Making faces in nature
In Acorns and Little acorns this term we are asking the question what makes me,me? As part of this we went into the outdoor classroom on a joint welly walk […]
Category Archives: Literacy
Florence’s Hospital T4W
In class 2 we have been learning about setting descriptions. We decided to describe the hospital Florence Nightingale visited in Germany. We focused on adding adjectives to describe and conjunctions […]
Virtual Visit from author Suzy Senior
Today children from key stage one and foundation stage were very lucky and to got to meet the author Suzy Senior. Suzy is a local author from Sheffield. We listened […]
Excellent writing in year 2
Over the last couple of weeks, Class 3 have been working on producing excellent writing. This doesn’t mean that it has to be perfect but it does mean that it […]
Excellent writing in Y3S
Over the last few weeks, Class 4 have been working on completing learning that is excellent. We have discussed that this doesn’t necessarily mean perfect but something which the children […]
Let’s make faces
In Little Acorns we have been using the text ‘Let’s make faces’ by Hanoch Piven as a stimulus for our learning. This week when we have been on our welly […]
Drama in Year 4
Class 5 had a fantastic morning today, acting in role to explore the character, Jim Jarvis … We thought carefully about our facial expressions and body language as we acted […]
Year 5 Astronaut Training Day
Today, the children in Year 5 competed a range of resilience challenges during their astronaut training day. The children wrote postcards and asked questions about the unknown about different planets […]
Class 3 – Future Aspirations
Today class 3 came to school dressed as a famous person. Children dressed as musicians, actors and sports people. We spoke about what being famous meant to us and the […]
Creating ‘synonym’ rolls in Y3
Today Class 4 looked at some vocabulary that we would have probably used in our character description and decided to make them even better! We used the iPads and thesaurus’ […]
Class 2 Comparing numbers
Class 2 combined maths with PE to help us learn how to compare numbers. We introduced the > and < signs with a catchy song. After, we went outside and […]
T4W in Year 6 – The Giants’ Necklace
At the beginning of transition, the children in Y6 were introduced to the short novel ‘A Giant’s Necklace’ by Michael Morpurgo, which follows a girl named Cherry who’s ambition is […]
P4C in Year 6
During our transition in Y6, we have begun to learn about plastic pollution and how this can damage our environment, especially our oceans. We were introduced to the “Place for […]
Class 3’s talk for write
In literacy today we looked at how we could edit and improve our writing. We added in adjectives and interesting vocabulary to make our setting description more exciting for the […]
Year 5 – Designing and measuring rockets using perimeter
During transition, the children in Year 5 have been using and applying their maths learning and deepening their thinking using perimeter. Using their prior knowledge of measurement, the children have […]
Y3S – Inputting and presenting data
Today Class 4 worked in pairs to input some primary data which we collected from each other and then presented it through a pie chart on Google sheets. The data […]
Class 2 Talk 4 Write
This week class 2 have started learning about talk 4 write. We started the lesson by drawing pictures to represent words. We then progressed onto adding actions to our pictures. […]
P4C – Something Else
We had a fantastic first P4C today in our class! We read our transition text, ‘Something Else’ as the stimulus, and generated lots of philosophical questions about the themes of […]
Class 7 begin their balanced arguments
Before transition to Year 6 begins, the children in Year 5 begin their balanced arguments by engaging in the debate, ‘Is social media a good thing? There were some extremely […]
Class 8 use their oracy skills to debate!
In our Literacy session today, Class 8 made a great start to their new unit of balanced arguments by engaging in the debate: “Is social media a good thing?” We […]
We’re off to … make a biscuit
In Little Acorns we have been reading the story ‘We’re off to see the wizard’ we have drawn our favourite characters. We then decorated biscuits to look like our favourite […]
A Disgusting Sandwich
In class 3 we have started a new unit of work on instructions. Our instructions are all based around a book called The Disgusting Sandwich. Today we started to plan […]
Who’s been eating my porridge?
In Little Acorns this week we have been using the story Goldilocks and the three bears as a stimulus for our learning. We have really enjoyed this story and learning […]
Filming in Class 4
Throughout this terms topic, year 3&4 have been learning about the outbreak of the plague in Eyam. To help us understand what that might have been like, we have interviewed […]
Class 2 Singing in French
Today class 2 have been learning how to tell the weather in french. We started with some word matching games and progressed onto singing a weather song in french. We […]
Story Spoons on the Green Screen!
