We have been learning how to take photographs and record videos and edit them to create a book trailer.
Children decided to work with one of the books we have studied this year, such as Henry’s Freedom Box, The Iron Man or The Butterfly Lion. They then recorded videos and pictures at lots of different angles to create different effects. Their work was edited using iMovie and the finished trailers were screen for a class performance and evaluation.
Year 4 have been learning about features of an explanation text. We have enjoyed reading Until I met Dudley by Roger McGough. We created our own book pages based on the text. We chose an everyday object and wrote an informal and formal explanation. Here are some of our finished pieces of writing.
We all enjoyed ‘World Book Day’ here at Marine Park. We dressed up as our favourite book characters or came dressed in our comfy PJ’s. Some of us listened to our favourite authors reading stories, some of us created our own stories and we even had a preloved book sale where we raised over £150.
Here we are reading our books we purchased on World Book Day. We couldn’t wait to read them.
Today, the Reception Class met a real author and illustrator at The Word. Monique read us her own stories and showed us how to make a little paper mouse. It was great fun!
Year 4 really enjoyed working alongside author Steven Camden to create a story. This linked nicely to our literacy work where we have been dreaming up our own fantasy world to create a portal story based on The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S.Lewis.
This morning, Y3 visited The Word. The children listened to stories linked to Chinese New Year and dragons, as the 2024 will be the year of the dragon.
Children then worked to design and decorate their part of a huge dragon body which will snake around the children’s section of the library. We then spent some time browsing the books before choosing some new non-fiction texts to bring back to school.
Today, Y3 went on a visit to The Word. Children were excited to listen to two Christmas theme stories and then complete activities based on what they had read. Children then returned their previously borrowed books and spent time browsing the shelves to pick a new book to bring back with them to school. We love reading at MPPS!
Year 2 loved sharing their wonderful stories with Reception class📚
