Week beginning 4th December 2017
Dear Parents
Please use these links to practise the songs Grosvenor Class will be singing at their Christmas performance to you on Tuesday 12th December 2017
Week beginning 4th December 2017
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Maths-We will be learning how to recognise the properties of 2D shapes including polygons and circles.
English- This week we will be writing our own Newspaper articles
Science-We will be studying Sound!
P.E-We will be going swimming this week with Mrs Swift. Please remember swimming costumes and towels!
Our second PE lesson will be gymnastics in the hall. Only plimsolls or bare feet are allowed.
Topic-The topic for this term is World War 2. This will continue throughout the Autumn term by Mrs Adams. Last week we had a visitor to our classroom who spoke to us about being evacuated during World War 2. It was so interesting to hear what she had to say.
R.E-We will be continuing our work on Buddhism with Mrs Adams.
Computing-We will be continuing to create our own APP with Mr Govinden.
A very big thank you to all of you who donated presents for the Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes. They are being wrapped this week and sent off in the next couple of weeks. I know they will very much be appreciated.
Please remember the Christmas Fair is on Saturday 9th December. It would be great if you could support the school.
Congratulations to all those who received a merit card and a Privilege Card this week. Keep up the hard work.
The book fair will be in the hall after school starting on Friday 1st December and will be available to children after school the following Monday and Tuesday too. For every £1 the children spend on books, the school will receive the same in donations of books-this is too good an opportunity to miss!!
Don’t forget that Friday 1st December is Mufti day. Please bring in a bottle for the tombola at the Christmas fair as payment for wearing your own clothes.
Good luck to the children singing in the Whitgift Centre next Monday to raise money for the Lily Trust.
Good luck to the children speaking at City Hall on Wednesday. They are putting together a bid with the help of ‘WE’ to help raise funds for the local charity The Lily Trust.
Week Beginning 4th December 2017
Writing
We will be starting to look at the nativity story. We will be learning the story by retelling and sequencing it before we move on to look at specific characters. Our long term aim is to rewrite the nativity story from a different perspective e.g. as the donkey or a star.
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 are continuing to focus on addition and subtraction. We will be using our knowledge of adding multiples of 10 and adding one digit numbers to two digit numbers by bridging through ten to help us to subtract one digit numbers from two digit numbers e.g 65-7.
It is important that your child is secure with knowing the nearest multiple of ten for any given number. For example, if we are on the number 46, we know that we need to add four more to reach 50 or subtract 6 to reach 40. A strong understanding of number bonds to 10 will also support this.
Here is an example of how we can add one digit and two digit numbers. This understanding will help us with the concept of subtracting too. The children need to be secure in knowing the nearest multiple of 10 to any given number. For example:
We can then use this to help us to bridge through 10. Have a look at my example below.
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.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
As you will know, we have given out scripts for those with speaking parts in our Christmas Performance. It is really coming on well but please encourage your children to practice their lines/ song words/ actions at home. We do not have many rehearsals left and want it to be the best show yet!
The show will be taking place on Thursday 14th December at 2:15pm. You will be able to collect your child straight after the performance if you wish to, though please let us know if this is the case.
Week beginning: 4th December 2017
This week we will be covering the following learning objectives in:
Writing
We have almost come to the end of our film reviews and are ready to use our plans to write one up. They will include the following features: a synopsis, a star rating, opinions and reasons that we would/ would recommend the film.
Phonics/ SPaG
We have been working on phase 6 concepts. These include regular past tense verbs and using the past progressive tense e.g we were/ he was running/ jumping rather than ‘he jumped’ or ‘she ran’.
We will also be looking at homophones including their, they’re and there as well as to, too and two.
Maths
We are continuing to focus on addition and subtraction. We will be using our knowledge of adding multiples of 10 and adding one digit numbers to two digit numbers by bridging through ten to help us to subtract one digit numbers from two digit numbers e.g 65-7.
It is important that your child is secure with knowing the nearest multiple of ten for any given number. For example, if we are on the number 46, we know that we need to add four more to reach 50 or subtract 6 to reach 40. A strong understanding of number bonds to 10 will also support this.
