Week beginning 23rd April
Please accept my apologies for not posting a blog for last week!
We have had a fantastic first week back. I have been so impressed with the focus shown by all of the children at the start of our third and final term!
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.
The children will be designing a missing poster for Mummy Monkey with a focus on expanded noun phrases. Our SPaG focus will be on subordinating conjunctions and using apostrophe’s for possession.
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 are continuing to learn about fractions this week.
We have learnt about halves and quarters already- thinking about how they need to be equal parts of a shape or equal groups for an amount.
This week we are looking at unit fractions and comparing 1/2, 1/4 and 1/3’s before moving on to recognising and calculating 2/3’s and 3/4’s. We will also be learning about the equivalence of 1/2 and 2/4’s.
Later on in the week we will be moving on to our next unit: measurement.
PSHE
Zippy’s Friends- what makes a good friend.
P.E
Monday: basketball.
Wednesday: skipping skills.
Science
We will be looking at the different foods that omnivores, carnivores and herbivores eat.
Other information
Sorry that I have not yet marked/ sent back the half term homework. I mark this in my own time and have not found the time this week. I will hand it back by the end of next week. Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Week beginning 16th April 2018
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#c4fcf1″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Dear Parents
Welcome back to school!
I am quite excited about working with Grosvenor Class and Miss Dale over the next two terms and I look forward to meeting all of you over the next few days.
We hope you enjoyed your Easter holidays. Please note that school starts again on Monday 16th April at 8.50am.
We wish you a pleasant Summer 1 Term with us.
Kind Regards,
Miss Kowalczyk and Miss Dale [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#96f89d” ]THIS WEEK’S LEARNING:
SUMMER TERM 1 TOPIC: Caring for Animals
LITERACY:
Book Focus: The Ugly Duckling
Just when you thought Easter was behind you and talk of eggs was a thing of the past, we have gone ‘eggstremely’ crazy about eggs this term. The children will be learning about different animals that lay eggs and we are incredibly ‘eggcited’ about the arrival, early next week, of some mysterious eggs, which we hope will successfully hatch into some kind of animal. We will have to wait and see what might hatch……..
Phonics: Group Phonics will resume this week, reviewing previous sounds and focusing on speedy blending of cvc and multisyllabic words eg sand/pit or chim/pan/zee
MATHS: This week we will focus on counting by grouping objects and step counting in steps of 2, 5 and 10
PE: Skills for team games . This week the children will learn skills for ball games. Please start to send in PE kits as the class will have PE on Friday morning. As the weather improves 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=”#63dbf8″ ]HOMEWORK: will be sent out on Friday, 20th April
READING BOOKS and WORD LISTS: Please note that word lists and reading books will now only be checked once a week on group days so please send in books, reading diaries and word lists on the following days:
Mondays- Red group
Tuesdays- Blue group
Wednesdays- Green group
Thursdays- Orange Group
Fridays – Yellow group [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#f8637d” ]A few reminders:
• Please check your child’s bookbag regularly for letters
• Please do not leave letters or money in your child’s book bag. Once completed, please hand any letters or reply slips back to the class teacher or the school office
• Please ensure that your child does not bring in any toys from home into school
• Please take note of the weather report to ensure that your child comes into school appropriately dressed for the weather as the Spring weather can be very unpredictable. [/dropshadowbox]
Week beginning 16th April 2018
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#c4fcf1″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Dear Parents
Welcome back to school!
We hope you enjoyed your Easter holidays. School starts again on Monday 16th April at 8.50am.
We wish you a pleasant Summer 1 Term with us.
Kind Regards,
Miss Pillay [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#96f89d” ]THIS WEEK’S LEARNING:
SUMMER TERM 1 TOPIC: Caring for Animals
LITERACY:
Book Focus: The Ugly Duckling
Just when you thought Easter was behind you and talk of eggs was a thing of the past, we have gone ‘eggstremely’ crazy about eggs this term. The children will be learning about different animals that lay eggs and we are incredibly ‘eggcited’ about the arrival, early next week, of some mysterious eggs, which we hope will successfully hatch into some kind of animal. We will have to wait and see what might hatch……..
Phonics: Group Phonics will resume this week, reviewing previous sounds and focusing on speedy blending of cvc and multisyllabic words eg sand/pit or chim/pan/zee
MATHS: This week we will focus on counting by grouping objects and step counting in steps of 2, 5 and 10
PE: Skills for team games. This week the children will learn skills for ball games. Please send in PE kits as the class will have PE on Tuesday morning. As the weather improves 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=”#63dbf8″ ]HOMEWORK: will be sent out on Friday, 20th April
READING BOOKS and WORD LISTS: Please note that word lists will now only be checked once a week on group days so please send in books, reading diaries and word lists on the following days:
Mondays- Red group
Tuesdays- Blue group
Wednesdays- Green group
Thursdays- Orange Group
Fridays – Yellow group [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#f8637d” ]A few reminders:
• Please check your child’s bookbag regularly for letters
• Please do not leave letters or money in your child’s book bag. Once completed, please hand any letters or reply slips back to the class teacher or the school office
• Please ensure that your child does not bring in any toys from home into school
• Please take note of the weather report to ensure that your child comes into school appropriately dressed for the weather as the Spring weather can be very unpredictable. [/dropshadowbox]
Week Beginning 16th April.
