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Arts week day 2, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 22nd May 2018 @ 3:48pm

Today we enjoyed listening to the brass and wind musicians from girls high, we had fun singing along to Mama Mia!

We then finished off our pictures in the style of Jamini Roy, they look fab!

Arts Week Day 2, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 22nd May 2018 @ 11:52am

This morning began with an assembly where we learnt about the spinning of wool. Back in class we were ljoined by Mrs O'Reilly the head of history from Hutton Grammar  and two teachers Miss MacDiarmid and Miss Slater. They delivered an outstanding lesson with super activities on the Windrush Experience.

Next the children began to create their pastel pictures based on the work of Cynthia McLean an artist from Trinidad and Tobago. 

Arts Week Day One, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 22nd May 2018 @ 11:47am

The Giraffes started the day learning about the Commonwealth.They then looked at the work of Cynthia McLean, an artist from Trinidad and Tobago. In their sketch books the children experimented creating action pictures in her style, in readiness to create masterpieces tomorrow using pastels. During the afternoon the class went out in groups to work with an artist Peter Bourne. They painted poppies on the chimney and decorated fish sculptures. In the classroom we added the finishing touches to our musical memories cards for our memory box to be presented at the Dance from the Heart event  after half term. To finish the day the children had great fun composing songs about the Commonwealth.

Arts week day one, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 21st May 2018 @ 4:13pm

We enjoyed our first day of Arts week with a visit from a local artist, Sarah Hicks, we had fun creating a sunset background, practised our printing skills and then put it all together  to create fabulous silhouette pictures African style.

In the afternoon we looked at an Indian artist Jimini Roy, we practised sketching small details from his paintings and then drew our outline shape of a face in his style. We painted them so they are ready to use with  oil pastels tomorrow.

Royal weeding celebrations , by Mrs Pratten

Date: 21st May 2018 @ 4:06pm

The Penguins celebrated the Royal wedding with lovely lunch,

Art with Sarah, by Miss Leigh

Date: 21st May 2018 @ 2:14pm

We had an artist come and work with us this afternoon.  We are still working on our Gond style art but here is the start of our work. 

Week Beginning Monday 21st May 2018, by Mrs Coxhead

Date: 19th May 2018 @ 12:52pm

Hello, 

I hope you are enjoying your weekend and the Royal Wedding, if you are watching.

Next week is our annual Arts Week so our timetable will be quite different! This year the theme is The Commonwealth. On Monday, we have a visit from a Deputy Lieutent for Lancashire who will teach the children a little about The Commonwealth. We also have a local artist, Peter Bourne, coming to school to make decorate fish with the children. On Tuesday, a local fibre artist will be sharing an assembly with the children about spinning wool and creating textiles. Some wind instrument players from Penwortham Girls High School will be coming to perform some of the songs they've been practising to Reception, Year One and Year Two. On Wednesday afternoon it is Sports Day (weather permitting). On Thursday, a dance group are coming to teach us some traditional Scottish dance. On Friday, a local artist who specialises in clay sculpture is coming to teach Year One some clay skills. Also, Peter Bourne is returning on Friday to help us to paint some poppies. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday we will practise for Dance from the Heart which is an annual dance event that takes place after half-term. We will also be doing our own art activities in class throughout the week based on countries from The Commonwealth. 

We will change books on Friday as normal and check spellings. We will send home holidays passports instead of usual homework to complete over the half-term. 

Please send in some kind of named old top/overall on Monday to keep in school all week. This is to protect the children's school uniform. 

I look forward to seeing you on Monday,

Mrs Coxhead

Castle Decorating, by Mrs Coxhead

Date: 18th May 2018 @ 8:33pm

On Monday we decorated our castles. They are very impressive!

Royal Wedding Lunch, by Mrs Coxhead

Date: 18th May 2018 @ 8:29pm

Here are some pictures from the special lunch on Thursday.

Royal Wedding Party, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 18th May 2018 @ 4:08pm

For our class compliment we had a Royal Wedding Themed Day and a party afternoon.

Celebrating , by Miss Leigh

Date: 18th May 2018 @ 1:39pm

Congratulation Bears!  We have have a great day celebrating trying our best this week in our SATs.  We have been reading “Thunder Cake”. Today we made some treats to enjoy while we watched The Greatest Showman.  I think you will agree that you enjoyed your day and really have worked hard. 

