Crook Primary School
Crook Primary School
1/2M have been busy reading George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl. After previously reading Dahl's 'The Magic Finger', we already knew we would love this book!
"I love this book because so many weird things happen!" - Ruby
"I think the book is funny when George is adding lots of disgusting ingredients to his medicine." - Chloe
"I think it is funny when George is calling his grandma all kinds of silly names!" - Archie
"I can't wait to read the rest of it!" - Savannah
We have created instructions on how to make your very own marvellous medicine. Please follow the instructions below if you would like to make a marvellous medicine and give your granny a shock...
To start the week, 6T have been enjoying reading to their partner during 'Bagel Book Club'. The children are looking forward to finding out what happens in each others stories next. They have been encouraging each other to read with a good pace and expression.
This term, our love of books has continued with some firm favourites in our library. We sparked interest in our planet with 'Here We Are', cleverly written by Oliver Jeffers. The children showed wonderful imaginative skills following the reading of 'Whatever Next'. As our enjoyment in learning more about Space continued, we loved laughing at, 'Aliens Love Underpants'!
5T have been enjoying an anthology of the 'Little People, Big Dreams' books as our hometime read. So far, we have discussed Mary Shelley, Ada Lovelace and Jane Goodall. What can your child tell you about any of these people?
In English this term we will begin to read longer texts - chapter books! We have started with a firm favourite by Roald Dahl - The Magic Finger. The children are thoroughly engaged and are eager to find out what happens next. What would you do if you had a magic finger?
We are also very much enjoying our 'end of the day' book by Enid Blyton - The Enchanted Wood. The characters are so unusual and funny! The children are really enjoying listening to the adventures that happen at the top of the tree - I wonder what land will appear next?
Since the start of Year 2 we have read lots of books together as a class - here are most of the books we have read in English and at the end of the day. Our 'Reading River' is certainly getting longer! Can you spot any of your favourites? How many can we squeeze in before the end of the Summer Term?
Since returning after the Easter holidays, 1L have been enjoying reading Roald Dhal stories at the end of the day. We thoroughly enjoyed 'The Magic Finger' and learning about empathy and how we should treat others the way we wish to be treated.
This week, we have started reading 'Fantastic Mr Fox' and are already hooked on the cliff-hanger storyline. Each day, we are left wanting to read more and more.
We have a couple of options to move onto next 'The Twits' or 'George's Marvellous Medicine'. What is your favourite Roald Dhal story?
In English this term we are reading the "The Egyptian Cinderella" by Shirley Climo. We have enjoyed comparing the similarities and differences to the traditional Cinderella story!
This story sparked the children's curiosity about the Egyptians and one child in Year 3 brought in a fantastic Non-Fiction book. We have loved sharing Egyptian facts at the end of the school day. I wonder if your child can share any of these weird and wonderful facts with you!
What have we been reading in Year 4?
This term we have been reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. This is a classic fiction book based on The Chronicles of Narnia.
The children have been using this book to create some lovely pieces of writing. We have written postcards and a diary entry from Lucy's point of view so far, and we are currently writing a narrative from Mr Tumnus' perspective.
We finished off our Easter term by watching the movie.
Our next focus is on the author Cressida Cowell and her world famous How to Train your Dragon book which is set in a Fantasy Viking World.
In this book we will meet Toothless and Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, and use these characters to write a persuasive letter and create a non-chronological report about a dragon!
We are looking forward to reading what the children create.
When one display turns into three! We were inundated with paper plate characters following our World Book Day family challenge. Thank you to everyone who took part - your creations have certainly brightened up our corridors! Perhaps we will swap some as the year goes on so that a few more get their chance to shine!
How many of the characters can you name? Can you challenge yourself to name the author of the story that a particular character appears in?
On Thursday 6th March, we celebrated World Book Day within school with a variety of book-themed activities, including designing a potato and paper plate book character, Harry Potter themed riddle solving and taking part in a live lesson with Michael Rosen, who told us more about the story behind a poem we love, Chocolate Cake.
We had a range of great costumes, from books by JK Rowling, Jacqueline Wilson and Jeff Kinney, as well as some bookish themed pjs!
