Blog by Miss D Ellison

This week in Rainbow class we have had an Easter themed day, breakfast with the Easter bunny, a talent show AND Wellybobs farm came to visit. 

In English we have been writing our own poems about spring.

"I enjoyed writing the poem because I used a simile." - Layla. 

"I liked writing…

This week we are celebrating Red Nose Day by raising money! 

Mrs Ridings has been teaching us about poetic language and imagery in English. 

"Imagery is a picture that is created in your head when you read a poem." - Emily J

"April Rain was my favourite poem." - Emma

"I liked both…

This week has been science week!!

We have had a fabulous time being budding scientisits and learning about electricity, hygiene and germs, solids and liquids and also magnetism. 

"I loved making magnets with Mrs Keating." - Finlay

"I learned about how germs spread" - Jamaar

"I…

Another week of spring term 2 has flown by! We've been doing lots of interesting things this week and continuing our topic on Chocolate. 

Our English topic on Chocolate has meant we had to taste some chocolate on Monday because who can write about chocolate without a taste test! "My favourite…

This week was World Book Day! We all dressed as Where's Wally for it (you can see pictures in our gallery!)

Before the excitement of World Book Day, we have been learning all about chocolate! (My favourite chocolate is Aero - Tegan) After looking at some information books and finding the…

Welcome back everyone! We hope you have all had a restful half term. Here's an update of the latest happenings in Rainbow class. 

This week we have put our author hats on and have written our long awaited traditional tales with a twist. (I enjoyed writing my own Jack and the Beanstalk -…

Better late than never!! Apologies for the delayed blog post, the excitement of half term must have got too much for us!

Last week in Rainbow class we have been rounding off our work on Christopher Columbus by celebrating with our very own Columbus Day (pictures to follow!) 

We have been…

In Rainbow class this week we have been continuing our work on fairy tales. We have been focussing on Jack and the Beanstalk. We have made wanted posters for the Giant for our big write, watched a film version of Jack and the Beanstalk (it is a little bit different – Max) and acted the story out.…

This week in Rainbow class we have been learning about traditional tales. We have been looking at different traditional tales like The Gingerbread Man, Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs, The Three Billy Goats Gruff and Goldilocks and the Three Bears. 

We have been doing lots of…