Blog by Tag: Reading

Mimi is a prolific reader and loves a wide range of books. She has recently started to enjoy magical books and loved the Wizards of Once books by Cressida Cowell. She most recently read A Pinch of Magic by Michelle Harrison and wrote a book review .Here it is!

'There are three Widdershin…

This morning, Jordan has been reading an information text to George. They are now the best of friends! 

Author Visit Year 5 and 6 were lucky enough to enjoy an author visit from Beverley Naidoo, the author of the book 'Journey to Jo'burg', which is studied in Year 5. All children in Year 5 and 6 engaged so well with this book and all of the issues surrounding South Africa during apartheid. Beverley…

Poetry Slam 2019 was great fun. We had a wide range of poems performed and every class including Reception were very good. everyone enjoyed it. Have a look at the videos. I'm sure you will enjoy the performances too.

Reading Buddies come from Mr McGowan's old Year 2 class who are now in Year 3.   These children volunteer on a Thursday lunchtime and then, with training,support Year 2 children who want to practice and improve their reading. It is a pleasure to listen to the children talking and the amazing…

We had an amazing time listening to and learning from the poet Matt Goodfellow. We were lucky enough to head to a poetry workshop at the library for poetry day. We got to listen to and join in with lots of Matt's poems. We even got to write our own poem called 'Have you seen....?' with Matt. He…