This week Class 5 have begun reading their new English text, The Twits by Roald Dahl. We have enjoyed meeting the characters and exploring the vocabulary used to describe them. Today we read ‘Dirty Beards’ and discovered just how disgusting Mr Twit’s beard is! We used the text to find Read more…
Class 13 worked together in teams to answer reading comprehension questions. The competition was close as to who would answer them all correctly first. Well done to the winning team!
Nursery have been exploring with the marks the can make using fruit and vegetables.
Nursery have been enjoying making the initial letter of their name outside using water and a paint brush. This is a great activity for you to try at home.
Last week, Class 12 learnt more detail of Henry VIII’s many, many wives (6 in total) each with own interesting story and more importantly end. Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived! This week we took we have been exploring written news reports about Henry’s death and also a TV report Read more…
The children have been using their acting skills in English this week to retell the story of the three little pigs. First they practised in small groups and then performed for an audience. We are looking at lots of other traditional tales too and we can’t wait to start applying Read more…
As part of our new reading and writing learning journey, class 12 have been encouraged to read newspapers and children’s magazines; first news. Everyone has found it enjoyable to read a text they wouldn’t normally choose.
This week we have worked on our speaking and listening skills by working in groups to act out the story of the Three Little Pigs. We used our knowledge and understanding of the story to retell the key events in the correct order. We had to retell the story loudly Read more…
The children in nursery have been enjoying looking at books in our reading area. The children are learning early reading skills, for example, holding the books the correct way up and turning the pages carefully.
Today we have been working together to find facts about Roman children. Miss Marshall gave us some questions to answer and we used the child friendly search engine ‘KidRex’ to find the answers. We discovered that through KidRex we found it easier to answer the questions as everything is designed Read more…