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Describing Rumpelstiltskin

Describing Rumpelstiltskin

The Bees have been reading traditional tales this half term such as Rumpelstilitskin. Today we sorted adjectives into appearance and character. We learned lots of new words such as furious and generous and had a lot of discussion about why Rumpelstiltskin was both...
Year 5 Macbeth Drama!

Year 5 Macbeth Drama!

The last two weeks in year 5, we have been learning about Shakespeare and in particular his play, Macbeth. We were looking at the first 2 acts and began the topic by exploring the story and getting to know the characters. As children got more confident with the...
Perfect Pairs

Perfect Pairs

This week in English we are learning all about our chosen author, Jill Murphy. We have enjoyed many stories written and illustrated by Jill Murphy in class, including ‘Five Minutes Peace’ which we have been focusing on for the last two weeks in our English...
Romeo and Juliet Drama in Year 6

Romeo and Juliet Drama in Year 6

Over the past couple of weeks, Year 6 have been reading and enjoying Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. This week, we developed our speaking and listening skills by acting out the fight scene between Tybalt, Mercutio and Romeo.  The hall became our theatre and...
Fantastic phonics in the Bees!

Fantastic phonics in the Bees!

Bees have been focusing on their spellings. Our phonological awareness is fantastic! Today we used the aplhabet to help us find -ull words. We followed this up by brainstorming ay, ing, all and at words. We are getting very fast!   Article 29: Your education...