Year Four Blog Week Beginning 15th July 2019
As we are coming to the end of term, Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th will be our last P.E lessons so please remember your P.E kits.
We will be blocking our Science and D&T lessons next week to complete our electricity and toy design projects. If you have any toys which use electrical circuits , for example the board game Operation which you would not mind the children playing with as part of this topic please can you send them in in named boxes on Monday and Tuesday.
In addition, we will be completing our Ancient Egyptian topic. The children very much enjoyed mummifying a tomato this week (photos to follow)
Our dress up as an Ancient Egyptian day will be held on Monday 22nd of July. Please do not worry about buying your child a fancy dress outfit. Every child has made a beautiful Egyptian mask which they can wear with their own clothes if you would prefer.
We will also be having our End of Year Party on this day. Please can your child bring a small contribution to share on this day. This will be shared between the two classes. To ensure we have a selection please can Millennium bring something sweet and Southwark class something savoury. We are a nut free school. As we have some children with food allergies in the classes, please could homemade food be labelled with the ingredients. Thank you.
In Southwark, Merit cards this week went to Chaimae, Armaan and Daisy. Daisy was also our final Reader of the week.
James. Aryan, Keona and Sofia all received merit cards from Millenn
ium class. Well done!
Week beginning 15th July, 2019
Last day of the term is 23rd July 2019.
Congratulations to our Mathletics Champions!
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class : Nicole – 3806 points and Faris- 3806 points
Vauxhall Class : Aalliyah- 4471 Points and – Michelle- 4340 Points.
Silver Award
Lambeth Class : Brooke and Japdeep
Vauxhall Class: Mila and Micah
Bronze Award
Lambeth Class : Nicole, Nathan, Yacoob, Isaiah, Sackena, Zayna, Adoma, Faris, Deyan, Comella, Ryan and Jayden
Vauxhall Class : Oliver, Reluwane, Leon, Shun Ming, Isabella, Elizabeth, Aalliyah, Michelle and Amelia-Rose.
English
Children will use their own story plan to write a familiar story. Then they will edit their work.
Maths
Children will revisit Time.
History
Children will use what they have learnt from the interactive workshop of toys and household objects from the past – e.g. mangle, chamber pot, carpet beater, teddy bears, wooden toys… to make comparisons to modern life.
Science
Children will observe seasonal changes ‘Summer’ and describe weather patterns, plants, animals and understand how day length varies as well as leisure activities.
Geography
Children will name, locate and identify characteristics of the 4 countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas on Maps-Atlas work.
Art
Children will use their understanding of the work of Andy Goldsworthy to make their own nature sculptures. Please send in twigs, shells, leaves, flowers and anything natural.
DT
Children will design and make their own puppet as well as evaluate their work. They will learn to use a range of media and develop skills.
P.E
Children will continue to develop their skipping skills. The will develop an understanding of safe landing while jumping and skipping. They will also master core strength with a range of balances.
PSHE
Children will learn to talk about their feelings. Discussion about relationships and changes.
R.E
Children will develop their understanding about the basic principles of Islam.
Home work:
Please create a poster about what you have enjoyed learning in Year l.
Please hand it in by Wednesday 17th July, 2019
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
Reading : https://www.starfall.com/h/im-reading/
Week beginning 8th July 2019
What are we learning this week?
Maths –
* I can describe, understand and compare the volume of shapes.
* I can estimate the volume of a shape/body.
* I can estimate the capacity of a shape/body.
* I can apply columnar method in addition and subtraction.
English –
We shall be writing and editing our persuasive texts about reducing plastic at Howard Primary School.
Music – After our amazing concert last week, we shall be having our lessons with Mrs Hughes this week.
RE – We shall be talking about journeys.
Art – We shall be continuing to look at landscape art and sketching our own design for painting.
Geography – We shall be looking at what happens when a river floods.
SRE – We shall be learning at what is meant by the words ‘relationship’ and ‘love’
Key dates –
11th July – KS1 sports day – A group of Year 5 are helping out with the organisation and running of the event.
