During our RAMP lesson today we read 3 poems. In groups, the children then took it in turns to act out one of the words from the poem. The rest of the group had to guess the word. Have a go with some of the words: dare, cackle, slumbering, immortal Read more…
Reception have been learning all about our town Heywood this term so today we visited Heywood library to have a look around. We read stories, sang rhymes and had a tour around the library. We even saw books which were 160 years old!
A big well done to all the children who achieved their Bronze, Silver and Gold reading challenge awards.
For National Poetry Day, Class 7 decided to bring nature to life by creating our own poetic compositions, using personification. First, we went outside and explored the nature that surrounds us. We imagined what trees, grass, clouds and plants would tell us if they could talk. Then, we went back Read more…
Each Friday afternoon, Year 1 visit our school library. The children have the opportunity to look at all of the books with their friends and can even pick one to take home. Please make sure that you bring your library book back to school the following Friday so that you Read more…
Sometimes, there’s nothing better than sitting down and enjoying a good book. This can be done on your own or with a friend. In Class 7, we love to use our reading area to explore different genres and authors, and read simply for the love of reading.
This term we are reading, ‘The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark’ by Jill Tomlinson. This story is about a nervous barn owl called Plop. Plop isn’t like other barn owls because he is very frightened of the dark. We are enjoying joining Plop on his journey to overcome Read more…
A big well done to all the Children who achieved their Bronze, Silver and Gold reading challenge awards.
We’ve had a great morning celebrating World Book Day in Class 9. There some really fantastic costumes! We read two versions of Little Red Riding Hood – the traditional tale and then the alternative Wolf’s Story. The children were then asked to consider the evidence from both books and decide Read more…
We’ve had an amazing morning of activities for our world book day celebrations! We’ve made our own bookmarks, book covers, book reviews, masked reader, and a book quiz! Not to mention everyone’s amazing costumes!