Week commencing 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 and reading a version by Marcia Williams. Alongside this we will be looking at fronted adverbial phrases.
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.
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
Our ICT topic this half term is software developing, we will be designing a Maths game on Scratch.
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 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 Mrs Adams on a Wednesday morning.
Science- Our current Science topic is teeth and digestion. This will also be taught by Mrs Adams.
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 week.
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 Yuliana, Gabi V, Oliver, Kendra and Sophie who all received merit cards this week!
Well done to Blue table who are currently leading the table points competition.
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=”center” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Thank you very much to all the parents who attended the SPaG & Handwriting workshop. Your children enjoyed working with you. If you were unable to attend, the presentation as well as handouts have been sent home.[/dropshadowbox]
Congratulations to our Mathletic Award winners…
Silver Awards
Lambeth Class : Tanush, Alexandru, Sheznin
Vauxhall Class : Jacob
Bronze Awards
Lambeth Class : Kayden, Ameliya, Hugh, Patrick, Kamil, Francis, Maxwell, Suden, Rebeka, Martin, Djamal, Shaira, Zofia, Alvin, Zuzanna
Vauxhall Class : Yashal, Mason, Abigail, Nathan. Taliyah, Ethan, Dhiyanesh
Super Mathlete Award goes to …
Lambeth Class : Tanush (4840 Points)
Vauxhall Class : Abigail (3212 Points)
Well done everyone who are completing the weekly Mathletic challenges for homework !!
Thank you very much to everyone who contributed generously to the Shoebox Appeal – Operation Christmas Child. Its much appreciated and the boxes will be collected next Tuesday.
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English
Our featured text is ‘The Lonely Beast’. We will be doing a range of drama and role play activities which will promote talk and enrich children’s vocabulary as well as develop their creative skills. Children will be exploring adjectives as well as prepositions and creating story maps in preparation to write narratives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdYxM7JCFpg
Maths
We will be revisiting place value and support children to partition numbers using the ten frame. Please encourage your child to understand the teen numbers by clicking on the link below.
Ten frame – Game
Science
We continue our science topic ‘Sort it out’ which is about materials. Children will be identifying natural and man made materials and sorting them out as well as describing how objects feel – hard , soft, bumpy, rigid, transparent, smooth, waterproof… Why not play a game at home encouraging your child to look at different objects and describing them?
PSHE
We will be looking at people who help us in the community for e.g fireman, police, doctor, nurse, paramedic, builder, teacher etc…
ICT
Please support your child to develop keyboard skills to type their name and write a few sentences – focusing on shift key ( for capital letters), space bar, enter, delete key.
Home work
Homework is sent home every Friday and should be promptly returned every Wednesday. Mathletics 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 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.
Week beginning 27th November 2017
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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 of in the next couple of weeks. I know they will very much be appreciated.
Don’t forget to donate any bottle you have for the tombola stall at the Christmas Fayre on the 9th December. It would be lovely to see as many Year 5 children as possible.
Congratulations to all those who received a merit card and a Privilege Card this week. Keep up the hard work.
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.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#94e3fe” border_width=”5″ border_color=”#141214″ ]Next week, we will be learning the following:[/dropshadowbox]
Maths:
I can divide by 10, 100 and 1000.
I can multiply and divide by multiples of 10, 100, 1000 (Reasoning).
I can multiply and divide by multiples of 10, 100, 1000 (Problem-Solving).
I can apply a range of multiplication and division facts and strategies to solve number problems.
English:
We shall be writing our film reviews about the film Moana, following our trip to the cinema. We shall be looking specifically at the planning, writing and editing process. In our SPAG sessions, we shall be looking at how to up level sentences using descriptive vocabulary.
RE/Art: We will continue to explore the (Christian) value of giving when designing and planning an advents calendar for another student in my class.
PE: We will have PE lessons outside until Christmas, due to the hall being used for the Christmas performance rehearsals.
ICT: We shall be creating our very own Scratch Boat game!
Music: The children will secure and extend their Guitar and Piano skills during Soundstart (A-Minor, G-Major …).
PSHE: We shall be looking at cyber bullying: the signs and resolutions to help those affected.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#94fe97″ border_width=”5″ border_color=”#141214″ ]Key dates[/dropshadowbox]
Friday 1st December – Mufti Day – Bring a bottle for the tombola
Saturday 9th December – Christmas Fayre
Monday 18th December – Carol Concert – St Andrews Church – Years 3/4/5
Week beginning Monday 27th November 2017
This week we will be covering the following learning objectives in:
Writing
We will be looking at the key features of a film review and how to write a synopsis (an overview that does not give too much away). We will then be writing our own film reviews
Phonics/ SPaG
We are continuing to recap phase 5 alternative graphemes and spelling patterns. We will also be looking at how to spell high frequency words and improving simple sentences by adding adjectives and connectives.
