Week beginning 20th June 2022
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Our learning this week…
English
At Howard Primary School we have adopted Read Write Inc Phonics.
RWI is a method of learning centred round letter sounds and phonics, and we use it to aid children in their reading and writing. Read Write Inc., developed by Ruth Miskin, provides a structured and systematic approach to teaching literacy. It is used by more than a quarter of the UK’s primary schools and is designed to create fluent readers, confident speakers and willing writers.
Using RWI, the children learn to read effortlessly so that they can put all their energy into comprehending what they read. It also allows them to spell effortlessly so that they can put all their energy into composing what they write.
When using RWI to read the children will:
- Learn 44 sounds and the corresponding letter/letter groups using simple picture prompts
- Learn to read words using Fred Talk
- Read lively stories featuring words they have learnt to sound out
- Show that they comprehend the stories by answering questions.
Five key principles underpin the teaching in all Read Write Inc. sessions:
Purpose – know the purpose of every activity and share it with the children, so they know the one thing they should be thinking about
Participation – ensure every child participates throughout the lesson. Partnership work is fundamental to learning
Praise – ensure children are praised for effort and learning, not ability
Pace – teach at an effective pace and devote every moment to teaching and learning
Passion – be passionate about teaching so children can be engaged emotionally.
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/read-write-inc-phonics-guide/
Hold a sentence is an activity that encourages children to remember a whole sentence while focusing on spelling and punctuation.
Build a sentence is to give children the opportunity to create their own sentence to that shows the meaning of a word and edit a sentence allows the children to critique a sentence using their knowledge of spelling punctuation and grammar. Children complete a longer piece of independent writing, which gives them the opportunity to show off their creativity and to practice their spelling, grammar and punctuation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXOJUPNVnLc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjHqJQ8sxs4
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English
At Howard Primary School we have adopted The Power of Reading scheme for literacy. Our literacy work will be based on a core text. The core text that we will be basing our work on is called One Day on Our Blue Planet … in the Savannah by Ella Bailey.
This week we will:
Create poems about the savannah
Perform the poems
To plan a voice over script about the savannah
To perform and write a voice over script about the savannah
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Maths – Position and Direction
- To describe movements
- To describe turns
- To describe movement and turns
- To make patterns and shapes
- Recap previous learning about fractions, time and money
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PE
Please remember to send your child to school in their PE kit on their PE days.
Westminster – Monday & Thursday
Hungerford – Monday & Thursday
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Music
We are learning about pitch and rhythm.
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RE
We will focus on Islam.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05p6sp2/clips
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Computing
This unit introduces the children to the term ‘data’. We will begin to understand what data means and how this can be collected in the form of a tally chart. The children will learn the term ‘attribute’ and use this to help them organise data. They will then progress onto presenting data in the form of pictograms and finally block diagrams. Children will use the data presented to answer questions.
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RHE – Relationship and Health Education
Jigsaw has two aims for all children:
- To build their capacity for learning
- To equip them for life
Jigsaw brings together PSHE Education, emotional literacy, mindfulness, social skills and spiritual development. The topic this term is ‘Changing me.’ This topic will cover:
Lifecycles in nature
Growing from young to old
Differences between females and males
Increasing independence
Assertiveness
Preparing for transistion
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Reading
When reading with your child at home ask them questions related to their book.
Questions to ask before you read
- Can you look at the pictures and predict what you think will happen in this book?
- What makes you think that?
- What characters do you think might be in our story?
- Do you think there will be a problem in this story? Why or why not?
- Does the topic/story relate to you or your family? How?
Questions to ask during the reading
- What do you think will happen next?
- What can you tell me about the story so far?
- Can you predict how the story will end?
- Why do you think the character did _______?
- What would you have done if you were the character?
- How would you have felt if you were the character? (use different characters)
- As I read____________, it made me picture________ in my head. What pictures do you see in your head?
- As you read, what are you wondering about?
- Can you put what you’ve just read in your own words?
Questions to ask after reading
- Can you remember the title?
- In your opinion, was it a good title for this book? Why or why not?
- Were your predictions about the story correct?
- If there was a problem, did it get solved?
- What happened because of the problem?
- Why do you think the author wrote this book?
- What is the most important point the author is trying to make in his writing?
- What was your favourite part of the story?
- If you could change one thing in the story, what would it be?
- Can you retell the story in order?
- If you were __________, how would you have felt?
- What is the most interesting situation in the story?
- Is there a character in the story like you? How are you alike?
