Y3 Literacy
Biographies
Insert pics Before writing a biography of Santa Claus, we explored a range of biographies to understand the key features. We worked at sequencing the biography of Roald Dahl to make sure it was in chronological order.
Non-chronological Reports
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Using subheadings, we ordered information about our chosen animal before writing our non-chronological report.
Using subheadings, we ordered information about our chosen animal before writing our non-chronological report.
Our Y2 Work
Book Week 2017
On Friday February 24th we were visited by the author MP Robertson. He taught the children how to draw dragons and shared some of his stories with them. We had previously been looking at his book, ‘The Egg’ and the children decided to write their own books based on this story during Book Week. These are now being displayed in the classroom. They also shared their favourite books with other children and dressed up as dragons to end the week.
On Friday March 3rd, the whole school dressed as dragons to celebrate the end of Book Week. A huge effort was made by all children with a lot of help from their parents. Year 2 and Year 5 had brought in their favourite books and they shared these with each other. They loved talking about their books together and reading their favourite sections.
The Story of Robin Hood
Today, the children were asked to predict the ending of the book. They discussed it in pairs and then we shared their ideas as a class. The real ending was then shared with the children and the whole class re-enacted it.
Traditional Tales
During the Autumn term, Year 2 has been studying Traditional Tales. We have retold the story of Little Red Riding Hood orally, using story maps, by acting and then finally in writing. We then went on to study Jack and the Beanstalk and a newer version of the story called Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs.
Reading Traditional Tales
Using Drama To Retell Traditional Tales
Our Year 1 Work...
Alien Landing
An alien crashed into the Year 1 courtyard! It was very exciting and we wanted to find out all the information that we could. We observed the scene, drawing pictures and adding captions. We interviewed an eye-witness and looked at previous facts about aliens and UFO’s, highlighting the relevant information.
‘I wish the alien would come and visit us.’ - Summer
‘I wish the alien would come and visit us.’ - Summer
Instructions
Year 1 has been learning about lots of different text types in our literacy lessons. We have focused on writing instructions and thinking carefully about our verbs and layout. We have written instructions for a range of different activities, having first completed them ourselves. Here we are, making sandwiches and lanterns.
Autumn Poems
In our literacy lessons, we have been using our senses and understanding of the seasons to write poems. We took an autumn walk around our school to see what things we could find. We then used these to help us write an autumn poem.
‘I love autumn because all the leaves are golden and crunchy.’ - Julianna
‘I love autumn because all the leaves are golden and crunchy.’ - Julianna
Traditional Tales
In literacy, we have been focusing on traditional tales. To begin the topic, we became detectives and we looked carefully at clues to work out what story we had been given.
After this, we focused on the story of the Gingerbread Man. We completed role plays as the characters to ensure we knew the story well and we made our own Gingerbread men, following the instructions.
After this, we focused on the story of the Gingerbread Man. We completed role plays as the characters to ensure we knew the story well and we made our own Gingerbread men, following the instructions.
"We were lucky because our Gingerbread men didn’t run away." Sarah M 
"The Gingerbread man was really yummy! " Amaya |
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