English

This week we have had fun reading ‘Whiffy Wilson, The Wolf Who Wouldn’t Wash’ and we enjoyed exploring different items we use to keep clean. We also talked about going to the dentist and how to keep our teeth clean. We had a fantastic time using toothbrushes and toothpaste to brush the plastic tee

Over the last few weeks children have been focusing on teamwork in their Forest School sessions. As their confidence and collaborative approach has developed so they are now ready to be given more freedom. They now can choose who they work with and the theme becomes more open ended rather than a set

As part of our All About the Team theme, across the Forest School term, the children were challenged to collaborate in their groups to create nonsense poems. The older children tried their hand at limericks or poems with rhyming couplets and the younger children were given a simpler poem to fill in

In English, the boys and girls have been learning about compound sentences. They understand that they consist of at least two independent clauses which are joined using a coordinating conjunction. The children enjoyed taking part in a number of activities to demonstrate their understanding – match

A Wonderful Week in Reception! We’ve had a fantastic week in Reception, celebrating our families and learning how every family is special in its own way. The children loved sharing stories about their families and exploring what makes each one different. We then made beautiful photo frames using a v

This week, the Year 6 children have been doing something a little bit different in guided reading – a programme called Reader’s Theatre. This involved the children having a text modelled to them where they could hear it being read for fluency, expression and intonation. Over the week, they then work

This week, we read Hello Hello by Brendon Wenzel and talked about how we are all unique. We then painted self-portraits and created faces using materials we found outside. We also had a great time learning new sounds and practiced writing them in shaving foam. It’s been a week full of fun and crea

This half term, Year 5 have been diving into the epic Anglo-Saxon legend ‘Beowulf’. The children have been fascinated by the dramatic battles and monstrous characters, especially the terrifying Grendel. As part of their English lessons, pupils created their own character descriptions of the gruesome

This week was our first full week in Reception.  We have had a great time meeting new friends and learning the rules and routines of the Reception classroom.  We have enjoyed reading the story Rumpelstiltskin where the princess has to guess his name.  We then played lots of games to learn our fri

This term, in English, Year Two are studying the book One Day on Our Blue Planet in the Ocean. To help them get to know the text, the boys and girls have created some beautiful art work. First, the children looked at some images from their new text. They carefully sketched the creatures before colou