Week beginning 16th May 2022
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SUMMER TERM 1 TOPIC: Amazing Animals
THIS WEEK’S LEARNING
SPECIAL EVENT: Hispanic Day – Monday 16th May
LITERACY: Literacy this term will focus on developing the children’s ability to:
- blend to read with accuracy and fluency.
- demonstrate understanding of what they have read by answering questions about the texts they read
- use their phonic knowledge to spell and write words phonetically
- to begin to spell some high frequency words correctly eg. the, my, he, she, we, said,
- create and write their own ideas as sentences which can be read by themselves and others
Focus Book: Non- Fiction: The Life Cycle of a Butterfly
MATHS:
- visualise and use spatial language to describe numbers of dots
- represent the same quantities to 10 using 10-frames and double dice frames.
- match 10-frames with finger patterns and numerals
- use structured arrangements to show 10 and 9.
- represent ways to make 10 using structured arrangements.
- decide when to subitise and when to count quantities
UW: To find out and talk about different countries where the language of Spanish is spoken
Making observations of caterpillars as they go through metamorphosis
RHE: Relationships: To learn about showing respect in how they treat others
PE: Indoor and Outdoor Team Games
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Week beginning 16th March 2022
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HISPANIC DAY – MONDAY 16TH MAY 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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Power of Reading
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 Lila and the Secret of Rain by David Conway and Jude Daly.
We will be writing a narrative based on this text.
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Maths – Measurment – Mass
This week in maths we will be learning about length. We will:
- Measure mass
- Compare mass
- Measure mass in grams
- Measure mass in kilograms
- Compare volume
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Science
Our topic this term is animals, including humans.
We will learn about the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene
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Art
In art we will be focus on hot and cold colours. In colour theory we can divide the colour wheel in half, splitting the colours into warm colours and cool colours. Blues, greens and some purples are considered cool colours. Reds, oranges and yellows are considered warm colours. Warm colours are said to bring energy, and cool colours are said to bring a feeling of calm.
The children will learn more about Henri Émile Benoît Matisse who was a French artist, known for his use of colour .
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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 harmony.
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RE
We will focus on Islam.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05p6sp2/clips
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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 ‘Relationships. This topic will cover different families; keeping safe; solving conflict; secrets, trust and appreciation.
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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
Dakshakkavin – for always being a ‘helping hand’ in the classroom and the playgroud. He is a great friend to his peers.
George – for always making an effort with his homework. Keep it up George.
Paige – for excellent role play during our drama session. You are a natural born actress.
Maria – for excellent role play during our drama session. You are a natural born actress.
Leanne – for tryig hard in all subject areas and using her initiative.
Westminster
Luca– for making good choices most of the time and beginning to participate in class discussion.
Joni – for being a kind and considerate friend all the time.
Jai– for writing an amazing diary entry. This diary entry included excellent detail.
Subhishashree – for always completing her homework on time. Well done.
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Week Beginning 16th May
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will be multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100.
- In English we will be planning a new ending to a fairy story or traditional tale.
- In science we will be learning about conservation and the work of Sir David Attenborough.
- In RHE we will be learning to notice our feelings.
- In history we will be continuing our learning on Ancient Egypt.
Millennium Class will have PE on Wednesday and Friday. Southwark Class will swim on Tuesday and do PE on Wednesday.
Monday is Hispanic Day. Further information can be found in the poster below.
Loneliness: How to Support Young People
About this event:
Date and time
Tue, 17 May 2022
18:00 – 20:00
Location
Online event
It’s normal to feel lonely sometimes. However, now with the COVID-19 pandemic isolating young people perhaps more than ever before, if it looks and feels like these feelings are taking over in young people, we want to be there. As parents, carers and educators we want to be able to recognise the signs, and this presentation will help us to have a better understanding of loneliness.
The session will help us feel more confident to offer support to our young people experiencing symptoms of loneliness, who may have barriers in trusting others. We will look at ways of starting a conversation and discuss ways to help and potential signposting for young people to know there is support available. Our goal is for us to help the young person to feel less alone and for them to feel comfortable to reach out and choose something or someone to connect with.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/loneliness-how-to-support-young-people-tickets-274148093327
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Summer 1 Week 3 – 9th May 2022
Summer 1 – Week 3 – 9th May 2022
This week, we are going to return to …
Here are the objectives for the week ahead.
PE days are Tuesday and Thursday.
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- To explain the relationship within families of equivalent fractions.
- To use my knowledge of equivalent fractions to solve problems.
- To explain and represent how to divide 1 into different equal amounts.
- To identify and describe patterns within the number system.
- To use my knowledge of common equivalents to compare fractions with decimals.
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- To develop understanding of tense.
- To engage in book talk.
- To read aloud with clarity and expression.
- To make connections between poems.
- To write with purpose (reviewing a text).
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To further explore vocabulary and story-telling for Spanish Day.
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To recap my prior knowledge of life-cycles. (New topic)
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- To plan and write a blog draft.
- To identify what makes a good blog.
- To edit a blog post.
- To comment on a blog post.
