We are learning about China this half term. We can use an atlas to locate major cities and rivers. We are looking at bordering countries, seas and oceans. We are […] […]
We throughly enjoyed writing our own non-chronological reports about the imaginary planet, Pandora. These were inspired by the book ‘Planetarium’ by Raman Prinja. We published these in our own class […] […]
This half term, we have read Fly, Eagle, Fly!, a traditional African parable retold by Christopher Gregorowski. As part of our learning, we listened to a speech by Archbishop Desmond […] […]
Our book ‘Traction Man is here’ had a variety of supervillains that Traction Man had to defeat in order to save the day. In this lesson, the children imagined how […] […]
We have spent the last few weeks reading lots of fairy tales. We have been using pictures, puppets, props, story maps and small world figures to retell some familiar fairy […] […]
This half term, we have enjoyed reading The Watertower and Boy in the Tower. We have looked at how the authors create a sense of mystery and build suspense. When […] […]
We have been enjoying lots of Julia Donladson’s books and have had a fantastic time learning about the Gruffalo. We can join in with the familiar refrains and have used […] […]
Recently, we have been read Biscuit Bear by Mini Grey. While this is a picture book that is aimed at younger children, we used it as inspiration for writing our […] […]