Week Beginning 24th February 2020
Parent Evening forms will be sent home shortly. Parents’ Evening will be held on Thursday 12th March 2020 and Tuesday 17th March 2020.
English – Writing
We will continue our work on non-chronological reports. The children will write their own non chronological report about minibeast.
A non-chronological report is a non-fiction report which is not written in time order. A non-chronological report is focused on a single topic and includes various facts about this topic.
Examples:
The Monkey Puzzle – Julia Donaldson
We are starting a new book this term. We will read the book and begin to understand the vocabulary used in the text.
Maths – Shape
- To find half
- To recognise a quarter
- To find a quarter
- To recognise a third
- To find a third
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z3rbg82/articles/zq2yfrd
-To find half
– To recognise a quarter
A quarter is one of four equal parts. Children will begin to recognise this in various forms.
-To find a quarter
–To recognise a third
A third is one of three equal parts. Children will recognise a third in different forms.
-To find a third
| 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?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zn22pv4/articles/z3nbcwx
Animals can be divided into groups or ‘classified’ by looking at the similarities and differences between them.
Animals are divided into two main groups. Animals that have a backbone are called vertebrates. Animals that don’t have a backbone are called invertebrates.
Vertebrates and invertebrates are divided into smaller groups. Vertebrates, for example, are divided into fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals
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!!!
First week of Spring 2
We are now (hopefully) leaving the grey, dull and energy-sucking time of the year behind us and sailing strongly towards the rejuvenating, happy time of the year. Sorry for the late post, but first of all, here is a copy of the homework:
Please note some important messages:
- PE will this half-term take place on Mondays and Thursdays,
- Parents Evenings are scheduled for the 12th and 17th March,
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- We will multiply different types of fractions by integers.
- We will also be finding fractions of an amount.
- We will also then sum up and revise our fraction learning/knowledge in the context of problem-solving before moving on to decimals.
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Based on our work on our old class-novel “Room 13” we will be …
- Identifying the features of a good persuasive text/travel brochure. (BEWARE THE TRAVEL BUG!)
- Identify and use persuasive language in our own sentence writing.
- Taking and organising condensed notes to plan a travel brochure.
- Writing, reflecting on and editing a travel brochure.
- SPaG: Using Parenthesis.
- Have a look at this comprehensive and very appealing travel brochure: https://issuu.com/discoveryorkshirecoast/docs/discover_yorkshire_coast_holiday_guide_2020
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- Summarise and test our knowledge of forces.
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- Art: I can explore and develop Greek patterns.
- Spanish: I can use Spanish to talk about and describe pets (last sessions).
- Geography will pause for some time and History return.
- ICT: I can apply my knowledge of programming to create a simple Scratch programme.
Monday 17th February, 2020
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ffect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#e4fa34″ border_width=”3″ border_color=”#13d80d” ]Well done to all our children for having a successful half-term.They have been authors and also created moving mechanisms as well as making progress in a range of other curriculum areas. Have a well deserved rest this week and we look forward to seeing you next Monday (24th February, 2020).[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fdbcef” border_width=”3″ border_color=”#650dd8″ ]Our Mathletics Champions for this week are…[/dropshadowbox]
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class : Yusuf ( 10.090 points)
Vauxhall Class : Yigit Emre ( 3272 Points)
Gold award
Lambeth Class : Emily, Shauna
Vauxhall Class :
Silver award
Lambeth Class :
Vauxhall Class :Tymon, Rayyan
Bronze Award
Lambeth Class :Aliyah, Luke, Michael, Carlotta, Yusuf, Stanley, Mikael, Hasan, Priscilla, Mia, Carter, Tome, Brady, Olivier, Bonnie
Vauxhall Class : Ishmael, Yigit Emre, Hamza, Rayyan, Olivier, Logan, Elena, Tymon, Freddie
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#5af9f7″ border_width=”3″ border_color=”#f972e7″ ]Our topic for this term is called ‘ It’s Raining ! It’s Pouring ‘ and focuses on weather conditions and patterns.[/dropshadowbox]
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English
We begin our learning by writing a recount about the holiday. We will then be focusing on poems and learn some weather / rain poems and perform them. Vauxhall Class will be going on their Library trip and then do a diary entry about it.
Mathematics
We will start our learning with multiplication.
Science
We continue to explore classification of animals – herbivores, carnivores and omnivores and also begin our learning about spring.
PE
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.
RE
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 space / 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 – keeping a weather diary and making a weather poster. Please continue to read with your child .