Here is an example of how we can add one digit and two digit numbers. This understanding will help us with the concept of subtracting too. The children need to be secure in knowing the nearest multiple of 10 to any given number. For example:
We can then use this to help us to bridge through 10. Have a look at my example below.
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.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
As you will know, we have given out scripts for those with speaking parts in our Christmas Performance. It is really coming on well but please encourage your children to practice their lines/ song words/ actions at home. We do not have many rehearsals left and want it to be the best show yet!
The show will be taking place on Thursday 14th December at 2:15pm. You will be able to collect your child straight after the performance if you wish to, though please let us know if this is the case.
Thank you for your continued support.
Miss Stroud
Southwark News Wk beginning 4th December
Here is a breakdown of what we will be looking at over the coming week:
English- We will be finishing our enjoyable unit of work about Robin Hood, by writing and editing our own versions of the Robin Hood legend ‘The Golden Arrow’ this week. As well as focusing on fronted adverbial phrases in grammar and apostrophes for possession.
Maths- We are continuing a unit of work on measure,
Spelling- Our focus this week in class is the suffixes tion, ssion and sion. We are investigating words which use these suffixes and finding patterns to help us remember which suffix to use when spelling.
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
Our ICT topic this half term is software developing, we will be designing a Maths game on Scratch. The class are having great success with this and I must congratulate Azain, Vishal and Adrian for the impressive leadership skills they are demonstrating during this coding lessons. Thank you!
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 learning Pilates and Quick Cricket and will continue to run the daily mile.
RE- We will be studying a unit of work concerning discrimination. This unit will be taught by Miss Siams on a Wednesday morning.
Topic- Our topic for this term is Vikings and Anglo Saxons. The children will be continuing their research on a particular area of study such as clothes and fashion or homes and food. The children will be making and designing their own game using the fact we have been researching.
French- We will be revising our conversational skills so far as well as learning the numbers between 20 and 50 and learning vocabulary to describe our families.
We are looking forward to our visit to the Pantomime which will take place on Friday 8th December. Unfortunately it is not possible for parents to accompany the class on this occasion as we are limited with tickets. Please look at the link below to find out more about this exciting trip.
http://www.thecroydonpanto.com/
In addition, I’m sure you are all excited about the Howard Primary School Christmas Fair which will be between 11am and 3pm on Saturday 9th December. Look forward to seeing you there.
Week Beginning 27th November 2017
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In maths we continue our learning on fractions. We will learn to find equivalent fractions and to solve problems using fractions.
- In English we will look at a version of Jack and the Beanstalk by Richard Walker and Niamh Sharkey in preparation for writing a play-script version of this story.
- In topic time we will learn about the Iron Age Celts.
- In science we will learn about the spectrum of light.
- In RE we will be beginning our work on Christmas symbolism. We will learn about the Christingle before making our own Christingles.
We are looking forward to our visit to the Pantomime which will take place on Thursday 7th December. Unfortunately it is not possible for parents to accompany the class on this occasion.
Week beginning 27th November 2017.
Week beginning 27th November 2017.
In Maths this week, we are learning to solve problems on equivalent fractions.
In English, we will refer to the story of Jack and the beanstalk to write playscripts.
In Science, we will use mirrors to reflect light.
In History, we will research about worship in the Bronze age.
Important dates
Thursday 7th December 2017 Trip to watch a Pantomime Show at Waddon Leisure Centre.
Please support your child in completing homework especially the work set online namely Mathletics.
We thank you for your continued support.
Mrs Taggart Class Teacher
Mrs Glenn Teaching Assistant
Mrs Tooze. Teaching Assistant
Southwark News Week beginning 27th November
Here is a breakdown of what we will be looking at over the coming week:
English- We will be continuing our unit of work about Robin Hood, reading a version by Marcia Williams alongside the Disney film. We will be acting, planning and beginning to write our own versions of the Robin Hood legend ‘The Golden Arrow’ this week. As well as focusing on fronted adverbial phrases in grammar.
