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  • Category: Literacy

  • The Twits

    Posted by Saved You a Spot on 29 October 201613 November 2016

    Written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake, The Twits was first published in 1980. A gruesomely, disgusting tale of a vindictive, spiteful couple known as the Twits, who live together in a brick house …

    Literacy
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  • Are you a homophones expert?

    Posted by Saved You a Spot on 25 October 201625 October 2016

    Are you a homophones expeert? Read on to become one! 😎 In class, we have been learning about Homophones. Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and are spelled differently. Below …

    Literacy
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  • Connectives

    Posted by Saved You a Spot on 5 October 20165 October 2016

    A connective is a word that joins one part of a text to another. Connectives can be categorised into conjunctions, prepositions or adverbs. As part of the new primary curriculum (revised in 2014) children will be …

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  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl

    Posted by Saved You a Spot on 10 September 2016

     Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a classic children’s book about five children who win a chance to tour Willy Wonka’s, chocolate factory and their incredible adventures, once inside it. Willy Wonka is …

    Literacy
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  • 100 best reading books from Book Trust

    Posted by Saved You a Spot on 6 June 201624 July 2016

    It’s that time of the year again, where you can finally start to unwind… and what better way to unwind than with a book! Wondering how you can become a better reader?? Below are the 10 …

    Literacy
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  • Which character are you from ‘The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe’ ?

    Posted by Saved You a Spot on 2 May 201619 February 2018

    The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is a timeless fictional novel by C.S.Lewis, where magical adventures unfold for the four siblings, who have been sent away from wartime London, to be safe during the …

    Literacy
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  • George’s Marvellous Medicine

    Posted by Saved You a Spot on 25 April 201625 April 2016

    George’s Marvellous Medicine was written by Roald Dahl and first published in 1981. The illustrations are by none other Quentin Blake. This is one of my favourite Roald Dahl books, I mean, who hasn’t read …

    Literacy
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  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    Posted by Saved You a Spot on 18 February 2016

      Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth novel in the Harry Potter series, written by J. K. Rowling. Characters: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Sirious Black, Belatrix Lestrange, Remus …

    Literacy
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  • A Journey to the River Sea – Book recommendations by children for children

    Posted by Saved You a Spot on 4 February 201610 February 2019

      Journey to the River Sea is an adventure novel for children written by Eva Ibbotson and published by MacMillan in 2001. It is set mainly in Brazil early in the twentieth century and conveys …

    Literacy
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  • The Land of Stories : A Grimm Warning – Book recommendations by children for children

    Posted by Saved You a Spot on 31 January 201631 January 2016

      The Land of Stories: A Grimm Warning is the third children’s fiction novel in The Land of Stories series written by Chris Colfer. The book was first published on 8th July 2014 by Little Brown and company, new …

    Literacy
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