English

4th October 2022M Hanratty

At Marsden Primary School, English is at the heart of our curriculum; it is the foundation on which every subject is built. We aim to deliver a quality English curriculum which develops a children’s love of speaking and listening, reading, and writing that will last them a lifetime. By giving pupils the key literacy skills, it enables them to access material in all curriculum areas, and provides a foundation for their learning throughout their school career.

To find out more about our English curriculum, please click on the documents below:

Y5 Virtual Author Visit

13th September 2023S Hume

Year 5 had a really interesting morning listening to the author S.F. Said talk about his books Varjak Paw, Phoenix and Tyger. He told us why he became an author, where he got his ideas from and we were shocked at how long it has taken him to write his books!
We can’t wait to start reading his books now!

👂 Listening Walk 👂

26th June 2023M Hanratty

Last week, the children and staff may have spotted Nursery exploring the school on our listening walks! We used our listening ears and heard some quiet sounds as well as some loud sounds, even making our own sounds.

Can you guess what we heard?

📚 World Book Day Celebrations📚

9th March 2023M Hanratty

On Thursday, we celebrated our love of reading by sharing books together with our friends. The children thoroughly enjoyed reading together and getting lost in the imaginative worlds.

We also shared the text “The Dot” across the whole school and completed a wide range of activities linked to dots and believing in ourselves. Each year group shared their work in Assembly.

Nursery/Year 3 Shared Reading

Reception/Year 6 Shared Reading

Year 2/Year 5 Shared Reading

Year 1/Year 4 Shared Reading

EYFS Wishing Tree 🌳🧧

27th January 2023L Carr

This week, EYFS found out all about Chinese New Year celebrations and traditions. We wrote our own new year wishes and hung them on our wishing tree in the EYFS garden. We hope all our wishes come true! 🤞🏼

Y4 play scripts

26th January 2023Fiona Wilson

Year 4 have been enjoying hearing about the tricks Matilda plays on her family. They are planning and writing their own trick in the form of a play script. Keep watching to see their scenes in action!

Mary Poppins 2022

9th December 2022M Hanratty

Wow! The EYFS staff don’t have the words to describe what an incredible performance the children put on for families today. We are immensely proud of every single child and I am sure you will agree we have a lot talent in EYFS 🌟

Letters to Santa- Nursery 2022

5th December 2022M Hanratty

Today, we thought about about all of the lovely presents the children would like Santa to leave them under the Christmas Tree. They made a list and the teachers were very proud of their marvelous mark making and outstanding organisation.

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Reception Reading Meeting.

2nd November 2022L Carr

Thank you so much to everyone who attended the reading meeting. Here is the presentation: If you have any further questions, please contact Mrs Carr.

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Book Tasting

18th October 2022S Hume

Year 6 were very keen to ‘taste’ a selection of new books at our book tasting event.
It was great to see everyone engrossed in their reading and sharing their thoughts about the books.

The Tyger Poem

18th October 2022S Hume

Year 6 have been learning ‘The Tyger’ by William Blake. We put our own actions to it and performed it outside.

We think it is terrific!