Y4 Firework Maker’s Daughter
Year 4 are reading the Firework marker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman. In English they read a description of the Water Goddess then drafted their own descriptions. These were edited and upgraded adding similes to enhance the description then copied into their English books in their best…
Nursery’s Bear masks
After reading the story, ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ this week, the children made some bear masks in the provision. Some were very friendly bears, but some were scary!!
Year 2 Reporters
Year 2 have spent the week doing lots of activities around the Traditional Tale ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ . Today they wrote their own newspaper report about what really happened.
Egremont library visit
We enjoyed choosing new books at Egremont library.
Library bus
We enjoyed choosing our new reading books on the library bus.
Year 3 Library Visit
Year 3 had a lovely trip to Egremont Library today, despite a rainy walk there. We enjoyed browsing, discussing together and choosing books to borrow. Then we had a great time reading our new books and showing our friends. Please remember to return these books to the library, along with any that…
Year 2 Book Bus
Some representatives from Year 2 enjoyed choosing which books to take back to class for everyone to enjoy reading this term.
Phonics Investigation
In our phonics this week we have been using our detective skills to spot the sounds that go together. We have been sounding them out and seeing how many sounds we could spot hiding in our story.
Y4 Mr Tumnus
To practise their listening skills, Y4 listened to a description of Mr Tumnus from ‘The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe’. They had to listen carefully to all the details and include them in a drawing of him. After this, in pairs, they worked on writing their own description of him editing and…
Year 2 Writers
Year 2 have been reading books written by Anthony Browne. After some role play activities, they predicted what they thought the children might find at the end of the tunnel. This morning they used their plans to write their own ending to the story.
Year 2 Library Visit
Year 2 visited Egremont Library today. They enjoyed looking at all the different types of books there are. They all chose a book to withdraw using thier library card.Happy reading!
Y6 War Poetry
As part of our week of remembrance, Y6 have studied the poem Dulce Et Decorum Est by the famous war poet Wilfred Owen. They used his thought provoking poem to create their own poetry which is both beautifully written and moving.