--- title: "Blog by Tag: English" url: "https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/tag/english" school: "Scotforth St Paul's C of E Primary & Nursery School" --- [Start your school journey with us! Book a visit for September 2027 school starters](https://www.scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/parents/admissions) # Blog by Tag: English [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_0932.jpeg)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-11-11-17-11-drama-work-in-year-3) 11 Nov #### [Drama work in Year 3](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-11-11-17-11-drama-work-in-year-3) In English today we used freeze frames to explore what life would have been like hundreds of years ago. You can see we enjoyed it! Our new text is set in a town about 700 years ago. We don’t yet know what story it is, but we are looking forward to finding out what it is later this week… … [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_0925.jpeg)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-11-06-15-39-reading-our-fables-to-year-1s) 6 Nov #### [Reading our fables to Year 1s](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-11-06-15-39-reading-our-fables-to-year-1s) We have been reading Aesop’s fables in Year 3 and writing our own version of The Hare and the Tortoise. We chose our own animals and settings and tried to use interesting verbs, adjectives and adverbs. We also learnt to show speech in stories. Today we went to read our work to the Year 1s and it… [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_1197.jpeg)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-11-03-14-06-traditional-tales-reading-afternoon) 3 Nov #### [Traditional tales reading afternoon](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-11-03-14-06-traditional-tales-reading-afternoon) This afternoon, we have been reading traditional tales and comparing them for our new English unit. [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_9422.jpeg)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-07-16-12-53-black-karate-band-end-of-year-treat) 16 Jul #### [Black Karate Band End of Year Treat](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-07-16-12-53-black-karate-band-end-of-year-treat) Congratulations to all of the children across the school who achieved their black Karate Reading band this year for fantastic reading at home. Today they had a treat morning! We played on the parachute, did a book trail, a book quiz and finally we enjoyed ice-cream in the sun! It was lovely… [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/96B5A2DA-17A2-4193-B854-A637ECB52F90.jpeg)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-06-09-16-00-we-went-on-a-bear-hunt-journey) 9 Jun #### [We went on a bear hunt journey. ](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-06-09-16-00-we-went-on-a-bear-hunt-journey) Today we read our new story in the forest area , We’re going on a Bear Hunt. We then decided to go on our own bear hunt. We went through the grass, forest, mud, river and some icy snow. We really enjoyed it and we described how each one felt as we walked through it. [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_5977.jpeg)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-04-20-15-48-classical-poetry-cats) 20 Apr #### [Classical Poetry- Cats](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-04-20-15-48-classical-poetry-cats) Year 4 enjoyed performing classical poetry in the sunshine this morning. They have been learning different poems from “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” by T.S. Elliot. The children worked in groups to perform the poem ‘Jellicle Cats’, and showed great creativity in how they interpreted… [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/1EC391EC-0812-4429-B8EE-4CCD24F38828.jpeg)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-03-18-16-20-receptions-reading-cafe) 18 Mar #### [Receptions Reading Cafe ](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-03-18-16-20-receptions-reading-cafe) Yesterday we had lots of grown ups come and join us for our reading cafe. We heard lots of different stories and really enjoyed ourselves, thank you for joining us. [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/C1653213-1AE3-44AC-BBC8-CB9EB0E4D22A.jpeg)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-03-16-08-22-world-book-day) 16 Mar #### [World book day](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-03-16-08-22-world-book-day) On World book day our friends from Y3 came to take us on a book character trail. They were surprised at how many books we recognised. [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/A69F6912-6190-4E59-9289-5D5CEF8A6FA0.jpeg)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-03-06-15-48-world-book-day-in-reception) 6 Mar #### [World Book Day in Reception. ](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-03-06-15-48-world-book-day-in-reception) What a fun day we have had! We read lots of new books in our new reading area, completed a quiz with Y4 and they also read some stories to us and drew a positive/happy Dragon by following ‘Draw with Rob’, we made happy scales and we also spoke about what makes us… [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_5816(1).jpeg)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-03-06-15-30-world-book-day-year-4) 6 Mar #### [World Book Day Year 4](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-03-06-15-30-world-book-day-year-4) Year 4 have had a fantastic World Book Day today! They loved doing a book character quiz around school working with Reception children. They also created some fantastic drawings of Dave the Brave and a knight, as well as footsteps featuring our favourite books. Our ‘World Cup of Picture Books’… [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_8047.jpeg)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-03-06-14-37-world-book-day-in-y5) 6 Mar #### [World Book Day in Y5](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-03-06-14-37-world-book-day-in-y5) What a great day we have had! We read lots of new books, adapted a traditional tale, played a character game, completed a quiz with Y1 and drew a knight by following ‘Draw with Rob’. Our costumes were fantastic too! [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_0402.jpeg)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-03-03-10-17-reading-with-parents-y1) 3 Mar #### [Reading with Parents Y1](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2026-03-03-10-17-reading-with-parents-y1) As part of our World Book Day Week we invited parents into our classroom to read some books to us. Thank you to all the parents who came and read to us. 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