Year 2 (Class 5) - English - Author Visit

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Yesterday, we had a visit from the author Bethan Woollvin.

We had a great time with her, she read her version of Rapunzel, year two really enjoyed it. Bethan then showed us how to draw the main characters.

We had a great time it was so exciting to meet a real author. 

Category: Year 2

English

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Year 6 (Class 16) - English - Characters

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Class 16 have been looking at how characters feel in the text they are reading.

They have been plotting the characters emotions on a graph and then completing sentences justifying their reasons.

Category: Year 6

English

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Year 6 (Class 15) - English - Handwriting

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Mrs Dyer is very impressed with the attitude and dedication of some boys in class 15 who are working hard to improve their handwriting.

Well done. 

Category: Year 6

English

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Year 5 (Class 15) - English - Handwriting

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Mrs Dyer is very impressed with the attitude and dedication of some boys in class 15 who are working hard to improve their handwriting.

Well done.

Category: Year 5

English

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Year 6 (Class 16) - English - Titanic Book

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Class 16 enjoyed reading the opening chapters of ‘I survived the sinking of the Titanic, 1912.’ 

Children used their inference skills to explain why characters might have behaved as they did and children also highlighted unfamiliar words and used the text around the words to explain the meaning…

Category: Year 6

English

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Year 2 (Class 7) - English - Author Visit

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Year 2 had an author visit. They listened to a twisted fairy tale by Bethan Woollvin, learnt about the process of writing and illustrating a book and learnt how to draw the characters.

We will be continuing to do work on her version of Rapunzel in class.

Category: Year 2

English Phonics and Reading

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Year 1 (Class 3) - English - Alphabet Puzzle

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Some children in class 3 decided to try the alphabet caterpillar puzzle today.

Myself and Miss O'Brien are very impressed with the teamwork they showed to complete it.

Category: Year 1

English

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Year 4 (Class 11) - English - Oliver Twist Vocabulary

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Class 11 worked in their collaborative pairs to find new vocabulary in a chapter of Oliver Twist.

We then discussed the new words and what we thought they meant by reading the sentence they were in. 

Category: Year 4

English

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Year 2 (Class 5) - English - Imaginary Castles

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Children in class 5 worked in groups to label parts of an imaginary castle.

They used their knowledge of non-fiction texts to understand labels and how they are used.

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English

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Year 1 (Class 3) - English - The Highway Rat

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Class 3 have loved learning about the highway rat this week.

Some children even drew their own fantastic pictures of him. 

Category: Year 1

English

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Year 3 (Class 9) - English - Writing & Editing

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We have been learning how to edit writing. We worked in pairs to improve a passage using CUPS (Capitals, Understanding, Punctuation, Spelling).

We talked about ways to spot errors and spelling strategies we can use to help us. 

Category: Year 3

English

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Year 3 - Class 9 - English - Spellings on 'Learn with Emile'

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We have been practicing our spellings using the 'Learn with Emile' app.

Category: Year 3

English

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