Year 6: The Elephants: Blog items
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?
Imagine that !, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 1st May 2019 @ 7:17pm
We had a fab day at Imagine That today, photos to follow at our assembly next week.The children will bring home their slime (!) , bath bomb and fridge magnet tomorrow.
Monday fun,, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 29th Apr 2019 @ 4:57pm
Today we had a fun lesson learning about numberlines. We jumped along outside and then did activities in the classroom.
In science we continued our materials investigations, helping ted choose a material to make a new umbrella.
We had make a prediction and then test different materials to see how well they worked.To make it fair we used a pipette ,so that the same amount of water was used each time. We were brilliant scientists and most of us were right in our predictions, the flower fabric was the best. ( Mrs Prattens old rain coat!)
Welcome back, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 23rd Apr 2019 @ 7:28pm
We have had a great start to our new term, lovely to catch up with the exciting holiday news and see everyone again.
We started our new science topic this afternoon , thinking about different materials and what things are made of. We enjoyed looking around school for things made of wood, metal, brick, plastic, fabric, rubber and paper.
Eggcellent Easter bonnets, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 4th Apr 2019 @ 6:55pm
Well done all the Elephants who made fantastic Easter bonnets for our parade, they were all different and all amazing😊 and the children were rightly proud of their beautiful bonnets.
Today we also enjoyed working in expert groups to share information about the different animal groupings. Some wrote about mammals,some birds,reptiles,amphibians and fish. We then shared our facts and used them to write our own factfiles. We impressed our teachers with our fabulous writing.
We also had fun teaching Jigsaw Jack how to cross the road safely.
Easter fun!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 2nd Apr 2019 @ 5:56pm
We had fun this afternoon making our Easter chicks,lots of cutting out ,decorating and attaching with split pins, they all look great,
Cooking fun!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 29th Mar 2019 @ 11:37am
We have been busy this week making some lovely cakes for Mother’s Day. Today we had fun choosing how to decorate our cakes with Miss Howarth. They look yummy!
We hope you all have a lovely day with your families on Sunday😊🙃🤪 They
Position work at the park, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 25th Mar 2019 @ 3:59pm
Today we enjoyed Maths at the park in the sunshine. We were learning about positions, under,over,and around.We also learnt our left and right and did some half turns and whole turns. Then we had a sneaky play because we had done some fantastic learning!
Sharing fun, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 21st Mar 2019 @ 9:05am
This week the elephants have enjoyed sharing things equally with Miss Howarth, they shared money, counters and even chocolate! Then they tackled some tricky problems .
Our English work this week has been all about writing instructions, we worked as groups to write instructions, had to listen to instructions on how to draw a pigeon and then write our own.
In our plant work we have been looking at wild flowers and sorting them using a key and answering questions.
more photos, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 12th Mar 2019 @ 7:11pm
In the jungle! We saw lots of interesting leaves and plants.
Myerscough trip, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 12th Mar 2019 @ 6:55pm
Today we had a great day out at Myrscough, we explored the gardens, visited the tropical and temperate houses.We also had a sneaky look at some animals and stick insects. They let us smell lots of herbs and different plant leaves they smelt delicious, we also looked at different seeds and bulbs.We planted our own sunflower seeds, don’t forget to water them!
Charity Toy Sale, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 11th Mar 2019 @ 8:38pm
Thank you to everyone who supported our Toy sale over the last 2 weeks, whether you donated or bought.
The children voted on the charity they wished to support, with an overwhelming majority they chose Guide Dogs for the Blind.
We are contacting them to arrange for them to come into school so we can present them with the money and find out a little more about the work they do.
THANKYOU we raised £
Class compliment fun, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 11th Mar 2019 @ 6:00pm
This afternoon we had our class compliment, we chose a games / party activities as outperform trip. We bought our own toys in, used some of the classroom activities, played pass the parcel and had some party treats. It was a lovely afternoon, well done Elephants!
Afternoon fun, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 8th Mar 2019 @ 3:59pm
This afternoon some children enjoyed swapping their books and a big thank you to all those parents who came in to read with the children, they all loved it!
