Curriculum Impact Tag: English

We love to share our Home School Diaries with each other. Every Friday we sit in small groups and discuss our weeks home task. We love to listen to one another, ask questions and find out about our learning! 

The children are continuing to enjoy reading the ‘Naughty Bus’ by Jan and Jerry Oke. This week they decided to make their own bus so they could travel around London seeing all the famous landmarks. So far they’ve visited Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. They are having lots…

The children created a story map about what was encountered by Arthur following his journey from his town to the home of Thor.

Super creative work going on today in Reception.  Nala has built a replica of London. 

Following on from our work on the Naughty Bus, today the children worked independently to build their own road and then placed passengers at the bus stop waiting for the bus. A lovely example of children developing their skills through child initiated play, highlighting the importance of allowing…

After reading Naughty Bus the children decided to create their own bus in their independent learning. More and more children were finding chairs to pull up so that they could have a place on the bus.  The children began singing ‘The Wheels on the Bus’ song.  

Today in class we practiced grammar with a twist.

The children worked in small groups to answer a range of grammar questions whilst one of the group was secretly a ‘traitor’ trying to fool them by choosing the incorrect answer.

This week, we have been creating poems based around Norse mythology.

The children explored the classroom adding noun phrases, similes and metaphors relating to each animal, object, setting or character.

They then took those ideas and used them to form their poems.

The cold weather last week has inspired us to investigate ice.  The week is off to a great start using ice to practise our fine motor skills.  We are using ice blocks with food colouring to draw pictures, write our names and make shapes on the paper. 

This week we have started our new book ‘Naughty Bus’. We have explored some of the famous landmarks in London as part of our work.  The children have loved taking this into provision and building their own versions. 

We use our phonics knowledge to help us make and read words independently.  

Such lovely afternoons spent with our friends reading books and enjoying each others company.  #specialtimes