In Waterloo Bridge Class we are looking forward to starting our new topic of the Romans. This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will be working on time. We will be investigating the number of days in each month and in a year and leap year using calendars. We will revise our skills in telling the time to the nearest minute and start to use Roman numerals and 24 hour clock.
- In English we will start a new unit on poetry. This week we will focus on performance poetry.
- In topic time we will discuss what we know about the Romans and write questions on what we would like to find out.
- In science we will introduce our new topic on plants.
- In RE we will be learning about the Sikh festival of Baisakhi(also called Vaisakhi).
On Tuesday we will be visiting St Andrew’s School to see a performance. We are looking forward to our Roman Banquet and dress up day on 27th April.
Week beginning 16th April 2018
Week beginning 16th April 2018.
Welcome to the first half of the Summer term. We trust you all had a good Easter break.
In Maths this week, we will learn about measure with special focus on telling the time.
In English, we will learn about different types of poems.
Our Topic this term is the Romans and the children took some letters home at the end of term about some activities we have planned around this topic.
Other information.
Please encourage your child to learn their multiplication facts of 3,4 and 8.
Encourage your child to keep a glossary of the new words they come across and to use a dictionary to find out what they mean.
We look forward to seeing you on Monday, 16th April 2018.
Week beginning 16th April
Maths-We will be starting our first week of revision ready for SATS-This week we will be focusing on place value, negative numbers and written methods
Writing-We will be writing explanations based on our Science work
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 Pilates
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.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fd5df8″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Important Information[/dropshadowbox]
SATS start in 4 weeks
May 14-18th. Start getting a good nights rest from now. Get into good routines at home in the morning. Have breakfast each day and arrive in school on time. Don’t work too hard in the evenings but do make sure that you revise areas of the maths work you still don’t feel confident with.
Happy Easter
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fff77c” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Dear Parents
Thank you to the parents who came to our coffee afternoon to meet Miss Kowalczyk, who will be the teacher of Grosvenor Class in the summer term. I am sure you will all join me in welcoming Miss Kowalczyk (also known as Miss K to the children) back to Howard Primary School and to thank Miss Benoit for her work with the class during the Spring 2 term.
Please note we have not set any homework for the holiday. However, you may refer to the videos posted on this blog to consolidate your child’s learning. Previous video posts can be found by scrolling down and clicking on the previous pages.
Wishing you a well-deserved Easter break.
Kind regards,
Miss Pillay [/dropshadowbox]
Here are a few useful videos to practise some key skills:
https://youtu.be/Q1rXsF-mXvM
https://youtu.be/0QwrkowksKk
https://youtu.be/1mWqsLR3faA
https://youtu.be/GHDDJiiS2Y0
https://youtu.be/ob7bOrRtX3Q
Happy Easter
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fff77c” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Dear Parents
Please note we have not set any homework for the holiday. However, we have sent home a copy of the letter sounds your child has been learning in Phonics so they can keep practising quick recognition of these sounds.
Also please refer to the videos posted on this blog to consolidate other learning. Previous video posts can be found by scrolling down and clicking on the previous pages.
Wishing you a well-deserved Easter break.
Kind regards,
Miss Pillay [/dropshadowbox]
Here are a few useful videos to practise some key skills:
https://youtu.be/Q1rXsF-mXvM
https://youtu.be/0QwrkowksKk
https://youtu.be/1mWqsLR3faA
https://youtu.be/GHDDJiiS2Y0
https://youtu.be/ob7bOrRtX3Q
Week beginning 16th April
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Thank you very much for all your support this Half-term. Have a lovely Easter break! We look forward to seeing you back at school on Monday, April 16th, 2018.[/dropshadowbox]
All our children enjoyed the visit from the Nite Owls and learning about different types of owls as well as taking their photographs with an adorable 18 year old owl called Tango. For further information look at the link below. their website below. We will inform you about how to buy your child’s photos after the Easter break.
Our Learning next term
Our topic for next 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 2 activities to complete over the Easter holiday and complete a choice of the remaining activities to bring in over the following weeks. 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. 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 to focus on fractions and 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 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 an attendance medal, there is still time to earn one if you haven’t so far!
I can’t believe that I am saying this already, but have a lovely Easter and we look forward to seeing you in the Summer Term. Thank you for your continued support.
SOUTHWARK NEWS WEEK BEGINNING 16TH APRIL
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Thank you very much for all your support this Half-term. Have a lovely Easter break! We look forward to seeing you back at school on Monday, April 16th, 2018.[/dropshadowbox]
All our children enjoyed the visit from the Nite Owls and learning about different types of owls as well as taking their photographs with an adorable 18 year old owl called Tango. For further information look at the link below. their website below. We will inform you about how to buy your child’s photos after the Easter break.
Our Learning next term
Our topic for next 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 2 activities to complete over the Easter holiday and complete a choice of the remaining activities to bring in over the following weeks. I have attached an electric 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. 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 to focus on fractions and 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 unit. P.E will continue to be on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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. We appreciate your support to enable your child to be a fluent and competent reader.