Blog by Tag: English

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…

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…

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…

In English we have been creating shape poems! We looked at lots of examples together and discussed the structure. Then we chose our favourite fruits and created vocabulary lists to describe them. 

We had a visit from Mrs Gethin, Ralph and some children from The Howard to share an exciting new project happening across our seven schools. Using the story Pig the Pug each school will complete a variety of activities and add them to the scrapbook. This will then be passed on, creating a powerful…

The children created a story map of Man on the Moon to explain Bob’s busy day. Then Reception wrote sentences about Bob, segmenting and blending sounds to help with spelling. 

Maple Class Visits the Library Bus

Today, Maple Class had an exciting visit from the library bus, which brought a wonderful opportunity for the children to explore a wide range of books and learning materials right outside their classroom.

This visit was more than just about borrowing books;…

Congratulations to the winner and runners-up of the first Spelling Bee heats. Who will represent Mary Howard at the TSSMAT finals in the summer? 

We used the story of “Dear Santa” to create our own pages for a class book.

Oak Class used practical methods to build independent clauses in SPAG this week. We revisited the difference between a subject and a verb and the children had to distinguish between these in a variety of sentences. We then discussed how we can alter the position of clauses when writing…

Oak Class have enjoyed using Google classroom for whole-class reading this week, in which they needed to research facts and construct persuasive sentences. For our new unit of learning, the children will be writing their own persuasive leaflets about visiting the Alps. The children have…