World Book Day in Nursery 2021
We celebrated World Book Day in Nursery by wearing our pyjamas in school and at home, and sharing books. The children in Nursery listened to books read by Mrs Palmer and read their own books too. We even had some hot chocolate and biscuits.
World Book Day in Y4
Year 4 enjoyed immersing themselves in the wonderful world of books today. They watched and listened to well known authors in a live broadcast, listened to the very first World Book Day Rap and tried to spot all the books that were referred to, they enjoyed sharing a book with someone, they wrote…
Year 3 enjoy World Book Day
Today, Year 3 celebrated World Book Day by wearing their pyjamas and sharing their favourite books. They drew alternative front covers and listened to stories before creating their own comic strip adventure.
Y1 The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Year 1 have enjoyed reading The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr. We have created story maps by drawing, using drama and with even some help from our pets. We have learnt about the history of tea and also where in the world tea comes from. Year 1 are now experts at making a proper cuppa. It…
Beowulf
Year 4 have been reading the retelling of the oldest surviving Anglo-Saxon legend Beowulf, as retold by Michael Morpurgo. The focus has been on how to develop and use a rich vocabulary.
The Firework Maker’s Daughter Y5 work
Over this half term year 5 have been reading The Firework Maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman. They have created some wonderful work related to the book including reports, diary and newspaper writing, designing fireworks, character descriptions and finally some impressive book…
Y1 The Snail and The Whale
Year One has enjoyed lots of activities linked to Julia Donaldson’s The Snail and The Whale. They created story maps of the original story and then created their own versions. We worked hard to spot all the rhyming words and then chose our own rhyming words to go in our own stories. We created…
Designing Fireworks
Year 5 have been reading 'The Firework Maker’s Daughter’ and were asked to design a firework that could help Lila and Lalchand win the competition! I think you’ll agree we have some future pyrotechnicians in the making!
Journalistic Writing Y4
Year 4 are reading ‘Beowulf’ retold by Michael Morpurgo. They wrote in role as a journalist to report on Grendel’s first attack on the mead hall.
Remembrance War Poetry
Year 6 have been studying the famous WW1 poem: Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wildred Owen. Inspired by the powerful language and imagery in the poem, Y6 produced some stunning poems of their own.
Y6 Spooky Spells
Y6 have enjoyed a fantastic day of writing gruesome spells using descriptive language for their ingredients and imperative “bossy” verbs for their instructions!
Nursery story mask making
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.