Week Beginning 9th May
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This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will learn to use formal written methods to carry out multiplication calculations.
- In English we will look at traditional tales and write a poem with a forest setting.
- In reading we will carry out activities based on a non-fiction, tourist information text.
- In science we will look at food chains,
- In RHE we will be thinking about “looking after ourselves.”
- Our blocked foundation subject will be history. We will be learning about the Ancient Egyptians.
Millennium Class will have their last swimming lesson on Tuesday and will do PE on Wednesday. Southwark Class will do PE on Wednesday and Thursday and will swim on 17th and 24th May.
Week commencing 9th May
Another amazing week! What wonderful things we have learned!
Here’s what we will be learning next week:
English- We will be continuing our class text, Lob by Linda Newbery. We will be editing our instruction writing, recapping past and present tense verbs, practising using evidence to back up our opinions about the text, using echo reading to help our fluency in reading aloud and beginning to build a character profile of our main characters.
Reading- We will be looking at an extract from Under your feet, a non-fiction text, focusing on word classes, reading for prosody (reading fluency) and focussing on text structure and inference skills.
We will be beginning to send home reading books on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for those children who have not already chosen them. Reading diaries should be brought to school each day.
Maths- We will be continuing to learn to tell the time. This week we will be looking at the number of hours in a day, telling the time to the nearest 5 minutes and the nearest minute and the difference between am and pm.
If your child would like to practise their learning at home, there are lots of free games which they can use, including Daily 10 from Topmarks or Hit the Button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
PE- We will be continuing to work on ball skills and also learning some of the rules and skills of rounders.
RE- We will be looking at some aspects of Christianity, beginning with a discussion about the different aspects of God (Holy Trinity) and why Jesus is important to Christians.
Science- We will be continuing our topic about rocks and soils, taking a walk around the local area and looking at what types of rocks we can find.
RHE- We are going to begin to consider what makes healthy relationships.
Homework- We will post homework on Google Classroom each week. We have added tasks to Mathletics. Additionally, the children will have access to Language Angels to practise their new vocabulary in Spanish. We hope to give your child access to TTRockstars also this week, a fun way to practise times tables.
PE will take place on Monday and Friday for Blackfriars class and Tuesday and Friday for Waterloo class. Children should come to school in their school PE kits on those days.
Please ensure your child has a water bottle in school each day.
Lastly, if you have any questions or concerns, please speak to a member of staff or email us at the address below;
Year3@howard.croydon.sch.uk
Year 3 Team
We have now got access to Google Classroom again and are starting to upload homework tasks. Children’s logins have not changed but there is a new class code.
Waterloo: 2tu6ksx
Blackfriars: tdsv7fo
Week beginning 2nd May 2022
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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:
- practise subitising to 6
- visualise, make and describe spatial arrangements of 6
- listen to rhythmic patterns of up to 5 sounds and determine the quantity
- recognise Numberblocks and related doubles patterns on their fingers without counting
- subitise doubles amounts shown on 10-frames
UW: To develop an understanding of the life cycle of caterpillars and observe how they change during this period of metamorphosis.
RHE: Relationships: To learn strategies to identify and solve friendship problems when they occur
PE: Indoor and Outdoor Team Games: Working co-operatively
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Summer 1 – Week 2 – 2nd May 2022
Summer 1 – Week 2 – 2nd May 2022
We hope you have enjoyed your Bank-Holiday.
This week, we are diving into …
Here are the objectives for the week ahead.
PE days are still Tuesday and Thursday.
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- To use representations to describe and compare two fractions.
- To use representations to describe and compare two fractions. – Consolidation
- To correctly use language of equivalent fractions.
- To explain the vertical relationship between numerators and denominators within equivalent fractions.
- To use knowledge of the vertical relationships in fractions to solve equivalent fractions problems.
- To explain the horizontal relationship between numerators and denominators across equivalent fractions.
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- To identify the key features of a playscript.
- To plan a playscript.
- To write a playscript.
- To edit my playscript.
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To consolidate last term’s Spanish vocabulary.
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- To explore and explain reversible and irreversible changes.
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- To take inspiration from the greats.
- To develop ideas (one point perspective).
- To master techniques (four point perspective).
Enjoy your extra Monday evening.
Your Year 5 Team.
Week Beginning 2nd May
Monday is a bank holiday so our first day back at school is Tuesday.
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will work on column addition and subtraction and we will use the skills we have learned to solve problems.
- In English we will learn about the features of a diary entry and we will write our own diary entries based on our text, the Lost Happy Endings by Carol Ann Duffy and Jane Ray.
- In science we will go outside to look at invertebrates. We will then try to classify them by their features.
- In RHE we have started a new programme of work called Cues-Ed. This week we will learn to look after our emotional well being through eating, sleeping and relaxation.
- Our blocked foundation subject this week is computing. We will learn to use HTML tags to create and edit text.
Millennium Class will be swimming on Tuesday and doing PE on Wednesday. Southwark Class will do PE on Wednesday and Thursday.
