Benbow Street, Deptford, London SE8 3HD Invicta Road, Blackheath, London SE3 7HE

Telephone - SE8: 020 8692 9157 Telephone - SE3: 020 8858 3831
Email address: admin@invictaprimary.co.uk Email address: admin@invictaprimary.co.uk

 
 
September 2018 
 
Dear parents and carers, 
 
Happy new school year! Welcome back to school and to our Autumn newsletter, which as 
always is designed to let you know about the topics for this term and to inform you about 
homework, PE and swimming. 
 
We are happy to welcome Miss Deighton to Invicta Deptford, Miss Deighton is the Year 2 
leader for Deptford and Blackheath and is going to be teaching Cutty Sark class with Mrs 
Wilson. Mrs Wilson will be teaching Cutty Sark class Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and 
Miss Deighton will be teaching Thursday and Friday. Miss Layfield will be teaching Deman 
class full time.  
 
Our Challenge Question for Autumn term: 
 

‘​ How can we share a historic moment in time?’ 

 
Each class will contribute to their own art exhibition! 
 
▪ As Artists we will be looking at the artist Lowry and his Victory Day painting. 
▪ As Historians we will be learning about World War 2 and Winston Churchill and thinking about 
the Victory Day celebrations.  
▪ As Scientists we will be learning about everyday materials and considering what would be the 
best materials are for making an air raid shelter.   
▪ As Geographers we will be learning about the impact of ww2 on our local area. 
▪ As Users of technology we will be researching, designing and collecting data.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Homework  
  
As a Google school, we will continue setting our homework through Google Classroom. If 
you are having any problems please visit the letters page of our website where answers 
to Frequently Asked Questions are posted.  
 
Each Friday the children will receive spelling and maths homework which will need to be handed in by 
the following Tuesday. They may also receive a termly project linked to our topic work. We have 
provided children with a plastic wallet to help prevent reading books being damaged or lost. It must 
come to school e ​ veryday.  
Reading- ​Please ensure your child is reading at home as often as possible. ​Please write a comment 
in their yellow reading record book to let us know how your child is getting on with reading at 
home. ​It is really important that your child brings their book bag and reading record book to school 
everyday. ​We have also included a list of activities to do once you have read the book .  
Spellings- ​Spellings will be a game or task that helps your child practice a spelling rule they have 
been practicing in class. Some children will also be set a weekly spelling test by their Read, Write Inc 
teachers. Some children may also receive RWI spellings too.  
Maths - M​ aths will consist of a game or activity that will support them in their learning in Maths 
lessons for the following week, or review what they have covered in the current week.  
Homework folders ​- we are providing your child with a plastic folder to store reading books and 
homework.  
New book donation​ ​. ​If your child loses their reading book, we are asking for £2 towards replacing 
the book. This is paid through Parent Pay under ​‘New book donation’.​ We welcome any other 
donations you would like to give towards books for the school under the same payment name 
Time tables 
Here is a basic timetable of things that happen each week. ​Please note- some afternoon lessons are 
subject to change. 
Cutty Sark​- Mrs Wilson - M ​ onday, Tuesday, Wednesday​ & Miss Deighton - T ​ hursday & Friday. 
  Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday  Friday 
8.55-9.15  HW/Register/  HW/Register/  HW/Register/  HW/Register/  HW/Register/ 
  Green pen work  Green pen work  Green pen work  Green pen work   Green pen work 
9.15-10.15  English   English   English   English   English  
10.15-10.35   Assembly   Assembly   Assembly   PE  Special mentions 
  Mr.Waller  assembly  
10.35-10.55   Break time /  Break time /  Break time /  (10am - 11am)   Break time /  
  Guided reading   Guided reading   Guided reading   Guided reading  
11-11.30  Maths   Spelling  Maths   Break time   Maths  
   
11.30-12  Mandarin   Story time/In   
class assembly.  
12-1  Lunch  Lunch  Lunch  Lunch  Lunch 
1-1.30  Spelling   Maths  Challenge  Maths  Challenge 
 
  Story time 
1.30-2 
2-2.30    Break  Golden Time   Break/   Break  
    Guided reading 
2.30-3    Science  Art  Music -  RE  
  Swimming   2:45 - 3:30 
3-3.30      Story /Hometime  
 
3.30-4           
Deman- Miss Layfield 
 
  Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday  Friday 
 
8.30-8.55           
8.55-9.15  HW/Register /  HW/Register /  HW/Register /  HW/Register /  HW/Register / 
  Green pen work  Green pen work   Green pen work  Green pen work  Green pen work  
9.15-10.15  English   English   English   English   English  
   
10.15-10.35   Assembly   Assembly   Assembly   Assembly  Special 
KS2  mentions 
playtime/K assembly  
S1 Assembly 
10.35-10.55   Break time /  Break time /  Break time / Guided  Break time /  Break time / 
KS1  Guided reading   Guided reading   reading   Guided reading   Guided reading  
playtime/K
S2 
Assembly 
11-11.30  Maths   Maths   Maths     Maths  
PE 11-12 
11.30-12  Maths   Maths   Maths     Maths  

12-12.30  Lunch  Lunch  Lunch  Lunch  Lunch 

 
12.30-1  Lunch  Lunch  Lunch  Lunch  Lunch 

1-1.30  Swimming   Challenge  Challenge  Maths  Science 

     
1.30-2   
   
 
 
2-2.30  Break  Golden Time   Music 2:00 -  Break  
  2:45 
2.30-3  Art  Spelling  Spelling   Art ( 45 min)  
 
3-3.30  Mandarin  Story /Hometime  RE  Story 
  /Hometime  
3.30-4           
 

 
It is important that your child brings their PE kit on the correct days so that they are wearing suitable 
clothing and footwear for the activities they will be doing. Both classes have PE every ​Friday and 
swimming every Monday.​ The children need a white round neck T-shirt, shorts and trainers. In the 
winter months they may also need tracksuit bottoms and a jumper. If you wish for your child to be 
excused from swimming or P.E, your child must have a note for Mr Waller. 
 
Trips  
National Maritime Museum- 2nd October 2018  
Eltham Palace- Date TBC 
 
As always, if there If you have anything you would like to discuss at other times of the term please 
make an appointment. Alternatively, you can email us at the addresses below. 
 
We look forward to an exciting term. 
 
Lizzy Wilson (​l.wilson@invictaprimary.co.uk​)  
Charlotte Layfield (​c.layfield@invictaprimary.co.uk​)  
Chelsey Deighton (​c.deighton@invictaprimary.co.uk​)