday and may be returned by Friday morning at the latest.
READING BOOKS and WORD LISTS:
Please note that word lists are now checked once a week on group days so please send in books, reading diaries and word lists on group days: [/dropshadowbox]
Week beginning 23rd April 2018
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fcfdb7″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Dear Parents
It has been a wonderful start to the term with such glorious sunshine. Thank you for sending in sun hats and caps.
Please be reminded that the summer uniform for children includes:
- For GIRLS:Summer dress; blue and white small check.
Black shoes or plain black trainers.
No coloured trainers, no open toe sandals nor shoes with a high heel. - For BOYS: Grey or black shorts.
Sky blue polo shirt with school logo.
Black shoes or plain black trainers
No coloured trainers or open toe sandals - All items must be clearly labelled. Please use a laundry marker.
If you haven’t already done so yet, please provide a summer hat or cap and ensure that you apply sunscreen on your child before they arrive at school. Also ensure that your child brings in a named water bottle everyday. Please ensure that the bottle is filled with plain water only.
Kind regards
Miss Pillay
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[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#3323eb” ]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
UW: It will be an exciting week in Reception as we await the arrival of some special eggs! About 6 eggs will arrive in a small incubator on Tuesday. They should hatch quite quickly, hopefully before the end of the week and the hatchlings will stay with us until the end of next week so there will be plenty of time to come in and have a look at them.
Phonics:
Group Phonics will continue this week, reviewing previous sounds and focusing on speedy blending of cvc and multisyllabic words
MATHS:
This week the children will learn the concept of sharing in maths – how to share a quantity of objects into equal groups. We will also review counting objects in groups of 2, 5 and 10.
the children will also revise correct number formation and orientation.
PE: Team game skills. This week the children will learn to use control and co-ordination skills for ball games. Due to warmer weather this term, the children may wear shorts for PE so please ensure these are in their PE kits. [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#feaafd” ]HOMEWORK:
Please accept our apologies as homework books were not sent out on Friday. They will be sent out on Monday and may be returned by Friday morning at the latest.
READING BOOKS and WORD LISTS:
Please note that word lists are now checked once a week on group days so please send in books, reading diaries and word lists on group days: [/dropshadowbox]
Week Beginning 23rd April 2018
Waterloo Bridge Class have had a good first week back. We were lucky to be invited to the dress rehearsal of a performance by Zoo Co last Tuesday. The children really enjoyed this performance. This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will continue our work on time. We will learn to use digital time with am and pm and to use 12 and 24 hour clock. We will also learn to compare time durations.
- In English we will study poems from Romans Ruled by Paul Perro. We will find the features of a narrative poem and write our own narrative poems.
- In topic time we will learn about the reasons for the Roman invasion of Britain.
- In science we will learn to label the parts of a plant.
We are looking forward to our Roman Banquet on Friday 27th April. Children are encouraged to come dressed in Roman Costume and bring some food to share.
If you want to purchase the picture of your child with an owl the money needs to be in on Monday 23rd April.
I have arranged for the children to visit the museum of London on Monday 14th May.
Southwark News Week Beginning 23rd April 2018
Our Learning next week
Our topic for this term is called ”Temples, Tombs and Treasures’ linked to our HISTORY curriculum about Ancient Egypt. We very much enjoyed our hook activity this week , exploring an ancient tomb and look forward to discovering more about this topic.
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 thinking about the way to create suspense in a story. Please feel free to read along with your child. Copies can be bought for £3.99 at the Book People.
In Maths, we will begin working on 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
In Science, we will begin a unit about Sound with Miss Symes
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. Unfortunately, we had several children without kits this week and this prevents them from enjoying our lessons. Please can I remind girls that earrings should be left at home on p.e days. 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, Alison, Tyray, Tyler, Roshan and Jaida for their excellent writing in role as the character Lila from our class text-The Firework Maker’s Daughter and Vishal for his impressive algebraic fractions work. Congratulations also go to Stefan and Anomiga this week for reading regularly to become our readers of the week. 
Week Beginning 23rd April, 2018
Welcome back from your half term break. This is our final Summer term!!!
On Tuesday Howard Primary School is celebrating its 120 years anniversary!
All the children have received the ‘Nite owl’ photographs. If you wish to order a photograph/photographs, please complete the order form with the correct payment and return it back to the office.
Congratulations to our Mathletic Winners…
Gold Award
Lambeth Class :
Vauxhall Class : Abigail Do.
Silver Award
Lambeth Class: Zuzanna,Vera, Tanush, Zofia, Alvin
Bronze Award
Lambeth Class: Patrick, Tanush x 2,Martin, Shaira, Zofia x 2,Alvin x2, Zuzanna x2,Suden x3, Angelo, Francis x2, Hugh.
