Super stories
This week Year 1 have worked hard to retell the story of Pinocchio. Reception have created their own sentences to describe the main events. Year 1 really enjoyed reading and sharing their stories with their friends!
Command sentences
In Oak Class, we developed our oracy skills by using visual representations to create command sentences for our instruction writing. After turning statements into commands, the children considered how they can vary their use of vivid vocabulary when selecting imperative verbs. We also ensured that…
Beowulf character descriptions
Oak Class applied their learning of expanded lists to independently describe the character of Beowulf, based on what we have read in whole-class reading. The class did a fantastic job and have shown such growth in their writing abilities this year!
Advice for Pinocchio
Year 1 have been busy offering advice to Pinocchio! He wants to be a real boy but on his first day of school he was distracted and went to a puppet show instead! We wanted to help him make good choices!
Grendel’s lair description
Oak Class developed their visualisation skills in reading this week. The children then used their imaginations and the information from the text, that we have learned about Grendel, to write vivid setting descriptions! The children included figurative language and relative clauses within their…
Grecian Times!
Oak Class finalised their writing by publishing their newspaper reports this week! The children reported on the subterfuge of the Trojan Horse, which was carefully constructed by General Odysseus and his Spartan soldiers! An excellent final piece of work to end the half term, well done Oak!
Suspense Writing
In English, Oak Class learned how to build suspense within their writing. The children used a range of features to rewrite the battle scene from the Greek myth, The Hydra of Lerna. The children then worked hard to edit their writing, carefully considering how to uplevel their sentence, before…
Formal Letters
In English this week, the children planned, wrote, edited and published their formal letters. The children were tasked to write from the character point of view of King Eurystheus in the Twelve Labours of Heracles, which required us carefully selecting appropriate language choices to…
Shape poems
In English we have been creating shape poems! We looked at lots of examples together and discussed the structure. Then we chose our favourite fruits and created vocabulary lists to describe them.
Travelling Tales: Pig the Pug
We had a visit from Mrs Gethin, Ralph and some children from The Howard to share an exciting new project happening across our seven schools. Using the story Pig the Pug each school will complete a variety of activities and add them to the scrapbook. This will then be passed on, creating a powerful…
Man on the Moon: writing in Reception
The children created a story map of Man on the Moon to explain Bob’s busy day. Then Reception wrote sentences about Bob, segmenting and blending sounds to help with spelling.
Maple Class Visits the Library Bus
Maple Class Visits the Library Bus
Today, Maple Class had an exciting visit from the library bus, which brought a wonderful opportunity for the children to explore a wide range of books and learning materials right outside their classroom.
This visit was more than just about borrowing books;…