English at Staines Prep

Happy Father's Day to all the fantastic fathers - and father figures! The little Wandle team has been conjuring up lovely memories of reading with their Dads and Grandads and reminiscing about their favourite literary fathers. Are any of your top Dads featured? Who would you add?

Before half term our Year 4 #StainesPrepYear4 were learning about Norse Mythology. Some children created some lovely work over the half term holiday to extend their learning. #StainesPrepBeYourBest

#StainesPrepSunflowers noticed the key character to role play the story “STICK MAN” was missing from the story table. Lots of sticks and pipe cleaners were needed for them to assemble their very own stick man. #Fingergym #StainesPrepLiteracy

#StainesPrepReception had a fantastic time celebrating #NationalStoryTellingWeek with a pyjama dress up day with hot chocolate and stories read by our wonderful @stainesprepdh, Mrs Miles. 📚☕️

#StainesPrepYear3 thoroughly enjoyed their Bedtime Stories as part of #nationalstorytellingweek. We listened to Roald Dahl’s Magic Finger and some funny poems.

As part of #Storytellingweek, @StainesPrepYr4 enjoyed listening to the story of Arthur and the Golden Rope. They discussed the comic format of the book and had a go at creating comics of their own based on the myth of ‘Thor’s Journey’. @joetoddstanton

#StainesPrepSunflowers have had an amazing time in their pyjamas reading and listening to stories. #StainesPrepEarlyYears #National storytelling week!

To celebrate #Nationalstorytellingweek, children from Nursery to Year 6 have enjoyed 'Storytelling with Stanley'.

A fantastic evening at our Bedtime Stories event last night. The children came back to school dressed in pyjamas with their teddies to enjoy some hot chocolate and storytelling. #Nationalstorytellingweek

A big thank to @dgjones who this morning spoke to Key Stage Two about his career as an author. He shared some fantastic advice about his writing process and the importance of planning, drafting and editing. Our budding authors at SPS were really inspired by his visit.

Today as part of #Storytellingweek, @StainesPrepYr5 celebrated Greek Myth Day. They started the day with a drama workshop performing some terrific tales. Later, they worked in groups telling stories using their English, maths and art skills. A legendary day!

To celebrate #Storytellingweek we welcomed back some familiar faces from @TheMaristSchool to work with @StainesPrepYr1 and @StainesPrepYr2. The girls led fantastic workshops based on the story of Paper Dolls.

In assembly today Mrs Roberts was telling everyone that they were a story teller. Stanley definitely thinks we have some great stories to share! #StainesPrepYear4 #StainesPrepStanley #NationalStoryTellingWeek

@StainesPrepYr5 have written some brilliant newspaper reports inspired by some of the Greek myths they have studied in class.

Year 5 had another great speaker in this week #StainesPrepYear5 . Mr Darby spoke about his journey in the Sports Hall flooring industry and how he is now considered to be a leading expert in his field. Great example of resilience and tenacity. @reflexsportsltd

Thank you to all the children who took part in the ‘12 Days of Reading’ challenge. We have bought some brilliant new library books recommended by the pupils and their teachers. @rashmiwriting @Usbourne @fansofJwilson @davidwalliams @beargrylls @ibtihajmuhammad

Year 4 have a brand new reading challenge inspired by their new topic ‘Norse mythology’!

Year 4 English #StainesPrepYear4 and the children are looking at character descriptions- can you guess which novel series these characters come from? #StainesPrepEnglish 🐲

Year 5 have been enjoying exploring the Greek myth ‘The Midas Touch’. This week they wrote their own creative stories inspired by the myth.

#StainesPrepYear2 have been researching facts about Florence Nightingale as part of our Famous People topic. #StainesPrepEnglish #StainesPrepHistory #StainesPrepBeYourBest