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26 November 2018

Cake, anyone?

Isobel has spent part of her weekend baking for part of her topic homework. It was utterly delicious and it looked amazing too. Great British Bake Off, step aside!

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23 November 2018

Our working week!

This week, during Literacy, we ‘freeze-framed’ the main events from our class text, and showcased them to the rest of the class.

With thanks to Mr Murton, who created a fabulous story map for us, we described the key settings using descriptive language.

In Maths, we’ve been challenging…

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23 November 2018

Let’s help the spiders!

This afternoon, during Golden time, we made wooden frames to help the spiders.  Hopefully they will use them to spin their webs in.  We will have a look next week to see if any have moved in!

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23 November 2018

Freeze frame

This week in Literacy, we told the story so far through freeze framing.  The children thought about how each character was feeling and then we captured the moment.  The children loved it!

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23 November 2018

Descriptive writing

The children described the settings from the story.  Here are just a few; there were some great language choices!

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23 November 2018

Anderson Shelter Models

Over the past couple of weeks, the children have worked incredibly hard and creatively to construct some amazing models.

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21 November 2018

Story map

Thanks to Mr Murton, we have been able to do some fantastic descriptive writing, annotating his story map.  Ask your child what has happened in the story so far, I bet they can tell you in great detail!

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21 November 2018

Comparing old and new!

Today we looked closely at old and new images of Christmas trees. The children noticed that Christmas tree decorations have changed over the years. They noticed that Christmas trees in the past were lit by candles and not electric bulbs and that the decorations in the past were made from fruit and…

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19 November 2018

Admissions Policy 2020 consultation

The Enquire Learning Trust is now consulting on its Admissions Policy for 2020/21.  This consultation will last until the 25th February 2019.
Please address any queries you have to: admissions@eltacademy.org

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17 November 2018

Children in Need

We had great fun ‘bopping on the spot’ and making ‘money miles’ to raise money for BBC Children in Need!  Thank you to everyone who donated!

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16 November 2018

What kind and thoughtful children!

Working in a school can bring many heart melting moments and, this week, EYFS children stopped me in my tracks with their thoughtfulness. Mrs Barker’s class won £25 at the end of last term for being the class with the best attendance. They discussed what they would like to buy with their prize…

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16 November 2018

Pudsey Bear Day

A HUGE thankyou for all your generous donations that you sent to school today.  We have talked about where the money will go and how the money helps Children in Need.

On the afternoon we went to various places in the school to play some Pudsey Bear games.  In the Lower Hall we Bopped on a…

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