Year 5 (Class 13) - English - Word Mats

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Today in English class 13 the children have been creating word mats for their scary story writing.

They have loved ‘stealing’ words and phrases from various scary stories we have read. 

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Year 6 (Class 16) - English - Author Visit

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This week, year 5 and 6 had a great time when the author Daniel Ingram-Brown came and visited.

He spoke to class 16 about scary stories and we began writing our own character and scary story as a class.

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Year 5 (Class 13) - English - Author Visit

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The famous author Daniel Ingham-Brown visited class 13 this week. He has published numerous books such as Bea's Witch.

In the workshop the children became ghost hunters and collaboratively wrote a ghost character description and an island setting description.

The children loved bouncing off…

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Year 1 (Class 4) - English - Poetry

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This week class 4 have been learning about poetry. 

We read the story ‘Sparks in the Sky’ and talked about our experiences of Bonfire Night. 

The children then wrote their own poems about Bonfire Night. 

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Year 2 (Class 6) - English - School Day Sentences

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In English, class 6 have been learning about the features of recounts.

We worked with our partners to write super sentences about our school day.

We will be using our new knowledge to write a recount of our trip to Skipton Castle.

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Year 5 (Class 14) - English - Ghost Stories

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A brilliant workshop in class 14 with the author Daniel.

We created a great ghost story, all about a rapped spirit who was scared and alone. Some great work and participation from all the class.

Well done class 14, I hope it really helps with your writing over the next few weeks as you…

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Year 5 (Class 14) - English - Library Story with Mr Waters

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Class 14 really enjoyed our story with Mr Waters this week.

He read a book all about a man who walked a tight-rope across the twin towers. He really brought the story to life with props and a short video trailer of the film! An amazing true story about an inspirational man!

Thank you Mr…

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Year 5 (Class 14) - English - Big Book Bus Afternoon

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A lovely break to read our class story: Attack of the Demon Dinner Ladies, in our Big Reading Bus.

I think it’s going to be a rather silly story!

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Year 6 (Class 17) - English - Newspaper Story

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Class 17 enjoyed working in groups in English to create a newspaper story from a given headline.  

Children worked really well discussing different ideas and they then presented their newspaper stories! 

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Year 6 - English - Reading Plus

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Children in years 5 and 6 have been completing their assessments on Reading Plus to determine their starting points on the programme.

Children will then use Reading Plus in timetabled sessions and also at home.

Category: Year 6

English Phonics and Reading

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Year 5 - English - Reading Plus

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Children in years 5 and 6 have been completing their assessments on Reading Plus to determine their starting points on the programme.

Children will then use Reading Plus in timetabled sessions and also at home.

Category: Year 5

English Phonics and Reading

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Year 4 (Class 11) - English - Reading Plus

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Class 11 have completed their reading plus assessments this week ready to start their online lessons.

They will get time in the school day to complete these lesson to help them improve their reading fluency and comprehension of a text. 

Category: Year 4

English Phonics and Reading

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