--- title: "Blog by Tag: English" url: "https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/tag/english" school: "Stokesley Primary Academy" --- # Blog by Tag: English [![Image of Story telling puppets ](https://files.schudio.com/stokesley-community-primary-school-2/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/9D17A175-E574-43F7-A197-9D9613868A16.jpeg)](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2021-06-25-20-53-29-story-telling-puppets) 25 June 2021 #### [Story telling puppets ](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2021-06-25-20-53-29-story-telling-puppets) our art this half term is making puppets. We have been working hard with our sewing but you will have to wait a bit longer to see the finished results. Our card stick puppets were much easier to make. We are going to use them to help us retell our class story. [Continue reading](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2021-06-25-20-53-29-story-telling-puppets) [![Image of Reason to write...](https://files.schudio.com/stokesley-community-primary-school-2/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/397A8DCD-F15A-487E-96FA-C0041FD9FC4E.jpeg)](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2021-06-25-20-40-39-reason-to-write) 25 June 2021 #### [Reason to write...](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2021-06-25-20-40-39-reason-to-write) Our new topic ‘Old Favourites’ has got off to a great start with some really beautiful writing from Year 1. They were so enthusiastic to share information about their favourite stories and toys that it has given them a real purpose for their writing and has really motivated them to produce… [Continue reading](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2021-06-25-20-40-39-reason-to-write) [![Image of Fabulous Topic work](https://files.schudio.com/stokesley-community-primary-school-2/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/A6A9C42E-3932-4159-B24D-E1E4A8DBB040.jpeg)](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2021-06-07-20-30-00-fabulous-topic-work) 7 June 2021 #### [Fabulous Topic work](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2021-06-07-20-30-00-fabulous-topic-work) I thought you might like to see the display of the children’s super work from our plants topic. There was so much beautiful work that I had to make little boxes so everyone could see all of their great work. The children should feel really proud when they see their work in the hall. Here is a… [Continue reading](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2021-06-07-20-30-00-fabulous-topic-work) [![Image of Odysseus and the Cyclops storyboards ](https://files.schudio.com/stokesley-community-primary-school-2/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/BC7BA8A9-4E4F-4133-838C-73E68924C9E6.jpeg)](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2021-05-14-15-00-00-odysseus-and-the-cyclops-storyboards) 14 May 2021 #### [Odysseus and the Cyclops storyboards ](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2021-05-14-15-00-00-odysseus-and-the-cyclops-storyboards) I can’t wait to read the stories which will be created with the storyboards! Well ill done Team5 [Continue reading](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2021-05-14-15-00-00-odysseus-and-the-cyclops-storyboards) [![Image of Growing a beanstalk...](https://files.schudio.com/stokesley-community-primary-school-2/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/3229EFA5-962F-4132-8D19-A0C2327E0F38.jpeg)](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2021-04-16-21-15-45-growing-a-beanstalk) 16 April 2021 #### [Growing a beanstalk...](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2021-04-16-21-15-45-growing-a-beanstalk) Hopefully the children have told you all about our mysterious seeds. After a lot of thoughtful discussion we decided to plant them for the weekend as there would be no one in school. Mr Pickersgill is on standby incase a beanstalk really does grow. The children made some great warning signs and… [Continue reading](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2021-04-16-21-15-45-growing-a-beanstalk) [![Image of Wonderful World](https://files.schudio.com/stokesley-community-primary-school-2/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_4435.JPG)](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2020-10-12-15-00-00-wonderful-world) 12 October 2020 #### [Wonderful World](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2020-10-12-15-00-00-wonderful-world) As you may of heard from the children, we have created our very own Year1 version of the song Wonderful World. The children have really worked hard to think of what they love about the world, and what makes it wonderful. Each child has drawn, helped to write and sung this beautiful song, and I am… [Continue reading](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2020-10-12-15-00-00-wonderful-world) [![Image of Out and about in