Congratulations to all the Year 1 children for being amazing on our Sports Day at Whitgift School. You tried your best and was very keen and enthusiastic, persevering with activities even when they were challenging.Well done for working as a team ! So proud of all of you.

A GREAT BIG Thank you to all the Year 6 pupils who organised the Activities. You demonstrated excellent leadership skills. You kept Year 1 going with your enthusiasm and positive spirit even when they found it challenging. What excellent role-models !

Google Classroom, PE & Reading

If you are learning from home while isolating, please check Google Classroom. If your child is in school, you DO NOT need to do the Google class learning.

PE is on Monday & Tuesday. Please ensure your child come to school wearing their PE kit on these days.

Please can all Reading Books be returned by Monday.

Congratulations to our Mathletics Champions !

Lambeth Class :

Vauxhall Class : Subhikshashree

Lambeth Class : Izabella O, Dakshakkavin

Vauxhall Class : Subhikshashree

Lambeth Class : Bilal, Tate, Sumaiya, Yaseen, Arbi x 2, Milena, Danielle, Tarun, Rebecca, Leanne, Izabella O x 2, Dakshakkavin

Vauxhall Class : Ali, Jai, Freddie, Josiah x 2, Prithvi, Subhikshashree, Ethan, Zynah

Well done to our Merit Award Winners for this week. Keep up the good work!

Lambeth Class :

The whole class for their excellent team work and  perseverance as well as enthusiasm. Well done !

Dawood Khan: For persevering when you found some of the activities challenging on our Sports Day. You worked well as a team with your partner.. They held their heads up high a

Tarun Naresh Kumar : For being a kind and considerate friend. You always follow the 5C’s.

Dakshakkavin : For always following the 5C’s and having a positive attitude all the time inspite of challenges. 

Vauxhall Class:

The whole class for excellent team work and perseverance as well as enthusiasm. Considering this was our first trip outside school, you made good choices walking to Whitgift School as well as keeping to our safety rules while crossing roads.

Lily- Rose for working hard and using her sounds to write independently during Phonic sessions. Ms Robinson is so impressed by your effort.

Freddie  for his excellent Homework . Our homework was about what inspires us . Freddie had written about our England Football team giving everyone hope and persevering even though they found it hard! They held their heads up high and carried on in spite of challenges.

Hamish for using interesting vocabulary while writing about trams which interests him. Ms Ramakrishnan is so proud that you are using the vocabulary we have been discussing in our phonic session about synonyms.

Our learning this week…

Maths

LO : I can name, identify and describe 2D shapes.

LO : I can name, identify and describe 3D shapes.

LO : I can describe position , direction & movement, including whole , half, quarter turns clockwise / anticlockwise.

Science linked with English

We have been learning about Seasonal changes and focusing on Summer. This week we will use our plans and create leaflets focusing on weather, clothes, plants and trees, animals and birds, length of the day and any other fun facts.

Foundation Subjects

DT : This week we will be making puppets.  We will be developing a range of skills using different resources. We will explore how to attach different materials. We will then plan, design, make and evaluate the puppets.

PE : We will be linking it to Maths focusing on direction, turns and movement.

RE : We will link our learning to Spirited Awards – use Art to express what inspires us.

RHE ( Relationship and Health Education)

We use JIGSAW across our School to develop children’s skills, knowledge and understanding as well as emotional literacy.

We begin our new topic – Changing Me . This links to their learning about changes in life and exploring different feelings – happiness, anxiety, worry, anger, frustration etc. We will discuss how to deal with it and how to get help and support.

Congratulations to all Year 1 children for completing the Dream Big Project with the National Literacy Trust. It has been an amazing few months since we started our project in March. Children had a wealth of opportunities to delve into the adult working world and gain an understanding of different jobs and roles.

From the Virgin Bank they met Jasmine -an investment banker who worked with the community team, Adam who was in charge of Virgin Bank IT Security and Moira who supported setting up businesses. They also met and interviewed Stella Martinson – a pediatric nurse, Edwin Martinson – train driver for Southern Railway, Steve Comford – a local postman, Violetta Mateva – a fashion designer, Matt, owner of the Farm shop, Julie – a product buyer for Costa Coffee.