Why did you like this book?
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Mathletics
A big well done to all the children completing their Mathletics. We are so proud. Please continue to complete your activities on Mathletics.
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Star of the week
Hungerford
Sumaiya – for working hard thid week. Sumaiya is making a real effort to slow down and not rush through her work.
Danielle – for writing amazing thought provoking sentences in order to create a clear image in the reader’s mind.
Frank – for beginning to slow down and also welcoming challenges.
Westminster
Gabriel – for developing a positive attutiude towards his learning and focusing as well as contributing to class discussions
Zaara – for always following the 5 cs and being a good friend to everyone.
Subhi – for always completing her working to a high standard
Faith – for being kind and helpful to all the adults and children.
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Week beginning 20th June 2022
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SUMMER TERM 2 TOPIC: Growing and Changing
THIS WEEK’S LEARNING
LITERACY:Focus Book: The Growing Up Story by Ruth Krauss
MATHS: This week we will be reviewing aspects related to comparison :
- Comparing groups of objects that are of different sizes/colours/attributes
- Developing a sense of magnitude e.g., knowing that 8 is a lot more than 2, but that 4 is only a little bit more than 2.
UW: To discuss the different ways in which they have grown and talk about some of the things they could and couldn’t do at different stages of growth from birth to their current age.
RHE: Changing Me: To understand that all humans grow from babies to adults
PE: Athletics: to explore a range of athletic activities eg, running at different speeds, jumping over an obect whilst running, throwing an object, aiming for the furthest distance. The children will also have opportunities to show ‘good sportsmanship’ qualities eg praising others for their performance.
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Summer 2 – Week 2 – 13th June 2022
Summer 2 – Week 2 – 13th June 2022
Welcome to our second week in Summer Term 2.
Here are the objectives for the week ahead.
PE days remain Tuesday and Thursday.
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- To solve measurement problems involving different units.
- To understand and use approximate equivalences between metric units and common imperial units such as inches, pounds and pints.
- To convert between miles and kilometres.
- PIXL Assessment Math Paper 1
- PIXL Assessment Math Paper 2
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- To engage in book talk.
- To identify the key features of a narrative.
- PIXL SpaG
- To write a narrative (assessment).
- To edit and improve my writing.
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To expand vocabulary related to the home.
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- To name the male and female reproductive body parts.
- To understand how hormones trigger change in our bodies.
- To identify physical changes during puberty and compare them.
- To identify and acquire strategies on how to relate to (cope with) changes during puberty at home and school.
- To identify and value the purpose of puberty within the human life-cycle.
- To further develop a mature understanding and positive behaviour patterns towards human reproduction.
Enjoy your Sunday evening.
Your Year 5 Team.
Week beginning 13th June 2022
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Our learning this week…
English
At Howard Primary School we have adopted Read Write Inc Phonics.
RWI is a method of learning centred round letter sounds and phonics, and we use it to aid children in their reading and writing. Read Write Inc., developed by Ruth Miskin, provides a structured and systematic approach to teaching literacy. It is used by more than a quarter of the UK’s primary schools and is designed to create fluent readers, confident speakers and willing writers.
Using RWI, the children learn to read effortlessly so that they can put all their energy into comprehending what they read. It also allows them to spell effortlessly so that they can put all their energy into composing what they write.
When using RWI to read the children will:
- Learn 44 sounds and the corresponding letter/letter groups using simple picture prompts
- Learn to read words using Fred Talk
- Read lively stories featuring words they have learnt to sound out
- Show that they comprehend the stories by answering questions.
Five key principles underpin the teaching in all Read Write Inc. sessions:
Purpose – know the purpose of every activity and share it with the children, so they know the one thing they should be thinking about
Participation – ensure every child participates throughout the lesson. Partnership work is fundamental to learning
Praise – ensure children are praised for effort and learning, not ability
Pace – teach at an effective pace and devote every moment to teaching and learning
Passion – be passionate about teaching so children can be engaged emotionally.
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/read-write-inc-phonics-guide/
Hold a sentence is an activity that encourages children to remember a whole sentence while focusing on spelling and punctuation.
Build a sentence is to give children the opportunity to create their own sentence to that shows the meaning of a word and edit a sentence allows the children to critique a sentence using their knowledge of spelling punctuation and grammar. Children complete a longer piece of independent writing, which gives them the opportunity to show off their creativity and to practice their spelling, grammar and punctuation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXOJUPNVnLc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjHqJQ8sxs4
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English
At Howard Primary School we have adopted The Power of Reading scheme for literacy. Our literacy work will be based on a core text. The core text that we will be basing our work on is called One Day on Our Blue Planet … in the Savannah by Ella Bailey.