Vauxhall Class : Kushal, Krum, Jacob,Abigailx 2, Ayanna, Taliyah, Yashal
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class : Suden – 4370 Points
Vauxhal Class : Ayanna – 4130 Points
Our topic for this term is called ‘Let It Grow’ linked to our science curriculum about plants.
Thank you very much for taking care of the bean plants and bringing them back after the Easter Break. Most of the plants look healthy. This week we will use the plant as part of our Maths learning and measure it accurately using centimetres and metres.
English
In English,our text is ‘Jasper’s Beanstalk’ and we will be sequencing the key events, orally retelling and writing the story. Then we will be looking at ‘instructions’ -What is an instruction?, learn about ‘bossy words’, listen to, read and write some simple instructions.
Maths
In Maths we will be looking at measuring lengths- long, short, tall short, long, longer, longest, short, shorter, shortest, tall, taller, tallest……Measuring our bean plants, look at some reasoning and problem solving tasks.
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.
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 gym skills using their travelling in different ways and shapes to create sequences.
PSHE
Our topic is called ‘Good to be Me’. We will be thinking about their talents and what talents/skills they have that children are proud about.
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 this week should be promptly returned on Wednesday please. Homework is also set weekly related to the concepts children are learning. Children can earn bronze, silver and gold certificates as they earn the points. Please check the back of your reading record for your child’s username and password.
Week beginning 23rd April 2018.
Week beginning 23rd April 2018.
In Maths this week, we will learn to tell time to the nearest minute, use am and pm, tell the time using the 24 hour clock as well as calculate the duration of events.
In English, we will use a poem as a model to help us plan and write our own poems.
In Science, we will investigate what plants need to grow.
In Topic, we will find out where the Roman Empire began.
In RE, we will investigate why Guru Gobind Singh is important in Sikhism.
Other information.
All the children have Mathletics passwords please encourage to use this resource for revision.
Important dates
23rd April 2018 St George’s Day.
24th April 2018 The 120th Anniversary of Howard Primary School
17th May 2018. Blackfriars class trip to Museum of London.
18th May 2018. Celebration of the Royal Wedding.
25th May 2018. School photographs.
8th June 2018 Mufti Day.
16th June 2018 Summer Fayre.
Thank you for your continued support.
Week commencing 23rd April
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 thinking about the way to create suspense in a story. Please feel free to read along with your child. Copies can be bought for £3.99 at the Book People.
In Maths, we will begin working on 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
In Science, we will begin a unit about Sound with Mrs Adams.
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, Sophie, Raya, Deon, Leon and Aishu!
Week beginning 23rd April 2018
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Maths:
Over the next few weeks, we shall be revisiting our work with fractions and decimals. This week’s focus: Multiplying fractions by integers; Fractions of amounts; Reading and writing decimals as fractions and rounding decimals with 2 decimal places to the nearest whole number and to 1 decimal place.
English:
Continuing with biographies, we shall be looking at inspirational women. We shall be writing our own biography independently, specifically focusing on the: planning, writing and editing processes.
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.
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.
This week the children will have a sports leaders session, led by a sports coach, on Tuesday afternoon.
Computing:
We shall be continuing to create a memory game, using Scratch.
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.
Week beginning 23rd April 2018
Writing
We are continuing with our focus on a losing tale where a character loses a precious item. We will be using Julia Donalsdon’s story Monkey Puzzle as a stimulus for our writing.
Here is an example of a losing tale toolkit. We will be keeping the middle part of the story the same and the children will be using the toolkit to innovate their own prequel and ending.
We are also focusing on using conjunctions in our writing to make it more interesting & using adjectives & adverbs to extend our sentences.
Reading
We are still really enjoying Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White. We are able to talk about the story & characters and are able to make predictions about what may happen in the text.
Maths
We having been learning about the measurement of length using the correct vocabulary and notations e.g. centimetres (cm and metre (m). We are able to measure accurately ad order & compare measurements using shorter than, longer than and equal to.
We are moving on to look at position & direction with a focus on direction of turns and movement.
We will be using the language: forward, backward, left, right, turn, clockwise & anticlockwise.
After this we will be looking at time. We will be recapping how to make o’clock & half past times before moving on to look at quarter to & quarter past. ANY pre-teaching of recognising these times on a clock that you could do at home would be of real benefit to your child.
PSHE
We will be continuing with our new module of Zippy’s Friends.
P.E
We are going to be doing skipping on a Monday and doing tennis skills on Thursdays.
Science
We will be moving on to look at ways we can keep ourselves healthy.
Important information
The NIGHT OWLS photos went home this week. If you would like to purchase one then the money or a cheque should be placed in the envelope provided with the tester photo and given to the school office. The money has to be in within the next two weeks
Thank you 🙂