One of the most important skills that your child needs to master is learning to read.
Reading to and with your child every day for just 10 minutes will have an enormous impact on their learning.
Our school uses Little Wandle Letters and Sounds phonics programme to teach early reading.
Click on the links below to access some useful guides
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Dear Challenger,
It was great to see so many of you at Parents’ Meetings this week, and it’s great to hear that all of you are keen to do extra learning at home to help improve your progress. Please see some great websites below that will provide you with materials across the key subjects: English Grammar, Spelling, Maths and Reading.
- Oak Academy This website is great for all subjects. Be sure to click on the necessary subject links to access the materials.
- BBC Bitesize : BBC is another great resource to learn in all of the key subjects.
- Khan Academy on YouTube: Khan Academy is a great YouTube channel to help teach you the different concepts that we learn in maths. You will just need to type the area of maths into YouTube alongside Khan Academy, and find the video e.g. rounding Khan Academy.
Lastly, I am pleased to share that Invicta Academy are offering FREE online classes over the October Half Term. Please click on the link below to book your place if you wish to attend (remember, we are Upper Key Stage 2).
Be sure to get a good balance between some hours of study and downtime a day.
I look forward to seeing you on Monday 31st October. Please remember to bring in your homework!
Happy holidays,
Miss Maitland
Please do come along!
Year 6 are well underway with our learning about World War 2. Be sure to use the knowledge organiser below to help revise the key facts, and to support you with your weekly Learning Across the Curriculum homework.
In Year 2 we have been expanding our vocabulary using adjectives. We read a book and described famous landmarks. Look at our mind maps!
This term in year 1 we will be learning about Ourselves focusing on history, D&T and computing. The children will be coming home talking about their class experiences linking to our learning.
For Maths we will focus on Place Value and Number Bonds. We are going to learn about comparing numbers so please watch the video below with your child.
Science we are learning about Animals Including Humans. We will focus on learning and labelling body parts including our senses. As scientist we will make sure to look at fair testing.
PSHE is Being in my world which links closely to our topic led learning experiences. In RE we cover a variety of different faiths and cultures.
PE is Multi-Skills on a Thursday so the children can come into school with their PE uniform underneath their jumper.
Reading and Phonics – Make sure to read with your child everyday and sign their reading records. Encourage your child to segment (break up) words into their sound parts and blend them (push them back together) to read the whole word. Make it fun – Enjoy reading together. Give characters funny voices and engage with the pictures. Make a game out of finding words that rhyme or start with the same sound. Year-1-reading-with-your-child-parent-advice
Meet the Teacher PowerPoint is available below.
meet the teacher presentation sept 2022
Thank You
Year 1 Team
Dear Parents / Carers,
The children are settling in well and are getting used to our daily routines.
We had our first Little Wandle Phonics session today! Please practise the weekly sounds and have a look at the attached pronunciation guide. In addition to this, please remember to read with your child every day and use the reading diaries to write any comments.
In maths, we are focusing on numbers 1-10 and are singing counting rhymes like ‘Five Currant Buns’
Please see the attached Meet the Teacher PowerPoint from the other week and if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to speak to us!
From Ms Begum and Mr Crick
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Good Afternoon All,
Just a quick message to say welcome to Columbia and Orion.
Staff Members:
Columbia – Mrs. Campbell-Whitfield and Mrs. Onwumelu
Orion: Ms. Cole, Ms. Sitch and Mrs. Baker
Orion meet the teacher presentation sept 2022 adapted
Columbia meet the teacher presentation sept 2022
Kind regards,
Mrs Campbell-Whitfield
It’s been a great start to year 4 as we’ve been getting to know the children.
We have some exciting lessons planned this year – The Romans, Shang Dynasty, The United Kingdom, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, Saving Planet Earth and Amazonia! Children will explore different aspects of history going across the globe.
To go with these are some exciting books – Queen of Darkness and Viking Boy by Tony Bradman, What a Waste by Jess French, Cloud Busting by Malorie Blackman, The Tin Forest by Helen Ward, The Promise by Nicola Davies just to name a few.
A few reminders for the Autumn term:
- Swimming: Mondays (Pioneer class will aim to return to school for 3:30pm. Hubble class will be back in school for the usual pick up time of 3:15pm)
- Homework out: Fridays
- Homework back in: Tuesdays
- Reading books changed on Tuesdays and Thursdays
- Spelling test: Wednesdays
- Times Tables test: Fridays
- PE: Wednesdays
Our Learning Across the Curriculum (LAtC) topic for Autumn 1 is Through the Ages: The Romans. Have a look at our knowledge organiser below with some information related to the areas of learning in history.
Knowledge Organiser The Romans
We look forward to an exciting year ahead!
Best wishes from the Year 4 team (Ms Adenaike, Miss Garcia, Mrs Perry and Ms McEntee)
