Varjak Paw Reading Game in Year 4
In Writing we tested our summary skills. We played a game where we spoke about the characters, settings and plot from the book Varjak Paw for one minute....
In Writing we tested our summary skills. We played a game where we spoke about the characters, settings and plot from the book Varjak Paw for one minute....
In Nursery we continued reading the story “Anna Hibiscus’ song”; we then had a go at pounding yams, like Anna’s aunties do in the book! We soon discovered what hard work that is! Finally, as a reward for the hard work, we tasted the yams....
In Nursery, inspired by our new book Anna Hibiscus’s Song, we compared and explored differences and similarities of life in London and life in Africa. We started by observing the different types of houses and animals. We enjoyed playing around our small world tray which...
The topic of this week is animals! We’re reading a book called ‘hugs’ about safari animals, it’s so exciting to listen to the different sounds that they make....
A day before Pyjamas Day, we decided to have a sneak peek of some of the stories we will be reading on the day. We took part in Ed Vere's Special 'draw-along'. Ed Vere has written some amazing children's books. 'Bedtime For Monsters' is one...
In Nursery, inspired by the book "Lulu plants a Garden", we visited the school library. We looked for non-fiction books about gardening to gather information about plants, flowers and how to plant seeds. We then enjoyed reading two classical stories linked to our topic: Jack...
In our reading lessons, the children immersed themselves in broadening their vocabulary by solving crossword puzzles inspired by their reading of "A Mummy Ate My Homework."...
During our writing cycle, focused on the book Cloud Tea Monkeys, pupils engaged in a sensory activity. They explored various types of tea to inspire them to generate descriptive adjectives, depicting the sensory experience of a tea plantation - the feel, sound, scent and appearance...
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In Year 6 we enjoyed looking at a simple story and have been looking at the book Beegu for World Book Week. We began the week by drawing Beegu. We then took inspiration from this to design and paint our own alien friend for Beegu....