Week beginning 31st October 2022
It’s RE week!
What are we learning this week?
English –
This half term, our English lessons will be centred around our core text Rooftoppers, by Katherine Rundell. Our learning objectives for this week are:
- To use a range of expanded noun phrases to help visualise a text.
- To build character profiles.
- To begin compiling a range of character descriptions.
- To write a poem.
This half term, we shall be continuing our class read Holes, by Louis Sachar.
Maths –
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Lesson 1 |
LO: I can use common factors and multiples to simplify fractions. |
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Lesson 2 |
LO: I can compare and order fractions (>1) on a number line . |
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Lesson 3 |
LO: I can add fractions with the unrelated denominators less than 1. |
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Lesson 4 |
LO: I can add fractions with mixed number and unrelated denominators. |
RE –
Our unit this half term will be exploring Authority and Worship within Buddhism. Our key learning questions, this week, are:
- What does the word Buddha mean?
- Why is the Buddha special to Buddhists?
- Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
- What caused him to seek enlightenment?
- How did the Buddha become enlightened?
- What are the features of a Buddhist shrine?
PE –
QE2 – Tuesdays and Wednesdays
Tower – Tuesdays and Fridays
October Half Term
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School re-opens on Tuesday 1st November at 8.45 am
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Mindfulness in Schools Project (MISP)
We are proud to be taking part in the Mindfulness in School Project (MISP).
Our year 4 classes have been selected to take part in the project and will be taught the curriculum Paws.b by Miss Ancel once a week. Miss Ancel has completed all relevant training with MISP. Mrs Pollington and Miss Simion are undertaking MISP training with a view of delivering the project to other classes in the near future.
This project complements our PHSE curriculum as well as our Zones of Regulation curriculum.
Please check this link to discover the content of the 12 lessons.
If you have any questions, please contact Mrs Pollington : senco@howard.croydon.sch.uk
Week Beginning 17.10.22
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THIS WEEK’S LEARNING:
Literacy Core Text: Elmer
Phonics: Reading Books for all groups will be changed on Monday this week and please return by Thursday. Please return reading books and yellow diaries so your child may receive their next book from their Phonics group teacher.
Maths: This week we are finding double to 5.
Computing: We will be looking at using a Keyboard and mouse when using a computer.
RHE: We are going to be understanding what it means to be proud.
PE: PE lesson focus as follows:
- Thursday – Ball control skills
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Week beginning 17th October 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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Maths – Money
- 2 x tables
- To select money
- To make the same amount
- To count money in notes and coins
- To compare money
2 x tables
We will be investigating the 2 x tables and spotting patterns and rules.
To select money
The children will be given amounts to make and they need to select the correct coins and notes to make it.
To make the same amount
Children will explore the different ways to make the same amount.
To count money in notes and coins
To compare money
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Science – Use of everyday materials
This week we will focus on recycling and the importance of recycling.
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Art
In art we will be focusing on line and tone. Tone refers to how light or dark something is. Tones could refer to black, white and the grey tones between. It could refer to how light or dark a colour appears. A tone is produced either by the mixture of a colour with grey, or by both tinting and shading. This week we will ‘take a line’ for a walk and this will eventually lead to self portraits.
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PE
Please remember to send your child to school in their PE kit on their PE days.
Westminster – Tuesday & Thursday
Hungerford – Tuesday & Thursday
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Music
We will focus on exploring sounds.
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RE
In RE we will be thinking about challenging attitudes. This week we will focus on special things in different religions.
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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 ‘Being Me.’ The children will eventually
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- Understand the rights and responsibilities of a member of a class.
- Understand that their views are important.
- Understand that their choices have consequences.
- Understand their own rights and responsibilities with their classroom.
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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
Please continue to complete your activities on Mathletics.
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Star of the week
Hungerford
Nicole – for trying her best in maths. Well done for using previous knowledge to help you with money skills.
Ananya – for being an excellent role model and following the 5cs.
Husayn – for achieving a gold certificate in Mathletics and also for producing an excellent fact file about the moon.
Ohene – for great balancing work during PE.
Westminster
Eymen – for being a great helper and a super mathlete.
Olek – for making excellent progress in his learning by choosing to focus.
Menussha – for working really hard and following the 5Cs.
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Week beginning 17th October 2022
It’s History week!