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#98f5f8″ border_width=”3″ border_color=”#f2a1f8″ ]Dates for the Diary Wednesday February 26th – Vauxhall Library Trip Wednesday March 11th – Lambeth Library Trip //
Thursday March 5th – World Book Day //
March 12th / March 17th – Parents Eve //
March 24th 9:00 am- Phonics Screening Check Parents Information Meeting
Wegnesday 1st April – PM Easter Parade
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Year Four Blog Wk Beginning 24th February 2020
Please can you collect any clean tin cans and foil to use for English next term. We will be making settings in a box in groups so please keep aside any shoe box sized boxes.
Our Learning this week:
Maths-Recognising and using non unit fractions in different representations.
Revision of previous learning on Topmarks (free games) and Matheletics will be useful as a basis.
English-We will be continuing our focus book focusing on contrasting settings.
Topic-We will be continuing our rainforest topic- looking at plants and medicines.
Science-We will be looking at food chains.
Parent’s Evening Dates are:
Millennium-Thursday 12th 4.30pm until 7.30pm and Tuesday 17th March 4.30pm until 7.30pm
Southwark-Thursday until 4-5pm, Tuesday 17th until 4.30pm-8pm and Thursday 19th 4pm until 5pm.
Letters will go home after half term.
Southwark Green Card Treat Spring 1
Week beginning 10th February 2020
A huge well done to all the helpers -both adults and children- for all of your support at the Spring Fayre last Friday. Tyler announced in assembly that they managed to raise a huge £512.06 profit! That’s incredible!
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”10″ border_color=”#2af38b” ]Here are some highlights of our trip to Kew Gardens last week:[/dropshadowbox]
Just a reminder that Miss Handley will be teaching Maths in both Year 6 classes and Miss Blackford will be teaching both classes’ English lessons.
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Maths – This week’s maths learning objectives are to:
- transform and rotate shapes across four quadrants.
English – This week, we shall be continuing with our narrative unit. We shall building appropriate figurative language through a clip from Holes, to build setting description; then, we shall be writing and editing a substitution story based on our innovated character’s arrival to the infamous Camp Green Lake!
Science – As part of our unit on Animals, including humans, over the next few lessons we shall be writing an explanation text on the circulatory system.
PE – On Tuesday this week, we shall have gymnastics. During our second lesson this week (Thursday for Tower and Friday for QE2) we shall be continuing with our boxercise sessions.
Reading – We shall be continuing to read our class text, Holes. We shall be completing activities based on improving our explanation, retrieval and interpretation skills.
Geography – This term, we will be learning all about Scandinavia. This week’s learning objectives are:
• To explore the physical features of Norway
• To create maps using a key
SPAG – We shall be focusing on revising some of the key Year 6 grammar across our English sessions and with Miss Blackford this week. We shall also be looking at words containing the letter string ough in our spelling sessions.
Key dates –
Parents’ evening – 12th and 17th March (subject to change by class teachers).
Week beginning 10th February 2020
[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#f4f960" ]REMINDER
Dear Parents
Please be reminded that school starts at 8.50am. Please ensure that your child is in school at 8.50 everyday so they can start their learning promptly.
Kind Regards
Reception Team[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#ed6060" ]THIS WEEK’S LEARNING:
SPRING TERM 1 TOPIC: Transport
LITERACY:
Book Focus: Amelia Earhart by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
The book follows Amelia Earhart, whose strong will and self-belief helped her overcome prejudice and technical problems to become the first female flier to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean.
MATHS:
This week’s focus is:
• to recognise and create patterns
• to use positional language to describe their position relative to something else eg The shoebox is between to bag and the bench. [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#3e14d9" ]HOMEWORK
Fire Station
Did you enjoy our visit to the fire station? Which was your favourite part of the trip and why? Draw a picture about this and ask your adult to help you write a short sentence about it.
READING BOOKS and WORD LISTS: Please continue to send in reading books and diaries on group days [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#14d9d5" ]IMPORTANT DATES
Friday, 14th February 2020: Last day of term. Children return to school on Monday 24th February [/dropshadowbox]
Half-Term in sight
Our last week before February half-term, we will be spending finishing off the warning dreams and the topic forces, but first of all, here is a copy of the homework:
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- Subtracting fractions and mixed numbers with the same and related denominators.
- Multiplying unit and non-unit fractions as well as mixed numbers.
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With the help of our class-novel “Room 13” we will be …
- Using Success Criteria and feedback to write, edit and improve our writing/narration.
- Identifying the features of a good biography.
- Boxing up to identify key information from a biography.
