Even Mrs Cole couldn’t put this story down!
Callum was thrilled to see his story on the bookshelf!
The boys were completely engrossed.
The layout and attention to detail was superb.
Congratulations to Ellie, who is our Writer of the Week.
Bravo to Johnny, our Star of the Week!
He’s really pushed himself in maths this week and has also made an excellent effort in Toe by toe with Mrs Cole.
In guided writing today, some of the children learnt a new type of Alan Peat sentence. Can you work out the rules?
Max was anxious: trembling with fear; heart ripping; teeth grinding. Matthew M
Callum was mournful: tears running down his cheeks; hands shaking; staring in disappointment. Sam
Natasha was joyful: legs wobbling; heart pumping; butterflies in her belly. Natasha
Sam was good at football: he played a lot; trained a lot; scored a lot. Callum H
Why don’t you have a try at writing one of your own?
As you are aware, our school has recently been inspected by OFSTED.
The full report will be available to parents shortly so, for now, the staff would just like to thank the children for their hard work and beautiful behaviour all year, and for showing how brilliant they are to Mr Timms. We’d also like to thank parents and carers for their continued support, with an extra thank you to those who completed the parental questionnaire.
We are so proud of our school, and consider ourselves very lucky to work with such wonderful people (big and small).
Have a great weekend!
Well done to Max, Class 3’s Writer of the Week!
Well done, Matthew, who has made a wonderful effort in every subkect this week and behaved beautifully, as always.
With this type of sentence, it is important to show what can be seen by an observer contrasting with what is felt or thought privately. Here are some of our favourites:
Outside, I was smiling warmly. (Inside, I was red-hot angry.) Matthew M
Outside, I looked happy. (But I really wasn’t.) Jacob R
Outside, Sam looked happy with his new phone. (Inside, he really wanted a bike to play on all day.) Ellie
Outside, I was as cold as a winter’s moon. (But inside, fire burned in my heart.) Natasha
John cried over the stolen football. (But he was actually very happy.) Johnny
I ate the chocolate, which had nuts in, with a happy smile. (On the inside, I thought my mum was nuts for giving me it.) Callum H
Miss West said she was on a diet. (But secretly she just hated the food her mum and dad gave her.) Lani
Bob smiled at his fall. (But he was actually torn to pieces.) Shane
Outside, I smiled at my mum, thanking her for the game. (Inside, I grunted like an angry pig.) Max
Today we learned a new Alan Peat sentence called 3 _ed. We have to use three adjectives ending in _ed and separate them with commas. Here are some of our best:
Drenched, excited, horrified, Callum jumped in muddy puddles. (Callum M)
Puzzled, confused, mystified, Tim stared at the weird, swirly thing. (Max)
Terrified, dehydrated, starved, he walked to the finished portal. (Johnny)
Excited, frightened, amazed, Sarah saw a crystal shining in the sky. (Ellie)
We also learned that, once we understand the rules, we can choose when to break them! These sentences still use three adjectives separated by commas, but they are not all _ed ones.
Joyful, radiant, satisfied, I ordered tickets to see Manchester City play Crystal Palace in April. (Shane)
Joyful, jumpy, jaunty, I rode my jubilee horse down the jackpot motorway. (Jacob R)
Dull, grey, fluffy, the dwarf-alien’s beards swayed in time with their singing. (Callum H)
And how about this for a rule-breaker?
Racing, aching, focussing, I ran past the finish line, celebrating my win. (Lani)
Congratulations to Sam, who has written creatively about adventures in a fantasy land.
Today, we have been learning about clichés and how to avoid them in our writing. Here are some of the best we created:
as slippery as a squid in a tank- Max
as gentle as a puppy- Matthew M
as good as a retired poacher- Jacob R
as slippery as a slimy frog- Ellie
as funny as a cracker joke- Natasha
as gentle as mum and dad- Johnny
as slippery as a spider in an empty bath- Callum H
as gentle as a baby’s fingertips- Lani
as slippery as a frozen heart- Shane
Well done to Finley, who is our Star of the Week!
Finley has produced some superb writing and maths work already this term, as well as showing excellent team spirit at the football tournament this week. Three cheers for Finley!
Congratulations to Jacob, who has been developing his range of sentences in writing.
Bravo to Johnny, our Star of the Week!
Johnny has had a fantastic start to the term, with some excellent creative writing. Well done, Johnny!
Our topic this term is Alchemy Island. In literacy yesterday, the children’s learning objective was ‘ To use vocabulary for effect’, which I am sure you will agree, after reading the following pieces of work, they certainly achieved.
When I arrived, I saw a big, sparkling tower on a tiny island, surrounded by grey-white fog. Mountains towered up as still as a soldier standing proudly, waiting for someone to come and climb him. There was a light at the top, coloured scarlet red with a thin metal pole at the top which was as shiny and pointy as a unicorns horn. In the background, the sun was blocked by the violet-grey clouds. They were as fluffy as sheep before shear time. The fog was trapped inside an enclosure of rocky, sturdy mountains. The clouds blocked the oranges, yellows and pinks of dawn. The mist almost looked like water.
Jacob R
As the thick cloud lay upon me, my hands quivered in fear, that it would just drop on me. In front of me, the pale pillars towered over me as if they were telling me off. In the background, the race of the two waterfalls has begun; there was a crowd of 3000 watching and hissing. As I slid across the smooth, pale stone I thought how big life is.
Sam S
The steps on the haunted castle were as cold as ice. The biggest waves you could ever see, crashed into the boulders. The waves bellowed like a giant screaming for help.Three yellow roses blooming on the steps of the haunted castle. The dark castle could creep anyone out.
John A
The mist clears the whole place like a sheet on a wooden table. The moon shines down like it is on fire. The rocks are being covered up like they are under water. The dark, dull and gloomy clouds are like ashes. The sun setting is like lava from a volcano. The rocky boulders have light which looks like magic. The moon is as round as a globe. As the light shines, my eyes begin to hurt because it is so colourful that I could not move my eye away.
Max S
