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Year Four Blog Week Beginning 23rd November 2020
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#cb21c4″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Parents’ Evening Week begins this week and will continue next week. Your child has taken home a copy of their targets for this term. Please use the online school cloud website to make an appointment if you would like to speak to us about these targets. [/dropshadowbox]
This week our learning be as follow;
- In English we will continue our work based on Arthur and the Golden Rope by Todd Staunton linked to our History learning about Vikings. This week we will be writing a travel guide to Iceland. If you want to read along at home see the following video link
- https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1090558987963163
- In Maths we will learn to divide by 1, revise our 3 times table and begin to learn our 6.
- In History we will learn about the Vikings. This week we will be begin making our Viking warrior shields like these:
- In Science we will continue our work on teeth and digestion.
- In RE we will also continue our unit Why do you judge me? learning about discrimination.
- In RHE we will be starting our unit celebrating difference.
PE will be on Monday and Friday.
Week Beginning 16th November 2020
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On Monday 16th November, Odd Socks Day
Children can wear odd socks to school today in support of the Anti-bullying week.
Please support your child to complete the Mathletics challenges as well as any pending Homework on Google Classroom. Any queries/concerns please email us on year1@howard.croydon.sch.uk. Thank you. Enter your content here.[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#cfe2e3″ border_width=”20″ border_color=”#0c29ed” ]Our learning this Half-term. It is called ‘Sort it out’ and focus mainly on our learning about materials. We also focus on Geography – where we live. This aspect focuses firstly on identifying what Croydon is – a town and what it can offer – shops, hospitals, schools, restaurants, leisure facilities, different modes of transport etc…
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[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#cfe2e3″ border_width=”20″ border_color=”#eb0ced” ]Let’s celebrate our Merit Card winners.
Lambeth Class:
Ayaz-For trying his best even though it is challenging. Well Done!
Jayson- For using his phonics in writing. So impressed!
Danielle and Tate- For writing a brilliant story with excellent descriptions. So proud of you!
Umaira- For being always kind and caring and a good friend to everyone. So proud of you!
Vauxhall Class:
Faith- For using her phonics knowledge in writing. Well done and Keep it up!
Faris- For showing improvement in writing. Well done and Keep it up!
Whole-Class- For your positive attitude towards learning new challenges and term sprit.
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[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#cfe2e3″ border_width=”20″ border_color=”#ed0c81″ ]Congratulations to our Mathletics Champions!
Lambeth Class: Arbi
Vauxhall Class: Jai, Gabriel
Lambeth Class: Mirac, Tate, Sumaiya, Yaseen, Arbi, Milena, Danielle, Tarun, Rebecca, Leanne, Izabella, Dakshakkavin.
Vauxhall: Jai, Faris, Josiah, Amelia-Rose, Gabriel, Prithvi, Mustafa, Joni, Hamish, Ethan, Zynah, Subhikshashree.
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Well done, to all the children who have posted their homework on Google Classroom
Lambeth Class: Dakshakkavin, Umaira, Izabella, Leanne, Rebecca, Tarun, Danielle, Jack, Thirukumaran, Arbi, Izabella.H, Tate, George, Sumariya.
Vauxhall Class: Ethan, Faris, Gabriel, Nevaeh, Prithvi, Sophia, Hamish, Josiah, Amelia, Subhikshashree, Freddie.
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English:
We will introduce children to poetry focusing on Firework poems. We will watch firework videos, read a selection of firework poems focusing on identifying the poetic features like title, poet, stanzas, rhyming words, repetition, onomatopoeic words like Bang, Fizz, pop etc… Check out this Firework video and poem-Peek’s Fire works poem.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Peek%27s+poetry+fire+works+poem
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Watch the video and support your child to learn the sounds and keywords. Please practise the sounds and tricky words
* Mrs Ramakrishan’s Phonics Group Practise Set 1 and all of Set 2 Sounds Tricky words – Phase 4
^ Mrs Hunjan’s Phonics Group Practise Set 1 and Set 2 Long vowel up to oo from the Sound Pronunciation video Tricky words Phase 3 and Phase 4
* Miss Dale’s Phonics Group Practise Set 1 from the Sound Pronunciation video Practise Set 1 and all of Set 2 Sounds Tricky Words Phase 3 & Phase 2
* Mrs Jeevahan’s Phonics Group: Practise Set 1 from the Sound Pronunciation video Tricky words Phase 2
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For mental starter we will continue to count forward / back from different numbers, identify 1 more / 1 less than a number and order numbers to 20.
We will learn to compare numbers, identifying greater than / lesser than and order objects and number.
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We begin our learning exploring different objects and discussing what material it is made out of. Have a look around your house and look at different objects. What is it made of – wood, metal, plastic, fabric, glass.[/dropshadowbox]
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Pop Art- We will link this to our History curriculum learning about Barack Obama. The children will learn to develop skills to imitate ‘Pop Art’. [/dropshadowbox]
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Anti Bullying Week:- Our slogan is ‘United against bullying’ We will discuss ‘what is bullying?’ and how we can differentiate between bullying and falling out. We will also talk about what are the different kinds of bullying – physical, verbal, emotional, e-bullying and talk about ways to be safe and get help.
