Blog by Tag: English

Year 1 had a fantastic day celebrating World Book Day. They spent the day sharing their favourite stories. Year 1 designed and created their own bookmarks. It was lovely sharing story time with Year 6 for even more stories. 
 

Year 5 had a wonderful World Book Day and came to school dressed as their favourite book characters. We started the day with a live lesson where we heard from lots of famous people and footballers about how much they enjoy reading and why it is so important. The clear message from everyone was…

What a wonderful day Year 2 have had exploring books! Everyone came to school dressed in their pyjamas or as a book character. In English, they talked with each other about their favourite book characters. They used this information to score the qualities of the characters then used this to…

Year 5 had a wonderful visit to Egremont Library this morning! The children returned the books they borrowed on their previous trip and were excited to choose new ones to take back to school.

There was a fantastic range of genres to explore. Many pupils selected exciting fantasy and adventure…

In Nursery for National Storytelling Week, we had a Teddy bear Sleepover day, where the children and staff all came in wearing their pyjamas and with their favourite teddies. We shared stories as a whole class and in groups and the children chose stories to share by themselves. We had Year 5 join…

In Nursery, the children have been bringing a teddy in from home to share a story with in class. We then had some quieter time to share our stories in groups. The children have really enjoyed bringing their teddies to join in with the fun! 

This half term, Nursery are reading stories by Julia Donaldson. They have enjoyed sharing her stories and creating crafts. This week they made masks like the Highway Rat wore, using collage materials. 
 

This week, our Nursery 1 children have been reading the story The Smartest Giant in Town. We talked about how the giant looked in his different clothes and discussed how kind he was when he helped all of the other animals.

At the end of the week, the children drew pictures of the giant,…

Our Year 6 pupils have been exploring poetry through the theme of memories. Today, as we prepare to write our own poems, the classroom has been buzzing with conversation—students jotting down ideas, swapping stories, and reflecting on the moments that matter most to them. It’s been a wonderful mix…

Year 5 are writing stories set in another culture. Their chosen culture is Greece, as we have been learning about Ancient Greece in History. To help them with this, the children have been researching different aspects of Greek culture. They explored the weather, climate, environment, language,…

Year 2 had great fun exploring the books available to them at Egremont Library. They all choose a book to loan and listened to a reading of a book by one of their favourite authors. They couldn’t wait to take their new books home to share with their families.

Year 2 love nothing more than listening to some poetry before they go home. Today, to their surprise, they took part in a poetry party with Michael Rosen. They thoroughly enjoyed listening to him read and perform his poetry. They even joined in with some of his poems using actions and repeating…