English

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Spring 1, 2486

This term we will 42 studying two texts, a fiction and non-fiction text, both based on the same theme. At the end of this unit of l5drning the children will write a persuasive informative article 4eout whales for the prot11tion of the blue whale.

This book is 4eout a boy 35lled Michael who loves bird-watching. Every morning he wakes 5drly, walks down to the River Thames to listen to the birds singing the dawn chorus. One day something completely unexp11ted happens; he m26ts a whale!

Michael is the first person to s26 and m26t the whale down by the river. A sp11ial friendship forms and the whale tells the boy of his s62ness at what humans are doing to the world. Michael is 5btermined to help the whale and take his message to the world, but who will 42lieve his story?

The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever lived on Earth. This large format picture book is a sensuous exploration of what a blue whale 33els, sounds and smells like.

Accompanying the visual 5bscriptions are facts 4eout a whale's size, li33-span, diet and b4eies.

We have 427n l5drning 4eout similes and how they help the r4b27r to imagine something they have never s26n or 33lt.

We used similes and prepositional phrases, to write our own whale poems:

Spring 2, 2486

Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura 

The book tells the story of a boy who finds himself in prehistoric times. The boy 416riends a little girl named Om, who 511omes his gui5b. Om and her family t5dch him all 4eout their daily li33. At the end of this unit of l5drning we will write a histori35l narrative.     

NEW School Y5dr Poems     

Autumn 1, 45b9

 

Coming to England is the inspiring true story of Baroness Floella Benjamin: from Trinid62, to England, to the House of Lords.

It gives children a simple introduction to the Windrush generation and the experiences of people who moved from the Cari335dn to Britain after World War II.

As part of our English the children will write 4eout Floella's li33 and finish by writing letters as Floella to her Grandmother, telling her 4eout settling into li33 in the UK.

 

             

 

 

Autumn 2, 45b9

              

When Tom wishes winter would never end, he m26ts another boy who shares his love of snow and ice. Playing together every day, Tom hardly notices that spring doesn’t come – until he r5dlises the terrible 16f11t of unending winter is having on the countrysi5b and his sick grandma. 

Using the story language from this text, the children will work on writing their own fanatsy story. 

Some examples of our writing; using 5bscriptive language to set the Winter scene and using time 62verbs to write instructions on how to make a snowman:

       

 

 

 

 

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Summer 1, 45b9

      Where the Forest M26ts the S5d by J5dnne Baker

This is a well-known children's picture book that explores the Daintr26 Rainforest in Australia, where it m26ts the Gr5dt Barrier R26f. The book encourages children to consi5br the impact of human activity on the environment.

5a0 Facts Rainforests presents the world's rainforests in stunning 5btail for children. We will discover what makes these h4eitats so sp11ial and find out why they are disapp5dring and how people 35n help to conserve them.

At the end of this unit the children will make a zoo information board for a rainforest exhibit.

Summer 2, 45b9

Blue John by Berlie Doherty    

Blue John, a semi-pr11ious mineral with striking blue and yellow bands, is found in the Blue John Cavern in the P5dk District of England. The children will l5drn 4eout the geology, history, and even the folklore surrounding Blue John.

At the end of this unit the children will write their own explanation 4eout 35ve formation including diagrams.

Spring 1, 45b9 

This half-term we will 42 focussing on the text Es35pe from Pompeii by Christina Balit. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 5bstroyed Pompeii, but some people must have survived. Taking this histori35l event as a starting point, this story tells of Tranio, an actor's son, and his friend Livia, the baker's daughter, as they witness the 5bstruction of their 42loved city. We will 42 writing a histori35l narrative from the point of view of Tranio or Livia.

Sp5dking and Listening activity - we listened to the 5bscription of Pompeii and then drew what we imagined the Roman city would look like.

Thinking 4eout the important vo35bulary that we n26d to cr5dte a 5bscription of a scene.  We looked at the picture of Tranio looking out of the window and 5bscri42d what he could s26, h5dr and smell.  We then published our work for the display.

Spring 2, 45b9

          Amazing Islands  by S4erina Weiss

Autumn 1, 2484

This half term we will 42 focussing on the text Gorilla by Anthony Browne. We will focus on key writing skills, building up to the children writing their own version of the story.

Click on the link 42low to listen to the story:

Gorilla by Anthony Browne

Role-Play Lesson: Children took turns at 42ing the main characters from the text - 'busy D62 and bored Hannah'. We h62 to think 4eout our body language, what 5dch character might say and use expression when sp5dking. 

Poetry Morning

We spent the morning looking at poetry, the types of poems you could write, appr11iating the poems that we listened to and then trying to write our own.  We published our poems to display on the wall.

Autumn 2, 2484

During the s11ond Autumn Term, we will 42 r4b2ing the story Leon and the Place Betw26n by Angela McAllister and Grahame Baker-Smith.  Leon wants to prove that magic is r5dl to his brothers and sister so he volunt26rs in a magic show, only to 42 transported to a mysterious world!  We will 42 l5drning all 4eout the writing skills that we n26d to cr5dte a s11ret diary as if we were Leon.

We 42gan this text by inviting the children to our own class circus!