We freeze framed different parts of our story ‘Paper Planes’ focussing on the story telling and emotions we could portray in a single picture.
Freeze frame
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Reading
Dia de los Muertos
In English, we have enjoyed learning about Dia de los Muertos which is also known as Day of the Dead. We researched facts about the celebration and enjoyed making our own marigold flowers and decorating calaveras. We will be writing an explanation text this week,...
Library Visit
A small group of children went to visit the local library today. First, we talked about how to stay safe walking next to the roads and why we were wearing our high vis jackets. We found lots of interesting sights on our way including a skeleton in a local shop, houses...
What are the features of a fable?
Raising awareness of Limb Loss and Limb Difference
This week we have been learning all about Limb Loss and Limb Difference. We have listened to stories including Chops, Splash and Alf's Power and sensitively discussed how some people have different limbs. We used mirrors in class to observe our features including hair...
Mystery Reader
Today we enjoyed a story from our Mystery Reader. All the children helped to join in with The Gruffalo using the props. Thank you Tommy's grandma.
Paper planes
We made paper planes from our story and threw them around outside to see what verbs we can use to describe how they flew through the air. We then completed a poem about how they move focussing on past tense verbs.
Adding prefixes to root words
Learning about inspirational people
We enjoyed the stories our mystery reader chose today, learning about Jane Goodall and why she is inspirational. We discussed some endangered animals and the enjoyed reading a story about racing hamsters.
Mystery Reader
We enjoyed welcoming a mystery reader into our class today, listening to how all the different crayons felt on how much they were used when someone colours. We loved guessing who it might be and then listening to the story. Thank you!