20
Oct
Performance poetry in Year 4
In Year 4 in our writing, we analysed poetry and put on some amazing performances. Next we will be writing our own and performing them....
English – Writing
14
Oct
Writing persuasive letters from someone else’s point of view in Year 4
We have been exploring the book ‘Emmanuel’s Dream’, an inspiring story about a young boy born with one deformed leg who later became a cyclist, riding an astonishing 400 miles across Ghana! This week we wrote letters from the point of view of Emmanuel to...
07
Oct
Maya Angelou poetry in Year 4
We explored the poetry of Maya Angelou for Black History Month. We annotated her poems in groups and put on performances which we hope you’ll enjoy during our culture evening....
07
Oct
Debating ‘Is Junk Food Suitable for Children?’ in Year 4
In Writing, we are looking into persuasive techniques to prepare us for writing a letter next week. To prepare us for this, we took part in a class debate. Our topic was: Is junk food suitable for children? Where we had to come up with...
07
Oct
Ashanti inspired artwork in Year 2
We started a new writing cycle in Year 2, we have been learning about traditional tales from across the world. Our focus book is ‘Anansi the spider- A take from the Ashanti ’ by Gerald McDermott, to immerse ourselves in the story we created our...
29
Sep
Ruby’s Worry in Reception
In Literacy Reception have been reading Ruby's Worry. We had a go at making happy potions at our malleable table. We worked together to pick, measure and write down the ingredients to make the perfect recipe....
29
Sep
Headings and subheadings in Year 3
In writing we have been learning about headings and subheadings. We did a non fiction jigsaw to match the headings and subheadings in the correct places....
29
Sep
Year 6 working with Year 2 writing about Walter Tull
Year 6 supported children in year 2 during their writing lesson. Year 2 have been writing fantastic information texts based on Walter Tull. The children spent time reading over the information texts and used their correction pens to up-level....
23
Sep
Writing Viking Runes in Year 3
In Writing, we have been learning about Viking runes to begin our new writing cycle where we will write an information text about The Vikings. We decoded the Viking runes and wrote our names and a secret message in them....
23
Sep
Beowulf freezeframes in Year 5
We have been writing our own Beowulf tale! We used our drama and narration skills to act out scenes from Beowulf and the Sea-hag. When we froze the narrator retold the story and the actors had to act out in response....