We were making the background in Tingatinga style . It is called that because its the second name of the person who made the art- GK

We were not using random pattern, we had to use African patterns – MC

We used chalk to do the background and we used chalk to add detail to our pictures -GC

I used paint to paint inside the animal, I used a skinny brush to do the detail – OR

I used yellow and orange and different bright colours – AW

We had to write the sentence in the right area, I added a capital letter and a full stop – AA

A story map tells you information so you don’t have to read the full book.  It includes the main things in the story – EwH

We got to add interesting vocabulary into our story maps, like ‘frosty snow’ or ‘brilliant warm sunshine’.

Someone else in your group makes a sentence from our reading book then you need to put it in order – RJ

We had to put the instructions in order,  there’s one that says first and one that says that finally that came last. The pictures helped because they matched the words.  We got to use the instructions to make a moving cat – ErH

We had to find the difference from times tables and addition. Seven times three is the same as adding three seven times -MC

At the top it told you what colour was in each number section. We were practising 5 times table, so you circled the fives and tens on the board and counted each one. It helped me to count in 5’s and you can figure out the number – AW

We were writing calculations and Miss Asif showed us how to write them down on the board. The number line helped me because it had all the numbers to get to the answers. It made it easier – IK

The pupils were using a number line to find the answer to missing number calculations.

You need a card and you would get a red one for a challenge and a yellow one for practise. You used tens, ones and  hundreds  to make the number – CS

So we were listening to a book and we were also writing about the book We had to write notes  so when we make our poster we know which things to add. – MJA

We had to write different sections about John Fardell and the books he wrote – AP

So we have been presenting about The Day Louis got Eaten. Everyone who was sitting down had to be listening, they’re not speaking over people and looking at the people who are talking – HR

We had to speak fluently and make sure everyone can see our sheet. We have to speak not too loud and not too quiet, just in the middle – MZ

Our new topic is about Africa – HR

We voted on it – RS

K means you what you already know, W means you want to know something – AW

We do this so we don’t learn the same thing again, and if we write what we want to do maybe we can do it in school – GK

I did mixed up 2, 3 4 and 5 times tables. And it was very hard, but I got them all correct – GK

We were doing the five times table on the board, it made a straight line pattern – OR

I was using a drawing pad to draw 11 sets of 3 – KG

We had play hit the button to practise our 4 times table, I liked it because it had a timer – MJA

If there’s a verb, its a word to describe the verb. It makes the sentence better because it describes it better for the person reading – AP

A thesaurus helps you find better words for just a plain word. I used it to find words for the  – GC

We put the sound in the box – CS

I used alphabet blocks, you needed to find the right ones to make your words on the board. I like it because you need to find the letters – CM

I had to paint my spelling words, I choose this task because I like doing arts and craft and using paint – AC

So we had to look at the spelling words, then pick a dictionary to find the word. We looked at the first letter, then found the page, then looked at the second letter to find the word. Dictionary is used to tell the meaning of a word you don’t know -MZ

You needed to circle the ‘wa’ words – RJ

We had to put the words in the right order and the letters were jumbled – AA

Everyday we practise some core literacy skills. Here is one our task boards.

For word games we have to make a sentence from the word we get – AA

We write down words from our book and copy them, there is a box to practise them using different active spelling. The lines are for making a story or sentence – BL

You have to say go to a number page, and then your partner says find a word that stars with b, then you have to look for the word that starts with that letter – AC