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Library Visit
The children had a fantastic time visiting Ellesmere Port Library - some children joined the library and others borrowed and returned books.
Year 5 Up Levelling Work
This morning, Year 5's literacy lesson involved looking at a diary entry from the fearless Annie Edson Taylor.
The class had to assess the work, looking for any mistakes and then correcting them.
Well done Year 5!
Literacy Year 3
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Year 3 took the creative writing process outside into our woods today.
Year 5 - Mapping Annie Edson Taylor's journey down river
Today in literacy, Year 5 plotted the journey of Ms Taylor as she travelled down stream in her balls towards the raging falls of Niagara.
Children showcased their use of fronted adverbials and also wrote down what emotions Annie would of been feeling.
Well done Year 5!
Y5 - Literacy - What kind of person was Annie Edson-Taylor?
This morning in literacy, we were looking at various words that could describe Annie Edson-Taylor the main character, from our class book this half term, Queen of the Falls.
If we were unsure on a word, we used a dictionary to find its definition.
Great work Year 5!
Y4: Predictions, Predictions, Predictions
Year 4 have been using illustrations from our new 'Pathways to Read' book to predict what type of text it could be.
Children were asked to discuss who the characters might be, where the story might be set and possible story plot ideas.
A super speaking and listening…
One Is A Snail
The Nursery children have been reading 'One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab' and discussing how many feet different creatures have.
They then made footprints with paint, counting the footprints as they walked.
Independent Research
Children in Year 4 have been independently using websites to gain facts about stalactites and stalagmites. The children will use these facts next week to write explanations and fact files in Literacy.
Building Vocabulary
Children in Year 4 have been working hard to develop their knowledge and understanding of technical vocabulary.
The children used dictionaries to define the word, before placing the words into alphabetical order to create a glossary.
Haiku Poems
This week, children in Year 4 have been exploring and writing their own Haiku poems about Nature and the Seasons.
Haiku poems have a unique syllable structure (5-7-5) over 3 lines.
