Reading and writing out and about

Year 1
It is week 1 of our narrative unit and we have been reading The Magic Bed by John Burningham. It's about a little boy called Georgie who needs a new bed and the one he finds can take him on magical adventures.
We created our own story mountains using rope then ordering pictures from the story onto it. We had to decide which picture depicted the opening, build up, problem, resolution and ending.

Children in 1A

Children in 1M

The classes have really enjoyed the story. Here are some comments about the book by 1D.

"She didn't like the bed because it is old and it looks scruffy." Julia


"I would call it 'Georgie's amazing adventure' because he had a really amazing adventure" Frazer


"The bed is an antique, that means it's extremely old" Marie-Ann


"If I had a magic bed I would go to Australia because it is hot there and I could go to the beach." Jessica

Below is a picture of children in 1M mapping out the 5 main parts of the narrative onto a story mountain.


Year 2

This week 2F have been using the outdoor learning areas for literacy and drama lessons. After reading the book The Greedy Rainbow by Susan Chandler and Sanja Rescek they were able to retell the story in small groups to their peers.

Their focus was on using movement, expression and gesture to carefully explain the book and create interest for the audience watching the retell.

Children in 2F

In their theme, 2S have been finding out about the Rainforest as a 'habitat'.
The Rainforest is overwhelmed by a wide variety of animals and insects living over the 4 layers.
The children have written a poem titled "Who Lives In The Rainforest?" 
We focused on verbs and adverbs.

 Ethan 2S

Oliver 2S

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