We have been concentrating on re-telling a Greek story using our own ideas. Each group had a story to read and discuss, we then had to re-tell that story in our own words. Some of us chose to be presenters and report the story as it happened, others re-enacted the story. Each group was then … Continue reading
After the complete downpour this morning, Year 3 headed on to the playground to gather clues about their new book. The children looked very closely and came up with some great suggestions about what the book might be about. Discovering the giant footprints, lots of children thought it might be about the Gruffalo, Big Foot … Continue reading
This week, Year 6 were lucky enough to have a visit from Wendy Shakespeare, who is a senior editorial manager at Puffin. Wendy spoke to the children about her role and told us all about how much work goes into writing a children’s book. She also told us about the many amazing authors she has … Continue reading
Today we went off to The Academy to take part in a drama workshop. We had a few warm up activities and then learned the script to A Midsummer’s Night Dream by William Shakespeare. Rehearsals took place in the drama room where there was so much room to perform in. After lunch we went down … Continue reading
Ducklings have been looking at capital letters this week. We recognised that we all have them at the beginning of our names and how they look different from lower case letters. Next we used a varied range of capital letter resources to find ways we could create our names.
To conclude our learning of The Tempest, we wrote our own play scripts. Some of the children changed the ending of the play and actually killed Prospero and some children decided that Ariel needed revenge! The children worked amazingly in their groups and have shown some real acting talents! Well done Yr 6!
Welcome to a Set Three Phonic Lesson at St Eanswythe’s School. Mrs. Semple has taught all of the groups from Red Group up to Blue Group. What you will be watching is a Yellow Group Speed Sound Lesson. As a school we felt it would be beneficial for parents/carers to see how Phonic sounds are … Continue reading
Over the last couple of days, Owls have had a very exciting encounter with Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk. On Monday we found a letter from Jack, telling us he was planning to sneak back up the beanstalk for one final time. However, Jack explained that he didn’t have a bag to bring back … Continue reading
Today in Year 3 we started a new story called Elf Road for our English lessons. In this story a boy called Billy goes through a magical doorway and is transported to a large, dark hall with hundreds of tiny people and a glorious banquet hall with a dragon ice scuplture. To help kick off … Continue reading
To round off our work in Literacy, which ran alongside our class novel ‘Wild Boy’, we had a film afternoon and watched The Greatest Showman. We can relate our novel to this film as it is all about a circus show set in the Victorian era and that the ‘Oddities’ or ‘Freaks’, as they were … Continue reading
Eagles have been using clay to create models which they associate with remembering Her Majesty…
We have been busy learning about partitioning numbers and how we can flexibly partition them…
This week Year 5 have created some amazing rainforest animal art linked to our class…
A small group of Year 3 children have been thoroughly enjoying their morning swim at…
