Week Beginning 1st July
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will begin a new unit of work on money.
- In English we will be creating an advertising campaign for our muesli. We will start by making posters.
- In science we will continue our work on skeletons.
- In RE we will prepare for our visit to St Andrew’s Church.
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Week Beginning 1st July 2019
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will consolidating our year 3 learning about time. Focusing on telling the time to the nearest minute and converting units of time.
- In English we will be continuing our class text-The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.
- In science we will learn about electrical circuits and naming the components.
- In topic time we will learn about mummification.
- In R.E we will be continuing Judaism.
A huge congratulations to Junaid who made it through to the sprint final at Croydon Arena last week as well as Bianca who made it to the semis.
Week Beginning 24th June,2019
[dropshadowbox align=”center” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#e1fcf6″ border_width=”3″ border_color=”#f153c4″ ]We have an exciting week ahead…. Tuesday 25th June – A engaging, interactive and fun Toy & Household Objects Workshop by Ms Jenkins who brings the history topic alive…. Thursday 27th June – LAMBETH class trip to Reed Publishing for the ‘DREAM BIG’ Project.[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”center” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#e9cbe7″ border_width=”3″ border_color=”#9272e1″ ]Thank you for attending our school Summer Fair and making it a great success. Your help and support is much appreciated.[/dropshadowbox]
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class : Nicole – 2968 Points and Comella – 2749 Points
Vauxhall Class : Suvisha- 5786 Points and Anthony – 4120 Points.
Silver Award
Lambeth Class : Magnus, Charlotte, Adoma
Vauxhall Class :Elias, Reluwane
Bronze Award
Lambeth Class : Japdeep, Zayna, Sackena, Isaiah, Deyan, Marwa, Nicole, Yaacoob, Comella, Lena, Faris
Vauxhall Class : Anthony, Suvisha, Michelle, Yeabsira, Aisha, Sayyid, Tristan, Isabella, Shun Ming, Mae, Elizabeth, Neve
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English
Children will continue their learning about poems and this week focus on ‘The Magic Box’ by Kit Wright. Children will plan, write and edit their own poems.
Maths
Children will continue their learning about money and revisit their learning about time.
Children will handle coins and recognise their value, make the same amount in different ways. ( For e.g. 10 p = 5 p + 5p / 2p +2p +2p + 2p +2p / 1p x 10p / 5p + 2p +2p +2p +1p ). Children will also learn to make totals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfL4qF1_AkY
History
Children will develop their knowledge and understanding about changes within living memory. They will have an interactive workshop of toys and household objects from the past – e.g. mangle, chamber pot, carpet beater, teddy bears, wooden toys…
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.
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:
Poster about Islam
Please hand it in by Wednesday 26th June, 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 24th June 2019
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will revise our learning on multiplication and division. We will multiply and divide two digit numbers by one digit numbers and use our skills to solve problems.
- In English we will begin a unit on persuasive writing. We will learn about the features of advertisements.
- In science we will learn about the human skeleton.
- In topic time we will learn how germs spread.
- In RE we will learn about our local church.
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Week beginning 24th June 2019
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The children are very excited about our trip on Tuesday. I hope you have all received the letter containing important information about how to prepare so your child is fully equipped for the trip. Please also see below for information.
If you have any questions or concerns please come in and talk to us on Monday.
Please let us know if any of your children suffer from motion sickness when travelling in a vehicle.
Kind Regards
Reception Team [/dropshadowbox]
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Please be in school by 8.50am as the coach will leave shortly thereafter. You may pick up your child from school at 3.30pm as usual.
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SUMMER TERM 2 TOPIC: Summer’s Here
Theme: The Farm
LITERACY:
Book Focus: The Little Red Hen
Phonics: This term we will focus 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.
UW : The children have been learning about the continents of the world
MATHS: To understand and apply the language of time and position [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”20″ border_color=”#ea20dc” ]HOMEWORK:
Farm animals
• Draw pictures of 4 animals that you can find on a farm
• Label each picture
• Write a sentence about these animals and how they are useful to humans
READING BOOKS and WORD LISTS: Will be checked on group days [/dropshadowbox]
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Week beginning 23rd June 2019
Maths
We are continuing to recap all strands of the maths curriculum. We will be looking at shape this week.
