Dazzling DADWAVERS!
Year 5 Dolphin class worked really hard in English this morning, planning their setting descriptions of Camp Green Lake (the setting of the book HOLES by Louis Sachar) using the DADWAVERS format. They used each sense to formulate a specific structure, that will really aid in their independent…
Marvellous magpies!
Year 5 Dolphins have worked really hard today, in sweltering heat, as magpies, extracting setting description features independently. We are clearly nearly year six ready!
Super summarising!
Year 5 Dolphins have used their reading VIPERS summarising skills this morning to help in their understanding of our new text this week.
Dramatic drama!
Year five Dolphins really enjoyed role playing the lives of convicts at Camp Green Lake, the setting of our class text, 'Holes' by Louis Sachar today. Mrs Edwards was a very convincing prison warden!
Powerful predicting!
Year 5 Dolphins used their powerful predicting skills beautifully today to investigate our new English text: Holes by Louis Sachar.
Super Beowulf acting!
Year five Dolphins really enjoyed role playing the events of the epic tale of Beowulf today! We took it in turns to portray Grendel, his mother and the hero himself in battle, searching for treasure and slaying monsters!
Fantastic flower formations!
Year five Dolphin Class had a curiously creative time in their art lesson this week, making £D flowers from a variety of different papers.
Fantastic alternative retell writing!
We have enjoyed using parenthesis to add detail in out English work today!
Coronation fun!
Year 5 Dolphins had a great time celebrating the Coronation of King Charles III today!
Amazing summarising of our new text!
Year 5 Dolphins really enjoyed investigating our new text 'Varjak Paw' by SF Said this week. We used our summarising skills to find the main points of each chapter, before bullet pointing them into a list.
Week beginning 27/03/23
A super final spring term week of learning in Dolphin Class!
Our English learning has seen us continue with our investigations of 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes. We began the week by polishing up out modal verbs understanding, before then working on our planning for an alternative…
Week beginning 21/03/23
A super week of learning in Dolphin Class!
Our learning in English this week has seen us investigate narrative poetry. We began the week by sharing and discussing ‘The Highwayman’ by Alfred Noyes. We read and discussed the epic events, discussing the character’s feelings and emotions. There…