Y4A Proud moments
During our record of achievement day Y4A thought about their most proud moments and used their reflection skills to think about their achievements this term. Take a look at our […]
Category Archives: Oracy
Y4 free verse poems
This week in year 4 we have looked at different types of poetry leading to writing a free verse poem. The children used their critical and creative skills to write […]
Y6M: Debating whether Auggie should go to school
What a beautiful setting for our debate about whether Auggie should go to school. A few minds were changed through the discussion and it was a unanimous yes by the […]
Y6 Discussion Rules & Debate
Today we held a class debate linked to our immersive reading text, Wonder. ‘Should Auggie go to school or should he be continue to be homeschooled?’ We discussed our class […]
Y6Sn tell the news
This week we have been building our scripts to report on a close call involving a broken lighthouse and an oncoming ship. After writing the story last week, we decided […]
Y6M P4C My Strong Mind
Y6M had a very interesting discussion based on ‘My Strong Mind’. We chose to discuss whether it is ok to be angry and moved onto discussing the ways to deal […]
Y6 Reading Fluency Videos
Year 6 have been working really hard on improving their fluency in reading. They have been recording their reading regularly and reflecting on their improvements and ways forward for the […]
Y6 Coastal Erosion
We discovered the process of coastal erosion and created an animation to show the process.
Y6St – Mental Health Week
We had a brilliant morning today focusing on our mental health and discussing the theme of expressing ourselves.We also had an excellent live P4C lesson where we discussed the question […]
Y5 perform their raps about Henry VIII’s wives 🤴🏼🎤🎵
Y5 were set a mission to write their own lyrics to remember the key information about Henry VIII’s 6 wives. The children then performed their lyrics in the style of […]
Y6 Bird talk
This week, Y6 have had the privilege of speaking to Mr Barron, a bird enthusiast, who shared his expertise about sea birds on the British coastline. The children listened intently […]
Virtual Talk 4 Writing in Year 4
Today year 4 used their excellent communication skills to do a Talk 4 Writing virtual lesson on our class text Stig of the Dump. They came up with some amazing […]
Student Council Meeting
Our dedicated Student Council representatives met with Mrs Mawe and Miss Meaburn today to discuss a very exciting, top secret event that we are planning for everyone (in school or […]
Virtual talk for writing
Year 3 have been using actions whilst orally rehearsing their text maps on our live literacy lesson.
Y4A live spelling
This afternoon we did a live spelling lesson on homophones and near homophones. Well done year 4 for getting involved and using your spelling words in different sentences.
Y4K P4C
In Y4K’s P4C lesson we read ‘After the Fall’. After much discussion the question that the class chose was: We then talked about how it would depend on which parts […]
Y4A newspaper editing
Today in Y4A we used our oracy skills to read aloud our newspaper report. This helped us spot any missing words and helped us notice what we wanted to change. […]
Y6 P4C – The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse
Today in Y6, we read ‘The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse’ and discussed the P4C question, ‘Why is kindness important?’ We used talk partners well to share […]
Astronaut press conference
Year 5 have been putting their drama and oracy skills into practice today when we held a “NASA press conference” in our literacy lesson. Pupils were put in the hot-seat […]