Blog by Tag: writing
Goldilocks crime scene
Our Goldilocks crime scene has got everyone writing!
Category: Ducklings
*Owls' Class worked with Dan Worsley
The children in Owls class loved having a writing workshop with Dan Worsley this week. He supported the children in highlighting a text to 'magpie' words and phrases that caught their attention and guided them their planning of their own story. The children created some excellent stories with…
Category: Owls
owls writing English LKS2 SPaG
Biographies
Last week we researched our favourite British musicians and artists.
Who is your favourite musician? Why? What was the most interesting fact you found out about your musician/artist?
Category: Hawks
music writing hawks English History year5 year 6
This Week
This week the children have worked very hard indeed!!! They have produced some excellent Balanced Arguments!! We are looking forward to writing Adventure based stories next week.
We are also looking forward to Walking the Lights next Weds night, could any outstanding slips be returned to me…
Category: Falcons
Mark making
The new Ducklings are great little mark makers!
Category: Ducklings
A fab first week with the delightful Doves
What a super first week back we have had. Miss Hardman and I have been so impressed with how organised, hardworking and sensible you all are, long may it continue.
We have already taken our learning outside of the classroom a couple of times, enjoyed a fantastic PE session where I was wowed…
Category: Doves
Super Spelling
The Ducklings have been learning to read and write words beginning with two consonants.
Category: Ducklings
Phonics
In phonics we have been learning to read and write words ending with two consonants. Some of us have been spelling them too!
Category: Ducklings
Herons write a new Katie Morag Story
On 24th November, the children in Herons wrote a new Katie Morag story as part of their Big Write.
They had recieved an email from the author asking for their help:
Dear Herons,
I need your help! I know you have been reading my stories and I was wondering if you…
Category: Herons
year2 writing herons year 1 stories big write Katie Morag Mairi Hedderwick
Writing with Dan Worsley
Last week we had the fantastic experience of having local author Dan Worsley join us in our class. He taught us how he plans, edits and writes his stories and how he magpies ideas from his other writings.
Dan gave us the challenge of changing the end of one of his short stories Blown Away.…
Category: Owls
year3 year4 writing owls2018 LKS2 danworsley
Able, Gifted and Talented Writing Group
We have had yet another wonderful writing workshop with the very talented author Dan Worsley. Today our small group of writers had the opportunity to edit and improve an unpublished section of Dan's writing. This involved the description of a mean bully within a school playground. The children…
Category: Doves
*Doves' Writing Workshop with the Wonderful Author: Dan Worsley.
Doves have had a fantastic time listening to the story Blown Away, written by author Dan Worsley. They thought it story was hilarious. Throughout the workshop the children had the opportunity to plan an alternative ending to the story. All the children wrote an amazing plan and have already begun…
Category: Doves