Writing
Active English!
To help cement our understanding of subordinate clauses, we went active! We made giant sentences, chopped up some 'normal sized' sentences and also decorated the yard with our own examples too.
Freeze framing
We read the story of the Smartest Giant in Town and thought about how the different animals felt before and after George’s help. We freeze framed how they might feel throughout. We also thought about the kindness George showed the animals and how we could replicate...
Sequencing our story
We have enjoyed reading our new story for this half term - The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad. We have contributed to class discussions about what it means to be proud of something or someone. This week we began to sequence our story to prepare us for our big write...
What’s inside the case?
Today we have been looking inside of a very battered suitcase which belongs to the main character in our digital literacy clip: The Piano. We have not watched the clip yet so we have been discussing what we think the character is like and why these were the items in...
Mysteries of Stonehenge – non chronological report
The children have been learning about writing non-chronological reports about Stonehenge. I am so proud of their hard work.
Drama Strikes in English…
We are working hard to learn the skills which we will need to write our own news report in the disappearance of Cherry (the main character in our class book). Today we have been role-playing as news reporters during a drama lesson in order to decide which information...