Curriculum Impact Tag: English

Today we discussed solutions to pollution and how we can help.

In pairs, we used a Diamond Nine to rank which solution we felt would be most effective and least effective.

The children then justified their choices.

Year 1- Toys in Space 

We have been very busy in Year 1 writing invitations to help cheer up Hotopize who has lost his toy called Cuddles. This morning we had a party with our toys to help cheer him up. We danced to music and ate some party food. We hope Hotopize feels happy and finds his lost…

The children have been using our new bamboo pipes to experiment with cause and effect using a ball.  They use teamwork and communication skills to make sure the ball didn’t roll off!

To begin our learning on our new text, ‘The Last Wolf’, the children worked with a partner to research and make a short presentation about an endangered animal which they shared it with the class.

We made palm leaves in our key person groups and used small world figures to retell the story of Jesus entering Jerusalem, a story that we remember on Palm Sunday.  Different groups of children chose to recreate this story during their role-play throughout the few weeks leading up to our…

This week the children have enjoyed taking part in Easter activities. They have decorated Easter biscuits, painted eggs and been on an Easter hunt.

We had a fun packed World Book Day.  This year we had a busy time learning a poem about farm animals to perform in a special assembly this morning.  

This morning in Year 6, after having our ‘Breakfast with a Book’ time, the children took part in Book Speed Dating. 

Each child brought in their favourite book and were given 1 minute to talk about it to another child before seats were swapped and another child, another book was sat in front of…

Our classes found a suitcase with lots of items inside all related to our new book!!  The children were really excited to explore what had been left for them and to see their new book.  The Journey Home by Emma Levey

Following on from our ‘Naughty Bus’ book the children were keen to make their own bus.  We found a sturdy box and the children took over, painting and creating together to get the job done!  Next for the driving and travelling.  We have also been talking about finding routes as part of our…

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…