English
Subject Co-ordinator: A. Monnelly
New this year, we are trialling Reading Journals with all pupils, as recommended by the New Primary Framework. Each week, the pupils have to respond in some way to what they have read at home and record their thoughts in a journal. Pupils have a variety of response choices for both fiction and non-fiction books. The Reading Journals help teaching staff assess pupils’ understanding of what they have read.
Year 5
In Year 5 English lessons we have been looking at poetry by Valerie Bloom and Pie Corbett. We used Pie Corbett’s poem, “Animal Riddle,” and decided to write some of our own in the same style. Click on link to open each piece of work.
Chris Gardner | Eden Patterson
Jason Rogerson | Romney Gwynn and Matilda Cornall
Competition Success!
Year 5 pupils recently entered a selection of poems into a Young Writers Competition open to schools all over the UK as well as overseas.
Two pupils, Angus Atkin and Catherine Hamilton, were lucky enough to receive Certificates of Distinction for their contributions. The two poems are also due to be included in the publication, “Little Laureates 2008 Northern England”, a book which represents the best of the pupils’ work from the region.
Well done, Angus and Catherine!
Click on link to open the two entries.
Angus Atkin | Catherine Hamilton
Year 6
Year 7
Harry Potter
Year 7 have been studying the characters and scenes of Harry Potter during their English work.
They have combined their English skills with their ICT capabilities to produce “SHAPE POEMS” based on Harry Potter’s shopping expedition prior to his journey to Hogwarts School. Click on link to open each piece of work.
Gabriel & Charlie | George & William
Grace & Ally | Iain & Jordan | Joe & Adam
Year 8
Pupils studied a variety of ballads, comtemporary and traditional, before writing ballads of their own. Click on link to open each piece of work.
Megan Dawson, A Dog in the Snow
Sarah Finnie, Animal Abuse
Shannon Keen, Concentration Camps
