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31st March 2023
In classes during Shakespeare Week:
Reception read the story of A Midsummer Night's Dream. We enjoyed reading different versions and we thought Mr Bottom changing into a donkey was especially funny. We used puppets to retell the story ourselves and we made our own magic potions. We also enjoyed watching a short adaptation of the story.
In Year 1 the children read the story of Macbeth paying particular attention to the roles of the three witches. The children wrote their own potion recipes based on making the world a better place. They added the most unusual ingredients to achieve this. It was great fun!
Year 2 learnt about The Tempest. In drama, we acted out arriving on a treasure island and whether we would be excited or unhappy. We then wrote a message in a bottle to send from the Treasure island. Finally, we also wrote facts about William Shakespeare.
In Year 3, we enjoyed learning the Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet. We got to know the story and the two main characters before we focused on the prologue. This is a sonnet, so we practised performing it in groups and then presented our readings to the class. We researched William Shakespeare and created Sway documents about his life and work.
Year 4 have been working hard, getting into the characters from The Taming of the Shrew. We kicked off our week by learning all about Shakespeare and turning the play into a storyboard. We then considered how Katrina felt throughout the play in PSHE and stepped into her shoes in Drama. In English, we looked at how our perception of Katrina has changed over time. We wrote two character descriptions for Katrina – then and now.
Year 5 explored the play Much Ado about Nothing. We began by familiarising ourselves with the plot and putting ourselves into the shoes of some of the key characters by story mapping and creating character profiles. We then created our own potted 5-minute plays of the story. We finished the week by acting out the dramatic wedding scene using Shakespeare's original script.
Year 6 studied Shakespeare's sonnets. We learnt about the form of a sonnet and the iambic pentameter. Following this, we wrote our own sonnets. We were able to choose our own theme but the sonnet had to follow the correct form. This meant using the iambic pentameter with ten syllables, and five feet in each line and a set rhyming scheme. Afterwards we performed and recorded our own poems. Well done Year 6!
