Year 5’s turn into reporters!
In English today, Elms have been busy turning themselves into reporters trying to find information out from different sources. Using a digital literacy clip as our inspiration and topic, children have been able to get on board with finding out the facts needed to...
Windy Winners!
What another fantastic week it's been in the 'Nook'! The focus has been on writing with children across the school show-casing what they can do with everything from writing narratives to instructions. Congratulations to all our winners from Reception to Year 6: ...
Owl Babies
Nursery have been focusing on the story, Owl Babies by Martin Waddell. We have learned that owls hunt for food during the night,eat small animals, can fly silently, have sharp talons and make live in holes inside of trees. We all produced some beautiful owl collages...
Guess How Much I Love You
This week we have focused on the book, Guess How Mush I Love You, Which is about two hares. We looked at the difference between hares and rabbits. We learned that rabbits sleep underground in warrens and hares sleep above ground. Therefore, hares can run as soon as...
Fun in the sun!
A warm welcome to our new starters this week. We have had a super busy week learning about zebras, focusing on the book, Gorgeous, about a mother zebra and her foal. We found out that the stripes on zebras are a little bit like like finger prints as no set of stripes...
How to…
...make a jam sandwich! In our English lessons we have been finding out about the features of instruction texts to help us write our own instructions next week. We looked at - what you need lists, numbered steps, time words, bossy verbs (and even found out they are...
Happy Easter!
This week, we have focused on the Easter Story and why Easter eggs are a tradition at Easter. We made some Easter nests using Weetabix and chocolate, which we enjoyed eating during snack time today. We also listened to the story, We're Going on an Egg Hunt. We were...
Potter Mad in Tulips
Over the last half term the children in Tulips have been reading Harry Potter in their reading sessions. The children have created several Harry Potter inspired pieces of writing. They have re-written chapters from different perspectives, wrote letters in role as a...
A Seed in Need
This week we have been focusing on the book, A Seed in Need by Sam Goodwin. The book names the parts of a plant and explains the function of each part. We made some edible collages using fruit and vegetables which represented plants with; roots, a stem, leaves and a...
Choose Camp Green Lake
Year 5 have been continuing their work with the book, ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar. This week we have been thinking about how we would sell Camp Green Lake to potential parents/guardians of boys that are misguided. We have used persuasive techniques, pictures and included...
Fee,fi, fo, fum…
We have been focusing on the story of Jack and the Beanstalk this week. We planted some broad beans to represent magic beans and did some excellent drama outside on our stage as well as indoors, re-enacting the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. Following on from last...
Freeze-frames in Year 5
Year 5 have been reading a new book, 'Holes' by Louis Sachar and they are loving it! Today we have been practising our drama skills and children had a go at getting into character. We recreated the trial scene of when Stanley (main character) gets sent to Camp Green...