Category Archives: ks1 English

Digging for words

Posted on July 23, 2016 by ofamily

I love it when we get to use and reuse the cards and goodies that I laminate and cut out for the kids.  The free what’s in the box cards from Twinkl have been one of these that we have … Continue reading →

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The Bad-Tempered ladybird clock and mini book

Posted on June 19, 2015 by ofamily

A few weeks ago my son choose the Bad Tempered ladybird book by Eric Carle at the library and he has loved it.  To be honest we all have loved the story. My daughter really enjoyed making her own Brown … Continue reading →

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Lets go on a colour hunt in English, Afrikaans and Spanish

Posted on March 2, 2015 by ofamily

We started off last week doing a colour hunt when we were out for a walk at one of the National Trust sites.  We had our colour hunt pages on some clip boards and my daughter tore off running around … Continue reading →

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Paper chain learning

Posted on February 27, 2015 by ofamily

Our paper chain craze started a couple of weeks ago and we have ended up making so many different versions that I thought it was time to put it all down in a post. Our first paper chain activity was … Continue reading →

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Lets go on an African adventure

Posted on February 11, 2015 by ofamily

We have recently been having some fun learning about African animals.  We have done a number of activities on this theme before but the kids always seem to enjoy it so we often end up coming back to it. I … Continue reading →

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