Blog by Tag: English

Today Year 1 celebrated World Book Day by inviting our families in for story time. After enjoying a whole class story everyone shared books together. It was amazing to see everyone reading for pleasure. Thank you to all our families for coming to join us.

After reading the story of ‘Mr Wolf’s pancakes’ in English this week, we had our own pancakes with jam or chocolate on them. We thought the story was very funny, when the wolf gobbled up all the characters and then the pancakes too!

Year 6 visited their local library this afternoon to return the book(s) they withdrew on their last visit and to choose a new book. They are becoming very independent at using the library systems. 

This week in Nursery we have had a go at using the paint program on mini mash to practice our letter formation. The children had a go at looking for the first letter of their name before having a go and writing it. 
we had lots of fun using the iPad and paint program to practise! 
 

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Year 3 have been using actions and intonation to perform poetry. 
 

Today, Year 5 had a delightful surprise visit from Father Christmas, Mrs. Claus, and their elves. They brought presents for every child and awarded Troy a prize for winning the "If I Was a Christmas Elf for One Day" poetry competition. We all had a fantastic time singing along to "Jingle…

This week, Year 4 enjoyed a fabulous Christmas treat at Theatre By The Lake in Keswick to watch a performance of The Jungle Book. We loved the show, clapped along to the songs and were on the edge of our seats during the action scenes!

A wonderful time was had by all the Infants watching the pantomime ‘Aladdin’ at the Carnegie Theatre & Arts Centre. The children and adults laughed and shouted from the start to the finish. What a fantastic way to start the Christmas festivities!
 

A wonderful time was had by all the Infants watching the pantomime ‘Aladdin’ at the Carnegie Theatre & Arts Centre. The children and adults laughed and shouted from the start to the finish. What a fantastic way to start the Christmas festivities!
 

A wonderful time was had by all the Infants watching the pantomime ‘Aladdin’ at the Carnegie Theatre & Arts Centre. The children and adults laughed and shouted from the start to the finish. What a fantastic way to start the Christmas festivities!
 

We had a fantastic time at the theatre yesterday. We watched the magical show ‘The Jungle Book’, enjoyed ice-cream during the interval and had lunch just before we got on the bus. The actors were amazing and there were even a few puppets involved. It was great and people commented about how well…

Year 6 have been studying the Remembrance poem ‘For the Fallen’ by Laurence Binyon as part of their writing lessons. At the end of the unit, they chose a verse to learn by heart and performed it. They practised speaking rhythmically, varying the volume and intonation of their voices.  They also…