Welcome to Vauxhall Bridge Class.
Class teacher: Mr Shahzar
Teaching assistant: Mrs Hunjan
Thank you very much for all the parents who supported us with the ‘Local Walk’.
Dates for the Diary… Tuesday the 12th November workshop cancelled.
Apologies for the error about Year 1 Christmas Play. It is on Wednesday 11th December.
Our Mathletics Champions this week are…
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class – Tome (3528 Points)
Vauxhall Class – Aayush ( 5472 Points)
Gold Award :
Lambeth Class – Brady
Silver Award
Lambeth Class – Hasan, Jennifer
Vauxhall Class – Hamza, Aayush
Bronze Award
Lambeth Class – Aliyah, Shauna, Kevin, Bonnie, Tome, Luke, Stanley, Carter, Annalise, Emily, Harvey, Mathilde, Teodora, Levi
Vauxhall Class – Ishmael, Logan, Yigit Emre, Kelcia, Tymon
Our Learning this week…
English
We continue our learning about poetry. Children will identify the different features of a poem – verses/ stanzas, rhymes, repititive words / phrases, onomatopoeic words, alliteration. They will read a range of poems about Autumn, identify key vocabulary, generate their own word bank, write and edit their own firework poems.
Check out this firework poem
Maths
Children will continue their learning about subtraction. They will use the key vocabulary – subtract, take away, minus, fewer, less and understand how to subtract using different resources – ten frame, part/part whole, number lines etc… They will begin to reason and explain their thinking as well as solve simple problems. Please practise subtraction using number rhymes.
Then we will learn about 2D and 3D shapes.The
Science
Children will begin to learn about the different types of materials – metal,plastic, fabric, glass, wood, paper etc…They will sort materials into groups on the basis of their properties and begin to distinguish between an object and material from which it is made.
Children will also continue their learning about seasons focusing on Autumn.
We will also investigate – Are taller people older?
Art
Children will develop their skills using different media to create firework pictures.
P.E
Children will continue developing different ways of travelling as well as develop their core strength and balance.
ICT
During ICT sessions, we will be learning to use technology purposefully to create, organise store and retrieve digital content-log on, type name and surname, change font, size, colour and type a sentence using capital letter, space and full stop. Children will watch Hector’s world.
History
We will be celebrating ‘Black History Month’. Our class will be talking about ‘Barack Obama’. Who is he? Why he is special? What did he do? Where did he live?
Phonics
Please continue to practice sound recognition with your child. Encourage them to apply their phonic knowledge every time you read or write with them.
Handwriting
We will be learning to form the numbers correctly and begin to learn the cursive script starting with the letters c, a, o, d.
Homework
Please support your child to make a poster about 2D shapes.
Please hand it in by Wednesday 13th November 2019
Please continue …
*Mathletics-your child’s user name and the password are attached in your child’s yellow Reading Record book.
*Reading daily to develop fluency and comprehension skills.
*Play phonics games on Phonics Play / Starfall Phonics
Dear Parents,
Autumn 1 half term has been a pleasure getting to know your children and to see how they have settled so quickly into Year 1 class routines.
Welcome to Autumn 2 half term. Hope you had rest and ready for a busy and exxciting half term ahead. Our new Topic is ‘Sort It Out’.
Dates for the Diary:
- Wednesday 6th November Local area walk- 9.15 to 10.30 am
- SPaG & Handwriting Workshop – Tuesday 12th November at 9:00 am in the Dining Hall.
- Friday 22nd November- Autumn Art Parent’s Drop-In, both classes 2.30 to 3.15 pm.
- Tuesday 26th November- Maths workshop for parents-9.00am in the Dining Hall.
- Tuesday 11th December KSI Christmas Play.
Congratulations to our Mathletics Champions this week !
Super Mathlete
Vauxhall Class: Aayush- 10,156 points
Lambeth Class: Hasan-3893 points
Silver Award:
Vauxhall Class: Ishmael
Lambeth Class:
Bronze Award:
Lambeth Class: Shauna, Brady, Olivier, Mathilde, Emily, Aliyah, Luke, Stanley, Mikael, Hasan, Mia, Sakhile, Anaya, Carter, Bonnie
Vauxhall Class: Aayush, Mah’ree, Hamza, Agyeiwaa, Kelsey, Naomi, Freddie, Alesha, Fabeha, Yigit Emre, Logan
Our learning this week…
English
We will begin our new half term with recount writing-discussion about our half-term holiday, make a plan and then write and edit our recount writing. We will recap ‘Our Year I-Jumbo Targets’- capital letters, one finger space between words, a full stop at the end of a sentence, keywords spelt correctly. By the end of this week, we will be introducing ‘Poetry’- reading and performing ‘Autumn’ and ‘Fireworks’ poems.
Maths
We will be continuing our learning about subtraction. Children will use ten frames, part-part-whole, counters, cubes, numicons to develop their understanding of key concepts. Then we will be looking at 2D shapes.
Science
Children will be observing, discussing and then learn to describe changes across the four seasons.
