Reading
Harry Potter experience
Today keen readers from across school took part in our virtual Harry Potter experience. We had a great time
English
Strange things are happening in Year 4…
Year 4 arrived at school today to a surprising scene- our classroom was covered in police tape and swarming with frogs! Something mysterious has clearly happened overnight… We have states off the week by stepping into the shoes of detectives. Armed with notepads and curious minds, we’ve been interviewing eyewitnesses, Read more
Equality & Diversity
Black History Month
This week we have been celebrating black history month by reading the book “I love my hair”. We have been discussing different hair types and how they are all unique and beautiful. We discussed what we love about our own hair, what it looks like and how we look after Read more
English
Year 1 Willows Shared Learning
Thank you to all the parents/carers who came to our shared learning today. The children loved demonstrating our knowledge of seasons, singing our seasons song to you, and having your support in writing sentences.
Reading
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
This week we had a surprise parcel left in Reception. When we opened the parcel we found lots of different foods and leaves. Everyone was guessing what story we could be learning about this week and we found the book for… The Hungry Caterpillar. We even found our own caterpillars Read more
Reading
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
This week Reception have been reading the story ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’. Reception have been retelling the story and acting it out. Everyone has also taste tested different flavours of porridge, thought of their own adjectives and written an adjective for each porridge. They tasted a lemon, grapefruit, chocolate Read more
Art & Design
The Gingerbread Man
This week and next week, we are reading the story, ‘The Gingerbread Man’. Reception have been designing their own gingerbread person this week. They have been creating their own life size gingerbread outside with chalk. They drew around themselves with a partner and then designed them on the floor.
English
Linking Paragraphs
Pine have been learning how to link ideas across paragraphs using adverbials of time, place, number and tense choices. We read through a number of texts and identified the adverbials used, then we tried to order a story by identifying the adverbials.
Outdoor learning
Jack and the Beanstalk
This week we have been reading ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. We have been reading the story, acting it out and then we planted our own beanstalk.