6P - Reading

Lesson: English

We are reading superstars in class 6P! 

In our Steps to Read lessons we have been enjoying reading the diary of Anne Frank. We have been learning all about her time in the annexe and the efforts she went to in order to stay safe.

Next, we are going to read lots of different war poems. We are starting with 'The Blackout' by Mary Desire. We have been thinking about the contrasting atmosphere from stanza 1 to stanzas 2 and 3. 

The Blackout

I never feared the darkness as a child,

For then night’s plumy wings that wrapped me round

Seemed gentle, and all earthly sound,

Whether man’s movement or in the wild,

Small stirrings of the beasts and trees, was kind,

So I was well contented to be blind.

But now the darkness is a time of dread,

Of stumbling, fearful progress, when one thinks,

With angry fear, that those dull amber chinks,

Which tell of life where all things else seem dead,

Are full of menace as a tiger’s eyes,

That watch our passing, hungry for the prize.

Over all Europe lies this shuddering night,

Sometimes it quivers like a beast of prey,

All tense to spring, or, trembling, turns at bay

Knowing itself too weak for force or flight,

And in all towns men strain their eyes and ears,

Like hunted beasts, for warning of their fears.

Mary Desiree Anderson

We have also been reading Rose Blanche by Roberto Innocenti.

We wrote our our diary entries from the point of view of Rose. Have a look below at our fantastic work! 

Woodland Learning

Every week in Woodland learning we enjoy sitting around the campfire and listening to a story. This term we are reading Tom's Midnight garden by Phillipa Pearce.