What are we learning this week?
English –
This week, we will be celebrating Poetry Week across Key Stage 2 (Years 3-6). Please see the outline of our week below. Our lessons will primarily be based on George the Poet.
This half term, our class read will be Holes, by Louis Sachar.
Maths –
| Lesson 1 | LO: I can solve calculations that may involve brackets and multiple operations. |
| Lesson 2 | LO: I can apply knowledge of the distributive law when adding or subtracting division expressions that have a common divisor. |
| Lesson 3 | LO: I know what a mean average is and understand its importance. |
| Lesson 4 | LO: I can calculate the mean from a set of data. |
| Lesson 5 | LO: I know when it is appropriate to represent data as a mean average. |
History –
Our topic for the next couple of weeks shall be Local History. Our learning objectives this week are:
- L.O. To build an overview of world history (transport).
- L.O. To investigate and interpret the past (school history).
- L.O. To understand chronology.
PE –
QE2 – Tuesdays and Wednesdays
Tower – Tuesdays and Fridays
Autumn 1 Week 7 – 17th October 2022
Autumn 1 – Week 7 – 17th October 2022
Our second … lays ahead of us
Here are the objectives for the week ahead.
Our PE days are Tuesday and Thursday (London) &
Monday and Tuesday (Cannon).
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- I can identify prime numbers and prime factors.
- I can identify square numbers.
- I can identify cube numbers.
- I can multiply and divide numbers by 10/100/1000.
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- To explore figurative language.
- To develop knowledge about Amanda Gorman and Grace Nichols.
- To read poetry aloud with clarity.
- To write poetry.
- To publish poetry.
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To secure and expand my phonetic knowledge of Spanish – VI.
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I can describe and explain the phases of the moon.
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- Jigsaw – Topic: Being Me – Puzzle V
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- To critically appraise an artist’s work.
- To compose a still life Cubist art work.
- To experiment with cardboard relief.
Enjoy your sunny Sunday.
Your Year 5 Team.
Week Beginning 17th October
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will learn strategies for using the 9 times table.
- In English we will look at the poet Benjamin Zephaniah. We will look at figurative language, learn about the poet, study the poem Talking Turkeys and write our own poem. This will be part of our work in connection with Black History month
- In science we will conclude our work on sound.
- Our blocked subject this week will be computing. We will learn to create a wiki page on Ancient Greece.
Millennium Class will have their last swimming lesson before the Spring Term on Tuesday. and have PE on Friday. Southwark Class will do PE on Tuesday and Thursday. After the half term holiday Southwark Class will begin their swimming lessons.
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Week beginning 17th October 2022
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THIS WEEK’S LEARNING
LITERACY:
- Core Text: Marvelous me, Inside and Out by Lisa Bullard
- Other Texts: Colors of Us by Karen Katz and Frida Kahlo and her Animalitos by Monica Brown
- Phonics: To learn a new letter sound each day as follows: /r/ /j/ /v/ /y/ /w/ Please check your child’s bookbag each day for new letter formation practise sheet. Please check Google Classroom for how to hand in completed homework.
MATHS:
Mastering Number: This week the children will:
- hear and join in with the counting sequence to 5, including using songs and rhymes
- see that counting is useful because it tells us ‘how many’
- see that the last number in the count tells us ‘how many altogether’ (cardinality)
- practise counting each object, action or sound once and only once.
- experience counting sounds.
- record the results of their count.
EAD: Artist study of Frida Kahlo. The children will create their own self-portraits, exploring colour mixing to create different shades.
CAL & UW: To explore a map of the world and talk about where we live/where our families come from/where we were born, and the different languages we speak.
PE: To develop spatial awareness: Move with confidence, travel in different ways with control and co-ordination.
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Week Beginning 10.10.22
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THIS WEEK’S LEARNING:
Literacy Core Text: Winnie the Witch
Phonics: Reading Books for all groups will be changed on Monday this week. Please return reading books and yellow diaries so your child may receive their next book from their Phonics group teacher.
Maths: We are comparing numbers to 10 this week.
RE: We will be looking at what we are thankful for and how we show thanks.
RHE: We are going to be understanding that everyone has a right to learn.
PE: PE lesson focus as follows:
- Thursday – Ball control skills
- Friday – Dancing this week will involve moving like different objects, e.g a piece of silk.
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