We will also be focusing on the use of questions to engage the reader.
Maths
We will be looking at addition and subtraction.
We will be looking at adding and subtracting 10’s before we move on to adding and subtracting 1’s to 2-digit numbers crossing the 10’s boundary. We are also beginning to think about ways we can add and subtract two 2-digit numbers.
Please do not teach your child column addition at home. We have to ensure that their understanding of place value is secure i.e they understand the value of each digit in numbers up to 100. For example the digits in 99 both have a different value (90 or 9). If you would like any tips or advice as to how we teach these strategies, please just ask.
Topic
We will be learning about People of the past. There are strong links to art and history.
PE
We are currently using our PE slots to practice with Westminster class for our Christmas performance. We have sent the song words home for your children to practice. More information will be sent home shortly. ternoon.
RE
This will be taught by my PPA teacher on a Thursday morning.
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.
ICT
We will be looking at how to use algorithms to program digital devices. We will also learn how to debug simple programs.
Week beginning 27th November
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#44def3″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]What are we learning?[/dropshadowbox]
Maths-We will be learning how to recognise the value of each digit in a decimal
English- This week we will be looking at Newspaper articles
Science-We will be studying Sound! What a noisy classroom we will have!!!
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.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#44def3″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Important Information[/dropshadowbox]
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.
Don’t forget to donate any bottle you have for the tombola stall at the Christmas Fayre on the 9th December. It would be lovely to see as many Year 6 children as possible.
Congratulations to all those who received a merit card and a Privilege Card this week. Keep up the hard work.
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.
20th November
Firstly a big thank you to those parents/carers who contributed cakes for our bake sale on Friday. Also thanks to those of you who gave up their time to sell the cakes and to those who bought them. It was very much appreciated, £165.40 was raised and will go towards buying a shed for the bikes outside. Look out for more fund raising events coming up soon.
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.
Homework on Friday:
Letters and words in the environment. Can you see any letters or words in your home or on your way to school? Take a photo or find examples to stick in your book or copy the letters and words you see. Ask an adult to read the words to you (eg. On billboards, street names and signs etc).
Early morning work. We will continue with early morning work, practising writing their names using a capital letter followed by lower case letters and practising the correct letter formation of the sounds learned in our phonics lessons.
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. We will continue to work on achieving number stars 1 and 2.
Literacy. We will be sequencing the story Aliens Love Underpants, using phonetic knowledge learnt so far to label the pictures.
Phonics. Sounds for this week are h,b &bb, f &ff, l &ll, ss
PE. Dressing/undressing independently. Listening to instruction. Taking part in relay races focusing on working together as a team. 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. This week we will introduce the songs that the children will be singing at our Christmas performance and start practicing regularly from now til then.
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
12th December Reception Christmas Performance
15th December Christmas lunch and Christmas jumper day
20th December 2017 End of Term
Week beginning 20th November 2017
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#34ecf8″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Dear Parents
Thank you very much for your overwhelming response to our request for baked treats. Thanks to your generosity we were able to raise £165.40 at our first Reception Fun Friday event. Huge thanks to our parent volunteers for organising and manning the stall on Friday. We could not have done it without your enthusiasm and hard work.
Much appreciated
Miss Pillay [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fffffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#f00707″ ]This week’s learning
AUTUMN TERM TOPIC: Light and Dark
LITERACY:
Book Focus: Aliens love underpants by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort
The children will love this charming and funny story about alien creatures from another planet who are fascinated by human underpants! This delightful story will stimulate their imagination and create a stimulus for our learning this week.
Phonics: Our sounds for this week are: /h/, /b/, /f/ff/, /l/ll/ and /s/ss/
This week the children will learn 3 more digraphs (2 letters which combine to represent one sound) Please keep the daily practice sheet at home and practise saying and writing the sounds until your child can confidently recognise and write each of them
MATHS:
• This week we will continue to revise all numbers within the range 0-20, counting reliably using concrete objects and pictorials. This week our revision will focus on numeral recognition and correct formation and orientation of numerals to 20.
