It's Christmas!

Year 1

We have been getting into the Christmas spirit this week. On Monday we watched The Snowman and mapped out the 5 main parts of the narrative (opening, build up, problem, resolution and ending). We then working in small groups to retell the narrative using puppets.

Children in 1A acting out the story

On Thursday we pretended to be the little boy from The Snowman. We imagined how we would feel if we were flying to the North Pole with a magical Snowman. We wrote our ideas in the form of a diary.

Success Criteria:

• Openers
• Connectives (and, because)
• Time connectives (first, next, then, finally)
• First person (I.....)
• Punctuation (caps, . ! ? )
• Ambitious vocabulary

Iria 1M

We used alliteration to write a Christmas wish list:

Careis 1D

We used our list to write a letter to Santa.

Careis 1D

What features can identify in the two text types?


Year 2

This week we have been writing about Christmas! We wanted to write some poetry to share our ambitious vocabulary so we mind mapped some of the poetic forms that we have looked at this year and decided which one would best suit our Christmas poem. We chose...*drum roll*... an acrostic poem.

Ethan 2S

2D

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
See you in January.

A glowing nose and burning buildings ...

Year One

This week in literacy we have continued our learning about non chronological reports and wrote a fact file about Rudolf the red nosed reindeer. We started the week by brainstorming and planning our report:

Nikol 1D

We then used this information to help write our fact file:

Julia 

In science we were set an investigation challenge. Inuit teddy needed a new hat that would keep him warm and dry. So we set about testing different materials to see if they were waterproof or not:

We conducted a fair test and recorded our findings:

 Pranav 1M

Year Two

We have continued to improve our diary writing skills. We assumed the role of Samuel Pepys and wrote a diary describing the events of The Great Fire of London. Here is Phoebe’s start to the diary:

Phoebe 1D

Phoebe has used descriptive sentences drawing on the senses to set the scene for the reader. She has described the sounds and sights of London during the first night of the fire. Phoebe has also reread her work with her learning partner Grace to edit and up-level her sentences in green pencil. To extend her diary entry Phoebe could now draw on other senses to add to her description of the night’s events.

This week 2D wrote instructions on how to build a 17^th century house using a cardboard box:

Alina 2D

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Penguin Reports and Diary Writing...

Year One

This week in Literacy we have been developing our comprehension skills. We watched a clip from a documentary about emperor penguins and then used our reasoning to answer questions about what we had seen and heard.

 Daniel 1D

We have also been busy creating our own non-chronological reports about emperor penguins.

Lennon 1M

Year Two

This week we have been developing our diary writing skills. Using James Mayhew's book Katie in London for inspiration, we assumed on the role of Katie to write an entry about our fantastic adventure in the capital.

Maten has started to write his diary including key features such as an opening phrase and use of the first person. To extend his writing he should now think about using different time connectives to add detail to his diary entry.

 Maten 2F

After watching a video clip of WW1 soldiers playing football on Christmas Eve, Ethan wrote a diary account, detailing the events of that night.

Ethan 2S

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