Southwark News Week Beginning 29th January 2018
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#3ddb26″ ]THIS WEEK’S LEARNING:
LITERACY:
The children have thoroughly enjoyed learning about how to read a story as a reader and then as a writer this week and have been working on collecting our ‘ingredients’ for a great story in year four. This week we will be using these ‘ingredients’ to write our own class texts of the Great Kapok Tree.
If you would like to talk to your child about this story or indeed another story by Lynn Cherry we have started reading please see the links below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw0arFtHeVw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvr4tY5KkSM
MATHS:
We will be continuing our Multiplication and division unit. Having focused on the 6,7 and 9 times tables last week, we are now moving on to 11 and 12 times tables, multiplying 3 single digit numbers and then factor pairs. There are many good websites to support your child’s learning in Maths such as Topmarks. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/multiplication-and-division
We will be continuing our Rain forest topic alongside our Science, R.E, P.S.H.E, French and I.C.T learning this week.
This week’s homework: Due in Friday, 2nd February 2018. We were very fortunately to have an interesting visitor-Tim Rodgers-come to speak to year 4 last week to teach the children about internet safety. This week I would like you to write a letter to Tim sharing all the information you have learnt. In addition, bonus marbles will be given for those children continuing to support their Maths work on Mathletics. Children’s passwords and user names remain the same as in year 3 and have been attached to your child’s homework.
IMPORTANT DATES:
5th – 9th February 2018 – Online safety week
9th February 2018 – Last day of Spring 1 term
19th February 2018 – Children return to school for Spring 2 term
Congratulations to Roshan, Ayan and Aella who all received merit cards this week.
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Week beginning 29th, January, 2018
This half -term our focus on Safety – online and road safety as well as personal. Please support your child to remain safe while using devices – tablets, computer and mobile phone.
Our Mathletic winners
Silver Medal
Lambeth Class : Martin, Zofia, Alvin
Vauxhall Class : Abigail
Bronze Medal
Lambeth Class : Maximilian, Patrick, Kamil, Francis, Harry, Rebeka, Tanush, Zuzanna, suden, Alexandru
Vauxhall Class: Yashal, Mason, Ayaana, Nathan, Jah’ziah, Lena, Isaiah
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class : Tanush – 5020 Points
Vauxhall Class : Abigail – 5090 Points
Our Learning this week…
English – We continue our learning with our focus text – Man on the Moon. Children have had a phone conversation with an astronaut (role-play) and will continue their creative learning by planning a narrative using a story-map and will write and edit a Space story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8Q1f5LQI8
Maths – Our learning will focus on multiplication (using groups of ) and division (using sharing).
Science
We continue our learning about the moon and solar system as well as moon landings focusing on Neil Armstrong. Children have also been learning about animals – herbivores ( plant eating), carnivores ( meat eating), and omnivores ( both plant and meat eating).
PE
In P.E we are doing gymnastics and games.
PSHE
We are learning to keep safe on the roads and while crossing it. – The Green Cross Code, safety on line as well as personal safety.
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/5_7/
Art
We will be continuing to do or Space pictures using a range of media and link it to our story writing.
R.E
We will be continuing our learning about different religions focusing on the basic principles of Islam.
Week beginning 29th January 2018
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We are currently reading Room 13, by Robert Swindells. If your child would like to read along with our book in class, you can purchase a copy here at The Book People.
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Maths:
We shall be learning all about fractions this week. We shall specifically be looking at: adding and subtracting fractions and the relationship between fractions and decimals.
English:
These will be our learning objectives throughout the week, they are based around the book Room 13:
I can edit my own warning story.
I can identify what makes a good police report.
I can use convert informal into formal language.
I can plan imitating a police report. (Starter: Recap speech)
I can use formal language to write a police report.
French:
We shall be looking at the topic of food in our french session. We shall be learning all about breakfast!
PE:
Due to hall time allocations last half term, we shall be continuing our gymnastics sessions on Tuesdays and starting Basketball on Thursdays.
PSHE:
We shall be continuing our Apple’s Friends programme.
Music:
We shall be continuing our Soundstart lessons with Mr Regan.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#9bd5fc” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#030404″ ]Key dates[/dropshadowbox]
6th February – Mrs Stout is in to stamp your Croydon University passports.