World book day, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 8th Mar 2019 @ 12:32pm
The Elephants all looked amazing today and have enjoyed world book day so far, thank you for all your efforts! So far we have had a story session at the library with Tom,he read us some funny stories, we have had our photo taken and written about our character and have had a story quiz.This afternoon we are looking forward to the book swap, making a book mark and reading more stories! A lovely day!
Music fun, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 6th Mar 2019 @ 7:18pm
Well done to Elizabeth and Thomas who took part in a swimming gala and won lots of medals, we are very proud of you and enjoyed hearing your exciting news!
Today the Elephants enjoyed their regular music lesson with Mrs Bolton, they had a funky warm up and then played the glocks , it sounded very good 🎵🎵
Yesterday the children bought home their treasure boxes that they made in Jigsaw lessons, they completed lots of different challenges and made a reward for themselves out of clay, well d9ne Elephants for being up for the challenge!
Learning about plants, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 26th Feb 2019 @ 2:57pm
This afternoon we have started to enjoy our science learning, finding out all about plants. We discussed what a plant was and then explored the school grounds choosing 4 plants to draw. We had a sheet to help us find out what the names of some of them were.
This morning in Maths we had fun doubling, some of us played a rocket doubling game with a friend.
A gritter visit!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 25th Feb 2019 @ 3:46pm
Today we had an exciting visit from a gritter truck. All classes went to see it and we learnt some very interesting facts, ask me what I can remember! It was huge, we were able to walk around it and look carefully at all the different parts to it. The one that came to school was called Holly Chilloughby , we have been asked to think of funny names for the others.Get your thinking caps on and let us know ,we will enter your ideas into the competition.
Being designers, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 13th Feb 2019 @ 5:41pm
This afternoon the Elephants designed their own moving picture using all their new skills to help them . They had to draw out their design and then go and make it. they all tried really hard and their designs look fantastic- well done 👍
More creating!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 13th Feb 2019 @ 12:47pm
Yesterday the elephants learnt another new way of making pictures move - using a wheel ,it was tricky to make the face the right way up! We kept going and were proud of our pictures.
Marvellous moving pictures, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 11th Feb 2019 @ 4:25pm
Today the lelphants enjoyed a visit to the library where we had a pop up story session. We bought some books back to school to help us with our DT project which is to design a moving picture. Today we experimented with making a slider to move our pictures along. They looked great!
Jigsaw challenge, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 8th Feb 2019 @ 3:54pm
Today the Elephants enjoyed their Jigsaw challenge which was to work with a partner, set a goal and design a welly together. They were encouraged to take turns, listen to each other and be a great team together.....and they did! They were all fantastic not one argument and some amazing wellies designed. Well done super star Elephants😜
Finding out about the Uny Kingdom , by Mrs Pratten
Date: 5th Feb 2019 @ 7:53pm
Today we enjoyed learning about the United Kingdom and the 4 countries that make it up. We looked in the atlas’s to find out about the world and to help us make our Jigsaw country pieces to put together to make the UK. It was tricky to get them in the right place and to make sure that the countries were all the right size compared to each other ...but we did it!!
Designing a new cereal box, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 1st Feb 2019 @ 4:05pm
The children have really been enjoying our story this week There’s a lion in my cornflakes and it was voted our favourite story of the the 3 we have read so far. This week we written our own versions with free sea creatures instead and alll sort of things going wrong! The children had fun creating their own cereal boxes today , writing what sea creature was free, the name of the cereal and trying to use lots of adjectives. They look great! They will be coming home next week with a copy of the story in it.
A big thank you to Bobbys mum who has recycled old sweat shirts and PE tops to make a lovely blanket for us in our reading area. We love it!
3D shape fun, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 29th Jan 2019 @ 4:59pm
This week we have been learning all about 3D shapes, looking for 2D shapes on them and using different words to describe them.
In English we are enjoying the story There’s a Lion in my cornflakes.We are making up our own stories using sea creatures.
Science work has been sorting animals into mammals, birds and reptiles.