We will be reading a story-‘Something Else’ by Kathryn Cave
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Hindus all over the world celebrate Diwali – the festival of lights or Diwas. Children will learn about the significance of this festival and how it is celebrated by Hindus.
On Monday, we have a special assembly about Diwali and children will read and tell the story of Rama and Sita.
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Week Beginning 2nd November, 2020
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Welcome back to Autumn 2nd half term.
We just wanted to say a big thank you to all of you, for all your exceptional support throughout this Autumn first half term.
Thank you to all the parents who have now signed up to Google Classroom. If you have not done so yet, please check the email you were provided for details on how to log in and the log in details are in your child’s Reading records and class code has been sent to you. Please make sure your child is completing only the HOMEWORK part. Lessons on Google classroom are only for when you are isolating.
Please complete the Mathletics Challenges.
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[dropshadowbox align=”center” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#e3e1ec” border_width=”20″ border_color=”#da4faf” ]Congratulations to our Merit Card winners!
Lambeth Class: Whole Class- For having an amazing half term, settling into Year 1 class/school routines with resilience and a positive attitude. So proud of you. Danielle- For being a super role-model, always following our 5C’s, being an amazing listener and enthusiastic about all our learning challenges. So proud of you. Dakshakkavin- For always trying his best and having a positive attitude and commitment to all his learning challenges. Keep it up!
Vauxhall Class: Whole class- For settling into Year 1 for a whole half term with enthusiasm and resilience. Mrs. Ramakrishnan.
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[dropshadowbox align=”center” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#e1eceb” border_width=”20″ border_color=”#eb463b” ]Well done to our Mathletics Champions.
Lambeth Class: Yaseen
Vauxhall Class: Jai
Lambeth Class : Ayaz, Mirac, Tate, Jayson, Sumaiya, Yaseen, Arbi, Milena, Danielle, Aliyah, Tarun, Rebecca, Leanne, Izabella O, Acton, Dakshakkavin, Caitlin
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We use the Read Write Inc method off Phonics.
Check out the Parental guidance
Oxford Owl for HomeHere is a Sound pronunciation video
Mrs.Ramakrishan’s Phonics Group
Practise Set 1 and all of Set 2 Sounds
Mrs. Hunjan’s Phonics Group
Practise Set 1 and Set 2 Long vowel up to oo from the Sound Pronunciation video
Miss Dale’s Phonics Group
Practise Set 1 from the Sound Pronunciation video
Check out this video too.
https://youtu.be/9vBXvSo4WOs
Mrs.Jeevahan’s Phonics Group: Practise Set 1 from the Sound Pronunciation video
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Recount- We will be discussing, planning and writing about our half term holiday.
We will also continue our Power of reading.
We will read the story- The Storm Whale, sequence pictures, write some thought bubbles and write the story.
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We continue our learning with Place Value – continuing forward / back
Children will be learning about ‘one more’ and ‘one less’, Children will be using objects, dominoes, Numicons, ten frames, numerals, numbers in words, base 10 resources and number lines.
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Our learning in Science is about ways to lead a healthy lifestyle. Children will be writing about healthy diet, exercise, sleep…
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We continue to refine and develop our portrait drawing skills.
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Children learnt how to keep their personal information safe. Episode 4.
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We continue our learning about the 5C’s focusing on courtesy. When do we say please and thank you or excuse me.
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What are we thankful for?
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Year Four Week Beginning 19th October 2020
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#dceb39″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Many thanks to children and parents for persevering in using Google Classroom. It has been lovely to see children’s homework submitted on the site. Remote learning is available for any child who needs to self isolate. If you are still struggling to access Google Classroom, take a look at this guideHoward-parents-guide-to-Google-Classroom-2 [/dropshadowbox]
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In English we will be doing learning to write explanation texts based around How to Draw Horrid Henry. This will link to our Zones of Regulation whole school approach to dealing with emotions.
- In Maths we will be subtracting and adding 4 digit numbers using efficient methods.
- In Science we will be investigating the water cycle.
- In History, we will be learning about the Viking invasion of Lindisfarne.
- In PE we will continue to develop our basketball skills on Wednesday and starting a Pilates/yoga unit on Mondays. Children should come to school in PE kit on those days.
Remember school closes for half term on Thursday 22nd at 3pm.
Year four Weekly Blog Week Beginning 12th October 2020
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#dceb39″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Many thanks to children and parents for persevering in using Google Classroom. It has been lovely to see children’s homework submitted on the site. Remote learning is available for any child who needs to self isolate.If you are still struggling to access Google Classroom, take a look at this guideHoward-parents-guide-to-Google-Classroom-2 [/dropshadowbox]
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In English we continue our learning based on Noah Barleywater Runs Away. This week we will be exploring character as well as learning how to use expanded noun phrases in our writing.
- In Maths we will be subtracting 4 digit numbers.
- In Science we will be investigating the water cycle.
- In Spanish we will be consolidating our understanding of Spanish pronunciation..