Miss Leigh

Royal Wedding , by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 18th May 2018 @ 9:48am

Today we are learning about the Royal family and doing lots of activities linked to the Royal Wedding. 

All of the activities are being collected in  booklet form for the children to keep as a memory . 

Next week is Arts week , the theme is The Commonwealth. we will be working with visiting artists and taking part in a history lesson with one of the history teachers from Hutton on Tuesday morning . 

Royal wedding lunch, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 17th May 2018 @ 12:13pm

Lunch outside for the Royal Wedding

Brickcroft bug hunting, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 16th May 2018 @ 7:29pm

Year 2 had a fantastic time at the Brickcroft this afternoon. A lovely picnic lunch, followed by pond dipping (fortunately no children dipping!!) and we also had a good time looking for mini beasts in the wood part. We found lots of interesting things, tadpoles, water boatmen, water fleas and even centipedes and millipedes which escaped us at school.

A big thank you to all the helpers who came with us

our fun space week, by Miss Reynolds

Date: 15th May 2018 @ 3:12pm

This week, we have been working on a space doccumentary in groups. We have had lots of fun finding out interesting facts and using the ipads to help us research. We are hoping to send them to NASA and they will be sent on the space launch to mars next year.

Also, we have been learning how to present data in maths by going to other classes and recording personal appearances, using data.

This week, we also have been learning about friendship and we made friend trafic lights about how to sort a bad situation out. Then we had to act out an arguement and what we would have to do to sort it out.

Sophia Hale and Violet Nicholls

Monday fun in the sun, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 14th May 2018 @ 2:13pm

This afternoon we made the most of the sunshine. We have been learning outside, reading, writing and learning through play.

Model castles, by Mrs Coxhead

Date: 12th May 2018 @ 11:30am

Here we are beginning our model castles. We worked together with our partners.

Yoga, by Mrs Coxhead

Date: 12th May 2018 @ 11:28am

We tried yoga with Emma. We followed a story as we learned different yoga positions.

Week Beginning Monday 14th May 2018, by Mrs Coxhead

Date: 12th May 2018 @ 11:26am

Hello 

Here is what we are doing next week:

I look forward to seeing you next week!

Mrs Coxhead

Friday fun, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 11th May 2018 @ 4:29pm

We have been subtracting in maths this week and counting in 10's. Also our caterpillars are starting to make cocoons and have clung to the top of the cup, see if you can spot them.

Water Day, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 11th May 2018 @ 1:23pm

Today we have been learning about water through the charity Water Aid. The class have had an excellent discussion about all sorts of charities , thought about where our tap water comes from, drawn and acted out the water cycle . 

The children have thought about the implications of dirty water supplies and lack of toilet facilities in parts of the world.

After learning about Water Aid Projects such as the gravity fed water aystem , the rainwater harvesting jar and the composting latrine the children were set the design question: can you develop the gravity fed water system to include more taps? 

Finally the children created posters to raise awareness of the work of Water Aid.

It has been a great day of thoughtful, creative and compassionate work. Well done everyone 

Brenda's boring egg., by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 9th May 2018 @ 4:11pm

This weeks fairytale is The Ugly Duckling, and we have been looking at the lifecycle of ducks, chicks and generally all birds. Today we read a lovely story about Brenda and her egg, all the other mummy Ducks had the most amazing coloured eggs but Brenda's was just white. When the eggs all hatched all the ducklings were unique in their own way but they were all brown. We then made our own fluffy ducklings.

Hunting for mini beasts , by Mrs Pratten

Date: 9th May 2018 @ 4:01pm

This afternoon the Penguins proved to be excellent mini beast hunters. We discussed the best places to find them, what habitat they needed and off  we  went. We found all sorts, worms, slugs, ants, wood lice, snail, ladybird.Evie even managed to catch a fly! Luke and Oliver even found a reindeer!!!!!!

Week Beginning Monday 7th May 2018, by Mrs Coxhead

Date: 7th May 2018 @ 1:57pm

Hello,

I hope you have been able to make the most the all the sunny weather this weekend. 

This week is a little different than usual as it is our termly check-up week. Children will complete check-ups in Reading, Maths and Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling and Phonics. 

Aside from check-ups, we will be making model castles in Design and Technology and learning about materials in Science. In PE we will have a practise of our races for sports day and practise our ball skills. 

I look forward to seeing you tomorrow!

Many thanks,

Mrs Coxhead

Seed planting, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 7th May 2018 @ 10:42am