Archive 2019-20

8May2020

Even though it has now been your seventh week at home, you are all still keeping yourselves busy with so many different and interesting activities. It is fantastic to still be receiving so many emails and photographs where you all look so happy and are enjoying this time with your families. We have

8May2020

Another week of home learning is complete and a bank holiday in the sun (hopefully) to enjoy today  too. We hope you all have a fun day celebrating the 75th anniversary of VE Day with your families. Once again, we are really pleased to see the children working hard on Reading Plus, Mathletics and T

4May2020

Task- Descriptive writing Write a character description of The Iron Man, using ambitious, powerful vocabulary. Read Ted Hughes description in Chapter 1 of The Iron Man to help you generate your own ideas (see The Iron Man Chapter 1 below) What I’m Looking For: ambitious adjectives to describe The Ir

4May2020

Task – Persuasive Writing Remember when we did our Churchill speeches? For this task, you are going to write a speech for Boris Johnson to persuade people to help during the Corona crisis. You could talk to NHS staff to ask them to go to the front line; parents to help home-school children and child

4May2020

Task – Informal Letter Writing Write an informal letter to a friend or relative that you are not able to see during these unusual times. Write about what you have been doing and how you are feeling. What I’m Looking For: An introduction – use an informal greeting and explain why you wanted to wr

4May2020

This week we would like you to listen to the story of ‘The Tiger Who  Came to Tea’ by Judith Kerr.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4929_a4tPFA Writing ideas: If you had a tea party who would you like to invite?  Can you write them an invitation?  What types of food would you make for them? 

4May2020

Over the summer term, each week we will be uploading a website post with a writing task for Year 5 children to undertake. The writing can be done over the course of a few days, or in one sitting – it’s up to you! We will include guidance and a linked example to help you out. You can send the finishe