Year 6: The Elephants: Blog items
Firework safety poster competition, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 11th Oct 2019 @ 3:04pm
Sorry this is late notice, time has flown quickly and posters need to be in well before bonfire night to be judged and prizes awarded before the day.
Children from any class can enter. Just create a poster showing how to be safe on bonfire night and bring it to school on Monday to be sent off to Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service.
Last year we had an overall winner in school, it would be great if someone from Longton could win a prize.
End of year expectations, by Mr Pearson
Date: 10th Oct 2019 @ 11:59am
Please click on the link to see the end of year expectations for writing, reading and maths for your child's year group.
Cricket and a few reminders , by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 4th Oct 2019 @ 11:49am
The Elephants have had lots of fun learning how to bowl with Mark the cricket coach
Projects are due in soon. They can be on anything on the knowledge organiser you have or on something your child is interested in.
Please can all children have a PE kit with appropriate footwera in school, we have a number of children who do not have PE kit or PE shoes.
Thank you
Macmillan coffee morning and book read, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 1st Oct 2019 @ 5:39pm
What an amazing morning. We were completely blown away by the number of visitors this morning. Thank you to everyone who came along to support this event, there was plenty of cake for everyone. The children enjoyed reading with their parents/grandparents, reading with the younger children or sat on a bean bag, taking off their shoes and sharing a book with their friends. Thankyou also to the parents who helped our amazing charity ambassadors and heads team.
We had lots of amazing cakes for our moon/space themed competition. There are some very talented bakers out there. The charity ambassadors had some difficult decisions to make when choosing the winner from each class. The winners were informed in assembly today and prizes given out. All children who took part will receive a special certificate later this week.
We will let you know the total amount once it has been totalled up.
Cake competition, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 30th Sep 2019 @ 6:36pm
Thank you to everyone who has entered the cake competition, your entries are amazing. There is still time to bring in your entry on Tuesday morning before we start selling at 9am.
We are also welcoming any cake donations home made or bought for our Macmillan coffee morning and book read.
We look forward to seeing you tomorrow.
Thank you, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 25th Sep 2019 @ 7:40am
Thank you to the wonderful children and parents of the Elephant Tribe for your support over the past couple of weeks. As I explained at Meet The Teacher and on the blog I have been involved in a 12 month research programme for Lancashire County Council which has meant I have had to be out of class. The research has been into the develoment of reading for pleasure and I will share it with you as soon as the powers that be give it the okay.
The work is now completed and I will be back in class which I am really looking forward to and am very excited about.
Thanks again for your understanding and support.
Normal service, Mrs Fletcher style is now resumed.
Mad Science, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 17th Sep 2019 @ 2:28pm
This afternoon the children found out all about the science of sport from the mad scientist.
Projects, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 13th Sep 2019 @ 4:32pm
This terms projects can be about anything on the Autumn 1 overview or list of what we want to know questions both of which you will find in your meet the teacher packs or on our class page. However, the project can also be avbout something that interests your child, a hobby or a talent they have.
The date for projects to be handed in is October 10th
Meet the teacher, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 13th Sep 2019 @ 4:21pm
It was nice to meet some of you on Thursday at the Meet The teacher Meeting . For those of you unavble to attend the children will be bringing packs home on Monday containing the documents that were given out. I have uploaded the introductions letter onto the blog which gives details of everything you need to know , including who will be teaching your children when I have PPA and leadership time.
At the meeting I spoke about me being out of class for some days over the next 3 weeks. This is to complete a year long research project I have been working on which has required me to spend time at Longton Library and the Harris Museum. The project ends on October 3rd.
Week 1 , by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 7th Sep 2019 @ 9:26am
The Elephants have all settled back into school really well. They have worked hard all week and have had a class compliment from Mrs Brown.
Welcome Back, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 2nd Sep 2019 @ 8:55pm
Welcome back to the school I hope you have all had a wonderful summer. The children have had a very busy day learning new routines and starting their Year 2 Learning Journey. We will be doing PE tomorrow morning so please can all PE kits be in school.
Holiday passports should be handed in this week .
Reading books have been sent home today and should be brought back next Monday.
