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Reading websites

Reading for pleasure is a fundamental part of our lives. Here are some useful websites where you can browse online books. Happy reading!

freechildrenstories.com

browse by age: 3-5 years 5-8 years and 8-10 years

no download or app needed

Cbeebies

App needed to download stories

www.booktrust.org

stories for younger infant children

no download or app needed

www.magickeys.com

stories for young and older children and young adults

no download or app needed

funbrain.com

stories for various age ranges

no download or app needed

Year 5 - Writing to persuade

In Year 5, we have been writing to persuade. Before we did this, we had a class debate about whether Aunt Glo and Rashid should contact the press as their son has disappeared. Surprisingly Year 5 were were extremely good at arguing their point using evidence from the text.

We then used the information from the debate to write to persuade the reader. The last part of the journey was to edit our work.

We used editing stations to remain focused with what we needed to include. These stations included; punctuation, grammar, sentence structure, uplevelling words and spelling. Here are some pictures of our editing stations.

Year 5 – Unit 5.4 We are protecting our online reputation

The children in year five have been learning about the best ways of protecting their online reputation by developing strategies to avoid posting inappropriate content online. All the children have been asked to undertake a web search with their grown-ups at home about a member of their family (or someone famous, if more appropriate) to find out what information is available about these individuals. Please support them in their learning and contact the school if you need help in completing this task.

Golden Book Winners

Every week, teachers identify 2 outstanding pupils in their class who have had a fantastic week either academically or socially or both! These pupils are entered into the Golden Book and are announced during our Friday morning celebration assembly. Our fabulous winners in the infants receive a
certificate in assembly and parents of the 'golden' children in the juniors receive a letter home, informing parents of their child's fantastic achievement.

Congratulations to our winners:

Reception - Bobbymai, James, Simion, Arthur, Ryshana, Kezrick
Y1 - Daisy, Daniel, Chloe, Scarlet, Richelle, Gypsy-May
Y2 - Anaya, Mason, Maddison, Jayden, Florence, David
Y3 - Holli, Elom, Jason, Rohnak, Jaimini, Joey
Y4 - Poppy, Albos, Worthy, Alfie, Aron, Alex
Y5 - Jenson, Jessika, Caden, Paris, Adrian, Goshen
Y6 - Lucian, Rebecca, Sonia, Amari, Lexi-Ann, Molly

2A - Sports Relief

We have had a fantastic day raising money for sports relief. Everyone enjoyed dressing in non-uniform clothing. What an exciting week! 

World Book Day Competition Winners

Here are the winners of the 100 word competition set in school last week for Book Week. The children wrote a variety of stories, one even rhymed in the style of Dr Seuss.