This week in Reception, the children have been using inspiration from their key text, Yucky Worms by Vivian French, to create wonderful descriptions about worms. In literacy sessions, the children have been focusing on using their phonics knowledge to break down words and write simple...
Last Friday, we invited parents and carers into Nursery to read with the children. The children loved sharing their favourite stories with the parents and acting out parts of the story. Reading aloud to children helps build their vocabulary, improves listening skills and fosters a...
This week in Year 1, our highlight has been getting deeper into our core text 'The Man on the Moon: A Day in the Life of Bob'. We wrote moon tour speeches to send to Bob to help him with his visiting astronauts and advised...
In our writing this week we have been reading the book, Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine. The children worked well together to design a bathing machine fit for a Queen. They were supplied with card, scissors, tape and a picture of a bathing machine, they were...
This week in Reception, we have continued to immerse ourselves in our new literacy text - The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis. We have been exploring the kind of habitat that Bog Baby was found in and thinking about what other wildlife might like to...
World Book Day was a fantastic day of celebrating reading and storytelling. The children took part in activities which encouraged creativity, collaboration and of course a love of books and stories. The children took part in drama workshops, where they explored Judith Kerr’s classic picture book "The Tiger...
This week in Year 4, we were very excited to celebrate World Book Day! We had so much fun dressing as our favourite book characters and going down to Reception to read with the little ones! One of our highlights was acting in a West...
Year 3 have had an incredible time celebrating World Book Day this year. Our theme 'The Tiger who Came to Tea' inspired the children to write their own stories of their favourite animals coming for tea. They also took part in a great workshop! [gallery ids="21293,21294,21295,21296,21297"]...
This week, Reception introduced a new key text: The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson. We have had lots of fun retelling the story and joining in with known rhymes throughout. We had a special delivery of chocolate-scented playdough and the children have loved being creative in designing...
This week in Reception, the children have been reading Astro Girl by Ken Wilson-Max. The story is all about a little girl who loves space and wants to be an astronaut when she grows up - just like her mummy! It sparked lots of thoughts...