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Priory School Hexham

The Priory School held a 'Wallace and Gromit Wrong Trouser Day.' They raised money for St Oswald's Hospice. Photographs were taken of the event and afterwards the pupils used the Inclusive Writer programme to fit captions to the images.

Red Row County First School

Red Row First School held a Roald Dahl week. His texts were used in Literacy Hours and there were drama activities , quizzes and crosswords and a fancy dress competition. All the pupils wrote and cooked some revolting recipes.

Lynemouth First School

Year 4 pupils at Lynemouth First School linked their work on the Ancient Greeks with their Literacy Hours. They watched a video on the legacy of the Greeks and the labours of Hercules. They created their own versions of the stories and produced illustrated books of their work.

St Paul's RC First School Cramlington

Year 4 pupils were reading The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. For their Literacy activities they looked at the 'Blurb' for various editions of the book and then planned and wrote their own.