Dear Father Christmas ...

Nicole and Oliver are keeping their fingers crossed that Father Christmas reads their beautiful letters and brings them just what they are hoping for.  Fantastic phonics, you two!

Star struck!

If you had seen the Christmas performance this week you would never have guessed that these two superstars are in Reception.  We are all so proud of how grown up they were as they performed on stage in front of so many people.  Well done both of you!

Double superstar!

Charlie is a double superstar!  Now, not only can he write his name all by himself recognising all the letters, but he can also read five key words with no help at all.  We are sooooo pleased with how hard Charlie has been working. What a clever man!

Meet Grace Darling and her father!

Elle and Alfie had to write a first-hand account as either Grace Darling or her father describing the night they rescued all the stranded people from the sea.  Miss Willer was very pleased with the way they used interesting vocabulary to make their journals really gripping to read.

Once upon a Christmas!

Joshua, Charlie, Lucas, Bailee, Tiegan, Willow and Maisie have each made a real bound book that tells the Christmas story in words and pictures.  We are very impressed by how hard each of them worked and how much detail they included.  Fabulous work!

Most convincing!

Dylan and James have been putting into practice all they have learned about persuasive writing.  By including rhetorical questions, connectives such as 'however' and 'although', and percentages, they have each produced a very convincing letter that states their point of view.  Well done, lads!

Darling superstars!

What stunning journal entries Katie, Aidan and Harry produced.  They made amazing vocabulary choices in their accounts about Grace Darling to make their writing so interesting to read.  Well done, folks!

Dramatic dramas!

Here are two people who have looked carefully at their success criteria and produced amazing pieces of writing that are packed with adverbs, adjectives, Powers of Three, and 'Polishing Pen perfections'.  Well done, Abi and Elliot, for such descriptive story endings!

Careful and neat

Callum and Oliver have been practising their handwriting and Miss Willer thinks this piece of work is the neatest she has EVER seen them produce.  Well done lads for making sure all your letters were the same size!

Numicon geniuses!

Evie and Belle are such maths geniuses that are moving straight to Year 6!  They used Numicon very cleverly to show how to partition teen numbers into tens and units.  Mrs Clarke is very proud of them.  Well done, girls!

How to make a lighthouse ...

If you need to make a model lighthouse you will definitely need a set of instructions written by one of these fine folks!  Phoebe, Alfie, George and Sam used some really creative vocabulary to make their instructions interesting to read.  Well done!

What a busy tiger!

 

Harry chose to write a story during his free choice time this afternoon.  He worked all by himself and even used connectives to join his sentences together.  Well done that man!

Sorry ...

We are so pleased to have Kai in our school again, and after only seven days he is already a Special Achiever!  He used his phonics so carefully I could read every word that he wrote in his sorry letter from Goldilocks.  What a great start, Kai!  Clever lad!

Superstar writers

These Rabbits certainly are star writers!  Their word choices and the way the structured phrases and sentences has created some of the most powerful descriptions I have read. Amazing work!  Well done Rosie, Blythe, Grace, Sam, Stevie, Xanthe and Millie! 

Mountain rescue

Miss Stannard is enormously impressed by Matthew's mountain rescue story.  His vocabulary choices really do make for a gripping adventure.  What an engaging piece of writing!

Powerful poems

What stunning poems Ocean, Sophie and Zach have written!  They have used the information they have learned in class to produce powerful poetry about Armistice Day that certainly creates a sombre mood.  Well done!

Words and pictures!

Willow has worked so hard to retell the story of the Three Little Pigs in pictures and in words.  Her spelling of the imaginative words she chose to use was excellent, especially as she did it all by herself. Well done, Willow!

Wanted!

Miss Souter was very impressed by Riley's 'Wanted' poster.  He used two adjectives to describe the wolf's teeth, and worked out how to spell the words he wanted to use all by himself.  Super work!

Super story-telling

Lyzander, Noah, Ellie-May and Myah have been reading the story of the Three Little Pigs.  They are Special Achievers because they did such a fantastic job of retelling the story and acting it out.  Great work, you four!

Katie Morag's been busy again

Katie Morag has been very busy again in these four fabulous stories by Summer, Teddy, Oslo and Eleanor.  They all followed the success criteria really carefully, and the wonderful words they chose to use made the stories really interesting to read.  Well done, folks!

Outstanding progress

These three ladies have been reading in every spare moment they have and their reading has got better and better.  Miss Leftley is astounded by the incredible progress they have made already this term.  Keep up the good work, girls!

A day in the life of a cat!

Erin certainly showed she has been listening carefully in English lessons when she wrote an account of a day in the life of a cat.  She included some great words and phrases, her account was really well structured.  Well done, Erin!

The three little stories!

Jack, Jack and Luke have each retold an amazing version of the story about the three little pigs.  They  haven't been in school for many weeks, but already they are using fabulous words to make their writing really interesting.  What geniuses!

What a lot of information!

What a huge amount of work Melissa, Callum, Elliot and Luke put into their projects!  They deserve to be Special Achievers because of the enormous number of facts they have included, the fabulous vocabulary choices they made and the beautifully neat presentation of their work.  Well done!

