Welcome to Vauxhall Bridge Class.
Class teacher: Mr Shahzar
Teaching assistant: Mrs Hunjan
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It is Parents Evening Week !
The School Cloud system for booking a Parent Evening appointment is now open. Please click the link below to login:
Login to Howard Primary School Cloud for Parent Evenings
Please use the same email address that we have for you on our school system (to which you receive school emails). If you have difficulty logging in, please contact us at year1@howard.croydon.sch.uk
Also, here is a link to a useful guide on how to use School Cloud to book an appointment:
Parent Guide: How to attend appointments over video call
We look forward to meeting with you on School Cloud to discuss your child’s progress.
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Google Classroom
Please log onto Google classroom to complete this week’s Homework. You have 2 Assignments – a Phonic and Spelling one to read and spell key words as well as read Alien words and a Topic Homework related to Ant-Bullying week.
Please also complete the Mathletics challenges.
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Congratulations to our Merit Card winners !
Lambeth Class :
Izabella O – For trying her best to use her phonics while writing. Excellent.
Jack M – For trying really hard with our Maths work – greater than, lesser than, equal to. Keep it up.
Vauxhall Class:
Faith – For being kind to all the children in Year 1. Ms Jeevahan is so proud of you.
Kairo – For showing improvement in reading, writing and maths, Well done & Keep it up! Good luck in your new school.
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Let’s celebrate our Mathletics Champions !
Lambeth Class : Jayson, Izabella O, Dakshakkavin
Vauxhall Class : Freddie, Amelia-Rose, Ethan
Lambeth Class : George, Ayaz, Mirac, Jayson, Tate, Sumaiya, Isabella H, Yaseen, Arbi, Dawood, Rebecca, Izabella O, Maria, Dakshakkavin, Caitlin
Vauxhall Class : Freddie, Faris, Josiah, Ameli-Rose, Isha, Mustafa, Subhishashree, Ethan, Sophia-Marie, Nevaeh
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Well done for completing your Google classroom homework.
Lambeth Class : Tate, Umeira, Aliyah, Maria, Isabella H, Sumaiya, Milena, Ayaz, Dakshakkavin, Leanna, Arbi, Rebecca, Thirukumaren, Jack, Danielle, Tarun, Izabella O, Caitlin, Danielle, Acton, Milena
Vauxhall Class : Faris, Neveah, Prithvi. Sophia-Marie, Subhikshashree,
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Our Learning this week
Please check Google Classroom for additional information.
English : We continue our learning with poems focusing on Autumn poems. We will read, learn and perform poems, identify features, generate Autumn vocabulary and write our own poem.
Maths : We will continue our learning with Place value using ordinal numbers as well as use number lines to find missing numbers and develop a secure understanding of how to use it effectively.
Science : We will be looking at signs of Autumn.
History : We continue our learning researching facts about Barack Obama.
Art : We will continue with pop art and use images of Barack Obama.
PSHE : We will continue our learning about Anti-Bullying, create Anti Bullying posters as well as use the book ‘ Something Else’ to discuss events and feelings of characters.
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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]
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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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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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