Sand, Sea and Smugglers

In our topic sand, sea and smugglers we have learnt about the Viking invasion and settlement. In Design Technology we made Viking loot bags.

In Class 3 we have been learning about habitats so during Creative Arts Week we created habitat diaramas. Later in the week Eric Ashford(Education office North from the Young Peoples Trust for the Environment) talked to us about woodland habitats.

Class 3 have been writing stories. These are things we practise to achieve Level 2:

• Can write with meaning in a series of simple sentences.
• Can produce short sections of developed ideas.
• Can use appropriate vocabulary.
• Can use simple phonic strategies when trying to spell unknown words. 
• Can control use of ascenders/descenders, upper/lower case letters.
• Can use connectives to join 2 simple sentences.
• Can provide enough detail to interest the reader.
• Can vary the structure of sentences to interest the reader.
• Can use interesting and ambitious words sometimes.
• Can use basic sentence punctuation.
• Can use phonetically plausible strategies to spell or attempt to spell unknown words.
• Can link ideas and events (e.g. last time, also, after, then, soon, at last, and another thing).
• Can use adjectives and descriptive phrases for detail and emphasis
• Can spell monosyllabic words accurately.
• Begins to show evidence of joining handwriting

These are the next steps to achieve Level 3:

• Can produce work which is organised, imaginative and clear.
• Can use a range of forms, (e.g. letters, reports, diary, dialogue).
• Can use interesting and varied words choices.
• Can develop and extend ideas logically in sequenced sentences.
• Can extend sentences using a wider range of connectives, (e.g. when, because, if, after, while, also, as well).
• Can usually use correct grammatical structures in sentences, (nouns and verbs agree generally).
• Can use sentence punctuation accurately; full stops, capital letters and question marks
• Can structure and organise work clearly, (e.g. beginning, middle, end; letter structure; dialogue structure)
• Is experimenting with a wide range of punctuation, (e.g. commas; inverted commas; exclamation marks; apostrophes).
• Can use cursive script accurately and neatly.
• Can use adjectives and adverbs for description
• Can spell phonetically regular or familiar common polysyllabic words accurately.
• Can develop characters and describe settings, feelings and emotions.
• Can link and relate events, including past, present and future, (e.g. afterwards, before, also, after a while, eventually…)
• Can attempt to give opinion, interest or humour through detail
• Can use generalising words for style, (e.g. sometimes; never; always; often; in addition….)
• Is beginning to develop a sense of pace

We wrote a story called ‘Lost in The woods’ with Mrs. Smith. How do you think we did? 

story.pdf

Click on the link below for some numeracy practise. 

 ixl.com

We are linked to Woodhouse Primary School click on the link below to have a look at their website. 

Woodhouse Primary School Brighouse