Maths- We are beginning a unit of work on measure, beginning with a recap of Year 3 objectives and thinking about converting units of measure.
Spelling- Our focus this week in class is the suffix sion. We will be thinking of as many words as we can such as mission and practising our spelling using methods such as speed spelling and hangman.[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Reading- All children read with me at least once a week as part of a Guided Reading programme as well as reading with our new class teaching assistant-Mrs Minnaar. After the adult led sessions they complete tasks relating to the text. In addition, some children receive additional one to one reading with an adult. However, I can not emphasis enough the importance of encouraging your child to read independently or to yourself every day as this helps with their learning across the entire curriculum. Your child is led to appropriate books by the adults in class but the expectation is that they choose books themselves and change these books when they need to during early morning work session. If your child is not bringing home challenging enough or too challenging books please speak to them about this and write us a quick message in their reading journals.[/dropshadowbox]
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
Our ICT topic this half term is software developing, we will be designing a Maths game on Scratch. The class are having great success with this and I must congratulate Azain, Vishal and Adrian for the impressive leadership skills they are demonstrating during this coding lessons. Thank you!
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 learning Pilates and Quick Cricket and will continue to run the daily mile.
RE- We will be studying a unit of work concerning discrimination. This unit will be taught by Miss Siams on a Wednesday morning.
Topic- Our topic for this term is Vikings and Anglo Saxons. This will concentrate on the period between the Viking and Anglo Saxon struggle to control Britain to the time of Edward the Confessor.
French- We will be revising our conversational skills so far and then moving on to learn the numbers between 20 and 50 and learning vocabulary to describe our families.
PSHE- Our current focus is anti-bullying to coincide with anti-bullying week. We will also be relating this to ideas from the 2 films we viewed this term-Trolls and Ninjago.
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 Limar, Ciaran, Harley and Tyray who all received merit cards this week!
Well done to Marble group-Team Sport who won this week’s marble competition and to Limar and Stefan for being our Readers of the Week.
Additional information– A big thank you to everyone who contributed to Operation Christmas Child and donated items for our shoe boxes. I was overwhelmed by your generosity!
Week beginning 27th November 2017
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#b0fc9b” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ] Dear Parents
Please note that the Christmas performance for Reception will be in the morning of the 12th December and not in the afternoon as previously stated in the newsletter. Times will be confirmed in due course.
Please remember to send in your donations of baked treats by Thursday afternoon for our 2nd bake sale on Friday 1st December 2017.
Also, raffle ticket sales to win a Christmas Cake start on Monday, Pay a pound to guess the weight. A huge thank you to Amelia-Rose’s grandmother for donating the cake.
Kind regards
Miss Pillay [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fffffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#0917ca” ]This week’s learning
AUTUMN TERM TOPIC: Light and Dark
LITERACY:
Book Focus: Aliens love underpants by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort
This week we will explore the characters in the story, writing descriptive captions about each of the aliens and other characters.
Phonics: The children have now learnt all the sounds in Phase 2 of their Phonics learning. Over the next few weeks we will teach assisted blending to support their ability to read short decodable cvc words. The children have also learnt the first 5 high frequency/tricky words (I, the, to, go, no). We will continue with teaching the Phase 3 sounds later this term.
Next week we will send home a copy of all the sounds they have learnt thus far. Please keep these at home and practise saying and writing the sounds regularly with your child.
We will now send home daily decoding homework to support your child with learning to blend sounds to read short cvc words. Please help your child by listening to them as they practise reading the sounds and words using their phonic knowledge. Help them to point under each sound as they say each sound, then sweep their finger across the word as they blend to decode the word. Please keep these sheets at home
MATHS: Well done to all the children who have received certificates for achieving Number Stars 1 and 2. This week the children will learn a few number formation rhymes to help recall correct number formation and orientation.
