Southwark News Wk Beginning 14th May 2018

Our Learning this week

In English, we will continue developing our narrative writing with our text The Firemaker’s Daughter by Phillip Pullman. Next week we will be planning and writing our own sections of the story in the suspense style.

In Maths, we are continuing our work on decimals applying our learning to estimating, comparing and calculating with numbers to two decimal points in the context of money and measuring.

Southwark class have been given a topic homework this week, Please choose an activity from our termly topic homework to complete and hand in by Friday 18th May.

 

In P.E sessions, we will be continuing athletics and a dance/aerobics unit. P.E will continue to be on Tuesdays and Thursdays, please ensure your child has their kit for every lesson. In addition to this we will continue to run the Daily Mile to help promote the fitness of our children.

As I’m sure you all know, reading daily is essential in helping your child progress with reading and writing. Please enjoy reading a range of fun books as well as your child’s school reading books to promote a love for reading. Please remember to write a comment or sign your child’s reading record regularly. Remember that your child can keep a book for as long as they need in order to finish it. We appreciate your support to enable your child to be a fluent and competent reader.

Well done to all children who were awarded a merit card this week, Tyler, Adrian B, Tyray  and Emmanuel who were awarded the rare privilege cards for their outstanding commitment to following our school ethos-the 5 cs-Commitment,Care, Courtesy,Consideration and Cooperation.

Well done to our many readers of the week this week Daniel and Abi. a special mentions needs also to go to -Vishal. Azain, ,Anomiga, Limar, Jaida, Roshan, Adrian B and Olivia. These children read on a daily basis at home and are making excellent progress with their reading as well as their writing as a result. 

Don’t forget that we will be celebrating the royal wedding next Friday by having a non uniform day where all children can wear red, white and blue.