Year 4 took their drama learning to the next level today, using the story spoons to conduct their eye-witness interviews on the green screen! Take a look at their fantastic […]
Eye-Witness Interviews in Drama
Year 3 & 4 have become journalists this week, preparing for writing a newspaper report about the outbreak of plague in Eyam … In Drama today, children interviewed eye-witnesses for […]
The True Story of The 3 Little Pigs
Everyone has heard the story of the 3 Little Pigs, but have you heard the True Story? We have been using Talk for Writing to orally retell the story. Watch […]
Fairytale crafts
In Acorns and little acorns we have been learning about fairytales and the characters in the stories. We wanted to immerse ourselves into the stories so we created character masks. […]
Using and creating spreadsheets and data in Year 5
During our computing sessions in our ICT suite, the children in class 7 have been using excel this week to create spreadsheets and present key data about the characters from […]
Sharing stories in the sunshine
We’ve had a fantastic time sharing stories in the sunshine in Little Acorns today. We love to share stories and had a lovely time sharing some of our favourite books […]
T4W all about the Digestive system!
Class 5 have had lots of fun recently learning all about the Digestive System and today we used Talk For Writing to retell all the steps that take place. First, […]
Bolsover Castle Recount
Today in literacy we have started writing our recount for our visit to Bolsover castle. We have used talk for write to begin to learn our opening paragraph. We have […]
Class 2 Dinnertime Talk for Write
P4C in Year 5 – recycling and caring for animals and sea creatures
This week, children in Year 5 have focused on recycling and the effects of this on our school, at home, the wider community and the planet. During our P4C session, […]
Using drama to explore character thoughts and feelings
Year 5/6 have made a great start in their Literacy unit by using freeze frames within drama to explore our characters thoughts and feelings from our class book, Treason. We […]
Freeze Frames in Drama
Year 4 have been been working on their facial expressions and body language this morning in Drama, linked to their story writing in Literacy … Children split up into groups […]
World Book Day
Today we have been celebrating the 25th anniversary of World Book Day. Children and teachers dressed up as characters from their favourite book. The costumes were fantastic and very colourful.
Class 2 pancake day!
To begin our topic of instructions Class 2 have been looking at a pancake recipe. We learnt about the history of Shrove Tuesday and the importance of lent. Afterwards, we […]
Greater Depth Writing
Our Greater Depth Writing group have been writing some amazing pieces linked to their topic about WWII. Children have brought the evacuation of children to life with their words.
Class 2 Non-fiction talk for write
This week class 2 have been learning about non-fiction texts and their features. We are going to be creating a non-chronological report about castles. Our talk for write is our […]
Video Editing in Year 4
This week, we’ve been creating our very own TV documentaries all about the Stone Age, in preparation for writing a non-chronological report next week. The children have used their oracy […]
Class 3 Performance Poetry
This week we have been learning about poetry. We have been focusing on rhyming words. We created actions to perform a poem called There is a dragon in my classroom. […]
Class 2 performing poetry
This week class 2 have been learning about poetry. We have been focusing on rhyming words and how to perform a poem. We separated into groups and independently created our […]
After School Clubs
Great clubs today after school. Children have been learning lots of maths and literacy skills with the help of teachers in school. Thank you teachers! The PE and health and […]
Author Visit: Peter J Murray
We’re really proud and pleased to have welcomed Peter J Murray back into school to talk to children about his books. All of the books in the Mokee Joe series […]
Class 3’s Talk for Write
In literacy we have been working in small groups to create a story opened for the story The Tunnel. Children focussed on using expanded noun phrases to describe the tunnel. […]
Class 2 Outdoor literacy
This week class 2 are learning to write a setting description. We imagined Shrek’s swamp by adventuring to the outdoor classroom. We used our 5 senses to aid our learning […]
Year 5 begins ‘hot seating’ as we are introduced to the characters in the book…
As Year 5 begin their new topic learning about the Elizabethans and Tudors, we begin studying our new class text ‘Treason’ (by Berlie Doherty). The children carefully created questions to […]
Year 6 Drama
As part of our literacy this week we have been learning some drama techniques while learning about the start of WWII. We have used freeze frames and focused on expression […]
Year 3/4 become archaeologists!
