English at Fircroft Primary

Well done to all those who participated in the summer reading challenge run by @readingagency and read at least 6 books! @fircroftSW17 @TootingLibrary @wandsworthlibs 🏆🎉👍🏼

So pleased to see our Fircroft Competition winner at the @Wimbookfest prize giving event. Another published author! Well done! @Y3_Fircroft @fircroftSW17

thank you @Wimbookfest and @CressidaCowell for a magical morning and for making a little girl’s dreams come true; she is now a published author and has been inspired by the amazing Cressida.

Our first picture books inspired by #TheTinForest have been published and we are loving having them in our #StarBooks book corner! @fircroftSW17

@Y3_Fircroft @fircroftSW17 Lovely to see children publishing their work!

What an amazing #WorldBookDay2023. Fab costumes, fun #BookDoors inspired by ‘Beware of Girls’ and ‘Beware of Boys’ by Tony Blundell and an inspiring masterclass in #Manga by @sonia_leong! @fircroftSW17

The @worldbookday2023 celebrations continued today with a visit from author James Sellick who inspired us all with his 'Power of Storytelling' message!

We loved celebrating @WorldBookDayUK @fircroftSW17 Highlights included buddy reading with @Y5_Fircroft and @N_Fircroft and a visit from the inspirational author James Sellick @NFPublishingUK who shared ‘There’s a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom’ with us 🌍 📚 ☀️ 🦧 ❤️

Y1 and Y5 Buddy readers for @WorldBookDayUK

Our best dressed world book day characters… don’t they look fantastic? @fircroftSW17 #WorldBookDay2023

What a fantastic audience of @fircroftSW17 students! We celebrated @WorldBookDayUK by listening to author Sonia Leong talk about her work as manga artist.

We know that publishing is such an important part of the writing process, amazing work Y3!!

This week @fircroftSW17 we launched our new English text #SuperheroHotel by @AbieLongstaff with super power *freeze* frames just like Ice Woman! Get it? 🥶🤣 Can you guess who is playing which character? #TheFlame🔥 #CaptainPower💪#MrInvisible🫥 #GadgetGirl⚒️ @FircroftEnglish

A fantastic story telling workshop from wonderful author @paperdragon59 our Y1 and Y2 children were SO engaged!

So great to see children sharing and discussing their writing! #authorschair

Year 1 have loved examining the clues in ‘The Great Paper Caper’ by @OliverJeffers to help the characters solve this curious woodland mystery. Here they are planning their own version of this wonderful story. @fircroftSW17 @FircroftEnglish

Our amazing @Wimbookfest winners! We are so pleased to be published in the anthology! @fircroftSW17

Another successful author visit, inspiring our children by creating our own characters and developing plot ideas. Thanks again @Mo_OHara ! @fircroftSW17

Thank you @CWISL for another fantastic CWIZZ quiz! Can't wait for @Mo_OHara to visit @fircroftSW17 next week as well!

Your canoe is shipwrecked and you’re stranded in the depths of the rainforest! 🌿How might you be feeling?!😱 #drama #writing @fircroftSW17