From World Book Day Fun to going on an exciting trip to Life Expo. On Thursday, it was World Book Day and the all the children really enjoyed coming into school in their pyjamas. We…
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Year 1 – World Book Day
World Book Day was such a special day as we celebrated the wonderful world of books. We read extra stories during the day with our teachers, as well as having an author visit, Fatemah Rahmani…
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Spring term part 2 has started off in whirlwind of exciting activities in Year 6. As part of our World Book Day celebrations we welcomed author and comedian, James Campbell, to our school. James visited…
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Year 6 have been working hard at their writing this week in creating their own thrilling stories based on our class book, “Cogheart”. To put themselves right in the centre of the action, the children…
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This week has been filled with lots of learning in Year 2! We kicked things off by retelling the enchanting story of ‘How to Catch a Star’. The children did a fabulous job using noun…
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This week, Year 3 have been exploring the world of poetry! We have learnt about different styles and discovered well-known poets, including Michael Rosen and Windrush poet James Berry. Inspired by Berry’s poem One, the…
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Year 1 have thoroughly enjoyed our English learning, based on The Tiger That Came to Tea, by Judith Kerr. Earlier this week, the children wrote invitations to someone that they they thought deserved a treat,…
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Year 1 have been reading Alternative Fairy Tales. This requires the story to have a different ‘setting’ and different ‘characters’. The Year 1 children then went onto plan and write their own alternative fairy tale….
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The Year 1 children thoroughly enjoyed the book by Martin Waddell, Farmer Duck, that we have been studying for two weeks. They have created lots of work linked to the book, including writing a Book…
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Our school has been buzzing with book blether all week! We had a visit on Wednesday from author and illustrator Olaf Falafel. He talked to us about what inspires him to write and draw (and…
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