Yr 4 Tudor Play
The children have really enjoyed doing their Tudor play and the Tudor song.
Wingham
Today Year 4 have enjoyed a great day at Wingham Wildlife Park. We were particularly…
Literacy
Owls at Leeds Castle
What a fantastic start to a busy and exciting Summer term for the Owls- a day at the lovely Leeds Castle! The coach ride itself was greatly exciting for our Owls- most couldn’t recall the last time they had been on one since it would have probably been in 2019, so it all felt like … Continue reading
Visit to the Quarterhouse Book Festival!
Today we were lucky enough to attend the Creative Folkestone Book Festival at the Quarterhouse. Not only was it fantastic to be back in a theatre after so very long but the author leading the zoom call was Katherine Rundell (author of our most recent class text, Rooftoppers.) Earlier in the week, the children submitted … Continue reading
Phonics in Eagles
Every morning we have a phonics lesson, this week we have been focusing on the long ‘a’ sound: ay, ai, ey, eigh and a-e. We have different activities to complete throughout the week and on Thursday we get to play a game called Phonopoly! We move around the board saying and sounding out different words … Continue reading
Drama
Today in Literacy Year 4 read a myth from Africa about ‘Why Dogs Chase Cars’. The children really enjoyed the fun text and acting it out before retelling the myth from a different point of view.
Kenning Poems
In Literacy Yr 4 have had fun with kenning poems, the children all followed the pattern of a kenning and wrote a poem about themselves anonymously. Everyone then got in to pairs or threes and read each other’s poems trying to work out who each one was about. The children really enjoyed writing the poems … Continue reading
March Reading Challenge!
As you are aware we had a March reading challenge where children had to complete reading in weird and wacky ways such as reading upside down, reading in the dark or reading in a den. These entries were shared by uploading photographs to padlet. The overall winner was Mollie in Yr.6 who completed all 30 … Continue reading
Year 6 Drama and Literacy
Following our learning on ‘The Tempest’, Year 6 wrote their own scripts for scenes to add into the play. The scenes were based on two characters in the play; the powerful wizard called Prospero and half man, half sea creature, Caliban. The children got fully into character and imagined how they would move across the … Continue reading
Amazon Wish List
A big thank you to the kind people from Cheriton Baptist Church and parents from school who have donated these book this week. If you would like to donate or share our wish list we would be really grateful. https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/35LQLK3BEUDAT?ref_=wl_share
The Jolly Postman with the Ducklings
This week to support our topic ‘Occupations’ we have been reading and learning the story of ‘The Jolly Postman.’ In class we have sequenced the story using story maps as well as created character hats and played the ‘Who am I?’game. In this game we wore a character from the story on our head and then … Continue reading