nature.](https://files.schudio.com/stokesley-community-primary-school-2/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/1E4FFC84-C730-4EFF-9C9F-99BA0626A54A.jpeg)](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2020-09-25-20-45-00-out-and-about-in-nature) 25 September 2020 #### [Out and about in nature.](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2020-09-25-20-45-00-out-and-about-in-nature) This week, despite the weather, we have been trying to get out and about and explore nature. We have been gaining first hand experience to write our own out and about poems. We used all our senses and thought of lots of great describing words for our poem. We also found lots of creative ways to… [Continue reading](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2020-09-25-20-45-00-out-and-about-in-nature) [![Image of How does it feel to be back in school?](https://files.schudio.com/stokesley-community-primary-school-2/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/A70026CF-C1BC-4A80-A9A8-BA1354C04C5B.jpeg)](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2020-09-15-20-30-00-how-does-it-feel-to-be-back-in-school) 15 September 2020 #### [How does it feel to be back in school?](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2020-09-15-20-30-00-how-does-it-feel-to-be-back-in-school) As part of our topic ‘Here we are’, we have been talking about how it feels to be back in school. It was great to hear the children say how much they were enjoying being back in school and how important seeing their friends was to them. Lots of them talked about missing family and feeling tired… [Continue reading](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2020-09-15-20-30-00-how-does-it-feel-to-be-back-in-school) [![Image of Investigating Coral Reefs](https://files.schudio.com/stokesley-community-primary-school-2/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/C990586C-42F5-4AE1-B7B9-4746950F5912.jpeg)](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2020-01-17-17-54-41-investigating-coral-reefs) 17 January 2020 #### [Investigating Coral Reefs](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2020-01-17-17-54-41-investigating-coral-reefs) This week we have been investigating the creatures that live in the coral reefs and finding out what coral is. We have been drawing and painting the creatures that live on the reef as well as having a go at modelling coral with play dough. We have written facts that we already knew and spent… [Continue reading](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2020-01-17-17-54-41-investigating-coral-reefs) [![Image of Amazing Adjectives ](https://files.schudio.com/stokesley-community-primary-school-2/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/0C03CD70-A506-47C1-AB75-B060CF30CC41.jpeg)](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2020-01-10-17-42-46-amazing-adjectives) 10 January 2020 #### [Amazing Adjectives ](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2020-01-10-17-42-46-amazing-adjectives) This week we have been describing the setting from our new book. At first we thought the story would happen in the **small**, **quiet** town overlooking the **brilliant** **blue** ocean but we have now realised the story is happening beneath the surface of the **warm** **shallow** water! We have used lots of… [Continue reading](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2020-01-10-17-42-46-amazing-adjectives) [![Image of Year 5 fact files](https://files.schudio.com/stokesley-community-primary-school-2/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/CD781A16-D609-4433-9674-6A4854BA942F.jpeg)](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2019-11-14-11-38-23-year-5-fact-files) 14 November 2019 #### [Year 5 fact files](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2019-11-14-11-38-23-year-5-fact-files) [Continue reading](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2019-11-14-11-38-23-year-5-fact-files) [![Image of Nouns Everywhere!](https://files.schudio.com/stokesley-community-primary-school-2/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_0168%5B1%5D.JPG)](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2019-09-11-14-15-00-nouns-everywhere) 11 September 2019 #### [Nouns Everywhere!](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2019-09-11-14-15-00-nouns-everywhere) This week we have started to read our Power of Reading text 'Stone Age Boy'. We have been identifying nouns and verbs in sentences, constructing our own expanded noun phrases and looking at how we can improve word choices to make our descriptions of settings… [Continue reading](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/blog/2019-09-11-14-15-00-nouns-everywhere) ![Stokesley Primary Academy](https://files.schudio.com/stokesley-community-primary-school-2/images/logo/Stokesley-Logo.png) ### Stokesley Primary Academy No.5 Springfield Stokesley North Yorkshire TS9 5EW 01642 711071 ### Social Media - [X](https://twitter.com/Stokesley_PA) © Copyright 2026 Stokesley Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://stokesleypa.org.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)