Nursery - Learning about Owls

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In nursery this week we continued to learn about autumn. We have made story maps and retold the story of 'Owl Babies' using puppets and owl soft toys. We have made nests for owls and fed the owls with some worms (counted to 5).

On our creative table we have been rolling conkers, making collage…

Category: Nursery

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Year 4 (Class 10) - English - Reading Stories

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Class 10 had fun during our reading for pleasure time. It was lovely to see how many different choices children made.

Some of us chose to read a story silently to ourselves, while others chose to share non-fiction books with each other and swap information.

Some of us even used clues from a…

Category: Year 4

English

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Year 3 (Class 10) - English - Reading Stories

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Class 10 had fun during our reading for pleasure time. It was lovely to see how many different choices children made.

Some of us chose to read a story silently to ourselves, while others chose to share non-fiction books with each other and swap information.

Some of us even used clues from a…

Category: Year 3

English

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Year 5 (Class 14) - English - School Library Visit

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Class 14 really enjoyed their first library time today.

They explored and each chose a book to read. I look forward to the next session, when the children will be able to share what they have read with the rest of the class and maybe pick a book that has been recommended by someone.

Great…

Category: Year 5

English

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Year 2 (Class 6) - English - Conjunctions

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In class 6 we have been learning about the conjunctions 'and' and 'but'.

We linked our learning to our book, 'Rapunzel' by writing compound sentences to compare food we do and do not like.

Category: Year 2

English

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Year 3 (Class 9) - English - Library Visit

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Class 9 visited the library yesterday.

All the children had chance to look around and choose a book to borrow from the library. 

Category: Year 3

English

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Year 4 (Class 11) - English - Our School Library

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Class 11 enjoyed their first trip to the library. They were able to choose either a book to suit their reading abilities which, some, will be able to take home and enjoy.

They also had the opportunity for some quiet reading time in the library. 

Category: Year 4

English Phonics and Reading

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Nursery - Different Families and Patterns

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This week nursery children have been looking at different families and patterns in nursery.

We have read the book: 'My mum and dad make me laugh' by Nick Sharratt. We have been looking at patterns in the story (spots and stripes) and the children were able to look around and find those patterns…

Category: Nursery

English PSHE Phonics and Reading

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Year 4 (Class 11) - English - Author Visit

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Class 11’s first trip into the newly opened school library was introduced by best selling author James Nicol.

He told the children of where he got the inspiration for his latest book ‘The Spell Tailors’ and some other interesting memories about his life.

The children were all looking forward…

Category: Year 4

English

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Year 3 (Class 9) - English - Author Visit

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Today we were visited by James Nicol in our beautiful new library who shared his books with us and told us how he came up with all of his wonderful ideas.

He shared pictures of his life and told us how they influenced his characters and plot lines. 

Category: Year 3

English

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Year 4 (Class 10) - English - Charles Dickens

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We have been working collaboratively to answer retrieval questions about Charles Dickens, who wrote Oliver Twist.

In our groups of 3, we each had a different section of information about his life such as his childhood or other jobs that he had.

We had to work together to find the answers to…

Category: Year 4

English

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Year 3 (Class 10) - English - Charles Dickens

Image of Year 3 (Class 10) - English - Charles Dickens

We have been working collaboratively to answer retrieval questions about Charles Dickens, who wrote Oliver Twist.

In our groups of 3, we each had a different section of information about his life such as his childhood or other jobs that he had.

We had to work together to find the answers to…

Category: Year 3

English

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