Year 5 have been performing some of their writing using their oracy skills. We have been writing about two contrasting settings, London and the Amazon. We used a variety of adventurous adjectives and figurative language to make creative descriptions. Scan the QR codes to listen! [gallery...
During our writing session, the children thought of some amazing adjectives to describe the main character Liesel from our book Between a Tick and Tock. As you can see, they have thought of some amazing adjectives. Well done Year 1. ...
In writing lessons, Year 6 have been reading 'The Silver Sword' by Ian Serraillier. The story follows a headmaster, named Joseph Balicki, and the torment that he was surrounded by when the Nazi's took over his town during World War 2. The children really immersed...
In Reception this week we have been talking about growing and changes. We remembered what we were like as a baby and compared it to how we are now. As we prepare for moving to Y1 we spent lots of time processing our feelings about...
What can I see in my bucket? I can see… We used our knowledge of mark-making and our imagination to create our own bucket...
Year 5 have been writing -ing and -ed clauses at the beginning of their sentences using 'Rainbow Grammar'. We wrote the -ing or -ed clause on a yellow post-it note and the main clause on a green post-it note. We used the pink post-it notes...
For Literacy this week in Nursery, we have been creating our own ‘Story Map’ of our focus text ‘Anna Hibiscus Song’ by Atinuke & Lauren Tobia. We are using our mark making skills to write and draw what happens ‘First’, ‘Next’ and ‘Then’ in the...
This week, Year 6 began their writing for this half term by analysing persuasive devices used by authors. They are going to be writing letters to a member of paliament about The Mangrove 9, which they learnt about in their Diverse Britain lessons. Therefore, the...
For Literacy we are making ‘Happy Hands’. We are writing up to ‘5’ reasons we are happy - one for each finger! This is a link to our focus text ‘Anna Hibiscus Song’ by Atinuke & Lauren Tobia. 'When grandfather opens his hand wide and says'...
In writing this week, Year 6 discussed the power of proofreading your work to ensure that your reader can fully understand the creativity and ideas behind a piece of writing. They discussed that we might proof read work for accurate punctuation, to check if it makes...