School Blog: Literacy

Year 6 have been finding out about the Palm Oil industry.  We have investigated the positive and negative impact this industry has on the countries…

At Kingsleigh, we think reading is an important part of every day but on World  Book Day we get really excited about celebrating reading and…

Reading is such an important part of  your child’s development and school experience . Whenever you can, please encourage your child to read, whether it be a sign…

This week, Year One have been learning all about road safety and why it is important to stay safe on the roads. First, they had…

This week, the children have been learning all about instruction writing.  They began the unit of work learning a text map based around a ‘Wonka…

This half term, Year 1 have been reading stories of Winnie the Witch. Wilbur the cat had left a letter in the classroom, along…

Year 2 have been busy this week writing instructions to make a fruit salad! On  Tuesday, we learnt all about imperative…

This week year one have been learning all about how to be bossy in our writing. We learnt about command words which tell you to…

The year 6 children all know the value of reading, and they recognise a good book when they see one! This week, in Guided Reading,…

This week, we have been thinking about how writers create suspense and make narratives really spooky! First, we thought about how the time of day…

This term Year Two have working on their new topic – ‘Down in the Jungle!’ As part of this topic, the children have been using…

This week, Year 3 have learnt an exciting new text map to help us write a set of instructions.  Following our Pocahontas topic, we decided to…