Today, ten children from year 4 worked with Mrs Weatherhead- MBE and author to many children’s books including the Star Fly series. The children focused on Mrs Weatherhead’s new book Lizzie Fly looking at: writing techniques, editing, reading and they took part in lots of fun drama activities. All the Read more…
Yesterday, three children from year 6: Benjamin, Evie and Joshua took part in Mrs Weatherhead’s book launch ‘Lizzie Fly’ at St Andrews Primary School. Schools across the borough came together to listen to Mrs Weatherhead’s top tips on writing and becoming an author. Then they took part in drama activities Read more…
Reception have been using a range of tools and skills to create characters from one of their favourite stories this week. They have experimented to see why Stickman floats in the story and written about the different ways he is used.
Year 1 have settled back in wonderfully after the Christmas break and we are now looking at our new English topic which is fairy tales! Today we thoroughly enjoyed our experience lesson; reading our favourite fairy tales, tasting some of the yummy food that appears in the stories and even Read more…
This week, year 4 children have written their letters to Santa. They have asked for lots of lovely presents because they have been very good helping their mums and dads and working super hard in class. Have a look at their letters below:
In Year 2 we have been getting ready for Christmas, whilst developing our understanding of writing instructions. We have made Christmas decorations to make our classroom tree look beautiful, follow our instructions below if you would also like to make Christmas decorations for your tree.
This morning, Inspector Anwar and PC Lowe visited the school to talk about their favourite children’s books. Inspector Anwar talked passionately about his love of reading and one of his favourite authors, Roald Dahl. He discussed the messages in his favourite book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and read a Read more…
A huge well done to all of our Year 3 and Project X Spelling Bee medal winners. The Year 3 Spelling Bee was extremely close, with three children competing in the finals for the bronze medal. Year 3 Winners Project X Winners
Here are our year 4 Spelling Bee winners: Bronze- Zack Silver- George Gold – Sasha Project X winners Bronze- Lewis Silver- Riley Gold – Kyle Well done to all the children for taking part!
The children have been learning about similes, metaphors and personification in our poetry work this week so we used our skills to write about November 5th and bonfire night. I really enjoyed reading your poems Year 6, some fantastic imagery.
Today we created some Halloween haunted garden poems using personification, metaphors and similes.
In Year 3 this week, we have been learning all about the different features of a newspaper. During our first lesson, we looked the individual different features, using the Write Stuff shapes to support us. Next, we worked in groups to pick out all the features in an examples newspaper Read more…
In our English lessons we have been doing work around the film ‘Song of the Sea’. The children have been working hard to develop alliteration and interesting vocabulary into their sentences. We had a magical chest in our classroom, just like the one in the film. Using our senses we Read more…
In Science, we are exploring our senses. After predicting what we may find, we had lots of fun in the playground identifying what we could smell, see, taste, hear and touch! We also used our knowledge on adjectives and nouns to describe things. The leaves felt smooth yet crunchy. The Read more…
This term, in English, year 5 have been exploring the rainforest. We are currently writing a narrative that takes explorers on an adventure through the rainforest. Yesterday, we used drama to explore the actions, feelings and thoughts of our characters. Take a look at our work.
Following on from ‘The Write Stuff’ in English, year 4 children have written their own narrative linking in closely with the Pixar animation of The Blue Umbrella. Children created their own characters and objects bringing them to life! Take a look at some of our first drafts of our writing Read more…
Reception are learning how to strengthen their arms and wrists ready to write. They enjoy our Write Dance sessions and make marks and patterns in the classroom. This week they have been making number stories and drawing them to share with their peers.
In year 4, children have been following ‘The Write Stuff’ looking at the pixar animation The Blue Umbrella. The animation tells the story of Blue and Red, two umbrellas on a rainy, stormy day in a city. During this rainy day, the two different-coloured umbrellas meet and fall eternally in Read more…
In Year 2 we have been doing work around the book ‘The Snail and the Whale’. After reading the beginning of the story, the children used their imaginations to create their own ending. They developed some wonderful stories! For our experience day we made slime which resembled the snail’s trail. Read more…
In Year 2 we have had a wonderful start to the year. As you can see in the pictures below, we have been busy reading, practicing yoga, gymnastics, maths, science and history. What has been your favourite thing about coming back to school?
Today, year 5 have written some fantastic poems reminiscing about their time in year 5. I thought it was important to take this opportunity to share our happy memories with everyone and publish our very last blog for this year. Take a look at their excellent poems below.
This morning, children from different schools in the Arch Alliance took part in a Spelling Bee competition. This event was held at Milnrow Parish and was a great success! Four children from year 4 to 6 represented Heap Bridge very well. Well done to all the children who took part Read more…
Year 3 were very surprised when they came back from half-term to discover lily pads in the classroom! They discussed how they thought the lily pads had got there and who they thought had visited the classroom. It turned out we were not the only ones surprised by the sudden Read more…
In English, we have been exploring the animation ‘The Blue Umbrella.’ The animation tells the story of Blue and Red, two umbrellas on a rainy day in a city. During this rainy day, the two different-coloured umbrellas meet and fall eternally in love. We have started writing a narrative and Read more…
In English, year 5 have been looking at persuasive features and how these can be used, in order to support them in their writing. Children have planned and written some fantastic work to encourage people to visit Egypt.
This term we are studying Ancient Greece. The children have been busy this week finding out about Greece today in terms of physical and human geography. They then used their research to write a persuasive piece on visiting to Greece. Some great writing Year 6. I’m very tempted to go Read more…
Year One were very lucky to welcome the author Anna Lucas into our classroom to share her new book ‘Sir Undercracker’. The children enjoyed listening to the story while joining in with the rhyming pairs and learning some new vocabulary with Anna! Prior to the visit, the children developed questions Read more…
In English this half-term, Year 3 are taking part in a Big Writing Adventure. The Big Writing Agency have hired us to help Cat and her friends who are going on a school trip to a castle. They need our help to write a play script so they can re-enact Read more…
Year Two had a fantastic morning with Anna Lucas.Anna is a real author who came into school to read her new book, ‘Sir Undercracker’. We all enjoyed a fantastic story session with lots of actions, learning super, new vocabulary along the way. Anna talked us through the process of writing Read more…
Reception had a wonderful time joining in with Anna and Sir Undercracker this morning. They listened carefully for the rhyming pairs, joined in with all the actions and learned lots of new vocabulary. I am sure the children will continue to enjoy exploring this book. Thank you Anna!