Week Beginning Monday 21st January, 2019

Children have settled back into the class / school routines and are enjoying our new context. This week they will begin to learn about the Moon and space.

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Congratulations to our Mathletics Champions.
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class : Ryan – 2600 Points / Deyan – 2400 Points
Vauxhall Class : Oskar – 1890 Points/ Naa Ayorkar – 1100 Points

Silver Award :
Lambeth Class : Ayaan

Vauxhall Class : Oskar

Bronze Award :
Lambeth Class : Ryan,Deyan,Charlotte,Isaiah,Magnus, Nicole,Yaacoob, Comella,Ben,Sharaya
Vauxhall Class : Shun Ming, Isabella,NaaAyonkar

Our learning …

This term our new context is called…

‘Now you see me, now you don’t’ and it is about Space especially focusing on the ‘Moon’.

This is related to exploring space in Science as well as learning about significant people who has made a contribution to world history – our focus is on Neil Armstrong. We will also be learning about classification of animals in science – mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, amphibians etc..

Please check your child’s homework book for the overview of this term’s curriculum.

English

Our focus text is ‘Man on the Moon’ by Simon Bartram. Your child will continue developing their skills of prediction and questioning. They will begin to identify and differentiate between fiction and non-fiction texts and understand the different features of texts. Fiction – stories, pictures, characters, events, sequencing events (beginning, middle and end). Non-fiction – true, facts, contents, photographs etc…

Maths

We will be learning to tell the time – o’clock and half past and make comparisons. Children will also begin to understand the different units of time – seconds, minutes, hour, day, night, week, month, year, seasons etc…

Please use the link below to support your child’s learning.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/time/teaching-clock

We will also be continue our learning to count in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s from different numbers.

Science

We will continue our learning about seasonal changes focusing on Winter.

https://www.bbc.com/teach/class-clips-video/science-ks1-ks2-winter-weather-behaviour-british-animals-plants/zbcg92p

Children will be looking at different types of animals and birds and sort them to different categories in their learning about classification – mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish etc…

PSHE

Children will begin to develop their  understanding  about going for goals and how to achieve them by breaking them into little steps,

ICT

Children will learn about e-safety and how to get help when necessary. They will continue developing their skills to use a keyboard – write their name, change font and size and colour, use back space, enter and space bar keys with confidence. Please support your child at home to do the same.

P.E.

Children will be learning about control and how to develop ball skills – chest pass, over arm throw, under arm throw etc…

This week Home work:- Space poster, phonics and spelling.

Please continue …
*Mathletics
*Reading daily to develop fluency and comprehension skills.
Please return home work by Wednesday 23rd  January, 2019.