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’....
English – Writing
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!...
23
Feb
Exploring Facts and Opinions in Year 3 Writing Sessions
In our writing cycle, we are exploring informational texts and delving into the differences between facts and opinions. We examined how they can be distinguished from each other....
23
Feb
Hot Seating Thomas Farriner about the Great Fire of London in Year 2
In our writing lessons this week we have begun our journalist journey! We will be reporting on the Great Fire of London! To kick off our learning, we put Thomas Farriner in the hot seat to find out more information about how the fire started....
02
Feb
Using direct speech in Year 3 Writing sessions
In our recent Writing sessions, the focus has been on mastering the accurate punctuation of direct speech. Students were tasked with reordering sentences to demonstrate the appropriate placement of punctuation marks within direct speech....
26
Jan
Creating Greek Myths in Year 5
In our writing and history lessons, we have been learning about Ancient Greece and Greek myths which has helped us to create and publish our own Greek myths!...