- In PE we will continue to develop our basketball skills on Wednesday and starting a Pilates/yoga unit on Mondays. Children should come to school in PE kit on those days.
Week 5th October 2020
Dear all,
We have now entered October and everyone is working amazingly hard.
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- Please remember, Tuesday and Wednesday are our PE days.
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While we won’t have assemblies, we will still keep up rewarding the children with merits which will happen in our Year group at the end of our Daily Mile on Fridays.
… and … in London Bridge – Superb.
… Sophie and Georgi in Cannon Street Bridge – Well done!
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Using our superb text “Pax” by Sara Pennypacker, we will learn and practise to …
- using clues from a text to analyse a character,
- empathising with a character’s decision making,
- creating a balanced argument,
- engaging with a text with the help of book-talks
- using relative clauses in our writing.
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This week, we will …
- add numbers with more than 4-digits and several exchanges,
- subtract 4-digit numbers with one exchange,
- subtract 4-digit numbers with several exchanges,
- subtract numbers with more than 4-digits and several exchanges,
- check our work using estimating, approximating and the inverse.
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- We will continue to explore the pronunciation rules in Spanish as well as learn basic communication phrases.
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- We will continue to explore the old scientific “battle” between geocentric and heliocentric view of the “solar system”.
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- We will pause momentarily before continuing to secure and expand our Locational Knowledge of the world and then specifically the African continent.
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- We will continue to explore chronology with a view onto Ancient Greece before moving on to using Myths as historical sources.
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- We will explore devotion in Sikhism focussing on the Ek Onkar.
For Homework, please seeGoogle Classroom.
Have a wonderful week.
Your team in Year 5
Week beginning 5th October 2020
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Autumn is finally here! The children have enjoyed talking about the changes they see all around them. Please continue to encourage them to notice and talk about the beautiful autumnal changes on your journey into school.
This week the children were placed in groups, which helps us with the day to day organisation of group tasks. Each group is named after a colour: Red, Blue, Green, Orange and Yellow. Your child will be able to tell you which colour group they will be in.
Thank you for ensuring your child has the correct school uniform and PE clothing. Please remember to label all items belonging to your child.
You will have received a letter about Tapestry, our online learning journal system. Please complete and return the agreement form attached to the letter as soon as possible so we can get you connected to Tapestry.
Kind Regards
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AUTUMN TERM TOPIC: All about me
Literacy Focus: This week the children will begin Phonics lessons. they will learn a new letter sounds each day and will bring home a practice sheet. Please do not send this sheet back. Please keep it at home so your child can practice.
Focus Book: Marvelous me by Lisa Bullard
The children enjoyed this story and this week they will continue to explore the different things about themselves which are unique to them.
PE focus: The children will learn how to perform different balances to develop their core strength.
Maths Focus: This week the children will explore different types of patterns
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Week Beginning 28th September
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This week our learning will be as follows;
- In English we will continue with our work based on Noah Barleywater runs away. We will rehearse and create a drama based on Noah’s entry to the toy shop.
- In mathematics we are learning to add three digit numbers and ones, tens, and hundreds.
- In science we will investigate which materials are magnetic.
- In history we will learn about the Stone Age settlement at Skara Brae.
- In RE we will will learn what Hindus believe about God.
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Wk Beginning 28/9/2020
The children are continuing to work hard in year 4. This week our learning will be as follows;
- In Maths this week we will continue our work on place value. We will be counting in 25s and looking at negative numbers as well as Roman Numerals to 100.
- In English we continue our work around the book Noah Barleywater Runs Away by John Boyne. The children will write a newspaper report and enjoy poetry based on the book
- In Guided reading we will read daily in small groups. It is planned that each group of children will read with an adult on two days each week and work on an independent activity on the other two days. We are also listening to a new class book, The Girl Who Stole an Elephant by Nizrana Farook.
- In History we will learn about the life in Anglo-Saxon villages.
- In RE we will continue a unit of work on Judaism.
- In PE children will learn basketball skills each Wednesday. They should come to school in PE kit on Wednesday.
Google Classroom
All parents will have received an email last week with information on Google Classroom. The children will have brought home their log-in details which they have stuck inside their homework diary. The work set on Google Classroom is intended for children who are self isolating and need to work at home.
Homework
We are not currently sending worksheets home. Homework is set weekly on Google Classroom.
Children should also concentrate on the following learning at home if you have time;
- Reading- The children should be reading regularly at home. Parents are asked to sign off their reading record daily to gain dojo points for home reading Children have also been allocated a book on the reading planet website which has associated comprehension questions and quizzes. They have been given log-in details (in their homework diaries).
https://my.risingstars-uk.com/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f
- Times Tables – Children are asked to practise the times table which they have been allocated and will be tested each Wednesday. They can practise using Times Table Rockstars, using the log-in details in their homework diaries or Hit the Button.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
- Mathletics – Work is set on Mathletics and children should continue to use this website regularly.
Welcome to Year 3
I have recorded a short welcome message for the children.
I have also recorded a reading of Fix-it Duck by Jez Alborough which I hope the children will enjoy.
Regards Mrs Fallon