- To explore and use media in a blog post.
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- To develop understanding of self esteem.
Enjoy your Sunday evening.
Your Year 5 Team.
Week beginning 3rd May 2022
What are we learning this week?
English –
In our English lessons, we shall still be using a range of different adaptations to understand the story of Macbeth. In our daily Reading lessons, we shall use supplementary texts. This weeks supplementary texts will be a mixture of Shakespeare’s sonnets and non-fiction texts about: the Tudors, the theatre, newspaper reports about Shakespeare and Shakespeare – himself.
Our English lesson learning objectives this week are:
- To identify and evaluate the key features of a balanced argument.
- To plan a balanced argument.
- To write a balanced argument.
- To edit and up-level my writing.
What is our class reading book?
Since we are studying the Shakespeare classic Macbeth, we have decided to read from a collection of Shakespeare short stories, by Andrew Matthews. Each week, the children in Year 6 vote for which two of the Shakespeare short stories that they would like to listen to. Afterwards, we shall be looking to identifying similarities and differences across the collection.
Maths –
- Revision of Y6 Maths objectives.
Science –
Continuing with our unit, Living Things and their Habitats, we shall be planning our investigation as to what affects the growth of mould.
Foundation subjects to be taught this week:
Art, PE, RE (Eid) and Spanish
Week beginning 25th April
What are we learning this week?
English –
In our English lessons, we shall still be using a range of different adaptations to understand the story of Macbeth. In our daily Reading lessons, we shall use supplementary texts. This weeks supplementary texts will be a mixture of Shakespeare’s sonnets and non-fiction texts about: the Tudors, the theatre, newspaper reports about Shakespeare and Shakespeare – himself.
Our English lesson learning objectives this week are:
- To use reported and direct speech accurately and appropriately.
- To use role play and drama to explore atmosphere.
- To write a newspaper report.
- To edit and up-level my writing.
What is our class reading book?
Since we are studying the Shakespeare classic Macbeth, we have decided to read from a collection of Shakespeare short stories, by Andrew Matthews. Each week, the children in Year 6 vote for which two of the Shakespeare short stories that they would like to listen to. Afterwards, we shall be looking to identifying similarities and differences across the collection.
Maths –
- To know the order of operations
- To recap on Place value and solve a variety of questions
- To be able to add and subtract Fractions with different denominators
- To be able to simplify fractions
- To be able to divide proper fractions by a whole number
- To solve problems involving division
Science –
Continuing with our unit, Living Things and their Habitats, we shall be planning our investigation as to what affects the growth of mould.
Foundation subjects to be taught this week:
Art, PE and Spanish
Week beginning 9th May 2022
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SUMMER TERM 1 TOPIC: Amazing Animals
THIS WEEK’S LEARNING
LITERACY: Literacy this term will focus on developing the children’s ability to:
- blend to read with accuracy and fluency.
- demonstrate understanding of what they have read by answering questions about the texts they read
- use their phonic knowledge to spell and write words phonetically
- to begin to spell some high frequency words correctly eg. the, my, he, she, we, said,
- create and write their own ideas as sentences which can be read by themselves and others
Focus Book: The Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.
MATHS:
- use their fingers to represent numbers within 5, understanding that the ‘whole’ has not changed
- use their own models and/or drawings to explore and represent the numbers within 5.
- use die frames as a different structure with which to represent and match the same numbers within 5
- use spatial language to describe their arrangements.
- explore ways of representing numbers within 5 using 10-frames
- make links between different representations of numbers within 5.
UW: To develop an understanding of the different animal groups such as mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and insects
RHE: Relationships: To learn how to help others to feel part of a group
PE: Indoor and Outdoor Team Games: Parachute games
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Week beginning 9th May
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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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Power of Reading
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 Lila and the Secret of Rain by David Conway and Jude Daly.
We will be thinking about dialogue this week and poetry.
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Maths – Measurment – Length
This week in maths we will be learning about length. We will:
- Measure length (cm)
- Measure length (m)
- Compare lengths
- Order lengths
- Carry out the four operations with lengths
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Science
Our topic this term is animals, including humans.
We will find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcSgaUBwIn4
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DT
We will be design, make and evaluate a healthy wrap.
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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 harmony.
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RE
We will focus on Islam.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05p6sp2/clips
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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 ‘Relationships. This topic will cover different families; keeping safe; solving conflict; secrets, trust and appreciation.
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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 having a positive attitude towards her learning and being an enthusiastic member of Hungerford Class.
Jayson – for being a good friend and trying his best to include everyone. Jayson is also trying hard to use his phonics within his writing.
Umaira, Sumaiya, Yaseen, Dawood, Maisha and Naisba and Aliyah – for sharing infromation about their Eid celebrations with the class.
Westminster
Lily-Rose – for being an amazing team member during PE.
Mustafa – for being a supportive and enthisiastic team member during PE.
Amelia-Rose – for excellent role play during our drama session. You are a natural born actress.
Layyah – welcome to our school. Well done for settling in to the class.
Ali – for having a positive attitude to all learning. Well done.
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