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Reading You Choose by Nick Sharratt and Pippa Goodhart this week

19-10-2023

We are enjoying You Choose by Nick Sharratt and Pippa Goodhart this week in literacy #smithdowneyfs

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Here is a link for Reception families to share the You Choose at home

19-10-2023

Here is a link for Reception families to share the You Choose at home #smithdowneyfs

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Thank you to all parents who came along to session 2…

19-10-2023

Thank you to all parents who came along to session 2 of ourparent literacy workshop which focused on rhyme ☀️

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We are ready to write our own circular story now…

19-10-2023

We retold the model text. We used picture clues to help. We are ready to write our own circular story now #smithdownwriters #smithdownreaders

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New vocabulary for English!

19-10-2023

Having fun acting out our new vocabulary for English! #smithdownenglish #Y3

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What an experience…

19-10-2023

What an experience! Year 3 went to a stately home to feel what one looked like and felt like. Sudley house was perfect for helping us understand our new book – Seen and not Heard. #smithdownenglish #smithdownextra

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In English, 3KM have been discussing predictions on what our new novel could be about…

19-10-2023

In English, 3KM have been discussing predictions on what our new novel could be about by using colours for reference of different habitats ??? #smithdowneng #smithdownyr3

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Drawing pictures to represent our new vocabulary

19-10-2023

3KM have had fun using imagination to draw pictures to represent our new vocabulary for our new novel ‘Dear Earth’ ??? #smithdowneng #smithdownYr3

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Acrostic poems all about attendance week⭐️

19-10-2023

4KM created their own posters and acrostic poems all about attendance week⭐️ #smithdownenglish

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4KM had a great morning editing their own transformation narratives in English?

19-10-2023

4KM had a great morning editing their own transformation narratives in English? #smithdownenglish

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In English today, we shared ideas and generated headings and subheadings for different parts of a text

19-10-2023

In English today, we shared ideas and generated headings and subheadings for different parts of a text. We read each section first so we could think of appropriate headings to help us summarise. #smithdownwriters

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How and Why did WW2 Start?

10-11-2023

We have started our WW2 topic by exploring who was involved, how it began and why. We made a double page spread to answer our enquiry!

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Remembrance Day

10-11-2023

We have created some beautiful poems after reading Flanders Fields and used watercolours/charcoal/pencils to create some poppy artwork to mark Remembrance Day.

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Remembrance Day

10-11-2023

For Remembrance Day, we read the poem ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ and after discussing the content, we embellished the poem with images of poppies.

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What an amazing biography!

15-11-2023
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Hansel and Gretel: Dual Narratives

30-11-2023

We have thoroughly enjoyed reading Neil Gaiman’s version of Hansel and Gretel, so much so, it led us to writing our own dual narratives. We are so proud of the writing we have produced.

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1MS found some clues about our new story, what will it be about??

16-01-2024

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People who help us: Chefs

22-01-2024

This week we are learning all about chefs. This morning we had a visit from our school chef Miss Monica. We talked about her chefs outfit, the kitchen and menus. We then chose to create our own menus

 

 

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Hansel and Gretel mural display completed.

06-02-2024

How fabulous is this wall? !

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Supertato Sequencing

29-02-2024

This week we have been working hard with our friends to put our Supertato story pictures into the correct order.

 

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Happy world book day 2024???!!!

07-03-2024

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Year 4 have been working hard as illustrators this world book day??!!!

07-03-2024

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World Book Day in Year 3

07-03-2024

Year 3 have been working hard on poems about #Goldilocks this World Book Day!

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Year 1 loved celebrating World Book Day!

08-03-2024

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Year 4 had so much fun during their circus skills morning??‍♀️?!!!

08-03-2024

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World book day 2024???!!!

08-03-2024

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What fabulous writers!

08-03-2024

We have been working towards writing a Kenning Poem and today all of our hard work paid off.

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More circus skills fun this afternoon??‍♀️?!!!

08-03-2024

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We had an amazing day on world book day! We focused on #Goldilocks and created our own poems and naughty hashtags.

13-03-2024

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Should Jack go up the beanstalk?

17-03-2024

Should Jack climb the beanstalk? We tried to persuade him and we took sides in class. We came up with some great reasons for and against the idea.

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Taking the Role of a Reporter

18-04-2024

3KM had an amazing time being reporters today. They asked our ‘witness’ questions about a strange sighting he had. They then worked in groups and took turns asking and answering questions. This will help us when we come to write our own newspaper reports. 🙂  

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World ? Earth Day

24-04-2024

In Reception we enjoyed reusing our milk cartons to make musical shakers using natural objects outdoors.

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We have been very busy retelling our story this afternoon. ?️

10-05-2024

We have learnt all the Makaton signs for the animals in our story and then used them to retell the story.

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Map Making and Directions

07-07-2024

We made our own maps of Lila’s village and used compass point directions to direct a friend around the map.