EAD/UW: The children will learn about the significance of Christmas through stories and songs. The class will be practising a few songs over the next few weeks and will perform these to you at their Christmas performance on the 12th December 2017. [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fffffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#0ab0a9″ ]HOMEWORK: Please return homework by Wednesday
Number recognition challenge Teddy has numbers on his spots. Look at the picture of Teddy. Can you find the numbers and say each one out loud to your adult? Can you colour in the spots as you say each number correctly. How many numbers will you find and colour? and Roll, Add and Colour challenge
Books for home reading
Please note which day your child will be expected to return their books:
Mondays- Red group
Tuesdays- Blue group
Wednesdays- Green group
Thursdays- Orange Group
Fridays – Yellow group
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Friday, 1st December 2017: Fun Friday Bake Sale
1st, 4th, 5th, 6th December Book fair. 3.30 to 3.50 in the school hall.
9th December FOH Christmas Fair 11am to 3pm.
12th December: Reception Christmas Performance to parents – in the morning, time to be confirmed
15th December: Christmas lunch and Christmas jumper day
20th December: Last day of term
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27th November
Dear Parents
Please note that the Christmas performance for Reception will be in the morning and not the afternoon as previously stated in the newsletter. Times will be confirmed in due course.
Please send in any donations of baked treats by Thursday afternoon for our 2nd bake sale on Friday 1st December. Also, raffle ticket sales to win a Christmas cake start on Monday.
Our topic for this half term is Light and Dark and our learning will be linked to this theme where possible.
Book of the week Aliens Love Underpant by Claire Freedman
Homework.
Roll, count and add number game or Number recognition colouring sheet.
Early morning work. We will continue with early morning work, practising writing their names using a capital letter followed by lower case letters and writing cvc words learnt in phonics using correct letter formation.
Learning for this week
Maths. We will be revising counting and recognising numbers to 20 and working with 10 frames. The children will be practicing writing numbers on their white boards and we will be learning writing number rhymes to help the children remember correct number formation. We will continue to work on achieving number stars 1 and 2.
Literacy. We will be describing the alien characters in Aliens Love Underpants and writing short sentences using phonetic knowledge of initial sounds in words.
Phonics. The children have now learnt all the sounds in Phase 2 of their Phonics learning. Over the next few weeks we will teach assisted blending to support their ability to read short decodable cvc words. The children have also learnt the first 5 high frequency/tricky words (I, the, to, go, no). We will continue with teaching the Phase 3 sounds later this term.
Next week we will send home a copy of all the sounds they have learnt thus far. Please keep these at home and practise saying and writing the sounds regularly with your child.
We will now send home daily decoding homework to support your child with learning to blend sounds to read short cvc words. Please help your child by listening to them as they practise reading the sounds and words using their phonic knowledge. Help them to point under each sound as they say each sound, then sweep their finger across the word as they blend to decode the word. Please keep these sheets at home
PE. Dressing/undressing independently. Listening to instruction. Taking part in relay races focusing on working together as a team. Introducing catching and throwing techniques using bean bags. Discussing ways to keep safe during P.E.
PSED. Good to be green, class charter, 5 C’s, rules on the carpet. How to ask a friend with help putting on aprons etc. Beginning to talk about how to solve disputes independently.
Role Play/UW. We will contnue with our space station. It is very popular and the children are loving it. We will introduce the concept of aliens to link with our story and make alien masks and stick puppets for acting out the story.
EAD. We will continue practicing our Christmas songs for our Christmas performance.
Getting changed for PE on Friday there are still many children who do not have their uniform or kit named. Please ensure that all uniform, including P.E. Kits, coats and bookbags are named, as this helps prevent loss of belongings. Also children should have a water bottle in school every day (plain water only please).
The doors from the outdoor area and from the school are to remain closed until Reception staff open them at 8.50 am and 3.30 pm. This is to ensure the safety of your children.
Junk modelling.
Any small boxes, bottles or interesting junk would be very welcome.
Important dates
1st, 4th, 5th, 6th December Book fair. 3.30 to 3.50 in the school hall.
1st December Fun Friday bake sale after school and guess the weight of the
cake. Tickets on sale Monday.
9th December FOH Christmas Fair 11am to 3pm.
12th December Reception Christmas Performance AM.
15th December Christmas lunch and Christmas jumper day
20th December 2017 End of Term