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This week in Duck class we have been learning about maps! We have previously looked at maps  and how these could help us to look around our local area. We have now started to make our own maps. Firstly we used a template and drew pictures of the different places we have found in our local…

Grammar 

This week in grammar we recapped our knowledge on different word classes. We began by defining the different word classes (nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs), and then went on to identify them in a chapter of our class text. Please see below examples of our fantastic…

A fantastic week of learning in Dolphin Class!

In English this week, we have completed our new character extended writes, then edited and improved them.  We focused on all of our year five skills learnt so far. The new characters were very varied -  we have written about cheetahs, ninjas and…

Take a look below at this weeks blog to see all the fantastic learning that has taken place this week.

On Monday, we didn't have a Grammar lesson as this was our opportunity to edit and revise our independent writes. I was beyond impressed with the standard of writing from Y4 Manatees and…

This week, we started to look at toys and really enjoyed talking about our favourite toys at home! Using our drawing and name writing skills, we created an invitation asking our toys to come into school and on Friday, we brought these toys into school for a picnic! We really enjoyed showing them…

What another busy week, I can’t quite believe how fast this term is going.

Writing

We have completed another brilliant independent write where we wrote a letter to Mr Bumble persuading him to change the work house conditions. The children had some very imaginative ideas of how he could do…

This week, we have been learning about the difference between past and present. We looked at our local area in the present and compared this to how it used to look in the past. We discussed the pottery industry in Stoke-on-Trent, including the use of bottle kilns in the pottery-making process.…

This week in Jellyfish we started the week with an assembly to introduce Children's Mental Health week. This year it is all about 'lets connect'. At Waterside we all learnt a song and a dance to help us connect with our emotions through music. 

English 

On Tuesday we completed an edit of our…

English

this week in English the children have been focusing on writing poetry – specifically acrostic poems. To begin the week the children focused on finding the features of an acrostic poem, including the title, the word written vertically down the side, and the sentences that link to the…

We have written an internal monologue from Auggie’s perspective, detailing the internal conflict he experienced during Halloween.

We have learnt about the radius, diameters and circumference of circles this week. We showed great understanding in this topic and were determined to get to…

What a great week we've had! Only 1 more week until our half term break! We have got non-uniform next Friday to support those effected by the earthquakes in Turkey so we are asking for a donation and the children can come in their own clothes. 

In English this week we have continued writing our…

This week we have been looking at our Local community in the past, there is so much we have looked at! We started with discussing the bottle kilns as this was the children's favourite thing to talk about. They loved looking at old images and videos of how the bottle kilns were used and how…