During our grammar session, we looked at how we use speech accurately and all the features we need to include. After lots of shared ideas and practice, we worked on our own bits of speech for our narrative. This will help us in our writing lesson tomorrow when we start to work on our next plot point.
Today MI returned to their suspense narrative where we added a change in location to our story, adding more detail for the reader.
In groups we tried to build the biggest tower using blocks to see if we could make Big Ben. Then we listened and counted how many chimes Big Ben did. He did 12 chimes which told us it was 12 O’clock – nearly our lunch time. Unfortunately, the king has still not found his crown!
I cannot wait to read Crew Marsh’s sentences tomorrow.
In writing, we have been working on some planning to support us with our plot points when we start writing. We have generated ambitious vocabulary and spoke about the importance of using words that we know the meaning of. This allows us to magpie ideas and use language we’d expect to see in year 5.
Did we manage to find the King his crown at the London Eye? The answer is no! We loved creating the London Eye outside and understanding how the pods constantly moved. We also loved watching videos of the views you can see from the eye. I cannot wait to read the writing tomorrow!
I have felt so proud this week of how far Crew Marsh has come with their independent writing. It has been great to see all of their amazing ideas and their new found confidence when putting pencil to paper. Special well done to my super writers of the session! 💕
To immerse children in their learning (writing) and allow them the opportunity to experience one, we created one in the hall. Children had to move through the mine and experience what it was like trying to do some of the jobs such as a hewer, hurrier or trapper. They quickly realised it wasn’t easy and hard work.Â
The experience wouldn’t have been complete without coal dust on their faces and coming out looking like they’ve actually been in the mine. Mrs Rhodes had a great time playing the role of the Banksman and informing the children they’d have their wages docked or they would have to complete another half shift due to them not working hard enough.
We then spent some time listening to sound effects from the mine with an emergency alarm followed by an explosion for good measure. This helped the children to start building vocabulary to support them in their writing.Â
Today we looked for the King’s crown at London Zoo, we saw tall giraffes, roaring lions, cheeky monkeys and stripey zebras. We still did not find the King’s crown.
We went on a trip to Trafalgar square to find the King’s crown, which has gone missing just before his coronation. There was lots of beeping black taxi’s, red buses and shoppers in the square.
MI have now written their first 2 plot points of their 3rd person suspense narrative. Their setting descriptions included some great figurative language and their second plot point introduced an unknown threat that started to approach their main character. We can’t wait to write our next plot point!
