Learning and using new vocabulary is an important part of Reception's learning. This week we enjoyed remembering all the words we've learned this year and choosing our favourites! ...
We have been looking at all things 'Spiders'! Our focus text is called 'Aaaarrgghh Spider!' by Lydia Monks. We used our knowledge of spiders and what they look like and the special things they do. We drew a spider and talked about what we have...
In writing this week, Year 6 have been creating their own polar kingdoms and working on conjuring up contrasting moods in their writing, through their language choices. Through analysing the writing of Abi Elphinstone, the author of our key text "Sky Song," they have seen the...
Year 2 have been using their historian detective skills to analyse sources about Queen Elizabeth I. They used their skills to find out about the life of Queen Elizabeth I, how Britain looked during her reign and her family history. They used their roach skills...
Year 6 have started their new writing cycle based on the wonderful text, Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone. This text links to our new geography topic which is centered around the polar regions. The children are creating their own polar kingdom and describing it using...
In writing this week, we have been reading our new book Man on the Moon. We have thought about all the exciting things Bob got to do on the moon and will be writing a persuasive letter to convince someone to join him. Look at all...
Year 5 have began their writing cycle, where they will be writing in the genre of a newspaper article. The children read some newspaper articles and identified the key features, such as a headline, subheading, caption, direct and reported speech. We then wrote a group...
This week Year 2 have been learning all about Floella Benjamin and her journey on the Windrush to England. They discussed what immigration and migration means and wrote postcards to Trinidad! They also had fun looking at maps of Hackney and exploring all the wonderful...
In Year 6 this week, we have been working on describing characters from our key text "Macbeth." We re-read key parts of the text and magpied fantastic language ,which helped us build up an image in our mind of the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. We...
This week in Reception we have begun our new core test 'The Bog Baby'. This book starts with the main characters making some dangerous decisions. We wrote notes to the characters to help them make better choices next time. We also listened to the descriptive language...