English

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.