Welcome to Westminster Bridge Class.

Class teacher: Mrs Ramakrishnan

Teaching assistant: Miss Dale

Week Beginning 5th September 2022

September 4, 2022

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Our learning this week…

English

At Howard Primary School we have adopted Read Write Inc Phonics.

RWI is a method of learning centred round letter sounds and phonics, and we use it to aid children in their reading and writing. Read Write Inc., developed by Ruth Miskin, provides a structured and systematic approach to teaching literacy. It is used by more than a quarter of the UK’s primary schools and is designed to create fluent readers, confident speakers and willing writers.

Using RWI, the children learn to read effortlessly so that they can put all their energy into comprehending what they read. It also allows them to spell effortlessly so that they can put all their energy into composing what they write.

When using RWI to read the children will:

Learn 44 sounds and the corresponding letter/letter groups using simple picture prompts
Learn to read words using Fred Talk
Read lively stories featuring words they have learnt to sound out
Show that they comprehend the stories by answering questions.

Five key principles underpin the teaching in all Read Write Inc. sessions:

Purpose – know the purpose of every activity and share it with the children, so they know the one thing they should be thinking about

Participation – ensure every child participates throughout the lesson. Partnership work is fundamental to learning

Praise – ensure children are praised for effort and learning, not ability

Pace – teach at an effective pace and devote every moment to teaching and learning

Passion – be passionate about teaching so children can be engaged emotionally.

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/read-write-inc-phonics-guide/

Hold a sentence is an activity that encourages children to remember a whole sentence while focusing on spelling and punctuation.

Build a sentence is to give children the opportunity to create their own sentence to that shows the meaning of a word and edit a sentence allows the children to critique a sentence using their knowledge of spelling punctuation and grammar. Children complete a longer piece of independent writing, which gives them the opportunity to show off their creativity and to practice their spelling, grammar and punctuation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXOJUPNVnLc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjHqJQ8sxs4

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English

The text we are working on is currently a secret and slowly we will reveal the title and the book to the children.

Responding to illustrations
Book talk, freeze frames and thought tracking
Writing instructions to explain to people how to look after pebbles.

Responding to illustrations

The children will draw their own interpretation of this sentence ‘Noi lived with dad and six cats by the sea.’
We will then reveal the illustrator’s interpretation of the sentence ‘Noi lived with dad and six cats by the sea’. We will then compare the children’s picture to the real illustration – comparing and discussing similarities and differences.

Book talk, freeze frames and thought tracking

Children will be shown another illustration from the book and then they will work in small groups to recreate the moment in a freeze frame. We will be focusing children’s expression.

Thought tracking is a natural follow-up to still images and freeze frames. Once children have made an image, we would like them to peak the thoughts or feelings of their character aloud. The children will be thinking about what Noi and his father are thinking.

Writing instructions to explain to people how to look after pebbles

Thw children will look after pebbles and then they will write instructions on how to look after pebbles.

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Maths – Number & Place Value

– Count objects to 100
– Representing numbers
– Tens & Ones

The part whole model is a way of representing the relationship between a ‘whole’ and its component parts.

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Science

We will learn about materials and their uses. We will sort materials according to their properties. Children will sort materials in a variety of ways. They can sort materials according to their properties. Such properties may include if its magnetic; if it is soft; if it is transparent…

Children will use their knowledge of the properties of materials to help them.

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History

Our topic for this term is ‘The Great Fire of London.’

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PE

Please remember to send your child to school in their PE kit on their PE days.

Westminster – Monday & Thursday
Hungerford – Monday & Thursday

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Music

We will explore sounds and singing expresssively.

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RHE – Relationship and Health Education

Jigsaw has two aims for all children:

To build their capacity for learning
To equip them for life

Jigsaw brings together PSHE Education, emotional literacy, mindfulness, social skills and spiritual development. The topic this term is ‘Being Me.’ The children will eventually

- Understand the rights and responsibilities of a member of a class.
- Understand that their views are important.
- Understand that their choices have consequences
- Understand their own rights and responsibilities with their classroom

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Reading

When reading with your child at home ask them questions related to their book.

Questions to ask before you read

Can you look at the pictures and predict what you think will happen in this book?
What makes you think that?
What characters do you think might be in our story?
Do you think there will be a problem in this story? Why or why not?
Does the topic/story relate to you or your family? How?

Questions to ask during the reading

What do you think will happen next?
What can you tell me about the story so far?
Can you predict how the story will end?
Why do you think the character did _______?
What would you have done if you were the character?
How would you have felt if you were the character? (use different characters)
As I read____________, it made me picture________ in my head. What pictures do you see in your head?
As you read, what are you wondering about?
Can you put what you’ve just read in your own words?

Questions to ask after reading