In Reception the children were reading the story of ‘Dear Santa’ and then practised to retell the story with actions – ‘Pie Corbett style’! By retelling the story, they have the opportunity to embed the structure of a story and that helps them with their writing.
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We were super chuffed with the children’s efforts. Look for example at this story written by Olivia. What a lovely piece of writing!
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