After finishing our Literacy topic based on the story ‘Egg Box Dragon’, Year 2 have been designing and creating their own Egg Box Dragons. We have had so much fun and even had a little dragon puppet show!

Here are their creations:

 

 

In English, the children have been learning the features of and writing a range of poems including: haiku poems and cinquain poems.

Today the children learnt about the features of limericks and had a go at writing their own.

They worked in pairs and used an online rhyming dictionary on the i’pads to help them find rhyming words then had good fun writing their own limerick poems.

There was lots of laughter in the class as the children worked….A great, fun lesson!

Here are a few of their poems:

There was a small child named Bea

Who liked to play ball in the sea

She played with the cat

She’d jump, run and splat

And she always got things for free!

 

There once was a boy names Jeff

Who liked to play chess with the chef

Who liked to eat all the food

When he was in a good mood

But then he sadly turned deaf!

 

There was once a Minion called Bob

Who really cared about his job

He frightened his fish

That lived in a dish

Then ran and turned into a blob!

 

There was a boy names Mark

Who liked to be in the dark

He liked to play ball

and liked to play with all

with a friend named Lark.

Y3 enjoyed a visit from local author Yvonne Carlin Page today. The talented writer of Lily Windy and the Witch told the children about her inspiring journey to become an author. The children enjoyed hearing more about their favourite characters from her books, which they are currently enjoying during our story time.

We then played some fun literary games, where children won some fantastic prizes and stickers. Y3 also had the opportunity to receive a signed copy of one of Yvonne’s books. Meanwhile, it was lovely to hear some of the children speaking of wanting to emulate Yvonne and become a writer one day themselves. Y3 are already looking forward to their next writing lesson!