Autumn 1 - Team CH

Over the past few weeks, Team CH have loved exploring The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright. They began by getting to know Kevin the Koala, discussing his personality, feelings, and how he changes throughout the story. Using Kevin’s adventures for inspiration, the children learned how to use a range of sentence types — statements, questions, commands, and exclamations — to make their writing more engaging and exciting to read. We explored how different sentences can be used to show emotion and move the story forward, before planning and creating our very own comic strips about Kevin and his friends. Children worked hard to include accurate punctuation, clear sequencing, and interesting vocabulary to bring their stories to life. Alongside this, children have been learning how to write detailed setting descriptions. They revisited The Koala Who Could to explore how the author describes the Australian outback, using their senses to imagine what they might see, hear and feel in Kevin’s world. The children practised using expanded noun phrases and subordinating conjunctions to add detail and extend their ideas. Their final pieces painted a clear picture of Kevin’s journey down his tree, across the forest floor and towards the warm glow of the campfire. To celebrate all their hard work, Team CH proudly shared their finished comic strips with their chosen audience — Team AC — reading aloud with confidence, enthusiasm and expression. This showcased fantastic oracy skills and a real pride in their writing.