April 2nd, 2018
[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. Check out their website..
Check out the school website for photos and videos. We will inform you about the photos after the Easter break.
Congratulations to our Mathletic Winners…
Gold Award
Lambeth Class : Suden
Vauxhall Class :
Bronze Award
Lambeth Class: Patrick, Kamil, Harry, Rebeka, Tanush,Martin, Shaira, Zofia,Alvin, Zuzanna
Vauxhall Class : Sonakshi, Jacob,Abigail, Ayaana, Taliyah
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class : Kamil – 2802 Points
Vauxhal Class : Sonakshi – 2850 Points
Our Learning next term…
Our topic for next term is called ‘Let It Grow’ linked to our science curriculum about plants.
Your child has taken home two bean seeds which they need to nurture and grow over the Easter holidays. They will need to keep a bean diary as part of their home work and bring the Bean plant back on Wednesday April 18th. We will use the plant as part of our Maths learning and measure it accurately using centimetres and metres.
English
In English, we will continue developing our recount writing skills and give an account of our holidays. Children will need to use conjunctions (and, because, or, so, but, then, when…) as well as adjectives to add detail and describe along with a range of punctuation – Capital letters, full stops, question mark, exclamation mark. Our focus text is ‘Jasper’s Beanstalk’ and we will be sequencing the key events and writing the story as well as orally retelling and enacting the story.
In Maths we will continue to subtract numbers by crossing out, using the number lines, 100 square and numicons.
We will also be consolidating our learning by singing rhymes like 10 green bottles, 5 currant buns, 5 green speckled frogs, ten in a bed… So please support your child to sing and practise their subtraction…
Children will also be revisiting their learning about measures focusing on length and measuring their bean stalk accurately using centimetres.
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.
Phonics
Please continue to support your child to improve their phonic skills.Check out these websites.
Phonics play – play the free games – phase 4 and 5.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase5Menu.htm
Reading
Reading is very important and please enjoy reading a range of fun books as well as their 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 reader.
Year 5 – Week 26th March 2016
Over the coming, slightly shorter week, we will be …
Maths: Revising multiplying 4- by 2-digit numbers & dividing 4- by 1-digit numbers without and with remainder,
English: Identifying features of a good biography as well as imitating and editing a biography of the great inventor Thomas Edison,
ICT: Continuing to design our Memory-Game on Scratch,
Art: Continuing with our Paste-Resist work,
RE: Creating a story-board of Holy Week.
Keep the spirit up, the relaxing break is coming closer and closer.
To revise the timestables, follow the links below:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables
Week beginning 26th March 2018
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f9f780″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]What will we be learning?[/dropshadowbox]
Maths-We will be revising how to find the perimeter of polygons
English-Writing–We will be writing and editing our explanation about the human heart
Reading-We will be continuing to read ‘A boy in striped Pyjamas’
Science-We will be carrying out an investigation about ‘What affects a seed’s germination?’
History-We will be learning about the end of World War 2
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/history/index.html
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-Boxerise and Pilates
Computing-We will continue to develop our understanding of On-line safety and APP design
PSHE-This term we will be looking at ways we can keep ourselves safe and healthy. There will be a focus on on-line safety and what you can do to keep the risks to yourself and others low. We will also be looking at what stereotyping is and how it can be a dangerous thing.
Week beginning 26th March 2018
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#a7f09f” ]SPRING TERM 2 TOPIC: Traditional Tales
LITERACY: Book Focus: The Enormous Turnip
The children enjoyed reading and enacting this funny story about a rather large root vegetable, so this week we will follow this up with learning more about vegetables. Since spring has sprung and the growing season has started, the children will be planting some root vegetables and who knows……we may even have some enormous turnips of our own in a month or so.