Week beginning 29th January 2008
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#3ddb26″ ]THIS WEEK’S LEARNING:
LITERACY: Creating stories
The children have thoroughly enjoyed engaging their imagination to create amazing stories about the naughty bus so this week we will continue with their interest and develop their ideas for creating other stories, focusing on the use of story language (eg Once upon a time, a long time ago, suddenly, etc) and elements of story structure (beginning, middle, end, characters, setting, plot, etc)
MATHS: Review counting and number recognition skills and find one more and one less than a given number.
PHONICS: The children are now learning Phonics in smaller groups. This is to ensure that they learn phonic skills at the pace at which they are making progress.
Group Phonics Focus:
Miss Pillay and Miss Oldman’s group: blending cvc words, and securing instant recognition and formation of all Phase 2 sounds
Miss Dale’s group: blending cvc words and securing instant recognition of Phase 3 digraphs within a word.
Miss Thompson’s group: Review Phase 3 long vowel sounds: /ai/, /ee/, /igh/, /oa/ and /oo/ and securing instant recognition of these sounds within a word. [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#21efe2″ ]HOMEWORK:
This week’s homework: Friday, 22nd January 2018
Larry the Lion comes home
What if Larry the Lion (our class puppet) came home with you? What adventures would he have? What would he do? What would he say? Draw a picture about his adventure and ask your adult to help you write a few words or sentences about it.
Key word lists: Please send in word lists when your child is ready to have their word list checked. Please note that we will check each word list twice to ensure that your child can read these words skilfully before issuing the next list. [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#fbfd37″ ]IMPORTANT DATES:
Wednesday, 7th February 2018 – Grosvenor Class visit to Croydon Fire Station
7th, 8th and 19th February 2018 – Grosvenor Class Parents evening
5th – 9th January 2018 – Online safety week
9th February 2018 – Last day of Spring 1 term
19th February 2018 – Children return to school for Spring 2 term
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Week beginning 29th January 2018
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#3ddb26″ ]THIS WEEK’S LEARNING:
LITERACY: Creating stories
The children have thoroughly enjoyed engaging their imagination to create amazing stories about the naughty bus so this week we will continue with their interest and develop their ideas for creating other stories, focusing on the use of story language (eg Once upon a time, a long time ago, suddenly, etc) and elements of story structure (beginning, middle, end, characters, setting, plot, etc)
MATHS: Review counting and number recognition skills and find one more and one less than a given number.
PHONICS: The children are now learning Phonics in smaller groups. This is to ensure that they learn phonic skills at the pace at which they are making progress.
Group Phonics Focus:
Miss Pillay and Miss Oldman’s group: blending cvc words, and securing instant recognition and formation of all Phase 2 sounds
Miss Dale’s group: blending cvc words and securing instant recognition of Phase 3 digraphs within a word.
Miss Thompson’s group: Review Phase 3 long vowel sounds: /ai/, /ee/, /igh/, /oa/ and /oo/ and securing instant recognition of these sounds within a word. [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#21efe2″ ]HOMEWORK:
This week’s homework: Friday, 22nd January 2018
Robbie the Rat comes home
What if Robbie the Rat (our class puppet) came home with you? What adventures would he have? What would he do? What would he say? Draw a picture about his adventure and ask your adult to help you write a few words or sentences about it.
Key word lists: Please leave word lists in the green box when your child is ready to have their word list checked. Please note that we will check each word list twice to ensure that your child can read these words skilfully before issuing the next list.
Group days for Show and Tell and changing books for home reading: Children will change their books and have an opportunity to present a show and tell on these days:
Mondays- Red group
Tuesdays- Blue group
Wednesdays- Green group
Thursdays- Orange Group
Fridays – Yellow group [/dropshadowbox]
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Thursday, 8th February 2018 – Chelsea Class visit to Croydon Fire Station
5th – 9th January 2018 – Online safety week
9th February 2018 – Last day of Spring 1 term
19th February 2018 – Children return to school for Spring 2 term
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Week beginning 29th January 2018
Week beginning 29th January 2018.
In Maths this week, we will learn to tell the time to the nearest minute, and to tell and write the time using analogue and digital clocks.
In English, we will write story maps about the Magic dogs of the Volcanoes.
In Science, we will learn about Mary Anning and her contribution to palaentology.
In RE, we will study about Tu B’Shevat and we will have a food tasting day later in the week.
