King Edward Primary School and Nursery Excitement + Determination = Success
English
English
In our English lessons, our first two units will be closely linked to our class book 'Letters from the Lighthouse'. We will be beginning with a descriptive writing unit with a focus on descriptive language and techniques to produce a setting description of a scene taking place during the Blitz. In the final part of the first half-term, we will then be embarking on a narrative unit, culminating with the children planning and writing their own evacuation stories.
After the two week break, we will then be applying our learning about 'The Miracle of Dunkirk' to write monologues/radio broadcasts and producing our own diary entries in role as a young German Jewish child during the war, applying our RE learning linked to the Holocaust (at an age appropriate level). In the run-up to Christmas, we will be exploring the classic 'A Christmas Carol' and using our descriptive techniques and dialogue-writing skills to create our own winter scenes.
Alongside our English learning, we will be deepening our grammatical understanding by revising key SPAG concepts, from a variety of punctuation to word classes and tenses.