A Big Thank you to all the parents who attended our Celebration Assembly.

Special Event this week : Sports Day on Wednesday 14th July, 2021 . Please send the children in PE Kit, trainers, sun hat and sunscreen as well as their water bottle. We will post photos. Unfortunately Parents will not be allowed to attend due to government Covid regulations.

Homework, Reading And PE

Homework is sent home every week on Friday and need to be completed & handed in on Wednesday.

Reading books will be only changed on Friday. The book is linked to your child’s phonic and reading session.

They are new books and please handle them with care. Read the leaflet sent home last week for ideas on how to support your child. Please continue reading other books with them to instil a love and enjoyment of reading.

If you are learning from home while isolating, please check Google Classroom daily. If your child is in school, you DO NOT need to do the Google class learning.

PE is on Monday & Tuesday. Please ensure your child come to school wearing their PE kit on these days.

Congratulations to our Mathletics Champions…

Lambeth Class : Mirac, Rebecca, Izabella O

Vauxhall Class : Ali, Jai

Lambeth Class : Mirac x 2, Tate, Isabella H, Sumaiya, Arbi x 2, Danielle x 2, Rebecca, Izabella, Dakshakkavin, Caitlin

Vauxhall Class :AALI< JAI< Sophia-Marie, Zynah, Josiah, Ethan, Subhikshashree, 

Well done to our Merit Award Winners for this week. Keep up the good work!

Lambeth Class

Action : For his excellent work with Money in Maths. You are a whizz at making totals as well as making amounts in different ways. Keep up the good work.

Ayaz : For beginning to respond to questions in class discussions as well as a big well done from Miss Robinson for being brilliant in Phonics and Reading.

Maisha : For beginning to focus on her learning and showing progress. You are also thinking of your responses during class discussions.

Ahmet : You are making good progress with your phonics and using it to read and write. Keep it up !

Caitlin : You are a brilliant dancer as well as a fantastic artist as seen in your lovely sculptures.

Lambeth Class – Ms Robinson would like to award all the children for their thoughtful responses during the ‘I see, I think, I wonder..’ sessions using old artefacts as well as your brilliant understanding of life in the past .

Vauxhall Class

Uveys – For his great participation in his Phonics learning. Well done !

Matida : For beginning to work independently using money in her Maths learning.

Josiah : For his brilliant work with Money. Well done !

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

Read Write Inc. guide for parents

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?

Maths

Division

Children will continue developing their skill with sharing and grouping. They will use bar models and arrays to develop their understanding of the concepts as well as reasoning and explaining and problem solving using mathematical vocabulary.

Science

Children will conclude their learning about classification of animals and write a non-chronological report.

We will also continue our learning about Seasonal changes focusing on Summer.

Foundation Subjects

RE : We are thinking about what / who inspires us .

DT : I can explore how to use textiles and other materials –

Focus – making puppets. Children will design, make and evaluate their puppets. They will use a range of materials and explore different ways to attach materials in different ways.

Computing : I can copy and paste images about a specific topic from the internet using appropriate search engines. We link this outcome to our learning in Science about animals.

Please support your child to develop keyboard skills – finding letters and numbers, space bar, back space to delete and enter key to return,

Music : I can learn about

• Pulse & Metre

Oak Academy lesson :

-How many beats in a bar?

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/how-many-beats-in-a-bar-6rtk2c

PE : 

Session 1 – Tennis

I can master basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as
developing balance, agility and co-ordination, and begin to apply these in a range of
activities.

Session 2 – Dance

I can perform dances using simple movement patterns.

Art : Link to RE. I can make collages.

RHE ( Relationship and Health Education)

We use JIGSAW across our School to develop children’s skills, knowledge and understanding as well as emotional literacy.

We begin our new topic – Changing Me . This links to their learning about changes in life and exploring different feelings – happiness, anxiety, worry, anger, frustration etc. We will discuss how to deal with it and how to get help and support.