Week beginning 2nd 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.
This week will be looking at features of play scripTS and we will be writing our own play scripts.
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Maths – Division
We will recap dividing by 2/5 and 10. We will look at division as grouping and sharing.Grouping involves seeing a calculation such as 10 ÷ 2 as, “How many groups of 2 can be made from 10?” Sharing involves seeing 10 ÷ 2 as, “If I share 10 into 2 equal groups, how many are in each group?”
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Science
Our topic this term is animals, including humans.
We will focus on the life cycles of animals and plants. A life cycle is the different stages of life for a living thing.
All living things have life cycles; animals produce offspring and plants produce seeds which germinate into new plant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcSgaUBwIn4
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Geography
This term we are learning about WEATHER AROUND THE WORLD. We want the children to know:
- the location of the Equator, the North Pole and the South Pole;
- the location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles;
- that the weather is different to the UK weather in different parts of the world;
- there are 4 climate zones – cold polar, warm, tropical and temperate – roughly where these are and the weather in each.
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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 pitch in music.
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RE
We will focus on Christianity.
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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
Yaseen – for having a positive attitude towards his learning and trying to present his work neatly.
Ayaz – for working hard to achieve his targets and contributing more during class discussions.
Maria – for always demonstrating the 5 Cs. Maria has also been an excellent language ambassador.
Frank – for being well settled in class. Frank contributes greatly during class discissions, and he is familiar with the class routine.
Westminster
Gabriel – for making good choices and focusing more on his learning, especially during maths.
Declan – for using his inital sounds when writing.
Lionell – for being a good friend in the playgroud. Well done.
Josiah – for being a good friend in the playgroud.
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How important is sleep for our mental health?
Would you like to find out why sleep matters to our young peoples mental health and how it benefits our mind and body?
Dr Christine Curle from Hunrosa, Sleep Consultancy, is hosting a free webinar with Charlie Waller on Wed 4th May 12noon-14:00.
In this talk, Christine will explain why sleep matters to our young people’s physical and mental health and what is happening in the body and mind when you sleep. She will suggest some ideas and habits to build to improve the quality of your sleep and your children’s sleep.
To reserve a place on this free online event:
Autism Acceptance Month Assembly
Today, Thursday 28th April 2022 , children will take part in our Autism Acceptance Month Assembly.
This assembly aims to raise awareness, in a child friendly way, of what it means to be autistic so children and adults can understand strengths and difficulties of a peer who is on the autistic spectrum.
Before we broke up for the Easter holidays, each child received an Autism Acceptance Month Fun Booklet to complete at home so children could prepare for assembly and involve parents in the process.
During assembly, Mrs Pollington will take the children on a journey to discover autism and what strengths and needs an autistic person might have. Children will learn about the 5 senses , visual language, visual aids and role models.
Children will role play how they can show kindness, understanding , care to an autistic person who is experiencing sensory overload or be confused by language. We will look at the media world to find examples of autistic children who have grown into adults and are living their dream.
You can see a selection of photos taken during assembly here:
The School Assembly is based on this video resource. You can watch the Assembly video resource here:
Autism Together is a great organisation which supports children and adults with autism and their families. You can find more information on Autism and this organisation by clicking on the link below.
Summer 1 – Week 1 – 25th April 2022
Summer 1 – Week 1 – 25th April 2022
We hope you had a wonderful Easter break.
Welcome back to school beginning our last term in Year 5.
Our first themed weeks are focussing on …
Here are the objectives for the week ahead.
PE days are still Tuesday and Thursday.
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- To find the whole when the size of a unit fraction is known.
- To find a unit fraction when the size of a non-unit fraction is known.
- To find the whole when the size of a non-unit fraction is known.
- To find the unit fraction when the size of the non-unit fraction is known.
- To use representations to describe and compare two fractions.
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- To develop knowledge of word class (prepositions and determiners).
- To engage in book talk.
- To plot a character’s emotions.
- Short writing: To respond to a text through letter writing.
- To engage in book talk.
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To consolidate last term’s Spanish vocabulary.
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To use fair tests and observations to explore how to separate materials.
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To explore the new topic – Relationships (Assembly).
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- To develop chronological understanding about Benin.
- To build an overview of world history.
- To investigate and interpret the past I.
- To investigate and interpret the past II.
Enjoy your last Sunday in April.
Your Year 5 Team.
Week beginning 25th April 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 will be revealed at the end of the week.
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Maths – Multiplication
We will recap the 2/5 and 10 times tables.
We will look at the patterns associated with the twos, fives and ten times tables.
The children will then use their knowledge of their times tables to solve multiplication problems.
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Science
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Geography
This term we are learning about WEATHER AROUND THE WORLD. We want the children to know:
- the location of the Equator, the North Pole and the South Pole;
- the location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles;
- that the weather is different to the UK weather in different parts of the world;
- there are 4 climate zones – cold polar, warm, tropical and temperate – roughly where these are and the weather in each.
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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
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RE
We will focus on Hinduism.
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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
Westminster
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