27
Jan
Using ‘fronted adverbials’ in our writing in Year 4
In Writing, we are learning all about fronted adverbials and how they can bring cohesion to our balanced arguments....
English – Writing
27
Jan
Making a dragon trap in Year 2!
This writing cycle we will be writing instructions on how to trap a dragon! For our first lesson, we followed Pie Corbett’s instructions and made a dragon trap and caught lots of cheeky dragons. We also explored the features of instructions and why they are...
12
Jan
Comparing character descriptions in the BFG in Year 3
In Writing, we were immersing ourselves into our new book, The BFG. We talked about how characters can look one way on the outside but on the inside be different to what we expected. Here we are matching appearance descriptions to the personality we would...
12
Jan
Creating a dragon world in Year 2 inspired by ‘Tell me a Dragon’ by Jackie Morris
Dragons spotted in America! We started our writing topic based on the book ‘Tell me a dragon’ by Jackie Morris by imagining there were sightings of dragons in America. To entice the dragons back where they belong we designed and created a dragon world together...
12
Jan
Exploring ice and snow in Nursery
In Nursery, as part of our exploration of the story 'The Snowy Day', we have been exploring ice and snow! We used our senses of sight, smell and touch to explore what the ice looks, smells and feels like. We learnt that ice melts when...
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16
Dec
Hotseating the man on the moon in Year 4
In our Writing lessons, we were exploring the thoughts and feelings of the main character from the John Lewis Christmas advert, Man on the Moon. A few of us took on the persona of the main character while others asked us questions....
08
Dec
Writing play scripts in Year 3
In our writing we have been learning about play scripts, using dialogue, directions and play scripts punctuation....
08
Dec
Letter writing to Santa in Reception
In Literacy, Reception have been writing letters to Santa and went to post them on Friday morning. We discussed that whilst we may ask for things, we may not always get them straight away or at all. We also discuss the importance of gratitude and...
08
Dec
Story writing about ‘The Hackney Martian’ in Year 1
In Writing we have been focusing on the picture fiction text 'The Hackney Martian.' With the help of a story map we have been making up our own version of the tale. We have used big bold actions and loud proud voices to get really...
08
Dec
Story writing about Mog’s Christmas calamity in year 2
In writing, we have been looking at our new focus story, Mog’s Christmas Calamity. In on of our writing lessons, we created freeze frames of different parts of the story to create a story plan for our big write lesson. Can you tell what’s happening...