GROUP PHONICS:
Miss Pillay and Miss Benoit’s groups: Review digraphs qu/ch/th/sh/ng/ and blending to read cvc words containing these sounds. The children will learn new vowel digraphs /ai/ee/igh/oa/
Miss Dale’s and Miss Thompson’s groups: Revise recognition of /sh/ch/th/qu/ng/ai/ee/igh/oo/ar/or/ur/ow/oi/ear/air/ure/er within words
MATHS: Explore the concept of doubling a quantity. The children will also learn about skip counting by 2’s
Understanding of the World: We will discuss the Easter story and its significance to Christians. The children will also enjoy some Easter fun with Easter craft and an Easter egg hunt on Thursday. [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#f9a6f3″ ]HOMEWORK: sent Friday 23rd March due Wednesday 28th March
Coins and notes
Talk to your child about the notes and coins in your purse/wallet
• Describe the size and shape of the coins/notes
• Name the coins/notes
• Trace around the coins and write the value of each coin eg. 1p/2p/5p/10p/20//50/£1/£2
• Draw a picture of some of the different notes
Please note: Homework books will not be sent home during the Easter break so please return books by Wednesday 28th March
READING BOOKS: Please send in books and reading diaries . [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#f1fb99″ ]IMPORTANT DATES
Monday, 26th March 2018 – Special assembly for children about owls. The children will have an opportunity to see a display of owls in flight (for more information see News and Letters section of website for whole school letters about Night Owls)
Tuesday, 27th March 2018 – Special assembly for children about Healthy eating (Phunky Foods)
Thursday, 29th March 2018 – last day of school for children and Attendance assembly – children receive medals for excellent attendance
31st March 2018 – final payment for coach trip to Godstone Farm via Parent Pay [/dropshadowbox]
Week beginning 26th March 2018
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#a7f09f” ]SPRING TERM 2 TOPIC: Traditional Tales
LITERACY: Book Focus: The Enormous Turnip
The children enjoyed reading and enacting this funny story about a rather large root vegetable, so this week we will follow this up with learning more about vegetables. Since spring has sprung and the growing season has started, the children will be planting some root vegetables and who knows……we may even have some enormous turnips of our own in a month or so.
https://youtu.be/KIPTzO0cPcU
GROUP PHONICS:
Miss Pillay and Miss Benoit’s groups: Review digraphs qu/ch/th/sh/ng/ and blending to read cvc words containing these sounds. The children will learn new vowel digraphs /ai/ee/igh/oa/
Miss Dale’s and Miss Thompson’s groups: Revise recognition of /sh/ch/th/qu/ng/ai/ee/igh/oo/ar/or/ur/ow/oi/ear/air/ure/er within words
MATHS: Explore the concept of doubling a quantity. The children will also learn about skip counting by 2’s
Understanding of the World: We will discuss the Easter story and its significance to Christians. The children will also enjoy some Easter fun with Easter craft and an Easter egg hunt on Thursday. [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#f9a6f3″ ]HOMEWORK: sent Friday 23rd March due Wednesday 28th March
Coins and notes
Talk to your child about the notes and coins in your purse/wallet
• Describe the size and shape of the coins/notes
• Name the coins/notes
• Trace around the coins and write the value of each coin eg. 1p/2p/5p/10p/20//50/£1/£2
• Draw a picture of some of the different notes
Please note: Homework books will not be sent home during the Easter break so please return books by Wednesday 28th March
READING BOOKS: Please send in books and reading diaries on allocated group days. [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#f1fb99″ ]IMPORTANT DATES
Monday, 26th March 2018 – Special assembly for children about owls. The children will have an opportunity to see a display of owls in flight (for more information see News and Letters section of website for whole school letters about Night Owls)
Tuesday, 27th March 2018 – Special assembly for children about Healthy eating (Phunky Foods)
Thursday, 29th March 2018 – last day of school for children and Attendance assembly – children receive medals for excellent attendance
31st March 2018 – final payment for coach trip to Godstone Farm via Parent Pay [/dropshadowbox]
Week beginning 26th March 2018.
Week beginning 26th March 2018.
This is the last week of the Spring term.
In Maths this week, we will learn to add and subtract fractions that have the same denominator.
In English, we will write a newspaper article based on the Easter story.
In RE, we will learn about the events leading up to Easter.
We are grateful to the Friends of Howard for the new books donated to the school and look forward to reading them.
Other information.
On Monday, 26th March 2018 we will have a night owl experience in the main hall.
Well done to all the children who attained certificates in Mathletics, Spellodrome and Teach your monster to read. Please encourage your child to use the online resources.
If your child is not able to access any of these resources, please use the green diary to inform us.
The Year 3 and 4 spelling list link is attached to consolidate the strategies we use in class.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/239784/English_Appendix_1_-_Spelling.pdf
We close for Easter on 28th March 2018.
We wish you a Happy Easter.
Week commencing 26th March
Here is a breakdown of what we will be looking at over the coming week:
English- We will be beginning a unit of work around the Philip Pullman novel The Firework-Makers Daughter, focusing on characterisation which will lead to a piece of narrative writing.
Maths- We will be continuing to learn about fractions. We will be looking at equivalent fractions and moving on to fractions greater than one and adding and subtracting fractions. We will then be counting in fractions on a number line and moving onto decimals.
Alongside this we will be doing a weekly times table challenge and working towards membership of the 100 or 144 club and I would like all children to work hard on their tables to achieve this!