What an amazing start to a new term we’ve had in Lower Key Stage Two today! Year 3 and 4 became archaeologists, uncovering hidden treasures of the Stone Age, by […]
Class 3 trip to the postbox
To finish our unit on letter writing we have posted our published work so that our grown ups can read it when it comes through the post. We walked very […]
Class 3 Instructions
This week Class 3 have been learning about instructions. To immerse the children in this topic we followed a recipe to make chocolate rice crispy buns. Before we made them […]
Class 2 Letters home
To conclude our letters topic we posted our published work so that our grown ups can read it when it comes through the post. We walked very sensibly to the […]
Class 2 Following a recipe
This week Class 2 have been learning about instructions. To immerse the children in this topic we followed a recipe to make chocolate rice crispy buns. We focused on the […]
Class 2 Brazil day!
Today Class 2 have been on a fabulous adventure to Brazil! We transformed the classroom into a plane and even saw the plane take off. We then learnt about Brazil’s […]
Class 3 achievements
Today in class three we have shown fantastic resilience and determination to score amazing results on our spelling and arithmetic test. A huge well done to all children.
Class 2 Talk for Write
This week class 2 have been learning how to write letters. We were amazed when we received a letter from Sunny the meerkat asking us to write to his family. […]
Postcards
Class 3 have been reading Meerkat Mail. This week we have focussed on the features of a postcard and the sort of sentences we might include in them. Today we […]
Class 2 – Animal poetry performance
This week class 2 have been learning about performance poetry. We have focused on alliteration and rhyming words. We separated into our animal groups and created actions. We then performed […]
Fantastic Lions
In literacy we have been focusing on non chronological reports. Last we researched lions and today we have used talk for writing to create a model text using talk for […]
Research in Literacy
Today in Class 6, children carried out their own research, using a variety of sources, in preparation for writing a non-chronological report about the rainforest. Children used iPads, library books, […]
Class 4 Talk for Writing
In literacy this week, class 4 have created and rehearsed a Talk for Writing to make their own set of instructions. Following our topic of ‘Into the Forest’, our writing […]
Survival Skills Investigation in Class 6
Class 6 have had a wonderful week this week, writing our instructions on how to survive the rainforest. During that Literacy learning, we thought about how we might find and […]
Class 8 Remote learning
Miss Sare has had the pleasure of teaching the wonderful Class 8 this week. It has been great to see children continuing to show their resilience and hard work during […]
Year 3/4 Survival Skills – Shelter Building
Classes 4, 5 and 6 have been learning all about how to survive in the rainforest, ready to write instructions next week. Today’s objective was to follow a set of […]
Talk for writing
In literacy we have been thinking about setting descriptions and using adjectives to describe. Children came up with words like abandoned, old and wooden to name just a few. Today […]
Year 3 and 4 take their Drama learning ‘Into the Forest’ …
What a wonderful morning we’ve had in Year 3 and 4 today! As part of their new ‘Into the Forest’ topic, Lower Key Stage Two took their learning outside, into […]
Class 2 Talk for write
This week Class 2 have been learning about the Paralympian David Weir. We learnt about the event he takes part in and investigated the medals he won and where he […]
A letter arrives in class 3
A very exciting letter appeared on my desk this morning addressed to class 3. Children began predicting who it might have been from. Lots of children thought the letter might […]
Persuasive writing
This week in literacy class 3 have been working very hard. We have created adverts using our persuasive skills to persuade someone to visit a landmark in Rotherham. We used […]
Innovating our T4W text map
Over the last two week, Class 4 have been writing their very own narrative based on creating an alternate event from our class story, Street Child. We created a class […]
Year 4 Eyam Drama
On Monday, Class 6 recreated a significant event in our history topic – the village meeting, on the 24th of June 1666, where William Mompesson called for Eyam to quarantine […]
Y3 Outdoor Literacy/Drama
Class 4 have begun their new genre, narrative. Over the next few weeks they will be writing their own alternate ending to a scene from the class text, Street Child. […]
Year 4 on the Green Screen!
The children in Year 4 had a wonderful afternoon today, as they started filming their entry for the Willow Tree Film Festival! They’ve made an amazing start! Take a look […]