Saturday, 27 September 2014

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.

 

Thursday, 25 September 2014

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?

Sunday, 21 September 2014

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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