Y5 enjoyed using hot seating to help explore how Oliver Twist felt writing a letter to Mr Bumble to try and persuade him to treat the orphans better.

Year 1 have had a busy week, developing their ideas before they write about the story The Little Red Elf. The children have created their own story planning maps, developed actions for the story and used freeze frame drama techniques to understand what the characters are doing and feeling.

Year 1 have completed their alternative Handa's Surprise stories this week. They worked hard to make changes to the animals, fruits and vegetables that we would have in this country. They were also able to use adjectives effectively to describe the animals and fruits and bring a clear picture to the readers minds. The children also then rehearsed and performed their sentences to the class!

Y5 have produced some fabulous reports on the circus including using our new writing skill of parenthesis.  Well done everyone :)

Year 1 have been busy again developing their writing skills. We have been enjoying reading the book 'Handa's Surprise', and so last week they wrote sentences about the animals taking Handa's fruit and used adjectives to describe the fruit!

This week, parents and families were invited to join their children in their phonics lessons. We were thrilled that so many adults joined us and were able to see phonics in action and see how well their children are working in these lessons.

This week, the children in Year 1 continued their writing journey based on the book Handa's Surprise. On Monday they worked collaboratively to act out the story using props in a speaking and listening drama lesson. This has then helped them to write sentences about the animals taking Handa's fruit using verbs and adjectives.

In Year 1 our writing lessons have been very busy this week. We have started our new writing journey based on the book Handa's Surprise. To help generate ideas for adjectives this week, the children enjoyed tasting may of the fruits from the story - exploring the shape, colour, texture and taste of the fruits. The children then used these adjectives to write sentences about the fruits. The children then retold the story to their partner using the story maps they created.

Y5 really enjoyed used the drama strategies of freeze frame and role play to generate ideas for vocabulary to use in their own writing.

To kickstart our English learning journey on The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo, children in Year 4 took part in a pre-teach lesson. They explored the African savanna, its climate and the animals that live there. This has helped them build background knowledge so they can write more creatively in their narratives. Stay tuned!

Y5 really enjoyed their poetry papering session where they had the time to explore and enjoy a wide range of poems. We all really enjoyed it!

Year 3 and 4 put on a wonderful performance to celebrate Diwali, full of colour, confidence, and brilliant acting. We are so proud of all their hard work and the way they brought the story to life.

Some fantastic collaborative work today in Year 1, where the children used images to map their new story 'Look up!' by Nathan Byron as...

Children in Year 1 were inspired by their writing text of Room on the Broom, by Julia Donaldson. They planned and then created their own...

Y5 really enjoyed our visit from Jo Stokes from AS creatives. Every class enjoyed a session focusing on a different area of poetry for...

Y5 enjoyed developing their improvisation and freeze frame skills to help them collect ambitious vocabulary and SNT sentences. Keep an...

Year 1 really enjoyed working with the visiting poet today. They worked collaboratively to create their own class poem using the theme of...

In our writing lessons this week, Year 1 have been learning all about verbs. In this lesson they used the book to find and then show...

The children have continued their writing journey this week and have been developing sentences about the witch losing items when she is...