We have been busy today planning our own twist on a traditional narrative after looking at Rapunzel by @bethanwoollvin
We used our planning circles and then spent a little time reading back the stories we have planned before we start writing them!
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Who do these items belong to? How are they connected? What was being made? Are they from the past? What is he dreaming about? Why does the dream control him? Does he return? So many questions from Year 5
Reception have loved our @LiteracyCounts1 text Star in the Jar after having a surprise visitor. It inspired children to get creative! We have also enjoyed exploring the text using our story friends. #RPEnglish
We have been busy today planning our own twist on a traditional narrative after looking at Rapunzel by @bethanwoollvinWe used our planning circles and then spent a little time reading back the stories we have planned before we start writing them! @LiteracyCounts1 #RPEnglish
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We stumbled across a suitcase this week, filled with clues to help us to make predictions about what our new English book may be about! Our ideas were fantastic and we used the clues to explain our predictions!
Today Year 4 took on a definition and synonyms challenge against the clock using the vocabulary from the example text the children used an iPad to find their definitions and a range of synonyms #RPEnglish
This week, year 5 have examined these items to make predictions about our new book. We then used a single picture to create a class poem. #RPEnglish
Children have loved exploring our @LiteracyCounts1 book Little Red. They created Grandmas house in our construction area and retold the story collaboratively. #RPEnglish @OPAL_CIC
In English we have started our new book ‘Where The Wild Things Are’. Today, we worked collaboratively to recreate freeze frames of scenes from the story, thinking carefully about the characters feelings and actions
Come and join us TODAY for our SEND Coffee Morning. Mrs Ryan, our Specialist Outreach Teacher, will share some tips and ideas on supporting your children with reading and spelling. Come and have a pastry and a chat, we look forward to seeing you then.
We have been focusing on the end of our story ‘The Secret of Black Rock’ and considering how Erin may have felt when none of the adults believed her that Black Rock was a sea creature! We created freeze frames showing the characters feelings
As part of the Million Steps Challenge, @cashforkidsliv teamed up with publisher Simon & Schuster to offer all participating primary schools the chance to win a Library Pack of 20 books. Following the end of the challenge all schools that signed up were put into a draw, and…we’re thrilled to let you know that our school is a winner! Books are on their way to us and will go into our reading shed for our children to enjoy
An important aspect of English is to edit and improve your writing. Today we worked collaboratively to up level our diary entries #RPEnglish
We did a some acting today and created a series of freeze frames to show a part of our vehicle text ‘The Secret of Black Rock’ by
We have been discussing how we thought characters in our new text would be feeling when their efforts to rescue Old Bear from the attic were unsuccessful. We created freeze frames to show these feelings from worry, upset, anger and determination!
We immersed ourselves in our new vehicle text, A River by @marc_martin, by making predictions based on what we could hear, see & touch. One group said, “We think the story is set in a jungle because we can see large leaves, a tiger & a parrot.”
This week we found a hole in our sensory garden… we wondered what might be down there! We have loved exploring ‘The Something’ and discussing all of our different ideas!
Reception have loved taking on the role of illustrators. They created fantastic illustrations to go alongside our example text in English!
We were so excited to start writing our own narrative today based on Old Bear by
We used different resources to help with our writing and were very proud of what we produced – the adults were VERY proud of you all too! Fantastic work year 1!
Today we have been planning our ‘Opening Octopus’. We have loved singing the song to go along with our story friend, using our new vocabulary! @LiteracyCounts1 @RPEnglish
In English this week we had a mysterious paper boat & letter arrive in our classroom. The letter was from a boy called Tom. We can’t wait to start planning our response so we can give him the best advice to support him on his voyage.
This week, Nursery completed their “Big Write”! They all drew a picture of Leaf Man travelling over different animals or places from our Lead Man story.
