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 […]
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Our work linked to reading within the academy
Y6 Get Caught Reading!
To celebrate World Book Day, year 6 have been spending time reading some of their favourite books. Look at some of the unusual places they’ve been caught reading! Happy reading, […]
Y3 World Book Day
Y3 have been extremely busy making their favourite books in boxes out of a variety of materials. They look fantastic, well done Y3!
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 […]
Coming soon…The Masked Reader!
On Thursday 4th March, we will be celebrating World Book Day 2021 with ‘The Masked Reader’! We will share the ‘The Masked Reader’ videos with you on World Book Day […]
Y6M Virtual Teaching in the Classroom
Despite being at home, it has been lovely for me to be able to continue teaching my class who are in school. They have engaged really well with virtual Guided […]
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 […]
Y5 – Back with a bang! 💥 Immersive Reading Art 🎨 📚
Today, Y5 returned from their Remote Learning and threw themselves into their Immersive Reading Text, The Jamie Drake Equation. In a part of the story, Jamie’s teacher, Mrs Solomon, asks […]
Y6Sn-WW2 Evacuation Broadcast
As part of our literacy learning, we have developed our oracy skills by creating a formal evacuation broadcast in the style of WW2. We have explored how to use formal […]
Y5 Live Guided Reading 📚
Today, Y5 started their live guided reading sessions. It was great to see so many smiling faces!
Y6 live Cracking comprehension
Our first live guided reading session was a success despite a few technical difficulties at the beginning. It was fabulous to see you all and continue your guided reading as […]
Y6Sn begin their recordings
Today we set the Y6 children a challenge of recording themselves to read for 2 mins thinking about expression, confidence and attention to punctuation. Here is our first submission from […]
Y6St: P4C ‘The Huge Bag of Worries’
Today, we had some very deep and thoughtful discussions based on the book ‘The Huge Bag of Worries.’ We came up with the question, ‘Why didn’t she get rid of […]
Y6St Drama
In our literacy lesson today, we acted out the opening scene from Goodnight Mr Tom with William, Mr Tom and the billeting officer. We read the text carefully to understand […]
Y5 – Performing Our Poems
Year 5 loved writing their own poems about Space last week. Some of the children have built up their confidence and fluency in reading aloud and wanted to share their […]
Reading at home in Y3
In year 3 we have been missing listening to the children read so we asked them to send us a video. Some wonderful reading happening at home.
David Walliams – Free Audiobooks
David Walliams has confirmed he will be releasing a free audio story each day for the next 30 days to help keep you all entertained and to keep encouraging your […]
Get Caught Reading Competition
Well done to the winners of our ‘get caught reading’ competition!
Ring a bell at random and read!
To celebrate World Book Day 2020 and Book Week, we have had impromptu reading sessions to read our favourite books. What a lovely surprise!