Bullying

In our PSHE lesson, we read poems about bullying then had a go at writing some of our own. We tried to communicate the feelings associated with bullying.

Black History Month

This week we have been celebrating the lives of black people though history. To tie in with our learning about WWI, we wrote biographies of Walter Tull, one of the first black, professional footballers, who enlisted in the war.

Dear Albert...

We have been reading War Horse by Michael Morpurgo and learning about life during World War I. We wrote letters to Albert from Joey, to explain his experiences of war.



National Poetry Day

This Thursday is National Poetry Day and this year's theme is 'Remember'. Keep checking the blog to read the best lines from our poems.

 

Read all about it!

We have been using our knowledge about the Pompeii disaster to write newspaper reports. We have had to be objective and write in a serious, formal style. We used reported speech and powerful vocabulary to add drama to the story and engage our readers.

Here are some of our favourite extracts. What do you think?

Eruption!

We have been learning about the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. We are writing recounts using powerful vocabulary to describe
the disaster.

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