In Writing we are learning how to write an adventure story about a chariot race. For our immersion lesson we made our own chariots and raced them around the running track pretending to be Romans....
In Year 1 we had a long think about our favourite books that we have read from our classroom library this year. The children chose their favourite stories / non-fiction books and then proceeded to tell everyone why they liked it so much and what...
As part of our exploration of the story 'Billy's Bucket' we have been exploring sea animals and using our buckets to create music and sounds! We used our imagination to explore what we could see at the bottom of our buckets. We saw sting rays, jellyfish, hammer heads...
Year 5 have started a new writing cycle focusing on setting description. On Monday we took an immersive 'trip' to the desert and rainforest. We used ambitious vocabulary to describe what we could hear, see, smell and feel, ready for our big write next week....
In our Writing lessons, we have been exploring the book Varjak Paw which is about a cat that must find ways to survive in a city and make it back to his home - Mesopotamia. In this lesson, we created a picture of what we...
As part of our learning about country comparisons, we have been exploring a story called ‘Anna Hibiscus Song’. We have been exploring some African cultures while looking at different environments, foods and activities. We explored pounding and tasting yams and mangoes, just like Anna did!...
In Writing, Year 2 have finished their most recent writing cycle based on the book “The Day the Crayons Quit”. We wrote letters to the glue sticks in our classrooms to let them know how sorry we were about forgetting to put the lids on!...
In Nursery for our Reading, we have continued our core text 'Aaarrrggghhh Spider'. The children are really enjoying this book. This week we have created our own webs and we have been exploring all things spiders and minibeasts....
In Reading, Year 2 used their amazing reading skills to follow instructions on how to make a pepper shaker out of a bell pepper and rice....
In Reception, we have been practising our segmenting, blending and letter formation in the continuous provision. We are working on identifying and using our special friends. e.g sh, th, ch....