Week Beginning 16th March 2020
English – Writing
The Monkey Puzzle – Julia Donaldson
| We will then create missing posters to help the young monkey find his mum. The children will take part in lots of writing opportunities based on this story. Over the next two weeks the children will write their own version of the story as part of our BIG WRITE.
The children will then create missing posters to help the young monkey find his mother. This week the children will understand how Monkey Puzzle fits a losing tale. A losing tale often starts with the main character having a valuable item. The character loses the precious item and has to either search for it or face the consequences of losing it. The story may end with the valuable item being found again. Towards the end of the week children will innovate a prequal and a sequel to the Monkey Puzzle. Prequal – The child will think about what could have happened before the monkey lost his mum :(. Sequel – The children will continue the story. |
Maths – Shape
- To understand quarter to and quarter past
- To tell time to the 5 minutes
- To recap how many minutes in an hour, hours in a day
- To find durations of time
- To compare durations of time
– To understand quarter to and quarter past
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| Our new class read is The Last Polar Bears by Harry Horse. We will also be learning some new reading skills as a whole class using ERIC. The children will build their repertoire of different reading skills through the year. |
When reading with your child, please use VIPERS when asking them questions on the book they are reading.
Below you will find a list of possible questions to help you with conversations about your child’s reading. They are not intended to be used all at once or every time you read with your child. Use them at your discretion and where they are appropriate. Happy Reading.
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 favorite 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?
Our ICT slot is on Tuesday afternoon. We are photographers is the name of our new unit. In this unit, the children review photos online, practise using a digital camera, take photos to fit a given theme, edit their photos, and then select their best images. Children will also select images to create a comic.
Is your child an author?
If yes, head over to Grant Koper’s website. Your child has the opportunity to have their story published on his website and their story read out of YouTube by Grant himself!!!
Week beginning 16th March 2020
A big thank you to all those who attended one of our SATs preparation meetings.
This week is known as Shakespeare Week. Throughout the course of the week, the children shall be taking part in some engaging, Shakespeare-themed activities.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”10″ border_color=”#aa41f5″ ]What are we learning this week?[/dropshadowbox]
Maths – We will be looking at long multiplication and division.
English – This week, we shall be creating a character profile of Juliet by studying the quotes from Shakespeare’s original text, Romeo and Juliet. Using this profile, we are going to be planning, writing and editing a letter from Juliet to her father (Lord Capulet) pleading with him to stop the marriage to Count Paris.
Reading – We shall be continuing with developing our comprehension skills. Our class reading books this week are:
This half term, to like with our key text in our English lessons – Romeo and Juliet – we have chosen to read a series of short, condensed Shakespeare stories that have been adapted by Andrew Matthews and Tony Ross. This fantastic collection allows children to understand the plot lines across a range of genres: tragedies, comedies and histories to allow them to make links within the texts.
Science – We shall be continuing to look at nutrition this week. We shall be creating posters to encourage people to maintain a balanced diet.
Key dates –
Parents evening – 17th March
Monday 16th March, 2020
Welcome to Spring 2 Week 3!
Thank you for all the parents who attended the Parents Evening on Thursday 12th March, 2020 and we look forward to seeing the rest of the parent on Tuesday 17th March, 2020.
Congratulations to our Mathletics Champions!
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class : Yusuf ( 10,081 points)
Vauxhall Class : Yigit Emre ( 8000 Points)
Gold Award
Vauxhall Class:-Hamza Lambeth Class:- Aliyah
Silver Award
Vauxhall Class: Afia
Bronze Award:
Lambeth Class : Brady, Tome, Emily, Barin, Stanley, Hasan, Mustafa, Carter, Olivier, Bonnie, Michael, Shaun, Yusuf, Jennifer
Vauxhall Class: Ishmael, Oliver, Rayyan, Elena, Yigit, Alesha, Mahree, Adem
Our learning context this term is… It’s Raining! It’s Pouring! We focus on different types of weather, weather symbols and patterns.
Our learning this week…
English
We continue our learning about poems and will write, edit and publish Mother’s Day Poem on Monday. From Tuesday we will be looking at a painting called ‘ Girl in the Rain’ by Rachel Dyer. Children will be predicting, questioning and discussing the setting about the painting.
