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 […]
Category Archives: Writing
Our writing in HJA.
Y6St Science Week
Y6St have loved science week. We have completed our own circuit investigations, completed our lighthouse STEM projects and taken part in a live science experiment with Sheffield Hallam University!
Y6M Peer Feedback
We have been busy writing and presenting our reports and today it was time to provide feedback. Well done, Year 6!
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 […]
Y6 – Captain Cook Biographies
Over the past two weeks, Year 6 have been writing biographies on Captain Cook after conducting independent research on his life. They have worked really hard to ensure their writing […]
Y6St – Home Learning
I am extremely proud of all of 6St for the incredible effort and resilience they have shown towards their home learning over the past two weeks. Every day they have […]
Phonics in Y3 adding the suffix ‘ly’
This morning our Y3 phonics groups have continued to explore the suffix ‘ly’ we were adding it to words. We then created our own wordsearches!
Peer Critique in Y4J
This afternoon we looked at how we could improve our writing. To do this we completed a group peer critique where we reflected on our RUBRICS and discussed ways to […]
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. […]
Y4A Remembrance Day acrostic poems
Today in Y4A we used our reflection skills to generate words relating to Remembrance Day. We then turned them into acrostic poems and added some lovely illustrations. Well done Y4A!
Y6St WW2 Radio Broadcasts
This week we have been writing our own radio broadcasts focusing on using formal language. We have recorded these to produce our very own WW2 radio broadcast and focused on […]
Y6St – Final day of remote learning
Today is our final day of remote learning before we return to school tomorrow. I am extremely proud of how the children have adapted to remote learning again and how […]
Managing your Feelings: Returning to School
In Year 6, we have been using Inside Out to think about managing our feelings, particularly around returning to school from lockdown. Abi in Y6M worked extremely hard to produce […]
Y5 – Why do we have day and night?
For today’s home learning, Y5 have been learning about why we have day and night. They have produced some excellent explanation texts to explain the scientific process and used the […]
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 […]
Y5&6 writing workshop with author Harriet Goodwin
Some Y5&6 pupils have had the opportunity to attend a writing workshop with author Harriet Goodwin. They have been inspired by her creativity and have started writing their own exciting […]
Meet me by the Steelmen diary entries
This week all our Y3 Children have had the difficult task of getting into character of becoming Jenny or Stevie from our class text ‘Meet me by the Steelmen’. We […]
Y5AAD persuasive letter writing
In Y5AAD we created sentences using persuasive features to invite Mrs Fearnley to watch our play at the Civic. We shared our ideas on padlet and worked well as a […]
Y6M: A Christmas Truce
We have started to think about our new topic and the real message behind Christmas in 6M. We used the story of the WW1 Christmas Truce, to inspire our narrative […]