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Reading Chatter

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Thank you to all of our families who came to our first Reception parents Literacy workshop

19-10-2023

Thank you to all of our families who came to our first Reception parents Literacy workshop. We hope to see you all again next week for our second session! #smithdowneyfs #smithdownreaders

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Little Red riding hood and the Wolf

19-10-2023

We really dressing up and getting in role as Little Red and the Wolf #smithdownreaders

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This morning we found some treasure chests in our room.

19-10-2023

This morning we found some treasure chests in our room. We found some clues about our new story. #smithdownreaders @misshath2 @SmithdownPr

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We put Anna and Crocodile in the hot seat

19-10-2023

On Friday we put Anna and Crocodile in the hot seat #smithdownreaders @clpe1

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We worked in teams to make a better map

19-10-2023

We worked in teams to make a better map than Anna and Crocodile #smithdownreaders #smithdownwriters

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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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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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Today we have read I Like Trains!

20-11-2023

We have printed trains with blocks and made marks to represent train track, trains and signals.

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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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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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Teddy’s Bears Picnic

29-04-2024

To celebrate the end of learning of Goldilocks and The Three Bears we hosted our own Teddy Bears Picnic. We had party food and danced with our teddies. We had a wonderful afternoon!

         

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Three Billy Goats Bridge

09-05-2024

This week we have been looking at the story ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’. Outside we built a bridge to cross to the green grass. We made signs for the goats from the troll showing they can’t cross the bridge.

 

 

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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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What a joy to see these two retelling our story from last week. ?

21-05-2024

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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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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 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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Dinosaur Roar! We have been exploring different activities with dinosaurs after reading our new book. We have been strengthening our muscles by rescuing the dinosaurs, printing with their feet and making our own dinosaurs with the dough.

30-09-2024
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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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Amazing Work on Renewable Energy Sources

10-10-2024

In Geography, we have been finding out about renewable energy sources: why they are needed alongwith the advantages and disadvantages of each.

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