MI start their independent write

5th February 2024Stacey McClare

Today we started our independent plot point of our diary entry. We re watched part of the clip so we could really think about the characters feelings and empathise with him. We chotted different pieces of language to describe Mowgli’s feelings then built a bank of similes around these. We also thought of some of the openers and adverbials that may be appropriate for this plot point. Children then started to write their plot point, applying all the features they had used previously. As I always say to them, it is their time to shine! And this is what they did. A great start to their independent write. I can’t wait to read the next part.

Area in MI

5th February 2024Stacey McClare

A fantastic maths lesson in MI today 🙂 First we consolidated our learning from last week on perimeter and then we learnt how we find the area of a 2D shape by either counting squares or by using a given formula. We even looked at how we find a missing side when we already know the area. Well done everyone 🙂

MI think about safety in school

5th February 2024Stacey McClare

Today we discussed that tomorrow is safer internet day so we spent our crew session today thinking about safety in school, the playground and then in the community. We discussed our ideas in mini crews and then as a whole crew. We added some of our ideas to an anchor chart that we have displayed in our classroom.

Book Talk – Non Fiction

4th February 2024Ruth Shields

On Friday, we started a new text which was a non fiction. This will help us build background knowledge for our expedition.

We made some predictions about what the text would be about and had some discussion questions to get us thinking about what we’d be reading.

Once we had an understanding of the type of text we’d be reading, we did some guided text marking.

Storytelling Week 📖📚

2nd February 2024Laura Hamill

Crew Hamill have had lots of fun during storytelling week. We have fully immersed ourselves in our class text and we are loving finding out what is happening between April and Bear (the polar bear). We have enjoyed a trip to the library and have had discussions about our favourite books and characters. Today, we ended storytelling week in our pjs and listened to an audiobook whilst having a sneaky biscuit treat! ☺️