50th anniversary of the moon landings., by Mrs Catterall
Date: 20th Jul 2019 @ 12:18pm
Next year we will be exploring moon landings as part of our Geography, Science and Maths work. As this weekend is the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing (Apollo 11) please keep a look out on the TV for information, maybe a newspaper or magazine article, you might like to share them with your class next year.
Very proud Elephants, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 27th Jun 2019 @ 1:24pm
The elephants were very proud today as they finished sewing their fabulous WW1 panel.They all said Wow! When they saw the finished poppy. Everyone has sewn stitches,sparkly thread,sequins or a button and done it very neatly too.🙂
Well done to Evie who made the design for us - good job!👍
Enjoying the sunshine 🌞 , by Mrs Pratten
Date: 27th Jun 2019 @ 12:29pm
Today Year 1 as part of their Geography work, went out and about exploring Longton. They had to look for human and physical features. We found lots of human activity and decided that this was beacause we live in a village.
Thank you for sending in the baby photos, we had a lot of fun guessing who was who, they were all very cute!
Water ,water everywhere!!!!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 21st Jun 2019 @ 7:55am
The Elephants have had great fun this week learning about capacity.They have been exploring how many cupfuls will fit In different containers, using language such as half full, empty, nearly full. The highlight was definitely making space cocktails where they had to measure out different quantities of juices.
I have put on the recipes on for you too have a go at home or make up your own,
First week fun, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 14th Jun 2019 @ 4:08pm
This week we have been learning how to measure using counters, cubes, our hands etc.We have also learnt how to measure using a ruler.
In Geograohy we have been using symbols for recording a route and drawing a plan of the classroom from an aerial viewpoint.
A great end to arts week, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 24th May 2019 @ 5:14pm
Yesterday the Elephants had a great morning designing tiles and then using them to make prints, they look amazing.Today they worked with Kate learning about and exploring how to use clay clay, they made some coil pots and birds.
We hope you all have a fabulous holiday and we will see you all soon , Mrs Pratten,Mrs Thomson and Miss Howarth😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
Whole school WW1 beach art, by Mrs Brown
Date: 22nd May 2019 @ 7:27pm
We had the most amazing day at the beach creating works of Art in the sand.
A brilliant day on the beach😎, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 21st May 2019 @ 6:33pm
We all had a fabulous day on the beach, making sandcastles, digging holes, exploring the sand dunes and helping with the whole school art work. Amazing!!!
Arts week ~ Day 1, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 20th May 2019 @ 6:11pm
Today we have been very busy practicing our painting skills.
First we painted shapes very carefully and then we learnt about primary colours and the colour wheel. We had to mix our own colours from red, yellow and blue.
Next we had a go at making shades by adding white or black, we then used our new found skills to paint a background all ready to add some more detail later in the week in the style of Paul and John Nash. ( WW1artists)
We amazed our teachers with our fantastic painting skills🙂
Looking forward to the beach tomorrow- don’t forget your bucket and spade!!!
Maths treasure hunt, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 17th May 2019 @ 2:41pm
Today we enjoyed a fun adding and subtraction treasure hunt.We had to work with a partner to find and solve clues hidden on the field. We were amazing and really impressed Miss Howarth🙂
Hand washing!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 14th May 2019 @ 6:48pm
Today we had a visit from Tanya who showed us how to wash our hands properly and why it is so important.
We learnt that you should keep washing your hands while you sing Happy Birthday through twice and then you have washed them for long enough.
We tested this out on Eve and Bobby, it was Eves birthday today so we sang to her.
They put their hands in a special machine that showed all the germs, then went to wash their hands.Eve washed hers better than Bobby with nearly no germs left, great hand washing Eve🙂
Class assembly , by Mrs Pratten
Date: 9th May 2019 @ 3:44pm
A big well done to the Elephants for a fantastic class assembly, you were all amazing.🙂
Hope you all enjoyed finding out what we have been learning and looking at our fabulous photographs from Imagine That and a big thank you for supporting us!👍
Sorting materials, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 3rd May 2019 @ 2:46pm
This afternoon we sorted materials into groups.They all had to have something that was the same .Can you guess how we sorted them?
