English

The first Friday of every half term is ‘Ask the Expert’ in Diamond Class. We all brought interesting items in and discussed them practicing our presentation and questioning and answering skills. We voted the adoption of cats as the best ‘Ask the Expert’ item this term as it follows our school values!

Every Wednesday, we learn how to read texts and answer a range of questions about them. We enjoyed working together to analyse the text and then think about how we can use the text to help us answer the questions. 

We wanted to thank Emma for teaching us about farming so we learned how to write thank you letters and then wrote our own. We tried to include all the features of a letter and then decorated them with images of the farm. We hope Emma likes them.

The class enjoyed their ‘share a story’ session so much that they have decided to hold a weekly share a story session. This week they shared their dinosaur stories. Keep checking the website to see what they share next.

Some pupils chose to spend their lunch play reading and sharing their story openers with each other. We were gripped listening to them and can’t wait to hear what happens next.

In English, we have started to read ‘Wolf Brother’ by Michelle Paver. We studied and learned the features of an opening chapter then used what we had learned to write our own opening to a Stone-Age story. Keep looking at the website as we will write the rest of the story later in the team. 

Every Friday is ‘spellings’ in Diamond Class and on the first Friday back, we were all revising spelling rules from the previous year.

We have learned how to up-level our work by adding expanded noun phrases, and by choosing specific topic related vocabulary. We watched clips from Oliver then wrote our own opening scenes using wonderful description.