It has been poetry week this week in English, and the children have been learning about Kennings poetry. This is a form of poetry where something is described without any direct reference. Kenning is an Old Norse word meaning to ‘express a thing in terms of another’. It links closely with our Viking
Elizabeth Baker, the Story Teller from the charity Equal Arts, was in fine voice, regaling the adults and children with stories of Nature. Whilst she wove her wonderous tales the rest of us worked together to create more decorations for our performance piece. Using acrylic paint pens and small gems
This week in Reception has been a joy! We read the story of Oliver’s Vegetables, discussing which vegetables we like and dislike. The children enjoyed categorising foods into fruits and vegetables, enhancing their understanding in a fun way. The highlight was digging up and washing potatoes from
The children enjoyed an afternoon with the residents of Angel Court and a creative writer from The Equal Arts Council. These sessions tie into the everyone’s love of nature. Last week we began with a story about how the trees lose their leaves, this week the sessions continued with a tale about Gret
Over the last week, Year 6 have continued to read and investigate the characters and plot within their English novel – Friend or Foe by Michael Morpurgo. The children have been enjoying the text and there has been much discussion about the characters and how they would feel at different parts in the
This week, the children in Year 5 were introduced to their new English class read, ‘Beowulf’. During our book launch, the children went outside to investigate clues that had been left around to try and work out what our new book could be. The children found some old Viking letters various Viki
In English this week, the boys and girls were set a challenge. The children were asked to use some clues to guess a very famous character from a book. Firstly, the children were given some cleaning items including an apron, a duster, a cloth and a spray bottle. The second clue had arrived in the p
This week saw the launch of our class text ‘Friend or Foe’ by Michael Morpurgo – and the children were in for a surprise when a siren led to them being taken on an air raid into a shelter and then preparing for evacuation to Devon! The book links to our topic on ‘Peacekeepers’ and is set during the
This week, year 4 have been on a hunt for clues about their new English text. The clues were placed around the school field and the children had to follow a map. Although it was a very wet and windy morning, the children were successful in their quest. They found a dragon’s egg, a burning forest, a
This week, in English, Year Two found out that they will be reading One Day on Our Blue Planet: In the Ocean, written by Ella Bailey. To launch their new text the children made a wax resist – a piece of artwork created using oil pastels and watercolour paint. The boys and girls were each given an
