Blog by Tag: English

The Nursery children have been reading traditional stories. They have then been making story props such as puppets and masks to use to retell the stories. 
 

This week we have listened to and retold our own version of Traction Man.  We loved the descriptions of the ‘evil pillows’ and the ‘poisonous dish cloth.’  We have made superheroes out of 2D shapes and weighed and measured pictures of superheroes.  We have learning through play outside using every…

Year 2 have been learning how to use a dictionary to find words. They hAd  great fun exploring them to find the meanings of words.

Nursery have been using puppets to retell stories in the provision. We looked at stories such as the three bears and red riding hood. 
 

We have had lots of fun learning about the Julia Donaldson stories.  We looked at the Gruffalo and made some Gruffalo crumble.  Some of us thought it was delicious, some of us didn’t like it at all!  We acted out the rhyme about the big bad mouse too!
 

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Year 2 have been word detectives today. They have been learning to use dictionaries to help them improve their spelling when writing. They had great fun finding given words then transferring them into their personal dictionaries.

This morning, Year 4 visited Egremont Library to choose a book to take home to read and share with family over the Christmas holiday. 

Year 4 have been feeling festive in their Christmas jumpers, listening to classic Christmas music while they write a final version of their legends. 

Year 2 enjoyed a visit to Egremont library today. They had a good browse through before choosing a book to take home. The session ended with a story read by Miss McKendrey.

Year 4 enjoyed their visit to the library this morning. They were very mature, with excellent behaviour. They also took the time to complete the Library comments slip to leave feedback. 

After reading a paragraph from Viking Boy describing the ‘God Temple’, Y5 drew a pencil sketch showing their interpretation of the description. 

Year 6 spent a morning at the library on Friday. They chose some lovely books to book out and enjoy reading at home and also enjoyed listening to a chapter of their current class novel: Street Child.