Who is your super hero?
This week we have combined Valentine's Day and the story, A Super Hero like me. We talked about the special people in our lives and who help us. We talked about a variety of jobs like; doctors, dentists, recycling truck drivers, carers and our parents. We made some...
Performance Poetry in Nightingales
Today we have been learning a poem to perform to the rest of the class. We worked in groups to work out who would perform each part and then helped each other with ideas to perform it. Some children even memorised their words. It was lots of fun and we know what it...
Secrets of Winter
This week we have participated in activities based around the book, Secretes of Winter. The book requires a torch to reveal hidden animals within some of the pages and we expertly used torches to find them and retell the story. We found out that snowflakes have six...
Owls create historical non-chronological reports
Article 13: You have the right to find out things and share what you think with others, by talking, drawing, writing or in any other way unless it harms or offends other people. Article 17: You have the right to get information that is important to your well-being,...
Happy Chinese New Year in Nursery
We have had a super week celebrating Chinese New Year. With our scientific brains, we examined raw and cooked noodles and discussed how different they looked and felt before and after they were cooked. We sat in our Chinese restaurant role play area to taste some...
Owls create a word bank for their non chronological reports
Article 13: You have the right to find out things and share what you think with others, by talking, drawing, writing or in any other way unless it harms or offends other people. Article 17: You have the right to get information that is important to your well-being,...
Non-chronological reports in Robins
This week, the children in Robins and Owls have been learning about non-chronological reports. We worked with our partners to spot key features of a non-chronological text, such as the title, subtitles, pictures and an introduction. We used our highlighters to show...
Penguin and Pinecone…a friendship story!
We have concluded our work on Penguin and Pinecone this week. In the story, when Penguin first discovers Pinecone he describes him as a curious object and tries to eat him, soon realising that he is "...too hard to be food...". So, we made some edible pine cones...
Letters of Complaint
Over the last two weeks, the children in Tulips have been writing letters of complaints. They have been complaining about a terrible stay at a hotel and this week about their visit to a ran down play park. The children needed to use formal language along with other...
Year 6 – Reporters
This week in English Year 6 have been looking into Storm Arwen which broke on our shores back in November of last Year. They looked at various media outlets and also watched interviews with people from the North East who were quite seriously affected. Then they...
Proud to Present our Reading Skills of Five Minutes Peace
Article 13: You have the right to find out things and share what you think with others, by talking, drawing, writing or in any other way unless it harms or offends other people. Article 17: You have the right to get information that is important to your well-being,...
Bluebells Become Apprentice Tea Tasters
Children were greeted in class today by a poster asking for 'Apprentice Tea Tasters'. After agreeing to help, children tasted 3 different teas and made tasting notes before creating phrases and labels for some of the tea they tried. The taste testing was a hint to our...