12th July – Trip to Sevenoaks Nature Reserve – please make sure you have paid on Parentpay and handed in your slip to your class teacher.
Week beginning 8th July 2019
What we will be learning:
Maths-We will be continuing to develop our understanding of how to solve problems
English-We will be writing our persuasive letters about recycling as well as starting to study the poem- The Highwayman
Science-We will be continuing to learn about the human body
DT-We will be evaluating our pop-up books and then reading them to the children in Reception
PSHE-We have a visitor in school who will be talking to the children about safe travel when the move to secondary school
PE-We will be developing our understanding of tactics in Kwick cricket as well as ways to score points in tennis
History-We will be learning about the Holocaust and preparing our assembly
Important Information:
Year 6 assembly-Thursday 18th July 9.15am
Year 6 Leavers assembly-Tuesday 23rd July at 2.45pm
Year 6 Leavers Party-Friday 19th July 6-8.30pm
Week beginning 8th July 2019
All the children enjoyed the experience and learnt a lot about life in the past and can now discuss how it is different to modern times,
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class : Japdeep – 4410 points and Faris- 3260 points
Vauxhall Class : Lana- 4760 Points and – Krishan- 6147 Points.
Silver Award
Lambeth Class : Faris
Bronze Award
Lambeth Class : Cameron, Nocole, Jayden, Brooke, Nathan, Ayaan, Yacoob, Magnus, Isaiah, Sackena, Zayna, Adoma, Kye
Vauxhall Class : Micah, Oliver, Reluwane, Neve, Lana, Leon, Yeabsira, Ali, Tyanna, Shun Ming, Isabella, Elizabeth, Junayd, Tristan, Aalliyah, Mae, Anthony, Mila, Oskar, Suvisha, Krishan.
English
Children will read the new text, ‘Lima’s Red Hot Chilli’. They will write a book review and discuss about noun phrases. By Wednesday they will make their own story plan.
Maths
Children will continue to make amounts using different coins. They will also revisit Time.
History
Children will continue to develop their knowledge and understanding about changes within living memory. They will use what they have learnt from the interactive workshop of toys and household objects from the past – e.g. mangle, chamber pot, carpet beater, teddy bears, wooden toys… to make comparisons to modern life.
Science
Children will observe seasonal changes ‘Summer’ and describe weather patterns, plants, animals and understand how day length varies as well as leisure activities.
Geography
Children will name, locate and identify characteristics of the 4 countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas on Maps-Atlas work.
Art
Children will use their understanding of the work of Andy Goldsworthy to make their own nature sculptures. Please send in twigs, shells, leaves, flowers and anything natural.
DT
Children will design and make their own puppet as well as evaluate their work. They will learn to use a range of media and develop skills.
P.E
Children will continue to develop their skipping skills. The will develop an understanding of safe landing while jumping and skipping. They will also master core strength with a range of balances.
PSHE
Children will learn to talk about their feelings. Discussion about relationships and changes.
R.E
Children will develop their understanding about the basic principles of Islam.
Home work:
DT – please support your child to make a puppet.
Please hand it in by Wednesday 10th July, 2019
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
Reading : https://www.starfall.com/h/im-reading/
Week beginning 8th July 2019
[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#3847fa" ]Dear Parents, Carers
As we approach the end of term, there will be transition events for you and your children over the next few days to prepare for their transition to Year 1 in September. Please note that your child's Year 1 class teachers have not been assigned yet. However the children and you will have an opportunity to meet both current Year 1 teachers in due course to find out what to expect in Year 1. You will be contacted in due course about dates for these.
Also, please note that with only two and a half weeks to go until the end of your child’s year in Reception, we will not be issuing any further reading books this week. Instead, reading books and yellow diaries will be collected on group reading days. Please also check if you have any other outstanding reading books at home.
We will continue to check word lists until the end of next week (last day Fri 19th July). If your child has not completed all 24 lists, they will continue with these into Year 1. Thank you for your overwhelming support with practising with your children to achieve their animal word certificates this year. It has been wonderful to see the positive impact it has had on their progress with reading.
