Well done to our latest group of Half Millionaires! Even more outstanding reading achievements this year from Flynn, Harry, Mia, Georgie, Isla and Lennon.
There is an opportunity for children aged 7-11 years to take part in a creative writing workshop on Saturday 25 June, 10.30-12.30pm at The Word. Children will create their own poetry whilst exploring the themes of the show. To book a place click on link https://theworduk.org/whats-on/the-secret-garden-writing-workshop/
The Secret Garden Performance will be happening on Sunday 26 June, 1.30pm at The Word and places can be booked via this link https://theworduk.org/whats-on/the-secret-garden-2/
After spending a lesson editing out their mistakes; adding music and sound effects; and altering the volume of different tracks of audio; the children completed their podcasts.
So please listen and enjoy.
Ancient Entertainers – Jessica, Layla, Sonny and Riley
Diving into History – Jack, Ella, Dylan and Faith
History Mystery – Maci, Leo, Grace and Zak
Rewind from the Future – Jacob, Jax, Ryan, Tilly and Celine
Wacky but Weird Mystery – James, Madisyn, Ellie and Jensen
William’s Wacky Wonders – William, Bella, Molly and Flynn
Using their knowledge from the research they did before the half term, the children have crearted their own podcast.
They wrote their own scripts, took roles of experts (or Maya priests and villagers from ancient times) and recorded their podcasts in the last lesson.
Now their task is to edit out any mistakes they have made and add music to make their show sound more professional – using Garageband.
Congratulations to Jack in Y6A. We have another Word Millionaire! Jack has really enjoyed reading the Harry Potter books this year as well as lots of non-fiction texts which have helped him achieve this award. Well done!
Congratulations to Conner (Y6F) and Jack (Y5F) who have become our latest Half Millionaires, reading over 500,000 words this academic year.
Another huge well done to some of the children in Mrs Fawkes’ English group also who have worked so hard on their reading this half term and achieved their points target on Accelerated Reader. Well done everyone!
Check out some of the amazing newspaper articles Y6 have written this week. The Y6 children have loved reading Macbeth this half term and have completed some fantastic pieces of writing including diary entries, letters, play scripts, characters descriptions and even their own version of the witches’ poem and chant.
Congratulations Lily (Y6D) who is now a Word Millionaire. We are so proud of Lily’s wonderful achievement. Lily loves reading and this year she has developed a love for the Harry Potter novels, reading all 7 novels in the space of a few months. She is now reading the “His Dark Materials” series by Philip Pullman. Well done Lily! 
Congratulations to James in Y5F for reading over half a million words on Accelerated Reader. James is very proud of his achievement and is eager to become a Word Millionaire this year.
This half term, Year 3 are focusing on a gripping story about friendship, loyalty and betrayal.
On Friday our teachers stepped into the role of the character Magpie. We all stepped into the shoes of Dog and had to coax her to come out of the cave. To do this, we had to emphasise with Magpie and try to understand why she would want to hide away in the cave and sink into blackness. We came up with lots of convincing arguments and expressed those best we could through role play by speaking clearly and calmly.
