An Egyptian Cinderella

In Daily 5 we have been focusing on the strategy of Retelling the Story in Sequence. After watching the following video on the Egyptian version of Cinderella, we retold the story together. Once upon a time, in Ancient Egypt, there was a slave girl called Rhodopis. She had been kidnapped by two pirates from Greece. She […]

Mirror Mirror

In class,we have been able to watch a different version of Snow White called Mirror Mirror. Part of it is that in English we are learning about the elements of a fairytale, and used Snow White as an example because it has different versions we could find differences to focus on.      When Snow […]

What are word sorts?

Some Mums and Dads might remember that spelling used to be a weekly list and a spelling test to see who got the most correct and who failed! We used to practise the words each week by memorising them. It was like a competition to see who could be the best. As with most things, […]