01
Dec
Winter Poetry in Year 5
In Writing, we have been looking at Winter Poetry. We explored the different features of poems....
English – Writing
24
Nov
Being a SPAG specialist in year 6
In writing, we have looked at 3 different SPAG features. Our final feature was using apostrophes for contraction. We reminded ourselves how to use an apostrophe for contraction and worked with our partners to start with where we underlined two words which can be contracted...
24
Nov
Conjuring up conjunctions in Year 2
In our writing lessons we have been building on our learning of conjunctions! We worked in small groups to sort and join two clauses/sentences together using the appropriate conjunction! Afterwards, we wrote our own sentences using them....
24
Nov
Fantastic facts and opinion in year 4
We have been learning about facts and opinions in Writing. We did an activity where we separated statements into facts and opinions. ...
18
Nov
Past tense dominoes in Year 2 Writing
In our Writing lessons, we have been learning about writing in the past tense. We played a game of dominoes where we had to match the past tense of the verb to the present tense. We then used them to write our own sentences with...
03
Nov
Writing setting descriptions based on ‘A River’ by Marc Martin
In Year 4, we have been learning how to describe a setting. We read the book ‘A River’ by Marc Martin and mind mapped nouns and adjectives to help us describe the different settings....
28
Oct
Forming letters using rhymes in Reception
We have been taking part in our Read Write Inc sessions and learning new sounds! We have met Fred, a special frog that only speaks in sounds and we have been helping him put them together to make words! We have learnt special rhymes to...
28
Oct
Learning about how to take care of pets in Nursery
In Nursery, based on our core text "Lulu gets a cat", we discussed about our pets and how to take care of them. We also pretended to be vets and wrote "prescriptions" for the animals depending on the different symptoms they presented....
14
Oct
Creating our own spiders based on ‘Anansi The Spider’ in Year 2
In Writing we will be learning to write traditional tales. Our writing has been based on Anansi The Spider. Our focus was on time connectives and commas. We also used different materials to portray Anansi in a drawing....
14
Oct
Year 1 ‘Saluting Our Sisters’: Explorers
Year 1 learnt about Bessie Coleman. They created sky artwork using a range of collage materials. They explained why Bessie was an inspiration for being the first black female pilot....