28
Apr
Class debates in Year 4
In RE this term, we are learning about Hinduism. In this lesson, we formed a class debate on whether Hindu’s can follow Ahimsa (a non-violent way of life) if they eat meat....
Oracy
03
Mar
Year 1 reporting for ‘HT News’ about the Ten Commandments
In RE we got into character as Moses and a news reporter for 'HT News.' We thought about the story from Exodus 19 in which God delivers the Ten Commandments to Moses. The news reported asked Moses questions such as "Do you think people will...
03
Mar
Circus Drama Workshop in Nursery
This week we took part in some Drama. We learnt to move our bodies like clowns, jugglers, tightrope walkers and magicians. We had lots of fun. As world book day is approaching we have been spending lots of time in our book corner and reading poems....
16
Dec
Newspaper report filming in Year 5
Lights..camera...
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....
01
Dec
Hot seating Mary and Joseph about parenting in Year 1
In RE this term, we have been thinking about what makes each character in the Christmas story important. This week we got in role as Mary and Joseph and took part in a hot seating activity. Our peers asked us questions about why we would...
18
Nov
Celebrating National Nursery Rhyme week in Nursery
In Nursery we have been celebrating National Nursery Rhyme Week by listening to nursery rhymes we already know and learning new ones. We got to focus on, 'The wheels on the bus' and, 'Old McDonald had a farm'. We loved making our own paper buses...
04
Nov
Building magical castles in Nursery
We have been spending a lot of time this week using our imaginations and building all together. On this day we all decided to build a magical castle. Everyone helped get all the blocks we needed and we worked as a team to build the...
20
Oct
Using ‘Storyteller voices’ in Year 2
In Reading this week, we have been practicing our "storyteller voices". We have been sharing stories with each other so that we can practice reading with intonation in our voices, making what we are reading really engaging with our audience....
20
Oct
Performance poetry in Year 4
In Year 4 in our writing, we analysed poetry and put on some amazing performances. Next we will be writing our own and performing them....