World book day reception and year 6
We loved dressing up as our favourite book characters today for World Book Day. We especially loved sharing our favourite books with our Year 6 buddies.
Year 5 Literacy - Arthur and The Golden Rope
This half term, year 5 have been basing their literacy work around the story of 'Arthur and The Golden Rope'.
A summary of this amazing tale - Arthur decides to make the journey to the great hall and help Thor catch the wicked Fenrir. There, he is set the almost impossible task of sourcing…
Year 5 Storyboarding
In our literacy lessons, Year 5 have been channelling their inner directors and working together to create a storyboard for a scene from 'Arthur and The Golden Rope'.
We had to plan out how the scene would be shot if we were the director, we had to take into consideration how we would capture a…
Planning for Writing
After making predictions and watching a short video clip, the children started mapping out events from a child's perspective. The children will use these timelines to support diary writing next week.
The Stone Age
In literacy we have been weighing up the pros and cons of living in The Stone Age.
Parent Workshop - Read, Write Inc.
Some of the Year 1 and 2 parents and carers attended an introductory meeting about how Read, Write Inc. works in our school.
Whole School Vocabulary Focus
Each class has been promoting and developing our pupils' knowledge and understanding of new vocabulary. In Literacy, pupils have explored tier 1, 2 and 3 words linked to their topic, Read, Write Inc. or Pathways to Write. In other subject areas such as Geography and IT, pupils are investigating…
Story Time
Year 3 and 5 have finished their stories just in time for Christmas.
Today we shared our stories with each other.
Using conjunctions
Children in Year 4 have been looking at conjunctions and exploring how they can change the meaning of a sentence.
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Volcano - computing
In computing this week, Y6 confidently formatted text about their disaster recounts. We inserted pictures and aligned text. Our typing speed and stamina are really improving!
Mount Vesuvius
In history, Y6 have examined the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79.
We asked the hinge question:
Which two cities were affected by the AD 79 volcanic eruption?
Tick one.
Vesuvius and Pompeii
Herculaneum and Delta
Delta and Vesuvius
Pompeii and…