Church of England Primary School
As part of our science topic on Light, Years 5 and 6 have been learning all about bioluminescent creatures. The writing focus was on formality and the children worked hard to develop a chatty, informal tone throughout their non-fiction reports. They then presented their writing as an eye-catching poster.
Read More The Brilliance of Bioluminescence in Years 5 and 6The letters that year 3 and 4 have written to the council, asking for a new speed bump near the school gates, have now been sent. Keep an eye out on Lee Church Street to see if our persuasion works. Hopefully there’ll be a new speed bump there soon.
Read More Speed bump lettersWe had a brilliant time yesterday immersing ourselves in the world of Victorian England, courtesy of Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost, which we are really looking forward to seeing at the Unicorn Theatre today. First of all, we talked about progress and inventions and looked at technology through the ages. Then it was time to […]
Read More A Dramatic Day in Year 3…to enjoy a story! Years 5 and 6 have now finished their first class novel, ‘Letters From the Lighthouse’ by Emma Carroll. This story was set in WW2 and helped the children to further develop their understanding of evacuation, code breaking and what life was like during this period of history. One child even said […]
Read More You’re never too old…We have used the brilliant book, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick to write engaging story openers. We chose the story The Seven Chairs and wrote the beginning of a story which would intrigue our readers and make them want to read on. We then snuggled down on beanbags, shared our writing and gave each other […]
Read More Storytelling in Year 3This week, year 1 have been learning about Anansi and the Hotpot Stew so today we cooked our own healthy stew. It was lots of fun and the children loved the taste! This afternoon, they will be evaluating their cooking skills and next week tasting different flavours to help them create their own stew.
Read More Anansi and the Hotpot StewYear 5 have started to read ‘The Arrival’ by Shaun Tan. This is a beautiful, wordless picture book and we have used it to inspire short poems. Today we edited them and used the computers to type up our poems. Next week we will read part 2!
Read More ‘The Arrival’ in Year 5Today we made Hot Pot Beans just like the ones in our Anansi the Spider story. After we had made them, we evaluated them. Over the next couple of weeks we will try to improve the recipe.
Read More Hot Pot Beans Cooking in Year 2We have got off to a fighting start (not literally!) to the half-term in Year 3. We finished writing our Muhammad Ali-inspired take-down poetry and battled with our partners to see who could perform their poem with the most attitude and expression. There were some fierce put-downs showing real creativity and imagination. The crowd were […]
Read More Take-down poetry in Year 3We got our “Anansi” topic off to a great start this morning with a drama lesson. Year 2 acted out the story of Anansi and the Hot Pot Beans using a story whoosh- all children were involved and reacted to the story being read aloud. After every child had had their time to shine, we […]
Read More Anansi and the Hot Pot Beans in Year 2