Children have been learning about Pentecost in our R.E. unit this term, and in today’s session, children focused on the power of the Holy Spirit. Pentecost is the festival when Christians celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit. It is celebrated on the Sunday 50 days after Easter. Children retold the story of how the Holy Spirit descended on Jesus’ followers, arriving like a strong wind and looking like tongues of fire.
Year 3 unexpectedly had the chance to visit High Heaton Library today! Children learned how to locate books by looking at the surname of the author, locating both fact and fiction books, and scanning out their own book! Children also listened to Bob’s Best Ever Friend, which is a sequel to Man on the Moon:… Continue Reading
On Tuesday, Year 1 visited Heaton Library. The children were shown around the library and told how the books are kept in a certain order so that it makes it easier to find them. The children then listened to and enjoyed different stories and then they were all able to choose a book to take… Continue Reading
Year 3 celebrated World Book Day with a variety of different tasks that included: a special visit from Icky Doo Dah author and illustrator Simon Murray; a book review of their favourite book; a reimagining of a book cover for their favourite book; a book quiz featuring a variety of fiction and non-fiction books; and… Continue Reading
Year 3 children had a special visit from Icky Doo Dah author and illustrator Simon Murray this week in celebration of World Book Day 2022. Children listened to Simon read the story aloud and discuss the origins of the Icky Doo Dah character. Children then focused on art and design skills such as shading and… Continue Reading
Year 1 have had lots of fun celebrating World Book Day over the last 2 days. The children took part in a workshop lead by author Simon Murray and drew their own Icky Doo Dah’s! They then played a game of catchphrase to guess a famous book. We all enjoyed hot chocolate and biscuits whilst… Continue Reading
In literacy, children have been listening to and reading the Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers. Children have been developing their writing skills using the Write Stuff scheme of work and have so far focused on synonyms, onomatopoeic words, alliteration, adjectives to describe nouns, and adverbs. As part of the scheme, today’s lesson focused… Continue Reading
This week we have been recapping our phase 4 blends. We played ‘roll and read’ in pairs and then sorted words into real and fake words. Continue Reading
Today Year 1 have been learning about the four different types of sentences. They worked on statements, questions, exclamations and commands linked to the book they are studying called ‘The Storm Whale,’ by Benji Davies. Continue Reading
Reception have enjoyed lots of learning and play opportunities inspired by the collection of stories about Mr and Mrs Grinling and their lighthouse. They liked Mrs Grinling’s clever plan to stop of making mustard sandwiches to stop the seagulls pinching Mr Grinling’s picnic lunch. Everybody tried some mustard, they thought it was “spicy” “hot”… Continue Reading