Geography / science
We will be consolidating our understanding of habitats around the world using maps with different animals on them. For example, your children should now know that a polar bear cannot live in a desert habitat and why. We will also be consolidating locating and naming the seven continents and five oceans of the world (this time without an atlas)!
Science
We will also be looking at how humans can keep healthy e.g diet, hygiene and exercise.
Important information
Key Stage 1 Sports Day
Thursday 11th July at the Old Whitgiftian’s Sports Club. Please return the yellow slips if you have not done so already.
Picnic
You should have received a letter on Friday about a picnic on Monday 22nd July.
Year Four Weekly News Week Beginning 24th June 2019
What we will be learning
English-We will be summarising capters of Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Maths-We will be learning how to reflect images in horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines.
PE-We will be continuing Volleyball and yoga.
DT-We will be designing and making Egyptian inspired masks.
Important Information
Croydon Athletics-24th, 25th, 26th June
Congratulations and good luck to all those who have been selected to represent the school.
Damara is Southwark class reader of the week. Solly, Chaimae, Lillian, Bianca, Sofia and George all received merit cards from Southwark clsss. Nisa, Kerem, Harry, Sh’zane, Pyman and Maja all received merit cards from Millennium class. Well done and very successful week.
Week beginning 24th June
What we will be learning
English-We will be learning how to write persuasively
PE-We will be taking part in Kwick cricket and Tennis
Science-We will be revising and evaluating our learning in Science
Maths-We will be learning how to solve puzzles
DT-We will be designing and making pop up books
Important Information
Croydon Athletics-24th, 25th, 26th June
Congratulations and good luck to all those who have been selected to represent the school.
Year 6 trip to The Globe theatre-4th July. Please bring a packed lunch and a rain coat.
Please look out for an email regarding the trip to Frylands Scout trip
Week beginning 17th June
We will be writing our own police reports before moving onto our new key text: The Fisherman and His Wife. Thank you for reading this with your children over the half term; it will really benefit our learning.
Maths
We will be recapping money (finding different combinations to make the same amount and problem solving), recapping time and problem solving with fractions.
Art
We are hoping to link our work on hot and cold colours to geography and will be looking at hot and cold countries in relation to the equator.
Geography / science
We will be consolidating our understanding of habitats around the world using maps with different animals on them. For example, your children should now know that a polar bear cannot live in a desert habitat and why.
Science
We will be exploring the Arctic habitat. We will also be looking at how humans can keep healthy e.g diet, hygiene and exercise.
PE
We are going to be making the most of the good weather this term. We will be doing ball skills with tennis/ basketball and skipping.
Important information
There will be a special visitor in Year 2 on Friday. Please check the blog again next week for more information!
Key Stage 1 Sports Day
Thursday 11th July at the Old Whitgiftian’s Sports Club
Week beginning 17th June 2019
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”20″ border_color=”#7dfc84″ ]THIS WEEK’S LEARNING:
SUMMER TERM 2 TOPIC: Summer’s Here
Theme: The Farm
LITERACY:
Book Focus: Farmer Duck by Martin Wadell
The children will enjoy this delightfully engaging and slightly quirky tale about a very hardworking duck and an incredibly lazy Farmer. It will contribute well to our discussions this week about working well as a team and how we can help each other to build a stronger class team. Also it will serve as a wonderful introduction to our learning about farm life ahead of our trip to Godstone Farm next week.
Group Phonics: This term we will focus 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.
UW – Knowledge and Understanding of the World During the next two weeks we will explore the different animals that live on farms. The children will learn to identify similarities and difference between adult and young farm animals and between farm animals and pets or wild animals.
MATHS: This week we focus on patterns and shapes. Naming and talking about properties of shapes and making and explaining patterns of different types.
PE: Athletics – taking on roles of being athletes, spectators, coaches and starters in different athletics events [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”20″ border_color=”#599ade” ]HOMEWORK:
When I grow up
- What would you like to be when you grow up?
- Draw a picture and write a few sentences about it.
READING BOOKS and WORD LISTS: Will be checked on group days [/dropshadowbox]
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Click on link below to see dates
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