Literacy

Wolpy Wednesday
Following the success of last week, one Reception child invented the name Wolpy Wednesday. We explored mashed potato, beans, gloop, custard and jelly. Thinking hard of ways to describe the texture and smell. The adults were very impressed with some of the words which...
Into Film
Today, Year 1, 2, 3, 4 and Reception visited the Odeon cinema to take part in the 'Into Film Festival'. They had a fantastic time watching Despicable Me 3. They are all very excited to create some writing inspired by the film in their Literacy lessons next week.
Fiction Vs. Non-Fiction
This week the children have been exploring a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books in order to gain a better understanding of their similarities and differences, particularly information texts and how these can help them when researching specific topics and...
Blaydon Fact Posters
Following the children’s exploration of Blaydon to identify its key human and physical features, the children then worked in their groups to create fact posters to present their findings. When doing so, the children created labels and captions, as well as drawing...
After a busy week, a quiet story was just what Reception needed
What a lovely start to the morning!
Our mystery reader had a spooky tale today
Material Multiplications
Over the past few days Year One have been developing their understanding of counting in multiples through a range of “Three Little Pig” themed counting activities. In preparation for Friday's material investigation, some of our numeracy tasks required the children to...
The Three Little Pigs
Last week, Year One carried out a “Three Little Pigs” themed materials investigation. Let's take a look at what they did. Before getting started the children had to decide which “piggy” team they would like to work in. This was a bit tricky as they had to make a...
Shaving foam fun!
The children have enjoyed mark making using shaving foam. It was fun exploring the texture of the foam. Some of us practised forming the first letter of our names.
Year 4 visit Blaydon Library
Year 4 had a great time visiting Blaydon Library and choosing some of their own reading books to take back to school and enjoy. We even managed to find some books linked to our Science and History topics to take back to school and add to our ever growing reading area.
Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover
Year 6 had their first visit to the library yesterday where they participated in a workshop named 'Don't Judge a Book by its Cover'. This involved them guessing what a book was about by looking at its cover. They commented and made personal opinions which were...