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Retelling Lila and the Secret of Rain

07-07-2024

We retold the story in teams and performed the story to our friends.

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Lovely Start to Year 3

04-09-2024

We have had a lovely couple of days and we have started our first piece of writing – a set of instructions!

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Great teamwork Year 2

06-09-2024

Today we discovered treasure chests full of jigsaws in our classroom. We made the picture and looked for clues for our new class story.

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New Vocabulary

11-09-2024

We explored new vocabulary in our new topic – Seen and not Heard. We acted out each word and drew a picture to help us remember them.

 

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Super Reading!

13-09-2024

We are enjoying our new phonics groups and have worked so hard on our fluency this week.

 

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Making maps

19-09-2024

Today we made our own maps in preparation for our instruction texts. We had to think carefully about where the gold was hidden and then give our partner instructions to find it.

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Noun or Verb?

25-09-2024

We went on a noun hunt and then acted out verbs to help us to identify the difference between the two.

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Making sandwiches for Anna and Crocodile

26-09-2024

Anna and Crocodile are trying to make a sandwich. We wrote our first set of instructions and then made a sandwich to check we had included all the steps. We learned that a set of instructions needs a ‘What you need’ list and a Method.

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Phonics Meeting

26-09-2024

Fabulous turn out at our phonics meeting. Keep an eye on the app for each weeks videos and activities.

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Making sandwiches for Anna and Crocodile

26-09-2024

Anna and Crocodile asked us for our help today. We thought about how to make a sandwich, created some plans, made some sandwiches and of course had to taste test them! Yum yum!

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How to truly be a mischievous child 🤭🤫

30-09-2024

Year 3 had a great start to their first shared write of the year. We have been learning about imperative verbs, rhetorical questions, adverbs and how instructions are laid out. We put all the new skills we have been learning to the test and used them to create a set of instructions about how to be a mischievous child, based on our reading book ‘Seen and Not Heard’

Parents watch out! Your children came up with some very interesting ideas!

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Using a combination of skills today…

01-10-2024

In Year 6 today, we combined our learning from Geography and English by using our computer skills to present the information we have discovered into Google Sites to create our own web pages.

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Explanation Texts

02-10-2024

After researching mountain gorillas and adaptions of animals, we have just begun to write our own explanation texts. Keep an eye out for the finished pieces.

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Palm Oil – Positives and Negatives

03-10-2024

We simply had to share a few more pieces of work as we think they are truly fantastic! Detailed information which is extremely well presented. Great work Year 6!

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National poetry day!!

03-10-2024

Today we have looked at different poems for national poetry day!

 

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What happens in chapter 5 with Mr Gum?

03-10-2024

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I made my work soooo much better 🌟 ✍️

04-10-2024

I used fronted adverbials, conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions and personification. ⭐️🥳

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Large mark making in the afternoon sun.☀️

07-10-2024
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Instructions for our independent write!

09-10-2024

Year 3 have been working on writing instructions in their English lessons and are working really hard to do it independently!

 

 

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Amazing Writing

11-10-2024

Wow. Look at this writing from reception children. How amazing!

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Incredible writing from Year 6

11-10-2024

We are simply blown away by the writing we have recently produced. Our Year 6 classes are so invested in world issues – saving habitats and animals in particular. Have a read of some of the letters we wrote to the Rwandan Government, asking them to help protect the magnificent mountain gorillas 🦍

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An author has come to Smithdown!

14-10-2024

Author of ‘The late crew’ Rob Ferguson came to visit our school today. Some of us were so excited to even get our books signed by a real life author! We even designed our own alien that we could use in our stories.  

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Setting Descriptions 🌟

14-10-2024

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We got into role as Rapunzel and answered some questions in character!

14-10-2024

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In 1CP, we got into role as Rapunzel and answered some questions!

14-10-2024

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What a great first attempt at a twisted narrative! 👏✏️

15-10-2024

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What’s in the mystery box?

16-10-2024

 

We found some items in our box to help us with predicting what our new class text is about.

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Making a Water Filter

18-10-2024
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What could our new book be about?

18-10-2024

In English, we are starting a new book. Before the children heard the name or seen the front cover we looked at various clues and made predictions about what it could be about. The children came up with great ideas. Based on the clues, some children thought it was about an explorer who visits different parts of the world. Others thought it was about different habitats. The book will be revealed next lesson! 📜📚🌍

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Who has been in our classroom?

05-11-2024

Today we were very shocked to find a character from our new story had been in our classroom and made quite a mess. We made some predictions of who this character could be.

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What a mess!

05-11-2024

We came back into our classroom and found that someone or something had been in there! We looked at the disaster that had been left behind and asked questions about what we thought had happened!

We found

– a globe

– a map

– broken biscuits

– teapot and cups

– footprints

 

and…. a lot of mess!!

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Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives!

08-11-2024

Year 3 have been working hard to identify nouns, verbs and adjectives and using them in their English work.

 

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