Tag: English
Informal and Formal Voice
Class 6 had a lovely morning yesterday looking at informal and formal language features. They had to complete several activities to match the language features with their definitions. I'm looking forward to seeing how they use this learning in their newspaper article on the Dambusters…
Posted by Harriet Beaumont on 18 November 2021
Category: Class of 2015
More deliveries from space!
Class One were amazed to discover yet another mysterious package had appeared in the classroom overnight. This one contained new clues to help us construct our very own space counting poem. Over the next week the children will be developing their poetry skills before writing their own versions of…
Posted by Mrs Barrett on 17 November 2021
Category: Class of 2020
Drama Lesson - Escaping Pompeii
Class Four had a super drama lesson today. The children became Roman characters and were taken back in time to witness the dramatic events that took place in Pompeii on the 24th August AD79! They had to imagine they were there when Mount Vesuvius erupted and act out how they think the citizens of…
Posted by Miss Duckett on 16 November 2021
Category: Class of 2017
Tags: English
Space Post
This week Class One received some very strange post! It was written in an alien language and accompanied by space dust. Using mirrors the children managed to decode the message and discovered it was a space counting poem. We are planning to write our own poems soon and began the process by…
Posted by Mrs Barrett on 5 November 2021
Debate
Today, Class Six participated in a debate to discuss whether 'Schools should become fully digitised'. The children showcased some fantastic speaking and listening skills and were very persuasive with their arguments.
Posted by Harriet Beaumont on 6 October 2021
Category: Class of 2015
World War Two Day
Class 6 have had a brilliant time learning about WW2 today, fully immersing themselves into their role of being evacuees. After a long train journey to the countryside, the evacuated children were greeted by some strict billeting officers for inspection.
We heard many air raid sirens today. It…
Posted by Harriet Beaumont on 22 September 2021
Category: Class of 2015
Happy News
Class 5 have had a wonderful start to the new academic year. They have impressed Miss Cammiss and Mrs Senior with their positive attitudes towards school and learning. We spent the first few days settling in to our new routine and starting Year 5 on a positive note: by looking at some Happy…
Posted by Miss Cammiss on 12 September 2021
Category: Class of 2016
First Day in Class 2
The children have settled into their new classroom so well, we are very proud of them!
The only problem we had was that our new topic had been buried in the allotment, so we had to go and find out what it was. Armed with spades, the children were keen to get digging and very excited to find out…
Posted by Mrs Pelc on 9 September 2021
Category: Class of 2019
Tags: Class 2 English History Geography
A fabulous return for Class 6
Class 6 have settled back to school brilliantly modelling a fantastic attitude to the rest of the school. We carried out a debate to choose our class text and it was decided that we will be reading 'The Wizards of Once'. What a fabulous start to the school year!
Posted by Harriet Beaumont on 9 September 2021
Category: Class of 2015
Proud Poets
Year 5 have finished their poetry unit on a high!
They worked tirelessly to draft, edit, write and illustrate their poems before performing them to the whole class.
We are so proud of them their excellent use of poetic features and their application of their speaking skills when delivering…
Posted by Miss Cammiss on 18 July 2021
Category: Class of 2015
The Day Our Chairs Quit
Today we arrived into class to find out chairs had quit! They were quite cross about how they had been treated; having feet put on them, being dragged across the floor, not getting tucked in and being made to rock on 2 legs!!
The children decided the best thing to do was write letters of…
Posted by Mrs Pelc on 23 April 2021
Category: Class of 2018
Earth Day
Class 5 had an amazing Earth Day!
In English, we are already learning about deforestation, so we linked our learning to Earth day by finding arguments for and against deforestation linked to our Earth Day themes (waste, energy and transport).
We then learnt about plastic waste and pollution…
Posted by Miss Cammiss on 22 April 2021
Category: Class of 2015