- Uplevelling a mediocre biography.
- SPaG: Using Parenthesis.
- Have a look at the video: https://www.literacyshed.com/draculas-whitby.html#
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- Exploring the effects of levers to translate force.
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- Spanish: I can use Spanish to talk about pets.
- Geography: I can use 4- and 6-digit grid-references.
- ICT: I can apply my knowledge of programming to create a simple Scratch programme.
- PSHE: Connor and Faye will be back for a last time teaching us how to keep fit and healthy.
Week Beginning 10th February 2020
Dear Parents! Welcome. This is the last week of our Spring 1 Term.
Our Mathletics Champions this week…
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class: Yusuf 10,120 points Vauxhall Class: 7040 points
Silver Award
Lambeth Class : Mia, Tome, Sakhile, Aliyah
Vauxhall Class : Aayush
Bronze Award
Lambeth Class: Brady, Hasan, Olivier, Bonnie, Emily, Shauna, Luke
Vauxhall Class: Aayush, Ishmael, Hamza, Millie, Yigit, Logan, Harrison
Our Learning this week…
English
Your children were authors last week. This week they will read and edit their own creative stories based on the Man on the Moon. Then We will be writing two non-chronological reports about space and winter season.
Maths
We will be learning about money and learn about the different coins and notes as well as make different amounts using different coins.
For e.g – 3p = 1p + 1p+1p
2p + 1p
Please can you play shopping games with your children?
https://youtu.be/o-d5n3ltpwg
Then our new topic is Multiplication- groups of:
https://youtu.be/BZ41Fh2MEVw
Science
In Science we will continue learning about the winter season – weather, what clothes we wear, plants and animals ( what happens to them), length of the day as well as explore Space focusing on the Earth and the Moon.
Children will also be continuing their learning about omnivores, carnivores and herbivores.
https://youtu.be/3yrikH2QEFA
PE
Children will be learning about – ‘Dynamic Balance to Agility’- jumping and landing.
RE
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 new topic is ‘We are collectors’. where we find images about space 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.
D&T
Children will be exploring how to make a moving Alien/spaceship. First, they will be learning how to attach two objects together. Then, they make a plan and construct a model. Finally, they will be evaluating their model. In the end, they will be discussing what they might change.
PSHE
Children are learning about staying safe and this week we are focusing on crossing the road safely.
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..
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 – doubles.
Handwriting
https://youtu.be/2NQ6uS8blwY
Upcoming School Events
17th, February 2020- Spring Half Term holiday.- Enjoy the break!
24th, February 2020 – Back to School from half term break. – Welcome back to school!
26th February 2020 – Vauxhall Class visit Croydon Library.
5th March 2020 – World Book Day.
11th March 2020 – Lambeth Class visit Croydon Library
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Week Beginning 10th February 2020
Parent Evening forms will be sent home shortly. Parents’ Evening will be held on Thursday 12th March 2020 and Tuesday 17th March 2020.
English – Writing
We will continue our work on non-chronological reports. Eventually the children will write their own non chronological report about minibeast.
A non-chronological report is a non-fiction report which is not written in time order. A non-chronological report is focused on a single topic and includes various facts about this topic.
Examples:
On Monday we will look at features of a non-chronological report and we will locate these features on different report types.
On Wednesday ,the children will read information about polar bears and group them in the correct category – diet, appearance, habitat, movement and fascinating facts.
On Thursday the children will research information about minibeast. They will read non-fiction books and watch short clips about minibeast.
On Friday we will begin to plan our non-chronological report about minibeast.
Maths – Shape
- To make patterns with 2D shapes
- To make equal parts
- To recognise a half
-To make patterns with 3D shapes.
We will discuss what shape may come next. What colour will the 9th shape be? ETC.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zthsb9q
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=patter
-To make equal parts
Children will make equal parts. Equal means the same, balanced, identical etc.
–To recongise a half
A half is two equal parts. Children will understand that the term ‘bigger half’ makes no mathematical sense since half means 2 equal parts.
Children will be able to identify that the triangle has not been halved because there are not two equal parts.
| We will continue to read The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl. 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?
‘Marine’ is a word that describes oceans and seas, where water is salty. Over 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered water, and nearly all of that is saltwater from oceans and seas.
Marine habitats can be very different from each other depending on how warm the water is. Warm, tropical water has coral reefs full of tiny, colourful fish, while chilly waters in the polar regions have fewer species that have adapted to water that can be colder than the temperature that water normally freezes at (0°C)!
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.
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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!!!