This week we will:
Write a character description
Predict based on text and illustrations
Illustrate based on powerful description
Use our senses to describe the Savannah
Focus on dialogue
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Maths – Statistics
This week in maths we will be learning about capacity. We will:
- Make tally charts
- Draw and interpret pictograms (1 to 1)
- Draw and interpret pictograms (( 2, 5 and 10)
- Interpret block charts
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PE
Please remember to send your child to school in their PE kit on their PE days.
Westminster – Monday & Thursday
Hungerford – Monday & Thursday
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Music
We are learning about pitch and rhythm.
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RE
We will focus on Islam.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05p6sp2/clips
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Geography
We will be comparing the human and physical features of Kenya and The United Kingdom.
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RHE – Relationship and Health Education
Jigsaw has two aims for all children:
- To build their capacity for learning
- To equip them for life
Jigsaw brings together PSHE Education, emotional literacy, mindfulness, social skills and spiritual development. The topic this term is ‘Changing me.’ This topic will cover:
Lifecycles in nature
Growing from young to old
Differences between females and males
Increasing independence
Assertiveness
Preparing for transistion
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Reading
When reading with your child at home ask them questions related to their book.
Questions to ask before you read
- Can you look at the pictures and predict what you think will happen in this book?
- What makes you think that?
- What characters do you think might be in our story?
- Do you think there will be a problem in this story? Why or why not?
- Does the topic/story relate to you or your family? How?
Questions to ask during the reading
- What do you think will happen next?
- What can you tell me about the story so far?
- Can you predict how the story will end?
- Why do you think the character did _______?
- What would you have done if you were the character?
- How would you have felt if you were the character? (use different characters)
- As I read____________, it made me picture________ in my head. What pictures do you see in your head?
- As you read, what are you wondering about?
- Can you put what you’ve just read in your own words?
Questions to ask after reading
- Can you remember the title?
- In your opinion, was it a good title for this book? Why or why not?
- Were your predictions about the story correct?
- If there was a problem, did it get solved?
- What happened because of the problem?
- Why do you think the author wrote this book?
- What is the most important point the author is trying to make in his writing?
- What was your favourite part of the story?
- If you could change one thing in the story, what would it be?
- Can you retell the story in order?
- If you were __________, how would you have felt?
- What is the most interesting situation in the story?
- Is there a character in the story like you? How are you alike?
Why did you like this book?
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Mathletics
A big well done to all the children completing their Mathletics. We are so proud. Please continue to complete your activities on Mathletics.
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Star of the week
Hungerford
Caitlin – for being a kind helpful member of Year 2 Hungerford.
Milena – for always improving her work based on feedback and working hard in all subject areas.
Westminster
Leticia – for settling in to Year 2 Westminster.
Jai – for being a kind and considerate friend and an amazing reader.
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Week beginning 13th June 2022
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SUMMER TERM 2 TOPIC: Growing and Changing
THIS WEEK’S LEARNING
LITERACY: Literacy this term will focus on developing the children’s ability to:
- read with fluency and accuracy
- develop comprehension and understanding of what they have read
- develop handwriting with a focus on the consistent size and shape of letters
- develop stamina for writing at length about a topic of their choosing
Focus Book: Oliver’s Vegetables by Alsion Bartlett and Vivienne French
MATHS: This week we will be reviewing the following aspects related to skills for counting :
- subitise numbers to 5 and make equivalent amounts with their rekenreks
- count out 6 or 8 objects from a larger group and check by counting 1-to-1
- arrange 6 or 8 objects into groups that can be subitised.
- recognise and show numbers from 5 to 10 in ‘5 and a bit’ arrangements
- remember to stop when they count to the end of a set of up to 10 jumps/claps/hops.
- count 20 objects and practise saying the tricky ‘teen’ numbers.
- practise counting to 100 and share strategies for counting larger amounts that can’t be moved
UW: Healthy Eating and Dental Care: To find out about the different food groups and how they help our bodies and to talk about the importance of oral health and dental hygiene.
RHE: Changing Me: To talk about the things I can do to be healthy
PE: Athletics: to explore a range of athletic activities eg, running, jumping, hopping, skipping and to talk about what it means to be show ‘good sportsmanship’
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Week Commencing 13th June
We are in the final half term already. How the year has flown by!
