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;…
Year 1 Spelling Bee
Congratulations to the winner and runners-up of the first Spelling Bee heats. Who will represent Mary Howard at the TSSMAT finals in the summer?
Dear Santa
We used the story of “Dear Santa” to create our own pages for a class book.
Building independent clauses
Oak Class used practical methods to build independent clauses in SPAG this week. We revisited the difference between a subject and a verb and the children had to distinguish between these in a variety of sentences. We then discussed how we can alter the position of clauses when writing…
Researching Facts
Oak Class have enjoyed using Google classroom for whole-class reading this week, in which they needed to research facts and construct persuasive sentences. For our new unit of learning, the children will be writing their own persuasive leaflets about visiting the Alps. The children have…
Newspaper Reports!
Oak Class have absolutely loved their most recent unit of work in English! The children have been learning about the grammatical features used within newspaper reports before planning and writing their own reports on the terrible tornado that landed Dorothy’s house in Munchkin Land and…
Editing and Improving
Oak Class have really been working hard on their editing skills. The children began by setting themselves a personal target to improve within their piece of writing. We thought of our success criteria and previously taught skills that would help us to enhance the quality and accuracy of our…
Character Inference
Oak Class had great fun being detectives this lesson! After learning more about who they may encounter in the Land of Oz, the children had to work out which emotion belonged to which character based on the clues in the text!
Willow’s Independent Writing and Performing!
Well done to Willow for your beautiful published writing so far! This week, we practiced our oracy skills when performing our very own poem.
Making predictions!
Oak Class began the half term by making predictions about their new book! The children were given images of mystery items from the text and had to consider who the items might be used by and what for. The classroom was fizzing with excitement for our new unit!
Anne Frank Diaries
In English, Oak Class had the best time publishing their writing. We created our very own diaries, inspired by Anne Frank and wrote up our edited writing from Anne’s perspective! The children included tag questions to convey a tone of uncertainty (of Anne’s move to the secret annexe) along…