Y5 Poetry
This week, Y5AM explored the features of poetry as part of their work in literacy. Together, we unpicked the language features used, finding examples of figurative language including personification, similes […]
Category Archives: Literacy Learning
Queen Elizabeth II
In honour of our beloved Queen Elizabeth II the children have been reflecting on her life over the past few weeks creating some amazing outcomes. From EYFS to Y6 the […]
Handwriting Practise
In Chestnuts we have been trying lots of activities to help prepare us with our handwriting. We love the big chalks. Pinching and squeezing the dough is fun.However Squiggle while […]
Inspirational people
Y2R had their topic launch today where we came dressed as inspirational people. We had actors, footballers, singers, astronauts and royalty from the past and the present. We used hot-seating […]
Hot seat with Florence
In Y1M, we have been looking at the life of Florence Nightingale. We have looked at what she did for our country and how it has shaped the NHS. On […]
ScabbaJack haunts Greasbrough…
To launch Y3/4’s new class text ‘ScabbaJack’, we invited author Peter J Murray to introduce the spooky story to KS2. Not only were we lucky enough to hear about the […]
Making improvements in Y5/6AM
Today, the children worked together in pairs to read through their Norse Myths they had written this week and help each other edit and improve their writing. They read each […]
Cooking club
The children enjoyed their first session of after school cooking club today. We used our teamwork, literacy and creative skills to make chocolate chip buns. That’s one stamp for our […]
Using fronted adverbials in instructions
In Y56AM we practised giving and following instructions in pairs. One person drew a picture, then had to instruct the other person on how to draw this picture. We used […]
Goodnight Mr Tom
Children from Year 6 are this evening enjoying a live performance of Goodnight Mr Tom at Rotherham Civic Theatre.
Greasbrough Primary School 