Grammar day

30th September 2026Hannah McLoughlin

As part of our writing unit, the children have been exploring the story The Lion and the Unicorn. We have been developing their narrative writing skills by creating our own sentences.

This week, we have been focusing on fronted adverbials. The children have been learning how to use these at the beginning of sentences to explain when or where an action takes place. They have enjoyed experimenting with different fronted adverbials and using them to add detail and variety to their writing.

We are looking forward to seeing the children apply these grammar skills as they continue developing their own narratives!

Drawing The Gruffalo ✍🏼👹

26th September 2026Sarah Mcglone

We have been looking at the story ‘The Gruffalo’ in our writing sessions this week. We have talked about the features he has and how we can show them using different shapes and colours. We then used a step-by-step guide to help us. Once we were finished, we then told Miss McGlone everything we had included in our drawings to create The Gruffalo.

Drawing Everywhere Bear ✍🏼🧸

26th September 2026Sarah Mcglone

We have been looking at the story ‘The Everywhere Bear’ during our writing lessons, and it has inspired us to draw our own bears. We followed a step-by-step guide to help us use the correct shapes, and when we were done we told Miss McGlone all about the features of our bear, which she then added on as labels.

Tracing our names with a starting dot ✍🏼

26th September 2026Sarah Mcglone

We have been putting our pre-writing skills to the test as we have been tracing our names, using a starting dot on each letter to help us with the correct letter formation.

Crew McGlone are FANTASTIC at remembering all the correct steps to show that they are ready to write: BBC, TNT, 6 feet, 2 hands. They have really blown me away with how well they are working on their ‘pinch parrot’ to perfect their pencil grip! The children have also been learning about the specific handwriting lines: top broken, top solid, bottom solid, bottom broken, as well as looking at how we start writing at the top of the page and we write from left to right. Lots of things to remember, but using our writing wall to look at the Widgits of each skill really helps us!

Strong Foundations In Crew Ramsay

17th September 2026Betty Ramsay

We have been focussing on our basics this week including letter formation, number formation and fine motor strength/dexterity. Here we are moving through table top provisions in both writing and maths lessons. On these tables we love practising the basics and taking pride in our work. What a great start to the year.

Pre-writing skills practice in Crew McGlone ✍🏼

6th September 2026Sarah Mcglone

We have been working on our pre-writing skills in Crew McGlone this week. We started by looking at how we need the correct posture when sitting at our tables to show we are ready to write before then moving on to look at using ‘pinch parrot’ to help us with the correct pencil grip. We talked about how when we are writing we start on the left and move to the right, starting at the top of the paper before moving our way down.

We used our new knowledge to have a go at tracing over lines and different patterns to practise these skills.

Gingerbread Man

4th September 2026Tracy Haddock

In writing, the children have been learning all about The Gingerbread Man. Throughout the week, they have been busy making their own gingerbread men, creating a large gingerbread man and even making the fox!

Take a peep at what they have been up to this week and see all the wonderful learning they have been enjoying!