Blog Author: Phoebe Warner

In RE, Oak Class continued their learning of the Gospels. The children know that Gospel means ‘good news’ and that at the heart of the Gospel, is the message of love. We read the parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders using our class Bibles and considered the meaning of the story along with how…

In Oak Class, we developed our oracy skills by using visual representations to create command sentences for our instruction writing. After turning statements into commands, the children considered how they can vary their use of vivid vocabulary when selecting imperative verbs. We also ensured that…

In PE, Oak class revisited their throwing, catching and bowling skills before learning how to bat effectively in cricket. The children learned about the position of their body, handling the bat and driving with their head and feet to ensure accuracy and power! Excellent skill development…

Oak Class applied their learning of expanded lists to independently describe the character of Beowulf,  based on what we have read in whole-class reading. The class did a fantastic job and have shown such growth in their writing abilities this year!

In PE, Oak Class revisited their throwing and catching skills from last week’s lesson. The children showed super progress in their accuracy and were then ready to progress to learning how to bowl. By the end of the lesson, the children were accurately using a straight arm to bowl a ball in the…

Oak Class began their new unit of learning by creating Viking timelines. The children learned when the Vikings came to Britain and the main reasons believed as to why!

Oak Class developed their visualisation skills in reading this week. The children then used their imaginations and the information from the text, that we have learned about Grendel, to write vivid setting descriptions! The children included figurative language and relative clauses within their…

In PE, Oak Class began their cricketing topic by establishing the ready position! The children learned how to do a successful close catch and deep catch and considered when each would be used. 

Oak Class finalised their writing by publishing their newspaper reports this week! The children reported on the subterfuge of the Trojan Horse, which was carefully constructed by General Odysseus and his Spartan soldiers! An excellent final piece of work to end the half term, well done Oak!

In English, Oak Class learned how to build suspense within their writing. The children used a range of features to rewrite the battle scene from the Greek myth, The Hydra of Lerna. The children then worked hard to edit their writing, carefully considering how to uplevel their sentence, before…

Year 6 finished their unit of learning in maths by learning about volume. We used concrete resources to construct given shapes and help us calculate volume accurately. This helped to eradicate the common misconception of only counting the cubes that can be seen! The children soared with…

In English this week, the children planned, wrote, edited and published their formal letters. The children were tasked to write from the character point of view of King Eurystheus in the Twelve Labours of Heracles, which required us carefully selecting appropriate language choices to…