In our writing lessons this week, the children have been working hard to recall and then order the main events of our new text 'Look Up!' by Nathan Byron. The children then used the images to help them retell the story in the correct order.

In writing this week, Year 1 have been planning their recipe for a good friend, using an 'S' plan and developing the skill of using a full stop at the end of a sentence. Then they wrote their recipes using the plan and all of their new skills.

This week in our writing lessons, Year 1 have been using the story of Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson as inspiration for how our friends can be helpful. They considered what qualities they would want in a friend before writing and making a recipe to make a good friend, by adding different ingredients to their pot.

Children have enjoyed collecting vocabulary and performing their own version of when Manyara met the terrifying 5-head snake in Mufaro's beautiful daughters.

Over the past few weeks, the children in year 2 have worked hard to learn how to write clear instructions. They have used adverbs of time, command sentences starting with verbs and numbered steps to help make their writing easy for the reader to follow. They brought all of their learning together in their independent writing and the results were fantastic! Have a look at some of our writing.

This week, the children in Year 1 completed their first writing journey with a recount of their visit to the farm. The children have worked hard to use their phonics to spell, remember to use full stops and finger spaces in their sentences. We are very proud of them!

This week, the children in Year 1 have started their writing journey about the visit to Patshull Farm. As you can see the children are very confident to share their ideas and record them accurately.