Mathematics
We will be learning fractions- whole, half, quarters of shapes and numbers.
Science
We continue to explore classification of animals – herbivores, carnivores and omnivores and also begin our learning about spring.
P.E
We are learning about cricket as part of the games. We are learning the different skills of ball control, bowling, batting and catching as well as playing as a team and developing good sportsmanship skills.
Children will be continuing their learning about movement and balances – ‘Dynamic Balance to Agility’- jumping and landing as well as begin their learning about doing different rolls – log rolls, egg rolls, teddy bear rolls where they learn to use different parts of their bodies.
R.E
We continue our learning about Christianity: We will be discussing lifestyles and celebration: Where do Christians go to worship?
ICT
We continue our learning about e -safety . Check out all the episodes on Think you know – Hector’s world
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/4_7/hectorsworld/Episode1/
Our topic is ‘We are collectors’. where we find images about animals using the web to help with our learning. Children will then copy and paste images into a word document.
Please support your child to use the mouse and keyboard as they need to develop this important skill.
PSHE
We revisit the Zones of Regulation. Your children are amazing at calming down using a range of breathing techniques. Please ask your child to demonstrate the hand breathing, lazy eight breathing, hexagonal breathing etc..
We will also continue developing friendships and how to be a good friend.
Music
Children learn to use voices expressively and creatively. They will also develop an understanding of rhythm and tempo.
Phonics
Please continue to practice sound recognition with your child. Encourage them to apply their phonic knowledge every time you read or write with them.
www.phonicsplay.co.uk
www.starfall.com
Homework
Please support your child to complete their homework – making a poster of a rainy day.Please continue to read with your child.
Dates for the Diary
Parents Eve – Tuesday March 17th
Phonics Screening Check Parents Information Meeting March 24th 9:00 am
Easter Parade – Wednesday 1st April
Week Beginning 16th March
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will begin a new unit on shape. We will look at the properties of 2D and 3D shapes and at parallel and perpendicular lines.
- In English we will write news articles based on our class book, Krindlekrax by Philip Ridley.
- In science we will find out about the contribution of Mary Anning to palaeontology.
- In RE we will consider sadness and joy in the Easter story.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#addd61″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]It was lovely to see parents on Thursday Evening. We look forward to seeing more parents on Tuesday.[/dropshadowbox]
Week beginning 9th March 2020
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”10″ border_color=”#aa41f5″ ]What are we learning this week?[/dropshadowbox]
Maths – We shall be looking at multiplying and dividing fractions.
English – This half term, we shall be basing our lessons from the Andrew Matthews’ adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. This week, we shall be starting our new unit of letter writing. We shall be identifying the key features of a formal letter, evaluating the key features of a selection of letters, editing and up-levelling existing letters and editing and up-levelling a letter by Lysander (from A Midsummer Night’s Dream) using Shakespearean language. We shall also be looking at the past progressive tense in SPAG sessions.
Science – We are looking at nutritional values in food.
History – We shall be finishing our double page biography spreads about Anne Frank.
PE – Our sessions this week are as follows:
Tuesdays – Gymnastics
Thursdays (Tower) /Fridays (QE2) – Pilates
Geography – To understand the use of Ordnance Survey symbols.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”10″ border_color=”#41f5cf” ]Key dates: [/dropshadowbox]
Parents evening – 12th and 17th March 2020
Week beginning 9th March 2020
A late message from here. First, please find the homework under the following link: Sp2-Wk2-06032020
Remember that PE days are Monday and Tuesday (swimming).
Parents Evenings are scheduled for the 12th and 17th March,
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#94bde0″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Maths[/dropshadowbox]
- Identify decimals as thousandths.
- Round decimals.
- Order and compare decimals.
- Understand percentages and link them with decimals and fractions – part I.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#e0c394″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]English[/dropshadowbox]
- First, we need to complete our character profile for the key characters in Pandora’s box.
