This week in Northamptonshire 6

Week beginning Monday 9th March:

In English, we have continued to read our text: 'When the Sky Falls'.  This week we have been focusing on turning a chapter that we have read into a suspense narrative. We identified that we needed to use varied sentence structures, description, rhetorical questions, show not tell and precise vocabulary to create suspense. To further enhance our writing, we also tried to not tell the reader straight away what the animal was in the book that attacked Joseph and instead slowly described it, revealing small details, to hook our reader's interest. How did you create suspense in your narrative?

In History, we continued learning about Britain at War. This week, we focused on the start of the First World War and the conflict between the two powers - Allied and Central. We used our geography knowledge to label maps showing the location of the countries involved. After this, we identified the main events from the start of the war and the locations where the majority of the conflict took place, including the Schlieffen Plan and the Eastern and Western fronts. Can you remember why Germany found the start of the war more difficult than they expected? Why did everyone think the war would be over quickly? 

We hope you have a great weekend!

Mrs Midgley. 

A typical week in Northamptonshire:

Parent Meeting Information Slides

Thank you to all those who were able to attend the parent meeting on Thursday 30th. Below are the slides from the meeting for anyone who wasn't able to attend.