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. ...
English – Writing
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....
14
Oct
Year 4 ‘Saluting Our Sisters’: Authors
Year 4 explored the life of Maya Angelou. They explored her poetry and wrote biographies detailing her life and achievements. They also created beautiful night sky artworks....
14
Oct
Year 5 ‘Saluting Our Sisters’: Campaigners
Year 5 explored the life of campaigner Olive Morris and generated biographies detailing her life achievements and why she was such an inspirational Black woman. They also generated ‘Black Lives Matter’ campaign posters....
06
Oct
Portraits and biographies of inspirational Black Sportswomen in Year 6
In Year 6, even though we have been incredibly busy going swimming every day, we have still found plenty of time for learning. In our writing lessons, we have been writing biographies for our cultural evening displays. We have been writing about inspirational black, British...