As part of our new English unit, we have been investigating the idea of labyrinths and how - in Ancient Greece - they were all made in the same way! Check out our attempts - some are outside, and some are in the hall as rain interrupted our labyrinth-making!
We have enjoyed exploring our new book ‘Paper Planes’, making our own paper planes and watching them fly. We then thought of different verbs to describe how they moved.
This week, we have been spending time discussing the background of our new class text, Pegasus. Looking at the front cover, we think that Pegasus is a mythical creature. This links back to our History topic from last term,...
This week we have been listening to and reading poems by Grace Nichols. Our favourites were: Cat-Rap, Cosmic Disco and Lady Winter's Rap. Today we have been rehearsing the skills needed in order to make our performances entertaining. 'I have learned that when...
Today year 6 enjoyed a practical English lesson; listening, researching and discussing poems that were written by Grace Nichols. The children found out lots of facts using the iPad's and identified where Grace was born using the Atlas'. Year 6 had unique ideas about...
Thank you to all the parents who supported the recent onsite book fair. We raised £501.48 in total which gives the school £182.89 in rewards to spend, helping us to increase the range of books we can offer to our pupils. For those of you who did not manage to come...
We enjoyed using magnifying glasses to search for the clues in the illustrations in our book ‘Grandad’s Island’. We saw lots of things in the pictures that gave us clues about what might happen next and we predicted why they might be there.
The children were investigating whether the statemnets they had about the wall in 'After the fall' are facts or opinions. They paid close attention to the wording of the statements and looked out for generalisations.
After reading ‘The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch’ we decided what we would like in a packed lunch. Once everyone had decided the most popular item was a sandwich. We made a sandwich using ingredients, listening to instructions and discussing the process then used our...
Last week, we celebrated World Book Day at Rowlands Gill Primary School. The theme for this year was We Are Readers. So we spent lots of time exploring books by different authors and talking about when and how we can find the time to read. Across the week, we had two...