• We will also focus on recognising and creating patterns that are the same and different (using arrangements of objects)
Counting and number recognition game: Try this fun counting and number recognition game
Click here for Teddy Bear counting game
Number recognition song to 20:
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[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fffffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#070df0″ ]HOMEWORK: Please return homework by Wednesday
Letters and words in the environment
Can you see any letters or words in your home or on your way to school? Take a photo or find examples to stick in your book or copy the letters and words you see. Ask your adult to read the words to you (eg. on billboards, street names and signs, newspaper, etc)
Books for home reading: The children now bring home 2 books each week. Please check your child’s yellow diary for a note about how to support your child with each of these books.
Please note which day your child will be expected to return their books:
- Monday- Red group
- Tuesday- Blue group
- Wednesday- Green group
- Thursday- Orange Group
- Friday – Yellow group [/dropshadowbox]
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- Tuesday 21st November -: ‘Science Opens Doors’ – An event for children, parents/carers. 3.30pm to 5.00pm in school hall
- 12th December: Reception Christmas Performance to parents
- 15th December: Christmas lunch and Christmas jumper day [/dropshadowbox]
Week Beginning 20th November 2017
We enjoyed our visit to the cinema last week and are now doing some great learning based on our visit. This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we start a new unit on fraction. We will find unit and non-unit fractions of quantities and shapes. We will also be counting and sequencing in tenths.
- In English we will write our film review of the film Trolls. We will also focus on handwriting and on spelling words with prefixes.
- In topic time we will continue to find out about the Bronze Age societies of the Mycenae, the Shang Dynasty and Wessex.
- In science we will learn about reflection as part of our light and dark topic.
There will be a science workshop in the school hall after school on Tuesday. It would be great if as many children and parents from Waterloo Class as possible could attend.
Week commencing 20th 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 and reading a version by Marcia Williams. Alongside this we will be looking at fronted adverbial phrases.
Maths- We are continuing work on calculations involving 4 digit numbers and subtraction problem solving activities.
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.
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
Our ICT topic this half term is software developing, we will be designing a Maths game on Scratch.
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 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 Mrs Adams on a Wednesday morning.
Science- Our current Science topic is teeth and digestion. This will also be taught by Mrs Adams.
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 week.
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 Atif, Gabby M and Erin who all received merit cards this week and also to the whole class who received a merit for the wonderful way they represented our school during our trips to the cinema this week.
Well done to Blue table who are currently leading the table points competition.
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 20th November, 2017
Thank you very much for attending our Harvest Assembly celebrations on Tuesday 14th November. ‘The Little Red Hen’ performance was superb.
A big thank you to all the parents who supported with our Year 1 class trip to the Cinema on Friday morning. I know your child enjoyed every minute.
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Our school is involved in Operation Christmas Child to bring joy to children who are suffering and are in difficult circumstances. Please contribute to help them. Our school, shoe box appeal closing date is Monday 20th November. Please check the link for more information.
We have ‘Science Opens Doors’ session on Tuesday 21st November at 3.30pm to 5.00pm in our school hall. This event is for your children, parents and carers. Your family can have fun with science.
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We enjoy celebrating you child’s birthday. However, there are children in our year group who suffer from nut allergies and will have serious reactions if they are in contact with nuts. So please do not bring cakes in unless they are in sealed bags or party bags which we can hand out at the door at Home time.
Congratulations to our Mathletics Award Winners! Well done!
Lambeth Class – Silver Awards:- Rebeka, Shaira, Zofia, Alvin and Zuzanna.
Bronze Awards:- Patrick, Angelo, Francis, Vera, Tanush, Martin, Harshana,
Maxwell, Sheznin and Alexandru .
Vauxhall Class –Bronze awards:- Nathan, Dhiyanesh, Taliyah, Mason, Yashal, Jacob, Octavian
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class – Alvin-4940 points
Vauxhall Class- Taliyah-5840 points
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Our topic is ‘Sort it Out’. It is related to our science learning about materials. Children will learn about everyday materials ( glass, plastic, metal, wood etc..), explore and understand their properties.
English
Our focus text this week is ‘The Lonely Beast’. We are exploring a range of new texts which children enjoy and promote a love for reading and inspire them to write. We will be learning about adjectives (large, cheerful, playful, beautiful, handsome) and prepositions (through, between, in, on, under)
Maths
Children will recap on Position and directions and focus on Place Value-teen numbers and counting in ones, twos and tens.
PSHE
Last week, our theme is Anti-bullying as it is Anti Bullying week. We will continue exploring the theme using the story ‘Something Else’. Our theme for this year – All Different All Equal.
RE
We are going to perform ‘The Christmas Story’ soon. Children are learning some songs.