Blog by Tag: English
Democracy in English
In English we are currently reading Kensuke's Kingdom. In our English lesson, we voted if we were for or against sailing around the world with our family for 6 months.
I would love to sail around the world with my family. I love to go travelling and have been to many places around the…
Category: Hawks
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Performance Poetry
Today we performed poetry with a partner, we also put expression into our work and brilliant actions. We talked about different to ensure that our poetry was performed expressively. We looked at how different poems are set out and also some of the language features used. Today we noted in the…
Category: Owls
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This week in Parrots
In history the children worked in groups to think of questions to ask me about how this area has changed since I was a little girl. Some of their questions made me giggle! We have written our own Katie Morag stories. The photographs show the children using their plans to help them in our 'big…
Category: Parrots
Squarky turns 1!
On 5th October, our class heron Squarky turned 1. We celebrated by giving him a birthday party. We decorated the classroom with banners and balloons. We gave him a birthday card. Then we played musical bumps and statues. Max B and Sophia won. We sang "Happy Birthday" and ate birthday cake.
We…
Category: Herons
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Traditional Tales
We have really enjoyed learning about traditional tales in English over the past 3 weeks. We have read the Wolf and The Seven Kids and The Cat, The Dog, Little red, Exploding Eggs, The Wolf and Grandma's Wardrobe. We have also had the opportunity to share your favourite stories from home including…
Category: Herons
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Dan Worsley Interview
It was great to have Dan Worsley in school today. We were able to interview him so that we can write his biography. Hopefully we'll be able to share our biographies when we've finished writing them. We asked him a lot of questions and found out some funny moments from his childhood.
What…
Category: Owls
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Fantastic Mr Fox
This week in English we have been learning about Fantastic Mr Fox and the different characters that are in the story. We have discussed lots about the setting and how the characters feelings change through the story. We have enjoyed reading the story so far as there are lots of funny parts in…
Category: Robins
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Owl and the Pussy Cat
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Herons are learning all about "The Owl and the Pussy Cat" on a Thursday as part of their poetry lessons.
The children are learning to recite the poem with expression and intonation. Everyone has been working in groups and pairs to practise reading it and putting actions to the poem.
It has…
Category: Herons
Owls World Book Week
In Owls this week we have had a brilliant week all about books!
During the week, we have had ERICS time in the library, been reading buddies to children in Robins and shared topic books with a partner of choice.
On Thursday it was World Book Day. We had a brilliant morning with Mrs Cassiday…
Category: Owls
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Owls Persuasive TV Adverts
In Owls we have been creating persuasive TV adverts.
In English we have created persuasive slogans and scripts to persuade the audience to buy our products.
We have recorded and editied them outside using IPads.
Which product were you selling? What was your slogan? What did you…
Category: Owls
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World Book Day
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It's 20 years since the first World Book Day and it's a great day to celebrate and share the books we all enjoy.
Herons were very enthusaiastic about the books they read at school and home
Everyone had a prop from a story they enjoyed and we had a great time asking questions about the prop…
Category: Herons
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Tricky word practice
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After our tricky word phonics lesson some us practised writing the words in different colours and sizes on large paper to "train their brain". They had lots of fun. AJ won Star Writer of the day for his ennthusiasm, some others had a go too. Here are the pictures
Category: Ducklings