In our Writing lessons we took part in a debate about whether iPads should be banned in schools. We wrote a list with our own reasons for iPads and against them. We then came up in pairs, voicing our opinions to the whole class!...
Year 4 are excited to publish their non- chronological reports on West Africa. We have been working hard on ensuring we are using features including relative clauses, fronted adverbials and a list of three. Our learning in Geography has strongly supported our Writing as we...
We started a new unit of writing this week based on information texts. We have discussed and learnt the features of information texts and their functions within the text. We created 3D information posters explaining the layers of the rainforest. A did a fantastic job!...
In writing this week we are writing our own alternative traditional tale. We have thought about the traditional tales that we already know and what exciting twists they could have. We made a plan and shared it with our friends before writing our amazing stories!...
We created persuasive posters encouraging travellers to visit West Africa. We explored some historic landmarks, food and culture that travellers could appreciate from visiting countries in West Africa....
We have had a fantastic week! We started to plan our non-chronological report on West Africa using our learning from our Geography lessons. We looked at a non-chronological report example and to recap and discuss its features, and thought about what subheadings what we could...
We have been writing a persuasive text about deforestation. Before we started writing, we held a debate where we argued for and against deforestation in the Amazon rainforest....
We have had an exciting week in Writing as we have been creating our very own folk tales! We know that folk tales are fiction, often teach a lesson, have repeated phrases and involve a trickster, such as Anansi the cheeky spider!...
In our Writing lessons, we continued exploring the rainforest for our information texts. Firstly, we ranked our most exciting facts about the rainforest and then we completed a layout for our writing, focusing on all the features of information texts....