We used our ‘freeze frame’ drama skills to act out the story of ‘The Last Wolf’ as part of our English learning! We have loved sequencing and retelling the story about Red, a little girl who meets the last wolf, lynx and bear on her adventure in to the forest. We shared props, considered how…
This week, we borrowed Kam’s book about recycling and rubbish then read a story about A Robot Rumpus where recycled robots go wrong! They had all sorts of jobs to do in the house and none went right – so we made our own robots to help us with jobs at home! I wonder if…
Children have had their first go on Times Tables Rock Stars this morning. They created their characters and completed their first gig! You should now find your child’s login in their reading diaries. Children were also introduced to Mrs Shenton who looks after our school library. They each picked a book to borrow and most…
Year 5 have continued with their wonderful start to the year by completing a drama activity this week. They all created thoughtful questions to ask our different “Elliots” in order to prepare themselves for our descriptive writing later this week. In this picture, you can see the pupils asking a range of questions to the…
Year 4 have been recapping their understanding of prepositions this afternoon by observing what they could see in our school grounds, and enjoying the good weather at the same time!
This morning the children have been enjoying taking on the role of the man from The Great Kapok tree for a drama activity. There was some fantastic acting.
In assembly this afternoon, we celebrated the life of a much loved author: Roald Dahl. For many of the children, Dahl is their favourite author and the children enjoyed the opportunity to share their favourite books and characters created by this talented man. We discussed the famous authors life, talents and achievements and hopefully the…
Our Year 6 Book Club has started today. The children are reading a fictional novel called ‘Boy Under Water’ by Adam Baron. A poignant text about love and loss. The children enjoyed reading the text and sharing their ideas. They are looking forward to reading the rest of the book over the next 6 weeks.…
Our first Reading Rocket for the new academic year begins on Monday 9th September and will run for the next seven weeks, ending on Sunday 27th October 2019. We hope the children will be encouraged to read five times per week and develop the habit of reading widely and often.