Vauxhall

 

Welcome to Vauxhall Bridge Class.

Class teacher: Mr Shahzar

Teaching assistant: Mrs Hunjan

 

 

Welcome to Year 1.

July 23, 2018

We are looking forward to working with you in September and ensuring that your child has a fun, positive experience where they will succeed, learn, attain and achieve their full potential.

Here are some fun activities to do…

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Holiday Homework… Please research the class bridges and make a poster… Please return it the first week back – by Friday September 7th 2018

Chelsea Class – Vauxhall Bridge

Grosvenor Class – Lambeth Bridge[/dropshadowbox]

Please continue reading with your child. You can join the Summer Reading Challenge in any of the local libraries and win certificates, medals and prizes. This year it is called ‘Mischief Makers’.

https://www.croydon.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/src

Please continue practising phonics… The websites below are fun and engaging…

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm

http://www.starfall.com/

Enjoy Maths in the environment…

Play spot the number .. look for numbers on the buses, house numbers, car number plates…

Use money to pay while shopping, sing number rhymes…

Here are some links…

Other Summer fun activities….

Enjoy the hot weather and visit parks and gardens … Look for Summer flowers and minibeasts

Coombe Garden and Woods

https://www.croydon.gov.uk/leisure/parksandopenspaces/parksatoz/coombe-wood

Heathfield Ecology Centre

Welcome

Visit museums and galleries… most of them are free

http://www.museumofcroydon.com/

Turf in Croydon

http://turf-projects.com/about-turf/

Play games like… I Spy, snap, board games like snakes and ladders…

If you go on holiday, children can keep a picture diary and write about what they did.

Have fun building with lego, bricks, junk modelling…, make paper aeroplanes.

Let children draw, colour, play with plasticine – make their name, numbers etc…

Enjoy cooking with your child…

Whatever you do…have fun and make memories as they grow….

See you in September!

 

Monday 16th July, 2018

July 15, 2018

A great big thank you to all the parents for all your support and help this year. It has enabled us to ensure that your child is able to develop, progress, attain , succeed and achieve their full potential. We wish you a lovely Summer break and a great year in Year 2.

School finish for children on Thursday 19th July and starts on Wednesday  5th September.

Lambeth Class will be in Hungerford Class with Miss Stroud.

Vauxhall Class will be in Westminster Class with Miss Brown.

The Year 2 Summer homework has been sent home with your child on Friday.

As part of our Arts Celebration Day we are making puppets and doing nature sculptures in the style of Andy Goldsworthy. Please send in leaves, twigs, shells, flowers rocks, pebbles for us to do this as well as socks, lolly sticks, eyes etc,, for the puppets. We will provide additional resources.

Our Mathletics champions this week…

Bronze Award

Lambeth Class : Frances, Rebeka, Suden, Zuzanna, Alexandru, Alvin, Betim, Kamil, Tanush, Zofia

Vauxhall Class: Abigail

Super Mathlete :

 Lambeth Class : Francis ( 3190 Points)

Vauxhall Class : Abigail ( 1299 Points)

Our learning this week…

English

We will read the story ‘Lima’s Red Hot Chilli’ by David Mills, talk about characters, look at noun phrases, sentence structure, adjectives-describing words and sequencing the story. We will write a similar story by changing title, character’s name, problem.. using a similar pattern.  We will then edit the story.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+limas+red+hot+chilli&qpvt=youtube+limas+red+hot+chilli&view=detail&mid=25708D164CB6BE0D885B25708D164CB6BE0D885B&&FORM=VRDGAR

 

Maths
This week we will be revisiting addition and subtraction and problem solving.

History
Children will continue to develop their understanding of the past. Let them talk to you or grandparents or older family members of how life was when they were young and begin to think about what life is for them especially relating to toys and games they play. ( For e.g doll house / marbles in the olden days and computer games in the modern times).

ICT
We are learning to create and debug programs. Please support your child to develop their skills by using ‘Lightbot’.
http://lightbot.com/hour-of-code.html

Art
Children will continue to learn about the British nature artist Andy Goldsworthy and create their own nature sculptures. Please bring twigs , leaves, flowers, pebbles by Monday. Thanks.

P.E
Children will continue developing their skills to balance as well as develop different types of movement. This week, the children will learn to develop their team spirit and positive attitude towards winning gracefully as well as accepting defeat as a way to improve their skills.

PSHE
Our topic is called ‘Relationships’. Children will be talking about feelings – how to deal with changes and transition.

Music
We will continue to sing using our voices creatively and learn about rhythm and tempo.

R.E.
We will be continuing our learning about different religions focusing on basic principles of Hinduism, Islam and Christianity.

Homework
Homework is sent home every Friday and should be promptly returned on Wednesday please. Homework is also set weekly related to the concepts children are learning. Please continue to do your Mathletics. Looking forward to more Gold Award winners this term.

P.E.
Lambeth Class : Monday & Wednesday
Vauxhall Class : Wednesday & Friday
*If your child attends an Afterschool sports club and takes their P.E kit home, kindly return the P.E kit the next day. A lot of the children have been upset and disappointed as they have missed their P.E sessions as a result of not having kits.