A big thank you to all the children and parents who helped to make our Sports Day a huge success! The children were amazing!
Here’s what we will be learning next week:
English- We will be continuing our class text, Lob by Linda Newbery. We will be practicing the use of inverted commas, deepening our understanding of the main character of the book, writing a poem about trees and reading and performing a section of the text.
Reading- We will be looking at an extract from The Little Gardener, thinking about our understanding of the character. We will also be looking at an extract of a non-fiction text about ladybirds to help us with our retrieval skills and understanding of language use, particularly synonyms.
We will be beginning to send home reading books on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for those children who have not already chosen them. Reading diaries should be brought to school each day.
Maths- We will be introducing the idea of perimeter, that it is the distance around the edge of the shape and adding lengths to find it.
If your child would like to practise their learning at home, there are lots of free games which they can use, including Daily 10 from Topmarks or Hit the Button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
PE- We will be continuing to work on ball skills and also learning some of the rules and skills of rounders.
Geography- We will be looking at aerial photographs to notice physical and human features of a landscape, learning about the key physical and human features of the Lake District and also the culture of Italy.
Science- We will be continuing our topic about rocks and soils, looking at how to group different kinds of rocks together according to their physical features.
RHE- We are going to begin to consider the topic Changing Me and what it means to change from a baby to an adult.
Homework- We will post homework on Google Classroom each week. We have added tasks to Mathletics. Additionally, the children will have access to Language Angels to practise their new vocabulary in Spanish. We hope to give your child access to TTRockstars also this week, a fun way to practise times tables.
PE will take place on Monday and Friday for Blackfriars class and Tuesday and Friday for Waterloo class. Children should come to school in their school PE kits on those days.
Please ensure your child has a water bottle in school each day.
Lastly, if you have any questions or concerns, please speak to a member of staff or email us at the address below;
Year3@howard.croydon.sch.uk
Year 3 Team
We have now got access to Google Classroom again and are starting to upload homework tasks. Children’s logins have not changed but there is a new class code.
Waterloo: 2tu6ksx
Blackfriars: tdsv7fo
Week Beginning 13th June
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will continue our work on division with remainders.
- In English we will conclude our work around the Lost Happy Endings by Carol Anne Duffy and Jane Ray. We will write in role as the witch from the story.
- In RHE we will continue our work on noticing feelings.
- In science we will look at changing states.
- Our blocked foundation subject is Design and Technology. We will design our own recipe for hot cross buns, then make and evaluate the buns.
This week the children will be taking their statutory multiplication tables check. They will have the opportunity to do practice tests on Monday and Tuesday , then Southwark Class will do their check on Thursday and Millennium Class on Friday. Children should keep practicing at home too!
Southwark Class have PE on Wednesday and Thursday, and Millennium Class on Wednesday and Friday. Children should wear school PE kit on those days.
Supporting children’s transition to secondary school
This short guide provides tips about how children preparing for, or going through, the transition to secondary school can best be supported by their parents and carers. It includes guidance which explains why the transition can be difficult for some children, and practical advice such as talking and connecting with the new school, as well as suggested resources that children and parents and carers may find useful.
Week beginning 7th June 2022
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SUMMER TERM 2 TOPIC: Growing and Changing
THIS WEEK’S LEARNING
LITERACY: Literacy this term will focus on developing the children’s ability to:
- read with fluency and accuracy
- develop comprehension and understanding of what they have read
- develop handwriting with a focus on the consistent size and shape of letters
- develop stamina for writing at length about a topic of their choosing
Focus Book: Jasper’s Beanstalk by Nick Butterworth
MATHS:
- subitise numbers up to 5 represented by finger patterns
- orientate a rekenrek correctly and push a number of beads with one finger.
- subitise numbers up to 5 using linear dot patterns
- use ‘one finger, one push’ to move a number of beads on the top row ALL AT ONCE to the far left of the rekenrek.
- subitise numbers up to 5 using standard and non-standard dot patterns
- use ‘one finger, one push’ to subitise and explore ‘1 more’ patterns of beads on the rekenrek.
UW: To explore different parts of a plant and grow a seed
RHE: Changing Me: To understand that everyone is unique and special
PE: Athletics
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New Reception Intake for September 2023
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Reception 2023-24 Parent Welcome Event
Date: Thursday 22nd June.
Time: 5.15pm School Menu Tasting
6.00pm Welcome Meeting
We look forward to meeting you .
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