Category: English

14 May 2021

The Year 3 Rubies have greatly enjoyed getting immersed in our class reading book for English – The BFG. Here are a selection of BFG character profiles, which we have drawn using Roald Dahl’s wondrous, descriptive language found throughout the book. Not only that, but in true Rubies style Kitty completed some extra work at…

14 May 2021

This half term, Y1 Pearls have become animal experts, learning about animals from all over the world. They have been reading a range of information texts and learning about some of the features of non-fiction writing. The Pearls chose their own animal to research, and used a range of sources to collect as much information…

1 October 2020

The Year 5’s had a wonderful National Poetry Day.

1 October 2020

Last week, the Year 3 Rubies were busy diving into the world of non-fiction, creating their own informative leaflets about animals. They harnessed and honed their research skills, using the internet to find out a wide variety of fascinating facts on their chosen topic and considering subheadings to focus their attention on key details. Finally,…

1 October 2020

It feels as if the Diamonds have been with us forever, already! They have settled so quickly and got to know each other so well. We have read and talked about two familiar stories this term: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and Owl Babies by Martin Waddell. We acted the stories out, painted…

18 June 2020

In Geography, Year 5 have been continuing their work on rivers by writing a diary entry of a droplet of water, as it made its way through the water cycle, joined a river and then travelled back to the sea, including explaining features of a river as it flowed downstream. Mr Anderson and Mrs Oram…

18 June 2020

The Year 4 Emeralds’ wonderful writing skills have shone through this week. They have been reflecting on what they have learnt from our class reader ‘Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool’. We were very impressed to see how much the Emeralds have gained from their reading! The hard work doesn’t stop there though, as this…

11 June 2020

This week, the Year 3 Rubies have continued to delve into the world of the BFG. As we turn the pages of our book, we uncover more about the Big Friendly Giant himself, along with his marvellous ability to catch dreams. We created our own set of instructions for dream-catching, with Leo G, George and…

7 May 2020

Matilda wrote the following response to William Blake’s poem entitled: London. She has used a refrain and also five other poetic devices. London by Matilda That’s London there you see, Just round that house, And passed the plain tree, And through those flowers, Through those leaves, That’s London there you see,   Do you see…

7 May 2020

English – Emma wrote a fantastic contribution to our creative writing activity based around Rene Magritte’s painting. Here I am, standing on the edge of a pier in front of a brick wall. I don’t know why I am here, do you know why? It is a cloudy day, the sky has different shades of…