Welcome to Vauxhall Bridge Class.
Class teacher: Mr Shahzar
Teaching assistant: Mrs Hunjan
We look forward to an exciting week ahead.
Apologies for postponing the Mathematics Work shop and any inconvenience caused.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Mathematics workshop is now rescheduled for Tuesday 5th February, 2019 at 9:00 am in the Dining Hall.[/dropshadowbox]
Congratulations to our Mathletics Champions.
Super Mathlete:
Lambeth Class : Jayden – 3591 Points / Ryan – 2188 Points
Vauxhall Class : Krishan– 3640 Points/ Elizabeth – 2840 Points
Gold Award
Lambeth Class : Nicole, Charlotte
Silver Award :
Lambeth Class : Annika,Ryan,Comella
Vauxhall Class : Leon
Bronze Award :
Lambeth Class : Adoma, Japdeep,Zayna, Shuajb, Isaiah, Jayden, Marwa, Yaacoob, Cameron, Amira
Vauxhall Class : Elizabeth,Tristan, Oskar, Suvisha,Krishan,Shun Ming
Our learning …
This term our new context is called…
‘Now you see me, now you don’t’ and it is about Space especially focusing on the ‘Moon’.
This is related to exploring space in Science as well as learning about significant people who has made a contribution to world history – our focus is on Neil Armstrong. We will also be learning about classification of animals in science – mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, amphibians etc..
Please check your child’s homework book for the overview of this term’s curriculum.
English
Our focus text is ‘Man on the Moon’ by Simon Bartram. Your child will continue developing their skills of character desription, role-play and hot-seating characters. They will continue to identify and differentiate between fiction and non-fiction texts and understand the different features of texts. Fiction – stories, pictures, characters, events, sequencing events (beginning, middle and end). Non-fiction – true, facts, contents, photographs etc…
Maths
Please continue to support your child to tell the time – o’clock and half past. This week our focus is on money. Children will develop their skill to recognise and identify different coins as well as notes – 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 50p, £1, £2,£5,£10,£20,£50 Children will understand the value of coins and how to make totals using different coins for e.g 10p can be 10 x 1p coins/ 5 x 2p coins / 2x 5p coins / 1x 10p. Children will also play shopping games.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money
Science
We will continue our learning about seasonal changes focusing on Winter.
Children will plan, write and edit a non chronological report about winter.
Children will be looking at different types of animals and birds and sort them to different categories in their learning about classification – mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish etc…
PSHE
Children will begin to develop their understanding about going for goals and how to achieve them by breaking them into little steps. Children will also be learning about the Green Cross Code and understand the importance of staying safe while crossing roads.
ICT
Children will learn about e-safety and how to get help when necessary. They will continue developing their skills to use a keyboard – write their name, change font and size and colour, use back space, enter and space bar keys with confidence. Please support your child at home to do the same.
P.E.
Children will be learning about control and how to develop ball skills – chest pass, over arm throw, under arm throw etc…
R.E
Children will learn about Christianity – focusing on the place of worship – Church
This week Home work:- Staying safe while crossing the road poster / The Green Cross Road.
Please continue …
*Mathletics
*Reading daily to develop fluency and comprehension skills.
*Play phonic games on Phonics Play / Starfall Phonics
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm
http://more.starfall.com/?t=253552593&y=1
Please return home work by Wednesday 30th January, 2019.
Children have settled back into the class / school routines and are enjoying our new context. This week they will begin to learn about the Moon and space.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Our Maths workshop is on Wednesday 23rd January at 9:00 am in the Dining Hall. Please attend as it will give you an insight of how maths is taught in Year 1, the use of resources to support children’s understanding of key mathematical concepts as well as how you can support your child at home.[/dropshadowbox]
Congratulations to our Mathletics Champions.
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class : Ryan – 2600 Points / Deyan – 2400 Points
Vauxhall Class : Oskar – 1890 Points/ Naa Ayorkar – 1100 Points
Silver Award :
Lambeth Class : Ayaan
Vauxhall Class : Oskar
Bronze Award :
Lambeth Class : Ryan,Deyan,Charlotte,Isaiah,Magnus, Nicole,Yaacoob, Comella,Ben,Sharaya
Vauxhall Class : Shun Ming, Isabella,NaaAyonkar
Our learning …
This term our new context is called…
‘Now you see me, now you don’t’ and it is about Space especially focusing on the ‘Moon’.
This is related to exploring space in Science as well as learning about significant people who has made a contribution to world history – our focus is on Neil Armstrong. We will also be learning about classification of animals in science – mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, amphibians etc..
Please check your child’s homework book for the overview of this term’s curriculum.
English
Our focus text is ‘Man on the Moon’ by Simon Bartram. Your child will continue developing their skills of prediction and questioning. They will begin to identify and differentiate between fiction and non-fiction texts and understand the different features of texts. Fiction – stories, pictures, characters, events, sequencing events (beginning, middle and end). Non-fiction – true, facts, contents, photographs etc…
Maths
We will be learning to tell the time – o’clock and half past and make comparisons. Children will also begin to understand the different units of time – seconds, minutes, hour, day, night, week, month, year, seasons etc…
Please use the link below to support your child’s learning.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/time/teaching-clock
We will also be continue our learning to count in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s from different numbers.