Blog by Tag: English

In Writing Year 1 have been learning about instructions and  how they are structured. They have been learning to use imperative verbs. Today they followed instructions to make banana toast by following all the steps carefully. It was lots of fun and everyone enjoyed their second breakfast. 
 

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As part of National Writing Day 2025, KS2 took part in a live online writing lesson alongside hundreds of other classes around the country. We all came together to celebrate creativity, storytelling and the joy of writing. The session was lively and inspiring and helped children to think deeply to…

Year 3 have been really enthused in writing today as they took part in a live webinar. They produced some wonderful writing. They really worked hard to use an image to stimulate their writing.

Year 5 enjoyed a visit to Egremont Library where they explored different genres, read blurbs to help them choose suitable books and spent some quiet time reading. Each child selected a book to take home and continue reading. 

Congratulations to everyone in Year 1 who has worked so hard to do their best in the Phonics Screening Test. We are very proud of everyone. A big thank you to all our families who have continued to support learning at home. 
 

Our final visit to Egremont Library together as a St St Bridget’s pupil. Great to see everyone returning, selecting and withdrawing books independently with confidence, ready to be independent library users. 

On Friday some of our Nursery 1 children enjoyed a visit to the book bus. They sat beautifully and listened to a story before getting to pick some stories to take back and share with the rest of Nursery in our Reading Area.

Today we enjoyed a visit from the Library Van with Claire the librarian.  We had a fantastic time choosing new books to share in class. Once we had all chosen a book, Claire kindly read a story. It was really fun having story time on the Library Van. 
 

Today, Year 5 visited the Library Van to refresh our class library with new books.
We learned about all the different genres available, including horror, comedy, poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Everyone enjoyed choosing their own books, and we had a great time reading them back in class.

This week in Nursery we have been using the glitter tray to practise our shapes ready for writing and our name writing. We worked very hard at using our pointing finger to make shapes and form letters correctly in the glitter. 
 

In Year 4 this week, we have attended a literary event at St Bees School where we have taken part in a carousel of engaging workshops. We met local author, H.M Sharpe, who guided us along the tale of an Irish princess through drama and improvisation. We took part in book journaling and collage,…

Year 2 have been reading ‘The Rhythm of the Rain’ by Grahame Baker-Smith in their reading lessons. They found out what the cycle is and have made a paper plate collage to show this.