This week we have been thinking about familiar settings in stories. We have been writing about some familiar settings such as our bedrooms and our gardens. We have learnt a new word, preposition. We have been thinking of lots of different prepositions, used them in our writing about familiar places and made word cards for … Read more
Over the past two weeks we have been learning about snails, slugs and bugs. We named our class snail Victor and used some non-fiction text to find out information about snails. We named the spider Debbie. This week we have been thinking about writing direct speech and used Debbie and Victor as characters in our … Read more
On Tuesday we enjoyed a very hot but fantastic Sports Day. KS1 had a super afternoon, everyone took part with great gusto and enthusiasm. In our English lessons we have learning about adverbs, trying out new words and using them in our writing. In maths we have been learning how to measure in centimetres and … Read more
This week we are all back to normal with the SATs tests behind us. In our English lessons we made story dice and used them to write our own stories. Our focus was to use traditional storytelling language. Using dice to set the main elements of the story was good as it resulted in all … Read more
Every morning this week we have been working hard on our SATs. Everyone has turned up on time, really tried their best and tackled the tasks in a positive manner. In the afternoons we have relaxed by dong sports activities or art based lessons. Hopefully we will be finished by Friday lunchtime and can feel … Read more
Firstly I must apologise for saying that the children were bringing home their sunflowers in decorated pots and then not sending them home! Sorry. However, I hope they have all reached their destination now and are being watered and cared for. It is up to each child to look after their plant, note (in their … Read more
What an eventful and industrious week we have had. We have painted flower pots and planted sunflowers. So please look after them at home during half term. Remember to water them as you will have to keep a diary to record how much they grow. In Literacy lessons we have completed our books about nocturnal … Read more
This week we have been busy learning about nocturnal animals such as foxes, hedgehogs, bats and badgers. As a result of our research and reading, we have been learning new words and using the text to answer questions. We did some drama to demonstrate our newfound knowledge. We pretended to be animals, asking each other … Read more
This week we have been writing character descriptions based on Willy the Wimp. We have focused on writing in sentences and organising our work into paragraphs. We talked about the importance of checking our work and making changes to improve our writing. In science we have been planting seeds. If you have some spare at … Read more
This week we have been enjoying drama activities in our English lessons to develop our understanding of characters in books. Our drama was mostly based on characters from the book, Gangsta Granny. Adopting roles. We focused on a part of the story where Ben upsets his mum in the car. We worked in pairs and … Read more