Kind Regards,
Miss Pillay [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#72f8a6" ]THIS WEEK’S LEARNING:
SUMMER TERM 2 TOPIC: Summer’s Here
THEME: Under the sea
LITERACY:
Book Focus: A selection of non-fiction books about sea creatures
This week the children will continue learning about the wide range of creatures that can be found under the sea.
Phonics: Whole class phonics sessions and assessments
PSED- Personal, Social, Emotional Development: We will be talking about changes and what to expect when the children are in Year 1. The children will have a tour of the Year 1 classes and an assembly with both current Year 1 teachers this week. [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#f872d5" ]HOMEWORK: Please accept our apologies for not sending out homework on Friday. Homework will be sent out on Monday and due back by Thursday. The final homework for Reception will be sent out on Friday 19th July.
READING BOOKS: Will be collected on group days. No new books will be issued
WORD LISTS: We will continue checking word lists on group days until the end of next week (last day for word lists: Friday 19th July)[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#fdfe68" ]IMPORTANT DATES:
Tuesday, 16th July 2019: Reception Sports Day Starts at 10.30am - 12.00pm.
Thursday, 18th July 2019: Optional parent drop in sessions. Please note that there are no fixed appointments. Your child’s end of year school report should provide a full description of their year with us. However, if you would like to discuss anything further, please attend the drop-in session. [/dropshadowbox]
Week Beginning 8th July 2019
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will work on money. We will ensure that everyone knows the value of coins and notes, learn to convert between pence and pounds, add and subtract money and give change.
- In English we will plan and write the scripts for TV advertisements for our muesli.
- In science we will learn about the heart.
- In topic time we will learn about the importance of sleep. It would be very helpful if everyone completes their sleep survey and brings it in on Tuesday.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]It is very warm in the classrooms at present. Please make sure that all children have water bottles with them.[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#1feef4″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]We had a great visit to St Andrew’s Church on Wednesday and are very grateful to representatives of the Church for welcoming us and showing us around.[/dropshadowbox]
Monday July 1st, 2019
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#b5fafa” border_width=”3″ border_color=”#f87ec5″ ]A great big thank you to all the parents for supporting us to have our Special Visitor – Rennai Jenkins and her amazing History work shop with toys and house hold artefacts from the past![/dropshadowbox]
All the children enjoyed the experience and learnt a lot about life in the past and can now discuss how it is different to modern times,
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f1f235″ border_width=”3″ border_color=”#f7300d” ]A great big thank you to all the parents for supporting Lambeth class on their ‘Dream Big’ project and trip. Vauxhall class will also experience the benefits of our participation with the Literacy Trust.[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#bbf87c” border_width=”3″ border_color=”#8f6bdb” ]Congratulations to our Mathletics Champions![/dropshadowbox]
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class : Brooke 2531 Points and Faris – 2500 Points
Vauxhall Class : Reluwane- 8173 Points and Ali – 4262 Points.
Silver Award
Lambeth Class : Shuajb, Lena
Vauxhall Class : Suvisha, Aalliyah,Michelle, Elizabeth, Isabella, Amelia,
Bronze Award
Lambeth Class : Brooke, Nicole, Ayaan, Faris, Deyan, Sackena, Jayden
Vauxhall Class : Micah, Oliver, Reluwane, Elias, Neve, Areeba, Lana, Leon, Yeabsira, Ali, Martyna, Tyanna, Kostek, Tyler, Sayyid, Shun Ming
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#4ef4f0″ border_width=”3″ border_color=”#f71357″ ]Our learning context is ‘ Puppet On A String’. It is linked to history and children will begin to understand changes within living memory as well as develop their knowledge and understanding of old toys and household objects. Children will handle different artefacts and make comparisons between old and modern toys / objects.[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fbf952″ border_width=”3″ border_color=”#5620f4″ ]Our learning this week…[/dropshadowbox]
English
Children will continue their learning about poems and this week focus on ‘The Magic Box’ by Kit Wright. Children will edit and publish their own poems.
