We have had a very busy week in Class 4! We will be using ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter’ by Phillip Pullman as our main text in English and reading this term. So far we have read the first chapter and we have been thinking about the characters and what happens in the story. We have … Read more
A very big well done to all of Class 4 who have had a great Term 1. It has been a very busy term and lots of things are different to how school was previously but the children have all coped very well and they should all be proud of what they have achieved. It … Read more
We have had an exciting week in Class 4! All term we have been using ‘The Promise’ by Nicola Davies as our main text for English and whole class reading. The book has recently been made in to a short animated film and we signed up to be part of the preview. In order to … Read more
Class 4 have had another busy week. In English we have been writing diary entries from the girl in The Promise thinking about her life and the city that she lives in. We have been working hard on using boastful adjectives and sentence of 3 for description. In reading we have continued to explore the … Read more
Class 4 have had a really good week with some fantastic learning. In English and reading we have continued to read ‘The Promise’ by Nicola Davies. We have been exploring how we can use boastful adjectives and sentence of 3 in our work. We have finished planning our own diary entries from the girl in … Read more
This week in English we have continued to read our abridged version of The Secret Garden. We have been using inference skills to discuss how Mary’s personality is changing. We were all very excited when Mary found the key to the locked garden! In English, we have been continuing to write our own stories about … Read more
This week in English we have continued to read our abridged version of The Secret Garden. We have thought about how Mary’s character is changing and developing. We have also been using inference skills to discuss some of the other characters in the story. This week we have been thinking about how we can start … Read more
This week in English we have started to read an abridged version of ‘The Secret Garden’. We have explored the first few chapters thinking about Mary and what has happened to her. Throughout the week, we have continued with our inference skills looking for evidence in the text. We have also been continuing to work … Read more
In English this week we have been writing alternative endings to ‘How to Live Forever’. We have thought about what would happen if Peter had decided to open the book and based our story endings around this. Throughout this writing, lots of us have been continuing to work on the use of adjectives and adverbs … Read more
In reading this week, we read to the end of ‘How to Live Forever’ by Colin Thompson. We thought carefully about the Ancient Child and what we know about him. We have continued to work on using inference skills to be able to answer questions about what we have read. In English, we finished off … Read more
