Nov 19, 2021 | English Activities, Year 1, Year 2
Year 1 and 2 took part in a book sharing with a real-life author this week – Gareth P. Jones. The book club is a new initiative from Farshore and Collins, promoting the importance of reading for pleasure. Gareth has written a series of books called Fairy Tales...
Nov 17, 2021 | English Activities, Year 5, Year 6
As part of ‘Into Film Festival’ Year 5 and Year 6 went to Sunderland Empire Cinema to see David Copperfield. The film inspired lots of conversation and discussion about the past. Year 5 have enjoyed comparing the film to the traditional story and Year 6...
Nov 12, 2021 | Arts Activities, English Activities, Humanities Activities, Maths Activities, Science & Technology Activities, Year 1
This academic year has seen a lot of changes in Year 1. We have to tried to make the transition from EYFS to Year 1 much easier for children by keeping their ‘choosing’ activities available alongside more structured, adult-led learning....
Nov 7, 2021 | Arts Activities, English Activities, Year 1
What a great start to a new half term this week in Year 1! We have been exploring different types of poetry and then using it to write our own and perform it in front of an audience. This has been a brilliant way for us to learn lots of new vocabulary and apply our...
Oct 22, 2021 | English Activities, Year 5
Last week in Year 5 we were learning how to write relative clauses. We used a practical approach using strips of paper and reorganising sentences. This helped us not to forget the commas. Relative clauses always need a relative pronoun and we found a catchy song on...
Oct 22, 2021 | Arts Activities, English Activities, Science & Technology Activities, Year 1
Since September, Year 1 have been working on creating their own moving storybook. Firstly, we looked at some storybooks that had moving parts e.g. pop up stories such as The Jolly Postman, before we started to make our own. We linked the topic in DT to our first...
