WBD – KS1 🐻

27th February 2023Lauren Marsh

In KS1 for world book day we are asking children to bring in their favourite teddy bear, children will be joining in with a range of activities with their teddies all day ending with a teddy bears picnic where favourite books can be shared and yummy snacks can be eaten.

Rather than it just being a Y1 reading cafe this Thursday it will be a KS1 reading cafe, Y2 parents are also invited to come and read with their children at 2:45pm. Go to your child’s classroom door to be let in.

Demonstration comprehension in MI

27th February 2023Stacey McClare

Today we developed our knowledge on how to answer 2 and 3 mark questions that refer to mood and atmosphere. We used APE to support our answers and worked collaboratively to structure our points. Finally we worked independently then allowed our partners to offer critique on our answers. A really great lesson MI 🙂

Unpicking poetry in MI

21st February 2023Stacey McClare

Great resilience today when exploring a poetry text. We explored the text, unpicked the vocabulary and thought about the hidden meanings and what the authors messages were within the text. Some great discussions and ideas raised 🙂

Y1 reading cafe 📖

9th February 2023Lauren Marsh

Crew Marsh would love to invite all parents or family members every Thursday to read with their children for the last 15 minutes of the day. This will start at 2:45pm, come to Crew Marsh door as the gates will be opened. 

We can’t wait to read with you!

Bedtime Books in KS1

9th February 2023Laura Godley

In our crews, we voted that bedtime stories make us feel all warm and cosy inside! We love to read stories and so many of our children are so eager to share the stories we read in school with their grown ups and siblings at home.

We would like to invite children to select a book on a Friday to take home for the week to share at bedtime with the families. We have so many to choose from and the children are excited to do so!

You can help us by: 

  • Keep your bedtime book safe in your book bag when you are walking to and from school with it. 
  • Keep your bedtime book in a safe place at home away from pets, food and drink. It’s so hard to turn sticky pages!  
  • Return your bedtime book on a Friday, ready to change.

What happens if I forget to bring my book on a Friday? 

  • Don’t worry, please bring it in as soon as you can and you can change it. 
  • We will remind you which bedtime book you have. 
  • If you lose a book and cannot find it, please let your crew leaders know. If you lose more than one book you may be asked to replace the book.

Impression questions in reading for MI

7th February 2023Stacey McClare

Today we really explored how to answer 3 mark questions around impressions. We recapped how we use APE to answer these type of questions, ensuring we use evidence from the text to support answers. We looked at a given example and unpicked the amount of marks the answer was worth linking to the impressions and evidence given. We tried hard to use the rules of critique when doing this. We then tried to give our own impressions of a character, using the text to support us.