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21 June 2023

Writing AL - Handa’s Surprise

We have loved learning about different foods this week and we have been focusing on the fruits in Handa’s Surprise. The children enjoyed using their senses to explore the fruit and discussing then as a class. 
 

We have then chose our favourite fruit and wrote about it in our books. 
 

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16 June 2023

Summer Safety

This week, Nursery have been talking about how to keep safe on holiday. We looked at this picture and spotted all of the dangers that we could see. We used full sentences to discuss why certain people were not safe and what they should be doing. We practiced our speaking and listening skills,…

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16 June 2023

Comparing Africa and the UK - traditions and cultures

We looked at images of different traditions/ways of life in both Africa and the UK. This included types of traditional clothing, transport and homes. We discussed the images in small groups, making comparisons between the two locations. We then sorted images into groups whilst having some great…

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13 June 2023

Planning for writing

Today, Year 6 have been planning their writing. The children will be producing a first person narrative as Ayesha, the protgaonist from our class text, ‘Oranges in No-Man’s Land’. They will be finishing the story, giving an alternative ending for how Ayesha manages to cross into enemy territory in…

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13 June 2023

Writing about Handa's Surprise

Today, we wrote sentences to describe what Handa is doing in the story 'Handa's Surprise'. We applied our Phase 3/4 phonics knowledge to spell, and are becoming much more confident with our use of finger spaces between words. We have also been practising the skills of using a capital letter and…

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10 June 2023

Humanist thinkers

Year 6 have been public speaking as famous humanist thinkers from throughout history, expressing their views on religion. We have shown respect and tolerance in hearing beliefs different from our own and being able to present our knowledge using our drama skills.

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8 June 2023

UTW AL - Observational drawings of Animals

This week Reception have been learning about African animals. The children have discussed and observed the features of the animals and what they need in their environment. 
We began drawing in pencil, looking closely at the shapes and lines needed. We then independently chose the colours needed…

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7 June 2023

Writing AL - African Animals

This week we have been learning about Africa. The children have looked at the different animals and wrote about what they can see in the African Savanna. We have been focusing on sentences and being able to use a full stop and sometimes a capital letter at the start of our sentence. 
 

It’s…

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25 May 2023

Role Playing - How much do I need?

This week in maths we have been identifying coins up to £2. The children then independently went in the role play area to buy different objects, they took it in turns to work on the till and chose what they would like to buy. They had to find the correct coins and take it to the till keeper to…

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23 May 2023

Writing a set of instructions

We wrote a set of instructions to explain how to make gingerbread men. We discussed the importance of writing our instructions in the correct order, as well as the use of verbs to tell the reader what actions they need to do. We used the skills of including a capital letter at the beginning of…

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19 May 2023

Baking Gingerbread Men

We had previously gone on a trip to Lidl to buy our ingredients to make a Gingerbread man, as a group we then worked together to measure and mix the ingredients. It was important we used the scales and added the correct amount of ingredients to ensure the correct ratios. We read and followed the…

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18 May 2023

Hot Seating Characters!

This week we have read the Gingerbread Man story, the children took part in hot seating to discuss the ideas and thoughts of different characters. We then wrote what we thought the characters would say to each other in the story.

The children focused on using clear finger spaces and applying…

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