They will also be introduced to a new focus text, ‘Lima’s Red Hot Chilli’.
Maths
Children will continue to make amounts using different coins. They will also revisit Time.
History
Children will continue to develop their knowledge and understanding about changes within living memory. They will use what they have learnt from the interactive workshop of toys and household objects from the past – e.g. mangle, chamber pot, carpet beater, teddy bears, wooden toys… to make comparisons to modern life.
Science
Children will observe seasonal changes ‘Summer’ and describe weather patterns, plants, animals and understand how day length varies as well as leisure activities.
Geography
Children will name, locate and identify characteristics of the 4 countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas on Maps-Atlas work.
Art
Children will use their understanding of the work of Andy Goldsworthy to make their own nature sculptures. Please send in twigs, shells, leaves, flowers and anything natural.
DT
Children will design and make their own puppet as well as evaluate their work. They will learn to use a range of media and develop skills.
P.E
Children will continue to develop their skipping skills. The will develop an understanding of safe landing while jumping and skipping. They will also master core strength with a range of balances.
PSHE
Children will learn to talk about their feelings. Discussion about relationships and changes.
R.E
Children will develop their understanding about the basic principles of Islam.
Home work:
SPaG – please support your child by reading out the questions.
Please hand it in by Wednesday 3rd July, 2019
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
Reading : https://www.starfall.com/h/im-reading/
Week beginning 1st July 2019
[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#e5f320" ]Dear Parents, Carers
Thank you very much to the parents and carers who were able to help on our trip last week. The children had a wonderful time!
Please note that our Reception Sports Day will be on Tuesday 16th July from 10.30am to 12pm at school
We look forward to seeing you there.
Kind Regards Reception Team [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#7ad1fb" ]THIS WEEK’S LEARNING:
SUMMER TERM 2 TOPIC: Summer’s Here
THEME: Under the sea
LITERACY:
Book Focus: The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
The children will read and discuss the key events of this delightful story about an amazingly beautiful fish that learns an important lesson about sharing.
Group Phonics: This term we are focusing on reading words and sentences containing all the phonemes the children have learnt throughout the year and we will be teaching strategies for instant blending of words and strategies for reading longer multisyllabic words.
PSED- Personal, Social, Emotional Development This week will focus on developing the children’s confidence and sense of independence as we prepare for their transition into Year 1 later this term
UW – Knowledge and understanding the World This week we will be learning about life under the sea and how the sea can be useful to us. [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#47f9b2" ]HOMEWORK:
My trip to the farm
Draw a picture about your trip to the farm
• Which was your favourite part of the trip?
• Can you write a few sentences about your trip?
READING BOOKS and WORD LISTS: Will be checked on group days [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#f9476d" ]IMPORTANT DATES:
Tuesday, 16th July 2019: Reception Sports Day at school from 10.30 am to 12pm
Thursday, 18th July 2019 : Optional parent drop-in session from 3.40pm - 5.40pm if you would like to discuss your child's end of year report which you can expect to receive during the week beginning 15th July 2019.
Tuesday, 23rd July 2019: Last day of school for children [/dropshadowbox]
Week beginning 1st July 2019
What are we learning this week?
Maths –
* I can convert between different units of measurements (kilo): kg <-> g; km <-> m.
* I can convert between different units of measurements (milli): mg <-> g; ml <-> l.
* I can convert between different metric and imperial units of measurement.
* I can convert between different units of time.
English –
We shall be: identifying and evaluating key features of a persuasive text, editing and uplevelling an existing text, and, finally, we shall be researching, planning and beginning to write our own persuasive text.
Music – It is our Soundstart concert this week. Please come and see us perform on Wednesday afternoon – a flier was emailed out with further details by Mrs Hughes.
Art – We shall be continuing to look at landscape art and sketching our own design for painting.
Geography – We shall be looking at what rivers are used for.
History – We shall be looking at the key differences between Surrey Street market through history.
Key dates –
12th July – Trip to Sevenoaks Nature Reserve – please make sure you have paid on Parentpay and handed in your slip to your class teacher.