- Then, we will be identifying features of a Newspaper Report, evaluate Newspaper Reports and finally up-level an existing, but mediocre Newspaper Report.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#67c44a” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Science[/dropshadowbox]
- We will reactivate our knowledge of Life-Cycles (particularly mammals) when going on a hunt for signs of life-cycles in the school grounds.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f0d1f5″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Others[/dropshadowbox]
- Art: We will continue exploring and developing Greek patterns and link them to pottery, before planning our paste resist design.
- Spanish: I can name fruits in Spanish.
- History: I can describe key aspects of life in Ancient Greece – Greek God’s and their relevance for everyday life (Mt. Olympus has got talent).
- ICT: I can apply my knowledge of programming to create a simple Scratch programme.
Monday 9th March, 2020
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”curled” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f7ef15″ border_width=”3″ border_color=”#120dd0″ ]A big thank you for all your support with the World Book Day celebrations. What a wonderful array of creative wooden spoon and potato characters. Check out a few of the highlights here.[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”curled” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#d9a3c3″ border_width=”3″ border_color=”#25244d” ]Congratulations to our Mathletics Champions![/dropshadowbox]
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class : Yusuf ( 14050 points)
Vauxhall Class : Hamza ( 5170 Points)
Silver Award
Lambeth Class : Kevin, Carter, Yusuf
Bronze Award
Lambeth Class :Tome, Brady, Mathilde, Emily, Barin, Aliyah, Luke, Stanley, Hasan, Sakhile
Vauxhall Class: Hamza, Ishmael, Oliver, Rayyan, Elena, Yigit, Logan, Kelsey, Alesha, Mahree, Freddie
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#8ae1f6″ border_width=”3″ border_color=”#ee432a” ]Our learning context this term is… It’s Raining! It’s Pouring! We focus on different types of weather, weather symbols and patterns.[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#c8f68a” border_width=”3″ border_color=”#7e2aee” ]Our learning this week…[/dropshadowbox]
English
We continue our learning about poems and will learn some more weather / rain poems and perform them. We will also generate weather words , write, edit and publish a poem.
Lambeth Class will be going on their Library trip and then do a diary entry about it.
Mathematics
We will start our learning about division by sharing equally.
We will also learn division by grouping.
Science
We continue to explore classification of animals – herbivores, carnivores and omnivores and also begin our learning about spring.
P.E
We are learning about cricket as part of games. We are learning the different skills of ball control, bowling, batting and catching as well as playing as a team and developing good sportsmanship skills.
Children will be continuing their learning about movement and balances – ‘Dynamic Balance to Agility’- jumping and landing as well as begin their learning about doing different rolls – log rolls, egg rolls, teddy bear rolls where they learn to use different parts of their bodies.
R.E
We continue our learning about Christianity: We will be discussing lifestyles and celebration: Where do Christians go to worship?
ICT
We continue our learning about e -safety . Check out all the episodes on Think you know – Hector’s world
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/4_7/hectorsworld/Episode1/
Our topic is ‘We are collectors’. where we find images about animals using the web to help with our learning. Children will then copy and paste images into a word document.
Please support your child to use the mouse and keyboard as they need to develop this important skill.
PSHE
We revisit the Zones of Regulation. Your children are amazing at calming down using a range of breathing techniques. Please ask your child to demonstrate the hand breathing, lazy eight breathing, hexagonal breathing etc..
We will also continue developing friendships and how to be a good friend.
Music
Children learn to use voices expressively and creatively. They will also develop an understanding of rhythm and tempo.
Phonics
Please continue to practice sound recognition with your child. Encourage them to apply their phonic knowledge every time you read or write with them.
Homework
Please support your child to complete their homework – making a collage of space using texture – use sand, paint, lentils, pasta etc. Please continue to read with your child .
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#facb68″ border_width=”3″ border_color=”#514c58″ ]Dates for the Diary Wednesday March 11th – Lambeth Library Trip //
Parents Eve – Thursday March 12th / Tuesday March 17th //
Phonics Screening Check Parents Information Meeting March 24th 9:00 am //
Easter Parade – Wednesday 1st April [/dropshadowbox]
Week Beginning 9th March 2020
English – Writing
The Monkey Puzzle – Julia Donaldson
We will then create missing posters to help the young monkey find his mum. The children will take part in lots of writing opportunities based on this story. Over the next two weeks the children will write their own version of the story as part of our BIG WRITE.