Please encourage your child to use Mathletics, Spellodrome and Teach your monster regularly.
We thank you for your continued support.
Mrs Taggart.
Mrs Glenn.
Mrs Tooze.
Mrs Edgeler.
Week Beginning 29th January 2018
In Waterloo Class this week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics this week we will be working on time. We will work towards being able to tell the time to the nearest minute and to compare analogue and digital time.
- In English we are enjoying our work around the book Magic Dogs of the Volcanoes by Manlio Argueta. We will prepare storyboards and re-write the story in our own words.
- In topic time we will look at why earthquakes happen. We will use dominoes to create buildings and model the effects of earthquakes.
- In Science we will look at how fossils are formed.
- In RE we will learn about the reasons Jewish people believe it is important to care for the environment. We will be looking at how the importance of trees is shown through the festival of Tu B’Shevat.
The Jewish festival of Tu B’Shevat is on 30th and 31st January. We will be tasting different fruits as part of our learning about this festival.
Week commencing 29th January
Here is a breakdown of what we will be looking at over the coming week:
English- We will be continuing our unit of work based around the story The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry. We will be starting to think about adding our own characters into the story, doing a class write before the children write their own additions to the story.
Maths- We are continuing to work on Multiplication and Division. We will be working on the 11 and 12 times tables this week, looking at factor pairs and thinking about multiplying 3 numbers together.
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
This week in ICT we will be continuing our fact-files about the rainforest animals they have researched.
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- Our topic for this term is rainforests. We will be learning about their strata and make up, the animals and people who live there and the effects of deforestation and pollution. We will now be moving on to learning about the types of plants found in the rainforest which can be used for medicines, using the book The Shaman’s Apprentice.
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.
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 Sophie, Deon, AJ, Leon, Gabby M, Edmund and Erin who all received merit cards this week!
Week Beginning 29th January
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Maths-We will be learning about algebra and how to solve calculations
English-Writing–We will starting to research William Shakespeare and write a biography about his life.
Reading-We will be continuing to read Holes by Louis Sachar. The next book we will be reading is ‘The boy in the Striped Pyjamas’. If anyone would like to buy their own copy so they can follow along with the class book, you are more than welcome to.
Science-We will be continuing our topic on Electricity. We will identify from circuit diagrams those circuits that will or won’t work and explain why
History-We will be learning about the Holocaust and the impact it has had. For more information have a look at
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/history/index.html
R.E-We will be learning more about Buddhism this term. This week we will focus on the story of ‘The Monkey King’
Art-We will be studying silk paintings and making our own
P.E-Swimming continues on a Tuesday. In our other lesson we will be starting 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.
Thursday 1st February 2018-Holocaust assembly-All parents are welcome
Thursday 8th February 2018-Parent’s Evening
Friday 9th February 2018-Parent’s Evening
Week Beginning 29th January 2018
Writing
This week we will be starting a new text: Dr Xargle’s Book of Earthlets.
We will be focusing on the language use within the text and embedding the phrases. The longer term aim is to write our own non-chronological reports on aliens 🙂
Reading
We are really enjoying The Hodgeheg by Dick King-Smith and have already found lots of words and phrases that we love :).
Phonics/ SPaG
We are continuing to recap phase 5 alternative graphemes and spelling patterns including alternative spellings e.g. the /m/ sound spelt in words such as lamb or the /ch/ sound as in words like picture or witch.
We will also be looking at how to spell high frequency words and improving simple sentences by adding adjectives and connectives.
Maths
We will be starting the new concept of multiplication and division. We will start by look at how to make equal groups by sharing and grouping before moving on to look at the concept of odd and even numbers.
PSHE
We have started the Zippy’s Friends project which will run for most of the year. After each of the six modules we will send home an activity for your child to complete. This will give you an insight to what it is all about. Please speak to your child about these sessions as they are all very excited about the project! So far we have discussed things that make us feel happy/ sad and what we can do to help us feel better. In this module we will also be looking at anger, jealousy and embarrassment. I was extremely impressed with the maturity shown by the whole class.
P.E.
We are going to be doing dance on a Monday and doing circuit training on Thursdays.
Science
We are starting to look at differences between plants and animals and variation between animals.
History
A focus on Florence Nightingale and the changes she implemented in healthcare.