Year 2 - Sophie in the Saddle

This half term Year 2 are reading Dick King-Smith's book Sophie in the Saddle. 

What do you think the book is going to be about?

What do you think Sophie will do in the book?

Love My Books

Yesterday we had a very successful Love My Books Cafe in Year 1.

We introduced the website: www.lovemybooks.co.uk. It's full of free resources for parents to support them when reading with their children. We especially loved the videos on the website where the children can listen to the stories and the fantastic activities to go alongside each book to make reading FUN! 

Some highlights:

"I got facepaint on my hand and made a mask"

"I make a book with mummy. She did good drawing"

 Let us know what activities you try at home! 

"When I got home I went on Love My Books and I watched 'Shhh We Have a Plan.' I liked listening to the story at home, it was funny when he tried to catch the bird!"  

Love My Books Reading Cafe in Year 1

This Thursday at two o'clock

This will be a chance to learn how to access the new Love My Books website. Where there are lots of exciting new ways to read story books with your child while sharing refreshment. There will also be free resources and worksheets for parents and carers to take home that are about reading.

The Blind Man and the Hunter

This half term Year 1 will be basing their literacy work around the traditional West African tale The Blind Man and the Hunter. 

What do you know about the character of the Blind Man?

Brixton Library

Brixton Library (http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/places/brixton-library)

If you have a free library card you can check out 20 books at a time! 

Year 1 have borrowed some great news books from Brixton Library this week.

What book did you choose to borrow?

Steven Seagull Action Hero Trip Review

This a blog post written by Tanisha and Jevaunte, 

"We went to see Ely to chek the book so we kood look at the paeges and reed all of the books and it is vere vere vere vere good and I like this book" Jevaunte

"Yesterday we went on our trip. We drew Steaven the seagle and we were sitting on the confortable chairs. That Ely read the book Steaven seagle." Tanisha

Meet the Author - Elys Dolan

Yesterday we went to Dulwich picture Galley to hear Elys Dolan read her new book Steven Seagull Action Hero. We loved listening to her story about one seagull cop's mission to clean up Beach City. She drew some illustrations live infront of us and even taught us how to draw Steven Seagull. We asked lots of questions and she signed our class copy of Steven Seagull Action Hero. 

What question did you ask Elys?

Holiday Reading

This Easter I did lots of reading and I also went to see Matilda the musical with my mum. It was brilliant. To get ready to watch the musical I re-read the book Matilda by Roald Dahl.

Here's a photo of me reading Matilda in the theatre during the interval.

What books did you read over the holidays?

Book blog

We love blogging and books in Year ! 

Big Book Little Book is a book review blog dedicated to books. 

Click here to have a look.

Which book from their blog would you like to read first?

My Holiday Reading

This Easter I went to Wales and did lots of reading. In this photo I am reading "A Little Guide to Gardening" by Jo Elworthy to get some tips of what to plant in Year 1's garden now it is Spring. 

I am especially looking forward to planting some herbs as they can be used to make our food more tasty. 

What have you been reading this Easter?

Tea with Mrs Tredegar

Dear Mrs Tredegar, 

Please come to our tea party. There will be cucumber sandwiches and Maderia cake! We can drink lime cordial and ask each other lots of questions about your Green Ship. Please come! From Year 1

What questions did you ask Mrs Tredegar?

What was your favourite part of the tea party?

World Book Day

On Thursday 3rd March over 100 countries all over the world will be celebrating World Book Day. We'll be joining in the festival of imagination that is world book day by celebrating  authors, illustrators and books in Year one. 

To visit the World Book Day website; click here. 

What are you reading at the moment?

The Green Ship: I think....

The Green Ship

Today we looked at the front cover and blurb of our new book The Green Ship. 

"I think the children will go inside the green ship and have a picnic" 

"I wonder how I could be an explorer"

"I see green leaves because there are lots of trees" 

"I wonder where the man who owns the boat lives?" 

What questions do you have about book? 

Michael Rosen's Poetry

We love reading Michael Rosen's poetry in Year 1. His poems are sometimes very funny or sometimes a bit silly but always great to listen to. 


Here are some videos of him performing some of his poems from his book A Great Big Cuddle. 

Click here to watch the videos

Traction Man is here

Exciting news. Year 1 have started reading their next key text... Traction Man.

What questions would you like to ask Traction Man?

Re-telling the Smartest Giant in Town

This weeks homework is to tell the story of the Smartest Giant in Town to our adults at home. Lots of fantastic re-tellings have been pinging into my inbox this weekend.

Here's one of my favourites!

The Smartest Giant in Town

What a lovely start to this half term. We've been doing lots of learning about materials and measuring this week and have started to read and talk about our key text for the half term The Smartest Giant in Town. What a fantastic story!

What especially caught your attention in The Smartest Giant in Town?

What have you been reading?

We love reading in our reading corners in Year 1.

What and where do you you like to read?