week beginning 11th June 2018

June 8, 2018
Wow! This is our final half term. Our children have worked very hard, made good progress and looking forward to achieve good scores during their Phonics screening checks. Year 1 teaching staff would like to say a big thank you for helping and supporting our children. 

Please remember to practise your phonics using the words provided or playing the free games on

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PicnicOnPluto.html

http://more2.starfall.com/n/level-a/learn-to-read/load.htm

P.E.

A gentle reminder P.E sessions are now on…

Lambeth Class : Monday & Wednesday

Vauxhall Class : Wednesday & Friday

Our Mathletics champions for this week are…

Gold Award

Vauxhall Class: Taliyah

Bronze Award

Lambeth Class : Maxwell, Patrick, Kamil, Francis, Tanush x2, Martin, Shaira,  Zofia x2, Dominic, Alvin x2, Zuzanna, Alexandru, Suden x2

Vauxhall Class: Abigail, Dhiyanesh, Yashal

Super Mathlete

Lambeth Class: Maxwell (3320 Points)

Vauxhall Class : Taliyah (3640 Points)

Our topic for this term is called ‘Puppet on A String’ linked to our history curriculum about old and new and is related to old household objects and toys.

Our learning this Half- term…

English
We will continue to learn about the different features of poems – stanza, repetition, rhyming words, onomatopoeic words, rhythm… Children will recite, read poems and identify different features. We will continue to focus in a poem called ‘The Sound Collector’ by Roger Mc Gough.

 

Maths

This week we will be looking at Time-o’clock, half past, days of the week, months of a year, seasons, simple problem solving and reasoning tasks. Please continue to practise doubling and halving .

We will use the story ‘The Doorbell Rang’ by Pat Hutchins for our division problem solving.

Science

Chn will continue to learn about the different plant parts they eat.

ICT

We are learning to create and debug programs. Please support your child to develop their skills by using ‘Lightbot’.

http://lightbot.com/hour-of-code.html

Art

Children will continue to learn about the British nature artist Andy Goldsworthy and create their own nature sculptures.

P.E
Children will continue developing their skills to skip and using a skipping rope with increasing control. This week, the children will learn to play stuck in the mud.

PSHE
Our topic is called ‘Relationships’. Children will be talking about feelings – how to deal with it.

Music
We will continue to sing using our voices creatively and learn about rhythm and tempo.

R.E.
We will be continuing our learning about different religions focusing on basic principles of Hinduism.

Homework
Homework is sent home every Friday and should be promptly returned on Wednesday please. Homework is also set weekly related to the concepts children are learning. Please continue to do your Mathletics. Looking forward to more Gold Award winners this term.

*If your child attends an After school sports club and takes their P.E kit home, kindly return the P.E kit the next day. A lot of the children have been upset and disappointed as they have missed their P.E sessions as a result of not having kits

Week beginning 21st May 2018

May 18, 2018
Last day of our half term is Friday 25th May, 2018. Monday 4th June is our Inset Day. 
Children return to school on Tuesday 5th June, 2018. 

School photograph is on Friday 25th May, 2018

Change in P.E. Session Days…

Lambeth Class : Monday & Wednesday

Vauxhall Class : Wednesday & Friday

Our Mathletics Champions this week are…

Silver Award

Lambeth Class : Rebeka

Vauxhall Class :

Bronze Award

Lambeth Class : Sheznin, Alexandru, Martin, Kamil, Tanush, Francis, Zofia, Monae, Alvin, Zuzanna, Vera, Suden Shaira

Vauxhall Class: Abigail, Dhiyanesh, Liming, Taliyah

Super Mathlete

Lambeth Class: Suden (3670 Points)

Vauxhall Class : Taliyah (2190 Points)

Our topic for this term is called ‘Let It Grow’ linked to our science curriculum about plants.

English
In English, we will be reading the text called ‘Katie’s Picture Show’ by James Mayhew. Children will be editing their character descriptions of Katie against the Year 1 Writing criteria. They will also plan and write their own narrative which is based on the painting – Tiger in the Tropical Storm by Henri Rousseau.


Maths
In Maths, we will be revisiting division using sharing and grouping.

Science
We will continue our learning about different plant and tree parts as well as naming and identifying flowering plants and trees in the local area. Children will be planning and writing a non-chronological report about ‘Spring’-animals, plants and trees, weather and clothes, length of day and any other facts.

Art

Children will be making collages of a tropical jungle for a tiger and use it as a setting for their creative narrative in English.

P.E
Children will continue developing their throwing and catching skills using a ball or a beanbag. They will practise bouncing, dribbling, rolling, under arm throws, over arm throws and catches using correct posture and skills. They will also create their own dance movements.

PSHE
Our topic is called ‘Relationships’. Children will be talking about feelings – how to deal with it.

Music
We will continue to sing using our voices creatively and learn about rhythm and tempo.

R.E.
We will be continuing our learning about different religions focusing on basic principles of Hinduism.

Home work
Homework is sent home every Friday and should be promptly returned on Wednesday please. Homework is also set weekly related to the concepts children are learning.

*If your child attends an After school sports club and takes their P.E kit home, kindly return the P.E kit the next day. A lot of the children have been upset and disappointed as they have missed their P.E sessions as a result of not having kits.