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Category Archives: English

Penpals in Year 2

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Mrs A. Hagon • 0 Comments

Year 2 have enjoyed having pen pals from Belsay school throughout this school year through The Linking Project. sadly we have not been able to meet up with our pen pals this year but we have kept in touch throughout the year by writing letters, exchanging postcards, sending pictures and even writing acrostic poems about our pen pals.

Penpal Zoom

It has been an interesting project and we hope to keep in touch with our new friends.

Performance Poetry

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Mrs A. Hagon • 0 Comments

Year 2 have enjoyed reading, writing and reciting poems this week. We have enjoyed reading different types of poems and performing them with actions. We chose our favourite poem to write and perform. We also made finger puppets to use to illustrate and perform our poems. Continue Reading

Nursery enjoy Circus Stories Programme!

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Mrs B. Russell • 0 Comments

This term, Nursery have enjoyed taking part in a Circus Stories Programme. They have listened to and joined in with some fabulous stories read by Megan from Seven Stories and they have been taught some new and exciting circus skills such as plate spinning, flower sticks and juggling by Paul from Circus Central. We have… Continue Reading

Traditional Tale Stories

Posted on June 24, 2021 by Mrs B. Russell • 0 Comments

Last Term, our Nursery children enjoyed looking at Traditional Tale Stories. We talked about the different characters and how each story has a beginning, middle and end. We did lots of exciting activities linked to each story including making up our own characters, choosing our own ending to the story and tasting yummy gingerbread men. … Continue Reading

Fantastic Fruit Tasting in Year 3.

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Miss L. O'Hare • 0 Comments

Last week we were excited to try the different fruits featured in ‘Handa’s Surprise!’ We tried: avocado, orange, pineapple, passionfruit, bananas mangos and guava juice! Continue Reading

Seven Stories

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Mrs K. McWeeny • 0 Comments

It has been delightful to welcome Megan from Seven Stories back into school. We had enjoyed stories from Megan via Zoom before and immediately after lockdown – but having her back in school has made the sessions even more exciting. Thank you Megan and Seven Stories for this fabulous opportunity. Continue Reading

A Fantastic Achievement for Angellina!

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Miss J. Davidson • 0 Comments

Angellina has always been a fantastic creative writer and she now has recognition for her hard work! She submitted her poem titled ‘My Sassy Sloth’ to Young Writers and it was selected for publication in the Peculiar Pets anthology. Here is Angellina’s poem and her certificate of merit. Very well done Angellina! Continue Reading

World Book Day

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Miss K Bamber • 0 Comments

For World Book Day we read a lovely story called Luna Loves Library, about a little girl who likes to meet her dad at the library to read their favourite story books. We visited our school library and chose our own favourite story books and then we wrote about them. Continue Reading

KS 1 Reading Challenge

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Mrs A. Hagon • 0 Comments

Key Stage 1 are taking part in a super reading challenge. They have challenged themselves to read 30 books before the Summer holidays. This week a number of children received their first prize for reading the first 10 books. Well done boys and girls! Continue Reading

Mechanical Animals in Year 3

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Miss L. O'Hare • 0 Comments

We were inspired by the mechanical animals in the story of ‘Leon and the Place Between.’ We designed and created our own versions. We chose either a lion, tiger, bear, horse or elephant to bring to life. We used cardboard templates, paint and split pins to bring our creations to life. We used black felt… Continue Reading