03
May
Playing conjunction games in Year 2 Writing
In our Writing lessons, we have been learning all about conjunctions! We used the conjunctions and, because and so to join two sentences or phrases together....
English – Writing
26
Apr
Retelling The Story or ‘Cinnamon’ in Year 4
We have been doing narrative writing during our writing lessons. We have been retelling the story ‘Cinnamon’ by Neil Gaiman....
20
Apr
Apostrophes in Year 2
This week in our writing lessons, we were learning how to use apostrophes for contraction. To consolidate our learning, we played a game called 'Kaboom', where we had to name the two words that have been ‘squashed’ together to become a contraction!...
28
Mar
Reciting Rhyming Poetry in Year 4
We have been learning about poetry in writing. We wrote our own rhyming poetry and performed our poems to the class....
22
Mar
Performing ‘Tiger Soup’ in Year 4
This week in Writing, Year 4 have been learning about play scripts. They practised their acting skills by performing the play ‘Tiger Soup’....
08
Mar
Beegu World Book Day Activities in Year 6
In Year 6 we enjoyed looking at a simple story and have been looking at the book Beegu for World Book Week. We began the week by drawing Beegu. We then took inspiration from this to design and paint our own alien friend for Beegu....
08
Mar
Year 6’s ‘No Look Description’ Challenge
In writing this week, Year 6 took part in a 'no look description' challenge. We took it in turns to describe an image which the other person was drawing. We found it tricky at first but we that it helps our description skills....
08
Mar
World Book Day Activities Based on ‘The Giving Tree’ by Shel Silverstein in Year 3!
As part of World Book Day, Year 3 has been reading ‘The Giving Tree’ by Shel Silverstein. The book explores themes of kindness and selflessness. The children enjoyed a variety of engaging activities: writing setting descriptions, designing alternative book covers and crafting their own paper...
08
Mar
‘Wild’ Activities in Year 1 for Book Week!
In Year 1 we had lots of fun getting into the spirit of Book Week! We read 'Wild' by Emily Hughes, which is all about a little girl who grows up in the wild woods. She is taught to talk by the birds and to play...
08
Mar
Exploring ‘Room on the Broom’ During World Book Day in Nursery
We celebrated World Book Day in Nursery by reading the book ‘Room On the Broom’, making magic wands by cutting, tracing and gluing and finally by dressing up as our favourite book character. It was so much fun!...