This week marked the first week of our second Summer term. We hope you had a lovely half term! It has been lovely to see your fantastic acrostic poems for your weekly writing task, you’ve clearly worked hard on them! This week, we’ve had 3 silver and 8 bronze certificates earned on Mathletics and 5
As we approach another weekend, we are excited to share again all of the things you have been getting up to. We have been blown away by the number of you who have thrown yourselves in to the writing task and have been extremely pleased to hear that you enjoyed researching your famous person – Andy M
Yet another week has passed and for some of you this may have been your last week learning from home. For those of you who will be returning to school next week, we look forward to seeing your smiling faces and hearing all about the fun activities you have entertained yourselves with during lockdown
Task – Poetry With all this fantastic sunshine we’ve been having, we thought we’d use it to inspire our writing this week. Your task is to create an acrostic poem about summer or something to do with the sun! We’ve included some templates which might inspire you to choose your vertical word (but fee
Task – Writing a non-chronological report Write a fascinating and informative non-chronological report about one of your favourite animals. You can research interesting facts about your chosen animal, or even create your own imaginary animal – the more unusual it is , the more interesting it will
As families will know, due to various concerns, Gateshead schools made a collective decision to delay the wider reopening of schools beyond the priority children until Monday 8th June, at the earliest. With the current information coming out at the end of last week, it very much appears that this
Task – Balanced Argument This week, your writing challenge is to write a balanced argument about whether families should visit the beach during lockdown. As restrictions of lockdown reduced a little, many people have taken the opportunity to visit our beautiful coastline. Whilst some think this is
Task – Sun Safety This week, the weather has been very hot and sunny. You can have lots of fun in the sun, but it is very important to stay safe. Read Sammy Seagulls Sun Safety Story. In the beach bag template, draw and label all the things you would need to stay safe in the sun. Then, choose one
This week we would like you to share the story ‘Handa’s Suprise’ on the link below. You then may like to try some of these activities. https://youtu.be/XyIV_xYi0as Comprehension/Writing Ideas: In the story, Handa collects seven different fruits in her basket. Can you write or think of a list of
Task- Write a Biography A Biography is a piece of writing about someone else’s life. It is about a real person but written by someone else. It highlights the key events that have happened in their life and their achievements, sometimes talking about their childhood (see example below) Use the writin
