18
Nov
Rivers research in Year 4
In writing, we worked in groups and used our iPads to research information on rivers. This helped us to prepare us for writing our own information text....
English – Writing
17
Nov
Journey stories inspired by ‘Meerkat Mail’ by Emily Gravett in Year 2
In Writing this week we have started a new story called “Meerkat Mail”. We will be using this book as a starting point to writing our own journey stories. We will write journey stories based on our own ideas of a journey we would like...
04
Nov
Cracking the feature code in Year 5
In Writing, we are writing an information text about the big book of beasts. We identified the features and purpose of features in informational texts. Ask us what parenthesis is and why we use it!...
04
Nov
Exploring Butterfly Lifecycles in Year 2
In Writing this week, Year 2 have started a new writing cycle based around the story “Tadpole’s Promise”. To help us to understand the story better, we refreshed our knowledge of frog and butterfly life cycles. We then drew the different stages of these animals’...
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....
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....