This week we will be news reports talking to a little monkey who has lost his mummy! The children will then create missing posters to help the young monkey find his mother.
Maths – Shape
- To find ¾
- To count fractions
- Recap calculating strategies
- Consolidate o’clock & half past
-To find ¾
This is a non unit fraction because the numerator is greater than 1.
We will be recapping o’clock & half past then we will move on to quarter to and quarter past.
For half past, the children will taught that the hour hand is in between two hours and the minute hand will be pointing towards the six.
| Our new class read is The Last Polar Bears by Harry Horse. We will also be learning some new reading skills as a whole class using ERIC. The children will build their repertoire of different reading skills through the year. |
When reading with your child, please use VIPERS when asking them questions on the book they are reading.Below you will find a list of possible questions to help you with conversations about your child’s reading. They are not intended to be used all at once or every time you read with your child. Use them at your discretion and where they are appropriate. Happy Reading.
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 favorite 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?
- Because it is too cold for trees to grow in arctic habitats, animals find other places to live such as holes in the ground, or in caves made from snow.
- Just like animals in hot deserts have to know how to stay as cool as possible, animals in polar habitats have to know how to stay as warm as possible.
- Some ways that animals in polar habitats stay warm are:
- Developing a thick layer of fat that keeps them cosy
- Having thick fur all over their body and feet
- Having thick layers of feathers
- Burrowing into the ground or into snowbanks (like igloos! )
- Migrating south during the coldest months
- Hibernating (sleeping) during the coldest months
Our ICT slot is on Tuesday afternoon. We are photographers is the name of our new unit. In this unit, the children review photos online, practise using a digital camera, take photos to fit a given theme, edit their photos, and then select their best images. Children will also select images to create a comic.
Is your child an author?
If yes, head over to Grant Koper’s website. Your child has the opportunity to have their story published on his website and their story read out of YouTube by Grant himself!!!
Week beginning 9th March 2020
[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#be5dc5" ]THIS WEEK’S LEARNING:
SPRING TERM 2 TOPIC: Traditional Tales
LITERACY:
Book Focus: Three Billy Goats Gruff
The children will read and recall the main events of this entertaining traditional tale. We will explore descriptive language to write character descriptions .
MATHS: This week we will explore big picture stories about combining groups of objects. The children will learn to represent their mathematical understanding using a range of manipulatives and models eg part, part whole model, tens frame
See video link below to learn more about the part part whole model:
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[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#ef9b39" ]HOMEWORK:
My own Gingerbread story
We have been using our imagination to create a new adventure for the Gingerbread man. What adventure do you think he could he have next if he escaped from the fox? Where would he go? What would he do? Who would he meet? Draw a picture and write a few sentences about Gingerbread man’s next adventure.
READING BOOKS: Please send in reading books and reading diaries on group days. Please note that if a book is lost, we kindly ask that you please replace the book with a similar book as our stock of books are dwindling [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#ef39a5" ]IMPORTANT DATES
Friday, 13th March: Trip to Croydon Library to watch a play titled: The house that Jackson Built.
Thursday 12th and Tuesday 17th March: Parent evenings 4.00pm to 7.00pm
23rd - 25th March: Balance bike training for Reception children. Check book bags for consent forms which will be sent out during the week.
Friday, 3rd April : Last day of term, Family Friday
Monday, 20th April: School re-opens for Summer Term 1 [/dropshadowbox]
Week Beginning 9th March
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will work on multiplication and division. We will learn to multiply and divide two digit numbers by one digit numbers.
- In English we will begin a new unit on newspaper articles. We will learn to recognise the features of a news article and know the difference between fact and opinion.
- In science we will learn about different soil types.
- In history we will continue to learn about the eruption of Vesuvius and destruction of Pompeii.
- In RE we will learn why Christians believe it is important to care for the world.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f4ea34″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]We are looking forward to seeing parents at Parent-Teacher meetings on 12th and 17th March. We are also grateful to parents for supporting children in creating book characters for World Book Day. We had some fantastic contributions.[/dropshadowbox]
