Year Four have been using hot seating to explore the characters from their English text ‘A River Ran Wild’ by Lynne Cherry. This is also supporting their science and geography work on rivers, habitats and changes to environments.
Category Archives: English
Reception: Storytelling in the woods
This week, Reception have been retelling the story of Goldilocks and the three Bears in the woods. They had great fun eating the porridge, sitting on the chairs and pretending to sleep in the beds.
Drama in Year One
Year One have started learning about the Great Fire of London and in English have been using their drama skills to tell the story of Toby! They had to add expression, use vocabulary from the story, consider how the characters felt and add actions to each part! Incredible 🔥
Year Five Non-chronological report
This week, we have been preparing a non-chronological report to summarise our learning on the Ancient Greek Olympics. Here are some snaps of the children completing a retrieval chocolate bar exercise to bring together all of their wonderful facts. Perhaps ask your child to share their most interesting fact at home!
Shared Reading in Year One
We’ve been working on our shared reading text, ‘The Old Toy Room’. When we first read a text, we always talk about the new vocabulary so we practise looking shocked, hearing the noise of the bustling station, bowing our heads to invite Lottie on to our backs and speeding to catch the train! 📚 We’ve […]
A Christmas Story in Year Two
We have had a very exciting surprise in year two! Just as we were about to begin English, we heard sleigh bells and found a magical parcel! It contained a Christmas story 🎅 We went outside to see if we could see anything strange going on before returning to the classroom to read the first […]
Remembrance Day in Reception
This week we have been learning about why we have Remembrance Day. We read a lovely story Called A Day to Remember, which helped us to understand a little bit more. We then used our creative skills in the classroom to re act, paint, collage and colour.
Non-Chronological Reporters in Year Three
Year Three continues to explore animals from the rainforest and are preparing themselves to write a non-chronological report. Today, they identified the features through group work and discussions.
Reception learn about the Gunpowder Plot
This week Reception have been learning about the story of the Gunpowder Plot. They were excited to learn about Guy Fawkes and his foiled plot to kill King James. The children used the masks o recreate the story.
Brazil Day in Year Three
What a fabulous day we had in our Brazil day! We took off to Rio de Janeiro, wrote a holiday leaflet and created a Maths game called ‘The rainforest hunt’. In the afternoon, we have learnt more about how Brazilians live and we prepared ourselves for a carnival. Lots of fun!