--- title: "Year 3- English- Preparing to Write a Diary Entry as Sheila the Elephant" url: "https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-07-08-year-3-english-preparing-to-write-a-diary-entry-as-sheila-the-elephant" school: "St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy" --- We are holding a number of open days for children due to start primary school in September 2027. Please see our admissions page for further details. Everyone welcome! # Year 3- English- Preparing to Write a Diary Entry as Sheila the Elephant ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/news/activitymore-120EAD43-3FB7-4F45-B849-F1D4DBE1CEC7.png) 8 July 2026 In today's English lesson, the children began by focusing on sentence accuracy, where they practised using adverbs of time, place, and cause before writing their own sentences using these skills. They then recapped their main vehicle text, looking at the illustrations and discussing how the keeper looked after Sheila the elephant during the war, while exploring Sheila's feelings about the aeroplanes and the keeper's return. After exploring and learning new vocabulary from the text the children read an example text titled The Elephant's Diary: A Visitor from the Past. This "WAGOLL" (What a Good One Looks Like) helped them understand their upcoming writing purpose: to write a reflective diary entry in the first person from Sheila's perspective. Finally, the children applied what they had learnt by writing their own sentences in the first person as Sheila, combining their new vocabulary with the adverbs of time, place, or cause practised at the start of the lesson.![](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/images/news/activitymore-120EAD43-3FB7-4F45-B849-F1D4DBE1CEC7.png) [Year 3](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/year-3) [English](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/english) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_4984(1).jpeg)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-07-07-year-6-the-greatest-show) Previous ### [Year 6 - The Greatest Show ](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-07-07-year-6-the-greatest-show) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_2402(1).jpeg)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-07-09-rotakids-careers-day-whole-school-worship) Next ### [RotaKids Careers Day Whole School Worship ](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-07-09-rotakids-careers-day-whole-school-worship) ### Personal Development - [News](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/events) - [Photo Gallery](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-gallery-category/our-gallery) - [Calendar](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/calendar) - [School Council](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Fundraising](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/fundraising) - [Extra Curricular Clubs](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/clubs) - [Little Leaders](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/little-leaders) - [Visits and Visitors](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/visits-and-visitors) - [British Values](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/british-values) - [Protected Characteristics](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/protected-characteristics) ##### Location Knowlesly Road Darwen Lancashire BB3 2JA ##### Contact Us 01254 702996 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/stbarnabasce/) - [X](https://twitter.com/stbarnabasce) © Copyright 2021–2026 St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)