Performing War poetry
This week, we were working on a poetry unit about war. We looked at at two different poems; ‘Dulce et decorum est’ and ‘The Soldier’.
We focussed on how the language features within the poems create imagery for the reader. We looked at the use of adjectives, similes and metaphors in particular…
Which materials are absorbent?
Which materials are absorbent? In Science this week Class 1 investigated different materials.
Modelling circuits
We challenged each group to model the displayed circuit.
Number patterns
One more! Year 1 have been looking at number patterns.
Celebrating our uniqueness
Celebrating our uniqueness by wearing odd socks.
Stuffed Toys project
Today was the final stage of our DT project, making a stuffed toy.
The children really enjoyed this and produced some brilliant work. However, I was most impressed by the way that they all helped each other! There were some who found the sewing task quite tricky (including me!) but with the…
Newspaper reports…
In English this week, we were working on writing newspaper reports about the discovery of Anne Frank’s diary. In preparation for this, children looked at examples of newspapers and picked out the common key features. They then used these to inform their own plan.
Keep an eye out for the…
Using our 'inspectacles'
Year 1 have been working hard on retelling our traditional tale Little Red Riding Hood. We then used our ‘inspectacles’ to proof read & edit our narrative.