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English

Year Two Visit the Library

7 May 2025

Catherine Chandler

Last week, the children in Year Two enjoyed a visit to the library to selected some books to bring back to school. They also got to enjoy a scavenger hunt and a story telling session with one of the library staff.

English, Front Page News, Teaching of Reading, Year 2a

Y1B & Y2B Visit the Library

6 May 2025

Catherine Chandler

Last week Year 1B and 2B visited Gateshead Library. We had a great time finding out all about the Library. First we completed a scavenger hunt where we had to look for different books then we got to choose our own book to borrow. We took our books back to school and enjoyed reading them … Continued

English, Front Page News, Teaching of Reading, Year 1b, Year 2b

Exploring New Vocabulary in Year 2

14 January 2025

Brogan Maddock

In English this week, our Year 2 children have been enjoying the text ‘Handa’s Hen’ by Eileen Browne. We have come across lots of new vocabulary and today we went on a vocabulary hunt to crack a secret code! Some new vocabulary which we have explored included flowering, Bullfrog and Sunbird.

English, Front Page News, Year 2a

Year 5 – Book Talk!

13 January 2025

Brogan Maddock

A very special suitcase arrived in Year 5 last week! Inside were lots of interesting black and white illustrations which the children have been studying. These illustrations have been taken from our class novel, ‘The Arrival’ by Shaun Tan. They have been making very careful observations of what they can see in these images then … Continued

English, Front Page News, Year 5

Year 3 Discover a Mysterious Package!

4 December 2024

Brogan Maddock

Year 3 have had a incredibly unusual morning. We got a phone call to go check out the main hall as there’d been a mysterious package discovered. We have used our deduction skills to work out what could be inside using the clues on the box. In doing so, we used a range of conjunctions … Continued

English, Front Page News, Year 3

Paul Cookson Visits Carr Hill!

27 November 2024

Brogan Maddock

A huge thank you to the amazing Paul Cookson who visited us today and performed some of his poems.

English, Events and Visits, Front Page News, Reception, Year 1a, Year 1b, Year 2a, Year 2b, Year 3, Year 3/4, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Year 5 English

21 October 2024

Brogan Maddock

In their basic skills lessons, the Year 5 children have been practicing how to find technical language efficiently in dictionaries. They do this as part of their weekly word work in whole class reading.

English, Front Page News, Year 5

Year 5 English

12 February 2024

bmaddock

The children in Year 5 were introduced to their new text in English last week. A mysterious box arrived in the classroom, full of strange and unusual objects. They spent the lesson investigating the objects in the box, and predicting what they thought they knew about the story characters and story plot.

English, Year 5

Developing our Vocabulary in Year 5

12 February 2024

bmaddock

A huge focus for our children in Year 5 this year has been the development of their language skills. This is fostered through their love of reading. In one of their English lessons last week, they were using their dictionary skills to locate the meanings of new and unfamiliar language! and keeping a record of … Continued

English, Teaching of Reading, Year 5

Jason Korsner Author Visit

6 December 2023

cchandler

This half term we have been lucky enough to welcome Jason Korsner into school to visit our Nursery, Reception and Year One children. Jason is a children’s author who shared his books ‘What Can You See?’  which uses simple rhymes to introduce children to the world around them and  ‘I Like To Put Food In … Continued

English, News, Nursery, Reception, Year 1a, Year 1b
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