Blog by Tag: English

In English we have been looking at a variety of emotion words for characters in our story “The day the crayons quit.” We used a thesaurus to find synonyms to include in our final letters to Duncan. 

Class Three began their new book in English this week, which is a non-fiction text. The children developed their retrieval skills by locating facts and then constructed their own sentences, using previously taught skills. Some children even incorporated our word of the week -…

In English, Class Three began their new book, which is a non-fiction text. We developed our retrieval skills in reading and constructed our own sentences, using techniques previously taught. Excellent work at improving the quality of our writing, some children even incorporated our word of…

Reception are working really hard in phonics! They can now read and spell words with some Phase 3 digraphs and trigraphs! 

In English we have been creating character descriptions about Evil Pea!
Year 2 thought of some amazing adjectives and synonyms. They used them to create expanded noun phrases. 

Class Three learned how to accurately use the active and passive voice in preparation for writing their newspaper reports. They explored the position of subjects and verbs within sentences and learned when and why an author may select to use the passive voice. The children wrote their own active…

To begin our new unit of learning in English, Class Three read the origin story, ‘How The Whale Became’. We used model, echo, paired and choral reading to develop our fluency and considered the effect of expression and pace on the reader!

Class Two recently completed their second independent write of the term. Based on their Wonka inventions, they created amazing persuasive adverts that were visually and linguistically appealing to their target audience. Class Two really impressed the school with their creativity and humour…

We have been creating descriptions of toys from the past. We wrote labels for each toy so visitors to our toy museum can find out about how children played with toys beyond our living memory. 

Our new English text is an information book. We have been learning about features including contents, index and glossary. We are going to write descriptions of old toys for our Toy Museum in the classroom. Everyone had lots of fun playing with the toys! 

Year 2 have been thinking about what makes them unique to create Who am I? poems. We celebrated what makes us special and some of the children are now using handwriting pens for writing too! 

In English this week, Class Two designed their own sweet, packaging and invention room based on the Roald Dahl classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The children were then interviewed by Miss Wonka for an upcoming Oompa Loompa job position at the Chocolate Factory! During their…