Colourful Semantics
Colourful Semantics is a Speech and Language therapy intervention programme developed by a speech and language therapist called Alison Bryan. In the programme, she used colour to highlight the semantic (meaning) within sentences. This intervention uses colour coded cards to help children learn the important elements of a sentence and how to join them together in the correct order.
At Palmers Cross we are have recently introduced Colourful Semantics throughout the school in all areas of the curriculum but primarily for teaching writing.
When we were writing about the Victorian Era, we got to go to Blists Hill and see what life was like! It really helped our writing because we used what we had learned!
- Class 6
Pupil Voice
The main thing I have liked is writing our own stories because I get to use my imagination and when we hear other people's stories we never know what is going to happen next!
- Class 4
We wrote instructions for Paddington Bear because he forgot how to make a marmalade sandwich! Then we got to make the sandwich and eat it!
- Class 2
Early Years Pre-Writing
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Handwriting
Year 1
Year 2
Year 4
We take pride in producing beautifully presented work. Take a look at how we have been practising our handwriting to help with this.
Year 3
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Year 5
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Year 6
Poems for Remembrance
On Tuesday 29th September 2026, our children took part in a special Poems for Remembrance workshop. They explored the power of poetry to express thoughts and feelings about remembrance and created their own poems inspired by the theme.
We are very proud of the thoughtful and creative work the children produced. Take a look at some of their wonderful poems!
Listen to our children beautifully reciting their own Remembrance poems.
The children explored and generated some fantastic vocabulary to bring their Remembrance poems to life, using thoughtful and powerful words to express their ideas and feelings.
