Blog by Tag: English

Year 2 visited Egremont Library to find out all about how they can join and become involved in the Summer Reading Challenge. Sarah talked to the children about the challenge and got the children to look around the library to find books of different genres. The children were fascinated to see all…

This week in Nursery our older children have been reading the story ‘The Suitcase’. 

In the story an animal is travelling with his suitcase, and he shares with the others what he has in it. 

The children were keen to share what they thought he would have with him and were shocked when he…

Year 6 made their final visit to Egremont Library with their peers from St. Bridget’s today. They demonstrated that they now know how to independently return, renew and borrow new books from their local library; skills that will prove invaluable as they move to their next stage of education. 
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Year 4 had a lovely afternoon visiting Egremont Library. The children enjoyed choosing their own books to borrow and then we finished off our visit by reading our class Novel - Varjak Paw. 
 

Year 4 had a lovely afternoon visiting Egremont Library. The children enjoyed choosing their own books to borrow and then we finished off our visit by reading our class Novel - Varjak Paw. 
 

Year 5 visited Egremont Library this morning to return books and pick some new ones. They read the blurb to check it would be something they were interested in reading before choosing it. They chose a great selection of fiction and non- fiction books and some children even chose books to read to…

Year 1 had a fantastic time visiting Egremont Library. They enjoyed exploring the different sections of fiction and non-fiction.  It was lots of fun having time to share stories with friends and adult helpers. Year 1 enjoyed a whole class story together before checking out their new books with…

Our Nursery 1 children have been practising lots of letter formation this week! 
We have practised writing the letter ‘m’ using the phonics phrase ‘maisie mountain mountain’ and we have also practised writing the letter ‘a’, using the phonics phrase ‘around the apple, down the leaf’. 
The…

Year 6 went to their local library today to exchange their library books. It was exciting to find books by favourite authors, a book on their favourite topic, discover new authors and a new book series to delve into. 
 

Over the past few weeks Year 2 have been reading ‘The Rhythm of the Rain’ by Grahame Baker-Smith, in their reading lessons, plus some other texts linked to the water cycle. They used what they had learned to show the water cycle using collage.

Year 1 joined Year 2 for a virtual author and illustrator visit this afternoon. The children listened to the author Kelechi Okafor read her latest book ‘Strong Like Me’. It told the children about the importance of strength in all its forms. Afterwards the illustrator of the book Michaela…

Year 1 joined Year 2 for a virtual author and illustrator visit this afternoon. The children listened to the author Kelechi Okafor read her latest book ‘Strong Like Me’. It told the children about the importance of strength in all its forms. Afterwards the illustrator of the book Michaela…