Writing

We are not afraid of the Big Bad Wolf

We are not afraid of the Big Bad Wolf

This week we have enjoyed recalling and building based on the story of “The Three Little Pigs”. At forest on Tuesday we explored the woods checking for the Big Bad Wolf. Across the week we have had our own construction sites inside and outside discussing the...

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OH MY!

OH MY!

We have some strange things going on in English today…

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Character Feelings

Character Feelings

In English today we were collecting vocabulary to describe how the character in our class book was feeling. We used our reasoning skills to tell each other why we thought she would be feeling this way.

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Sentence Building- What is a Sentence?

Sentence Building- What is a Sentence?

Today we were learning how to write simple sentences. We really enjoyed using our 'building sentences' sheet to help us add more detail. This helped us to chunk our information and made sure we had included the things that a sentence...

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Plan do review

Plan do review

In Reception our children are very involved in their own learning. Children plan their ideas and adults support the development of next steps through play partnering. We explore all areas of the curriculum ensuring the children are immersed into different experiences...

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‘Tables’ of Writing!

‘Tables’ of Writing!

Today we were learning how to organise and strengthen our writing. We were making tables- on the table topic was the topic of our writing and on each leg was information linked to this topic. We learned that the more legs (or information) we added- the stronger our...

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Rainbow Road of Emotive Language

Rainbow Road of Emotive Language

Today we have been collecting emotive language to help show how we are feeling when we are writing. The giant piece of paper was very exciting!

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Shhhh Cake in Class!

Shhhh Cake in Class!

There's no better way to come up with adjectives to describe a cake- other than taste it!

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Inventing in English

Inventing in English

What a fantastic first week we are having in Class 2! Yesterday, someone stole Mrs Stephenson's lunch! We were determined that Mrs Stephenson would not go hungry again today. So, in english, we designed a 'lunch locker' in order to protect our teacher. The children...

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