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KINGSWOOD PREP IN FOCUS 2020-21 | ENGLISH
A YEAR OF ENGLISH AT KPS
...we celebrated World Book Day with a virtual assembly celebrating the books we love best.
In addition to all of the incredible work children completed within their English lessons, there was plenty on offer to engage and motivate them to read and write, despite any COVID curtailments.
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ur first term of the year was full of wonderful opportunities for indulging in reading and writing outside of the classroom including the Poetry Out Loud competition, the Christmas writing competition and the Autumn reading raffles.
JOANNA NADIN In addition to this, the Year 5 and 6 children enjoyed the company of author, Joanna Nadin as she discussed her writing process and where her ideas come from. Her books include the Penny Dreadful series and The Worst Class in the World.
In the Spring Term we celebrated World Book Day with a virtual assembly celebrating the books we love best. What a treat it was for staff members to share and pass on the joy which their favourite books have brought them in our World Book Day assembly. Children also shared their favourite books and book reviews on our English page on Firefly.
Much of the hard work of our talent children lies quietly hidden within the pages of their English books. It is such a pleasure to be able to share a few pieces of writing from across the year groups (opposite), and our thoughts on English, written over the course of the past year.
I like finding out new words when reading my story.
CRESSIDA COWELL In the summer term, the Year 5 children had the pleasure of joining Cressida Cowell in a Zoom meeting in which she discussed her ideas and writing process for books such as How to Train Your Dragon. Her enthusiasm was palpable as she shared extracts from her Wizard of Once series.
I love English because it transports you to new worlds you never imagined even existed before.
WRITING OUR THOUGHTS ON ENGLISH AT KPS
I love drifting off into Ruby Redfort and other author’s worlds.
English is a great way to express your thoughts.
I love being creative with my writing!
I love reading because it’s like TV in your brain!
I love writing poems for the way you can express yourself.
