This half-term, Year 6 will be looking at the book Skellig by David Almond. This week, they have been introduced to the text and have looked at the different front covers and what this reveals about the story. It has left them with lots of questions, which they are looking forward to answering as th
After reading The Stone Age Boy, Year 3 have been putting themselves in the character’s shoes and imagining what it would be like in the stone age camp. Today, the boys and girls used their senses to describe what they could see, hear, feel and smell. They generated their own adventurous vocabulary
This week, Year 3 have been learning how to perform a range of poems to an audience. The boys and girls explored ‘The School Kid Rap’ by John Foster, ‘Louder’ by Roger Stevens and ‘Fruit Picking’ by Jack Ousbey. They have focused on actions, expression, use of voice and following a steady beat to br
In Year One the children have been learning to ask and reply to questions. They all had a go at hot seating – asking their friends and teachers questions and they even tried to start their questions in a variety of ways. Some children made their own question booklet and had to recognise whethe
Year 6 have been learning about different sentence types and how to create complex sentences with a main and subordinate clause. They played a ‘Cluedo’ style game, where they had to understand how to change and alter parts of their sentences. Article 28 – We all have the right to a good quality educ
Delighted to have 3 children awarded their pen licence for the hard work and effort put into their handwriting since the start of term. Not only are they the first in 4A, but also the first in the whole school for this academic year. Congratulations! I am now watching out for the next set! Art
Welcome to our new tribe! As part of the launch for our book this half term, Year 4 became part of the Hairy Hooligan Tribe from How To Train Your Dragon and created our own Viking tribe members. All we need now is a dragon each! We completed some writing about our characters with lots of imaginat
The children in Year 2 have had an excellent start to the year. In English they are studying the traditional tale of Beauty and the Beast. They have been thinking about how to punctuate accurately using capital letters and full stops. This became even more tricky for the children when the senten
