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Year 6 (Class 16) - English - Exploring Kirkstall Abbey for Scary Story Inspiration
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Our Year 5 and Year 6 pupils had an unforgettable experience visiting the historic Kirkstall Abbey as part of their creative writing project.
The trip was designed to spark imagination and help the children gather ideas for their own scary stories.
During the visit, the children explored the…
Category: Year 6
Year 2 (Class 6) - History / Literacy - Skipton Castle
Class 6 have just visited Skipton Castle as part of their history and literacy topics.
When they arrived they met their tour guides and learnt all about the castles history. They went inside and found maker marks on the stone, learnt about murder holes, where the drawbridge would have been and…
Category: Year 2
Year 4 (Class 10) - English - Play Scripts
In Class 10, we have been writing play scripts in English.
In groups, we have planned and written a scene from a book or film, thinking about stage directions and body language, as well as what the characters will say.
We can't wait to perform them tomorrow!
Category: Year 4
Year 2 (Class 6) - English - The Paper Bag Princess
Class 6 have been reading The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch, and we finally read the ending of the story.
It turns out one of the main characters isn’t very nice and the children explained why using a stem sentence for support and explained using ‘because’.
They have loved the story…
Category: Year 2
Year 3 (Class 8) - English - Fluency
Today in our fluency session we practiced developing our pace.
We learnt that reading quickly is not what makes a good reader.
We learnt that a good reader reads quickly and slowly to emphasise parts of the text.
Category: Year 3
Year 4 (Class 10) - English - Oliver Twist
Class 10 have been writing an alternative ending to Oliver Twist this week.
They have all tried really hard and produced some lovely stories.
Category: Year 4
Year 3 (Class 8) - English - Macbeth
Today in English we worked together to order the scenes from Macbeth.
We then worked in smaller groups to plan, cast and write scenes from the play.
We then rehearsed our parts ready to perform tomorrow.
Category: Year 3
Year 4 (Class 11) - English - Macbeth
Today we used everything and we had learnt to help us perform a scene from Macbeth.
We worked in small groups to rehearse and then performed in front of our class.
Category: Year 4
Year 4 (Class 11) - English - Macbeth
Today we used everything and we had learnt to help us perform a scene from Macbeth.
We worked in small groups to rehearse and then performed in front of our class.
Category: Year 4
Year 2 (Class 5) - English - Swashbuckle
Well done class 5 for some lovely work on oracy whilst discussing our book Swashbuckle Lil.
We summarised our story, describing the main characters, setting and problem.
Category: Year 2
Year 3 (Class 8) - English - Library Time
We love our library time. We share our favourite bits of the books we’ve read and give recommendations.
We sometimes keep the books we like so much and read together during the session.
Category: Year 3
Year 2 (Class 6) - English / Maths - London Landmarks
In geography and English we have been learning about London Landmarks.
Today we found out that Big Ben’s clock face is 7 metres in diameter, and each number is 60cm long. To understand the size of the clock face we went outside with a trundle wheel.
We measured a 7m diameter and made a…
Category: Year 2