15
Jul
Note taking skills about Peru in Year 1
In Writing we are writing information text about Peru. Today we worked on our note taking skills to collect facts to use in our writing....
English – Writing
15
Jul
Debating in Year 4
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!...
08
Jul
Non-Chronological reports in Year 4
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...
08
Jul
Information text posters in Year 3
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!...
08
Jul
Writing traditional tales in Year 2
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!...
02
Jul
Persuasive posters for West Africa in Year 4
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....
01
Jul
01
Jul
Reports on West Africa in Year 4
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...
17
Jun
Deforestation debate in Year 3
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....
17
Jun
Writing folk tales inspired by Anansi the Spider in Year 4
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!...