by Mr. Hawdon | Oct 12, 2016 | Beeches, English Corner
This week the Beeches have been learning all about figurative language in English – similes, metaphors and personification. We all agree that it makes our writing more interesting and even funny at times. Can you write one in the comments please?
by Amanda Clough | Oct 12, 2016 | English Corner, Ladybirds
We had a very exciting letter on Tuesday that was sent from the 3rd little pig, from his brick house, who was wondering where his two brothers were as he hadn’t seen them since the wolf blew their houses down. Well the Ladybirds wanted to help straight away and...
by Mrs Hope | Oct 12, 2016 | English Corner, Proud to Present
Last week, Mrs Hope’s Year 5 group started work on our new novel, Journey to Jo’burg. Our first task was to find out about the context of the novel. This meant we researched apartheid in South Africa, and found out all about ‘South Africa’s...
by Miss Smith | Oct 10, 2016 | English Corner, Tulips
Today in Tulips, the children began a new focus in English based around an animated video clip. So far, they have only watched the first 40 seconds and already they’re gripped! We used the 5 W’s to analyse what was going on in the video and to build our...
by Amanda Clough | Oct 6, 2016 | English Corner, Ladybirds
The card shop is up and running in the Ladybirds classroom and it has been a real hit with everyone! It has been a lovely quiet retreat from the buzz of the busy areas in our classroom and the children have been making all sorts of cards for their friends and...
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