Longton Primary School: Our blogs

Mother's Day Craft, by Miss Adamson

Date: 21st Mar 2017 @ 6:50am

We prepared little Mother's Day gifts using bottles, tissue paper and glue.

International happiness day, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 20th Mar 2017 @ 3:00pm

today is the international happiness day. We made a whole school,paper chain of happiness!

The Week Ahead, by Miss Adamson

Date: 19th Mar 2017 @ 4:07pm

Hello

I hope that you've had a wonderful weekend and sheltered from the storm!

Here is an overview of what the Penguins will be doing this week.

Maths	We will finish learning about fractions and begin learning about time (o'clock and half past).
English	We will read The New Royal Baby - a story about how Prince George feels when his new baby sister upstages him.
Phonics	Miss Adamson's group learning about multisyllabic and compound words. Mrs Gray's group are practising consonant blends.
Handwriting	This week we are practising writing numbers accurately.
Art	We are preparing a little something for Mother's Day.
PE	We are still dancing!
RE	We are doing our final lesson about Buddhism. We will be learning about how to be a good friend.
Assembly	This week we will be watching the Year 4 Production on Tuesday afternoon.
Music	We are practising our special song for the Easter assembly in church.

I look forward to seeing you tomorrow!

Warm regards,

Miss Adamson

Buddha and the Injured Swan, by Miss Adamson

Date: 18th Mar 2017 @ 12:36pm

In RE we learned about the story of Buddha and the Injured Swan. Buddhists try to treat animals with compassion as equals. We made origami swans and retold the story.

James Blog No. 13, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 17th Mar 2017 @ 3:08pm

This Week In Year 4 has been a busy one! In maths we have been estimating where numbers go on a number line. In English, we have been using talk for writing to produce amazing paragraphs for Mrs. Pratten to read! Today, we have Been researching what physical and human features we have in our German football teams.

By James (The Writer) and Samuel (The Idea Genius)

😀🐯🐅

Art in the afternoon , by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 17th Mar 2017 @ 1:37pm

This afternoon the Bongos are looking at art work from Kenya. They are experimenting with line and shape whilst Kenyan music is playing in the background. A few Bongos are making use of our snuggly blankets and working on the floor.

The Bongo classroom is a lovely, peaceful place this afternoon 😀

Time, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 17th Mar 2017 @ 9:51am

This morning the Bongos are busy telling the time in 5 minute intervals. Today we have found that telling times past is easy but times to can be tricky. We have also found a way to help us be more confident telling the time to the hour. See the photo

Lettuce Plants, by Miss Adamson

Date: 16th Mar 2017 @ 7:59pm

We put our lettuce plants in a sunny spot and we are keeping them well hydrated. I don't think they'll get thirsty this evening!

The Three Little Pigs, by Miss Adamson

Date: 16th Mar 2017 @ 7:54pm

We have been choreographing our own dances to The Three Little Pigs. This afternoon we role played the story.

Iron Man - DT, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 16th Mar 2017 @ 6:33pm

Many of our Iron Men have been completed. The children have worked extremely hard to design and create these with very little input from myself. They have had to try things out, overcome difficulties through problem solving and there has been lots of collaborative working through supporting each other. They have developed a variety of skills through this unit of work. I am very proud of their final moving models as I'm sure you will be.

Swimming - Water Safety, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 16th Mar 2017 @ 6:28pm

Over the past few weeks we have been learning a variety of life saving skills during our swimming lessons. We have swum several lengths of the pool wearing our shorts and T. shirts, practised a reaching rescue and learnt the help position. The Sharks had their assessment today and the fishes will have theirs next week. All children will still require their clothes next week please.

Barton Grange, by Miss Adamson

Date: 14th Mar 2017 @ 5:27pm

Well done to the Penguins for a super day at Barton Grange. You worked really hard and made our school proud!

Vitruvian man , by Miss Leigh

Date: 13th Mar 2017 @ 3:03pm

With our topic being inventions and inventors we have started looking at famous inventors. In Science, we have looked at the work of Leonardo da Vinci, and have explored his work on the vitruvian man. We measured our height and then tested his ideas against ourselves. Most of the time we found he was correct, however, occasionally they didn't work. We discussed why this might be and think it is because we are still growing and not an adult yet.

Boxing, by Mr Coxhead

Date: 13th Mar 2017 @ 11:08am

Year 6 are enjoying beginners boxing course this morning as part of the 'Beyond Sport' programme.

Don't try this at home.

Properties of shape, by Miss Leigh

Date: 13th Mar 2017 @ 10:51am

This morning we have been exploring the properties of 3D shapes. Some of the questions required us to think aoutside the box, but we managed it!

Musical Bongos, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 12th Mar 2017 @ 8:13pm

The Bongos have had fun doing table music. They have used different parts of their hands on the table tops to create percussion based music. They have been thinking about dynamics and rhythm.

Scooter Safety, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 11th Mar 2017 @ 7:01pm

On Friday we enjoyed a morning of scooter safety. The children learnt about the different parts of their scooter to check as well as how to stay safe while riding their scooter out and about. The children have brought home their booklets to share with you.

Spring Term Projects, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 11th Mar 2017 @ 6:55pm

WOW, what a talented bunch of giraffes you are. Yet again I am blown away by your projects. Lots of variety, creativity and time has gone into them. Well done.

DT - Linkages and Levers, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 11th Mar 2017 @ 6:50pm

The children have been working extremely hard this half term following a series of instructions to create 4 different moving mechanisms. Each mechanism uses levers and linkages in different formations to create a particular output. We have displayed these on a design board. The children are now using this knowledge to design and create a moving Iron Man. Work is in progress and we hope to have some completed moving iron men to show you next week.

ART - Printing, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 11th Mar 2017 @ 6:44pm

Fossil Printing.

As part of our unit on rocks and fossils we developed our drawing and observation skills within art. The children then explored using safeptrint and card and string to create 2 different printing effects.

Friday funtime, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 10th Mar 2017 @ 5:27pm

Today we read the story of the gingerbread man and talked about keeping safe after Mr Pearsons assembly on Thursday about stranger danger. We once again loved being outside the water area is a real hit with everyone in the Meerkats.

Perfect projects!, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 10th Mar 2017 @ 4:20pm

Well done Tigers for producing some amazing projects all about our learning🙂

Spellodrome, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 8th Mar 2017 @ 9:19pm

Thank you to all of the Bongos who have been on Spellodrome. New lists have been added for you to have fun with. Please can the children who haven't been on yet use their log ins and have a go. It is great fun and will really boost spelling.

Outdoor springtime fun, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 8th Mar 2017 @ 5:50pm

The weather has been fab this week and so down in reception the Meerkats have been exploring outdoors. They really enjoy the water area so we are trying to make it even more fun. The mosaic bench is coming along, it's very time consuming but it will be worth it. Also we've been whittling more wood for our messy maths area to make simple 2d shapes....