Katie Morag strikes again!

Katie Morag has been very busy in these new stories written by Elsa, Lexi and James.  What a lot of new adventures!  Well done you three for such fantastic word choices that made your stories so interesting!

James and the Beanstalk

What a fabulous version of Jack and the Beanstalk James wrote.  He wrote so much he had to turn it into a book!  Well done, Superstar!

The terrible trenches

Chloe, Sebi and Harvey have written amazing accounts of life in the trenches during World War I.  Mrs Walsh was especially impressed by their vocabulary choices and time connectives.  Well done all three of you!

Dear Diary ...

Adam, Ryan and Laylah wrote really convincing and descriptive diary entries of a day in the life of Edith Cavell.  What fantastic vocabulary choices!

Perfect Projects!

What fabulous projects Alfie and Megan wrote about the Isle of Wight and Jacob, Olivia and Jenson wrote about France!  They included an enormous amount of detailed information and these pieces of work clearly showed the huge amount of work that had been done.  Super!

Dear Ethel ...

Mr Santy was very impressed by Lylie's letter sent from the Front during World War 1.  Her writing really showed how much she has learned already this term, and her use of interesting sentence structure and vocabulary choices made her work stand out.  Well done, Lylie!

Shake, rattle and blow!

Just look at this amazing musical instrument Elle made this afternoon!  You can shake it and you can blow it, and you can even use it to keep you cool in hot weather.  A super piece of work, Elle - well done!

Super sequences

Well done, Lauren!  You have completed some brilliant number sequences today and shown how well you understand numbers up to 20.  What a lot of work you have done all by yourself!

Letters from Scotland

Olivia and Holly have written fabulous letters from Katie Morag to Squirrel class.  They included so much personal detail I really thought Katie has written it herself!  Well done girls!

A genius mathematician!

We are all so pleased with how hard Charlie has been working this term, especially in his maths lessons.  Mrs Barker-Knowles is a Special Achiever too because Charlie says she is the best teacher in the whole world!  Well done both of you!

Our first Special Achievers!!

At last we have three very proud Special Achievers!  Harry, Josh and Jack worked really carefully with their 3-digit column addition and really impressed Mrs McClure.  Well done, lads!

Exciting stories ...

Amber, Louise, Joe, Taylor, Sam, Jack, Zach and Kai have been very busy this morning writing and writing and writing and writing!  They have produced some amazingly exciting stories with fantastic storylines. No wonder Miss Sadd is so pleased with them!

King of the Clipboard!

Calel was the King of the Clipboard during the Gruffalo trip to High Lodge!  He kept count of everything we saw and worked really hard all day.

Gruffalo Hunter!

Callum was a real star during our Gruffalo trip to High Lodge.  He listened carefully, collected all the things and didn't give up even when it was tricky!

What a great sportsman!

Joshua says it is the fact that he is so good at running, jumping and concentrating that makes him such a good sportsman.  No wonder Mrs Kineavy is so pleased with how well he has performed in P.E. this year! Well done you!

Dear Diary ...

Giles and Fabian have been practising writing diary entries and these ones are fabulous.  They have included superb word choices, including adjectives, adverbs and time connectives.  Really great writing lads!

Super sounding out

Miles has been working really hard to learn his sounds and can now read all these sentences without any help.  Well done, Miles - you have made amazing progress this year!

What enormous numbers!

We are amazed by the way Kellen can use repeated addition to work out huge multiplications, like 8 x 9!  Really fantastic calculations, Kellen! Well done you!

Coming to a cinema near you ...!

Gabrielle, Alex and Jacob have created stunning trailers for their 'Pickpocket' stories.  The music and animations are amazing and very atmospheric, and I can't wait to read about their adventures! Well done, folks!

Clever Calculations

It didn't take Callum long to calculate these seven pages of fractions equivalent to one third.  He used numbers up to 10,000 and worked out some of them in his free time.  What an amazing mathematical genius!

Magic Multiplying!

Mia, Sebi, Harry and Erhan have been multiplying two-digit numbers by partitioning.  Their work shows some really clever thinking to work out the right answers.  Well done, folks!

Super solution!

Mrs Walsh was so pleased with Grace because she was the only child in the class who could solve this maths problem.  Great thinking, Grace!

Stunning sentence structures!

What a complicated set of success criteria, but James managed to meet every one of them! His use of interesting vocabulary and different sentence structures made for an amazing piece of recording. Fabulous work, James!

Rainbow Fish

Look at these beautiful Rainbow Fish made by Sophie, James, Levi, Shannon, Darcie, Esmee, Lacey, Blythe, Marcy and Jack!  After lots of fantastic vocabulary work, they used their designs to create really accurate 3-D felt beanbags.  Super work, all of you!

Great grouping!

Erin has been very busy practising division.  The first question she worked out by drawing a picture, but then she got so good at them she worked them all out in her head.  What a superstar!

What's the time, Miss Oslavio?

For the past week Carla has been learning how to work out differences in time. She is now so good at these that Mrs McClure ran out of work for her!  Great stuff, Carla!