Autumn 1 - Team JF

This half term, Team JF have been working incredibly hard to develop their writing skills through engaging and imaginative activities. Their journey began with a focus on their “Acclaimed Author” Oliver Jeffers. Using The Day the Crayons Quit as their text driver, they explored the personalities of different coloured crayons and created vibrant shape poems inspired by their favourites. The children carefully selected adjectives to describe their chosen colours and concentrated on key writing fundamentals such as letter formation, finger spaces, and keeping their writing neatly on the line. Later in the term, they delved into Gorilla by Anthony Browne. This powerful story inspired the class to write detailed character descriptions of the gorilla, with a particular focus on using expanded noun phrases. The class also explored how to incorporate the five senses to build a rich and vivid profile of the character’s appearance and behaviour.