Our English reader this term is The Princess and the Pea. We began by playing a memory game where we looked at different objects to help us predict what the story was going to be about. The pupils looked at a princess, a prince, a crown, a castle, a pea and a bed. The children used these clues to
To launch our new text for English, the children examined some clues: a bone and tooth necklace, a flint spear head and an image of cave paintings. They predicted that the text related to the Stone Age, and they shared any facts they knew about this period. They then made their own Stone Age neckl
In English, Year Two have started reading their new book – Into the Forest, by Anthony Browne. First, the children looked at the front cover of the book in more detail. They noticed small pictures among the leaves and trees, including a frog, an apple and a tall tower. Once they had identified each
This week in Reception, we read the story Squirrel’s New Years Resolution. The children shared their experiences of Christmas and new year at circle time and we talked about things we would like to achieve in the coming year. The children had some great aspirations such as, learning to swim or ridin
A final Reading Corner post for 2023. there have been so many great book recommendations throughout this year – from the children and from me. I hope that you have been able to read some of the books. The Christmas holidays are a great time for reading – there is so much free time and it’s so cold t
As the nights get colder and winter sets in, the reading effort from the KS2 children has been fantastic. all of the children have been doing assessments, which have highlighted the progress they have made this year. The use of Reading Plus and Accelerated Reader are essential components for the chi
All this term we have been reading “Stone Girl, Bone Girl”, a story about the life of Mary Anning. Everyone has enjoyed listening to her heroic tale and has learnt so much about her life and her amazing discovery. We decided to write newspaper reports about her excavation of an Ichthyosaurus. Firstl
The children in Year 6 have been studying an animation called ‘The Piano.’ This animation has an elderly gentleman playing the piano whilst flashing back to key moments from his life. This week, the children have been doing lots of inference work to think about how the man feels and have been imagin
This week, the children in Reception have been taking part in National Nursery Rhyme Week. This year, the suggested rhymes were B-I-N-G-O, The Big Ship Sails on the Alley, Alley, o, Twinkle, Twinkle, 12345 Once I Caught a Fish Alive and 5 Little Speckled Frogs. The children enjoyed performing thes
As Christmas seems to be getting ever nearer (and I’ve been told I’m the Grinch as I don’t have my Christmas tree up yet), this week’s Reading Corner looks at a couple of new Christmas books available this year. In the ever-increasing technological world that we live in, it is lovely to hear some of