RE
Hinduism – Children will be talking about ‘Diwali’ story and celebration- the festival of light. Children will be dressing-in traditional clothes, drawing ‘Rangoli’ patterns, making divas with grains.
Art
We will be learning to draw Rangoli patterns using lines and shapes, making Diwali cards and divas.
PE
This term we will be discussing Real PE-‘Bike Ride’. Children recap showcase different ways of travelling and develop core body strength by balancing.
ICT
During ICT sessions, we will be learning to use technology purposefully to create, organise store and retrieve digital content-log on, type name and surname, change font, size, colour and type a sentence using capital letter, space and full stop. Children will watch Hector’s world episode 2.
History: We will be celebrating ‘Black History Month’. Our class will be talking about ‘Barack Obama’. Who is he? Why he is special? What did he do? Where did he live?
Phonics
Please continue to practice sound recognition with your child. Encourage them to apply their phonic knowledge every time you read or write with them.
Handwriting
We will be learning to form the numbers correctly and begin to learn the cursive script starting with the letters a, o, d.
Home work:
Please support your child to make a poster about ‘Barack Obama’.
Please hand it in by Wednesday 30th October 2019
Please continue …
*Mathletics-your child’s user name and the password are attached in your child’s yellow Reading Record book.
*Reading daily to develop fluency and comprehension skills.
*Play phonics games on Phonics Play / Starfall Phonics
Tra
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#adf8d8″ border_width=”3″ border_color=”#754646″ ]We had a lovely start to Autumn Term 2 and all the children have settled into our class routines with ease as well as started their new learning journey with our topic ‘ Sort It Out’.[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#d4f224″ border_width=”3″ border_color=”#3c21eb” ]Dates for the Diary… Wednesday 6th November – Local area walk at 9:10 am. Please speak to the class teacher if you are able to come with us. We will be back in school by 10:30 am. This walk is linked to our Geography curriculum about learning where we live and finding out about what amenities are available in our locality.[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f78acd” border_width=”3″ border_color=”#050408″ ]Dates for the Diary… Apologies for the error about Year 1 Christmas Play. It is on Wednesday 11th December.[/dropshadowbox]
Our Mathletics Champions this week are…
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class – Shauna (3460 Points), Yusuf ( 2320 Points)
Vauxhall Class – Aayush ( 5715 Points), Ishmael (3760 Points)
Gold Award :
Lambeth Class – Aliyah
Silver Award
Lambeth Class – Shauna, Olivier, Sakhile, Luke, Stanley, Emily
Vauxhall Class – Fabeha, Yigit Emre
Bronze Award
Lambeth Class – Yusuf, Michael, Barin, Aliyah, Shauna, Hasan, Anaya, Jennifer, Mustafa, Sakhile, Kevin, Bonnie, Tome, Brady, Olivier
Vauxhall Class – Aayush x2, Ishmael x 2, Logan x2, Yigit Emre, Alesha, Agyeiwaa, Hamza x 2, Kelcia, Mah’ree
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”perspective-left” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#a2e4ed” border_width=”3″ border_color=”#f7372d” ]Our Learning this week…[/dropshadowbox]
English
We continue our learning about poetry. Children will identify the different features of a poem – verses/ stanzas, rhymes, repititive words / phrases, onomatopoeic words, alliteration. They will read a range of poems about fireworks, identify key vocabulary, generate their own word bank, write and edit their own firework poems.
Check out this firework poem
Maths
Children will continue their learning about subtraction. They will use the key vocabulary – subtract, take away, minus, fewer, less and understand how to subtract using different resources – ten frame, part/part whole, number lines etc… They will begin to reason and explain their thinking as well as solve simple problems. Please practise subtraction using number rhymes.
Science
Children will begin to learn about the different types of materials – metal,plastic, fabric, glass, wood, paper etc…They will sort materials into groups on the basis of their properties and begin to distinguish between an object and material from which it is made.
Children will also continue their learning about seasons focusing on Autumn.
We will also investigate – Are taller people older?
Art
Children will develop their skills using different media to create firework pictures.
P.E
Children will continue developing different ways of travelling as well as develop their core strength and balance.
ICT
During ICT sessions, we will be learning to use technology purposefully to create, organise store and retrieve digital content-log on, type name and surname, change font, size, colour and type a sentence using capital letter, space and full stop. Children will watch Hector’s world.
History
We will be celebrating ‘Black History Month’. Our class will be talking about ‘Barack Obama’. Who is he? Why he is special? What did he do? Where did he live?
Phonics
Please continue to practice sound recognition with your child. Encourage them to apply their phonic knowledge every time you read or write with them.
Handwriting
We will be learning to form the numbers correctly and begin to learn the cursive script starting with the letters c, a, o, d.
Homework
Please support your child to do the investigation – Are taller people older?
Please hand it in by Wednesday 6th November 2019
Please continue …
*Mathletics-your child’s user name and the password are attached in your child’s yellow Reading Record book.
*Reading daily to develop fluency and comprehension skills.
*Play phonics games on Phonics Play / Starfall Phonics