11.40am – Drop Everything And Read!
Spell antidisestablishmentarianism…too slow! To improve your spelling, have a look at the word lists on the English page. Each year group’s spelling expectations are on there…hundreds of lexical treats for that special someone in your life! And they’re excellent to help your children with their spellings too.
Grammar Hammers getting you down? Are you struggling with the difference between a progressive and a pluperfect? Well, panic no more; there’s a glossary featuring all of the terminology that your children will be learning about from Y1 to Y6. And it’s on this page: http://www.tranmerepark.leeds.sch.uk/learning/ And it’s here too, for good measure! English Glossary …
You lucky, lucky, Doves! You thought I’d forgotten to give out the CGP revision record; nope, it’s just electronic today! Here’s the link: DOVES REVISION RECORD Friday 26th February 2016 Enjoy!
We’ve started an English unit on poetry today – specifically looking at different styles of poetry. We read Michael Rosen’s ‘For Naomi’ which lists the embarrassing things that he does as a father. That sparked a very interesting discussion about the things that our own parents do that causes us mild-to-extreme embarrassment. Have a look …
I know what you’re thinking, sat in your armchair on this Friday evening, a mug of warm Horlicks by your side, the dogs quietly snoozing in front of the log burner as the delicate sounds of ‘The Archers’ end-theme drifts whimsically through the house: ‘What an outlandish claim to make: Tranmere have the exclusive rights …
We’ve had a morning of graffiti, vandalism and destruction in Doves today…no, wait, that was supposed to say ‘structured English learning and engagement’. But have a look at the pictures and you’d be forgiven for thinking the former was true. We used the tables and whiteboard pens to get all of our ideas about explanation …
Doves and Kingfishers had a great time on Wednesday this week…they took over the school! ‘Oh, how you jest,’ I hear you think to yourself, perhaps a chuckle falling from your face…but, no! They really took over; every adult role in the school was covered by a member of Year 6. We had teacher year …
Hands up if you had a great day looking at the world through the eyes of a heap of contemporary artists at Leeds Art Gallery. Just us then. Years 5 and 6 went on a trip to the Art Gallery, via Guiseley railway station – to catch a train, you see – to look at …
We’ve been working on systematic methods to solve mathematical problems today. Have a look at the problem (http://nrich.maths.org/1177/note) and see if you can solve it. Our fastest mathematician managed it in 2 minutes and 14 seconds…and that was while working out Pi to 17 places at the same time. Here are some pictures of our efforts.* …