Reading- All children read with an adult at least once a week as part of a Guided Reading programme. After this adult led session they complete tasks relating to the text or linked to current English and Spelling focuses. We continue to read stories as a class.
ICT- We are still holding an extra ICT session each week to introduce the children to touch typing. This a free to use course and is accessible to everyone. If you would like to continue this at home, I have included the link below.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3c6tfr
PE- PE lessons are on Tuesdays and Thursdays and children will need their PE kits. I would also like to remind you that the school policy is that all earrings should be removed, hair should be tied back and tights should be removed when getting changed.
I would also ask that PE kits stay in school between Monday and Friday as occasionally we are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to take part in additional activities.
This half term we will be doing Gym sequences, including methods of travelling including a jump, and a Boot camp of circuits to improve fitness, stamina and muscle tone and will continue to run the daily mile.
Topic- We are now wrapping up our rainforest topic, thinking about what we have learned and what we would still like to learn.
PSHE- We will be starting a new scheme of work called Apple’s friends which will help children to understand their feelings and relationships with others. There will also be some simple tasks for the children to complete at home.
In addition to this we will be doing some lessons focusing on the differences between helpful and unhelpful pressure and the benefit of talking to trusted adults when the need arises.
Homework- Homework is given out on a Friday and should be returned by the following Friday.
In addition to tasks given out I expect the children to read every day and continue to practise the multiplication tables.
I will be collecting the reading records in every week to check children are reading and would ask that you initial or sign to show they have read and make any comments you deem necessary, children should also record all independent reading they have done in the book so I am able to see that they are reading regularly.
Children should feel free to keep a book for as long as they need to in order to finish reading.
If you have any concerns about your child’s book choice, please speak to me or write me a note.
Successes– Well done to Irshad, Kacper, Aishu and Kimi who achieved merits this week!
Additional information- Many thanks to Friends of Howard for the lovely new books for Year 4. We are very excited to start reading!
Class assembly-Has been postponed. I will let you know the new date
Happy Easter to you all and thank you for your continued support!
Week Beginning 26th March, 2018
Easter Break is on Thursday 29th March 2018.
Thank you very much for attending Phonic Screening Check Meeting.
‘Nite Owls’ are visiting our school on Monday 26th March, 2018.
Congratulations to our Mathletic Winners!
We are proud to announce more Gold Awards!
Lambeth Class : Rebeka
Vauxhall Class: Yashal
Silver Award
Lambeth Class : Patrick
Vauxhall Class : Taliyah, Jacob
Bronze Award
Lambeth Class : Ameliya, Kamil, Zofia, Alvin, Suden, Martin, Francis, Harry, Tanush, Shaira, Zuzanna.
Vauxhall Class : Abigail, Nathan
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class : Suden 6030 Points
Vauxhall Class : Taliyah – 2530 Points
Our learning this week…
English
Children have enjoyed their new narrative by focusing on a painting ‘Girl in the Rain’ by Rachel Dyer. The children will use their creative ideas to plan and write a story about the girl in the painting…We can’t looking forward to read all the wonderful stories.
Maths
In Maths we will continue focusing on missing numbers,( eg. 13+_=20, _+12=20) subtractions and inverse operations (eg 3+5=8, 5+3=8, 8-5=3, 8-3=5).
Number Bonds Secret Agent Song for different numbers.
Ten Frame flash game.
Science
We will be planning and writing a non- chronological reports about ‘Owls’. Children are also applying their knowledge of materials to investigate waterproof materials.
Art
In Art we will be exploring making different shades of grey for our rain pictures.
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 the significance of Easter to Christians as well as how Easter is celebrated.
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.
Reading
Reading is very important and please enjoy reading a range of fun books as well as their 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 reader.
Cooking Club Pictures
As it comes to the end of the second round of year four’s highly successful and oversubscribed after school Cooking club, we would like to say a special thank you to Miss Danzey for running the club and to Donna for allowing us so generously to use her kitchen.
Southwark wk beginning 26th March 2018
In Southwark Bridge Class this week our learning will be as follows;
- In Mathematics we will continue our work on equivalent fractions and moving on to counting fractions and decimals.
- In English we will exploring our new text The Fire Maker’s Daughter, focusing on characterisation through drama activities.
- In Reading we continue to read regularly both individually and in small guided groups. We are looking forward to sharing the new books which have been donated by Friends of Howard. Thank you very much.
- In topic time we will be wrapping up our exciting topic-Saving the Rain forest by reflecting on what we have learnt and what we would still like to find out.
- In PE we will be doing scooter board invasion games.
Congratulations go to the whole class this week for their enthusiasm towards new and challenging learning.
We wish all families a Happy Easter and thank you for your continued support with your child’s learning.