Longton Primary School: Year 6: The Elephants: Blog items

Date: 20th Nov 2017 @ 6:59pm

We had a wonderful morning at the library. Tom read us two books about monsters and told us lots of information about the library. We had some time to look at the different books. We borrowed ten books to take back to class on Mrs Thomson's library account - we best not lose any!

Tom told us that there are some Christmas activities at the library. Will find out the full details and let you know!

Week Beginning Monday 20th November, by Miss Adamson

Date: 18th Nov 2017 @ 4:03pm

Hello all :)

I hope you're having a happy weekend!

English	We are reading Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers. We are going to walk to the library on Monday morning and learn about some stories from cold places.
Maths	We are learning about fractions. Specifically, a fraction is one equal part of a whole. We will also learn about halves and quarters of shapes and quantities.
Phonics	Mrs Thomson's group is learning ew (chew the stew), oe (ten toes) and au (he caught a fish). Miss Adamson's group is learning air (that's not fair), er (better letter), or (shut the door) and ure (sure it's pure).
Geography	We are learning about continents and finding cold places on a map of the world. We will be linking this to the Lost and Found story.
Jigsaw	We are learning what bully is and how being bullied might feel.
PE	We are still learning new ways of travelling and rolling. We are continuing to work on creating our own sequences.

I look forward to seeing you all on Monday,

Miss Adamson

Parliament Week, by Miss Adamson

Date: 17th Nov 2017 @ 11:12pm

This week is Parliament week. The children asked some questions about what they'd like to know about parliament. We focussed on finding out what it is like inside the Houses of Parliament. Most children would like to be in the House of Lords because of the red seats! We learned about the Queen's messenger, Black Rod, who knocks on the door of the House of Commons. The children compared the difference between the Queen and the Prime Minister and decided who they thought was the most important.

Place Value, by Miss Adamson

Date: 17th Nov 2017 @ 11:08pm

Year One have been using tens and ones to help us to understand two digit numbers.

Week Beginning Monday 13th November 2017, by Miss Adamson

Date: 12th Nov 2017 @ 12:57pm

Hello all :)

This is what we are doing this week:

English	We are reading about the North and South Pole. We will write information booklets to show what we have learned.
Maths	We are learning about pictorial representations of numbers to twenty and tens and ones.
Phonics	Mrs Thomson's group is learning ie (a colourful tie), ou (shout it out), ur (nurse with a purse) and aw (yawn at dawn). Miss Adamson's group is learning oa (goat in a boat), ar (start the car), ur (nurse with a purse) and or (shut the door).
Handwriting	We are learning to join ai, but, ch and ck.
Jigsaw	We are learning about what makes us different.
Parliament week	In the afternoon's we will be learnig about Parliament.
PE	We are travelling, rolling, jumping and creating tuck shapes.If your child hasn't got their PE kit in school yet, please bring it in before Thursday.

Look forward to seeing you in the morning,

Miss Adamson

Remembrance Day, by Miss Adamson

Date: 10th Nov 2017 @ 10:25pm

Thank you for all your effort into your costumes and donations. We enjoyed listening to Mr Turner's stories about his father. We wrote about what peace feels like, sounds like, smells like and tastes like. We watched the CBeebies video about remembrance to give us ideas. Five children who worked especially hard on their writing today had their faces or hands painted the Head's Team.

Underwater Street, by Miss Adamson

Date: 10th Nov 2017 @ 10:17pm

We had a wonderful time at Underwater Street! The staff at Underwater Street were really impressed by the children's respect and positive attitudes. We took lots of photos - there was a lot to photograph! Here are a few!

Weather, by Miss Adamson

Date: 10th Nov 2017 @ 10:14pm

On Monday we were learning about different types of weather. We shared what we knew in groups and presented.

Week Beginning Monday 6th November 2017, by Miss Adamson

Date: 5th Nov 2017 @ 10:43am

Hello all :)

I hope that you have had a wonderful half-term. Here is what we are doing in Year One this week:

English	We are writing a recount about our trip to Underwater Street's Imagine That!
Maths	We are learning about efficient ways to count numbers beyond ten and to check that other people's counting is accurate.
Phonics	We are reviewing a few sounds and beginning work in our new groups. Mrs Thomson's group will be reviewing ue (blue glue), ie (a colourful tie) and ou (shout it out). They will be practising 'children', 'little' and 'it's'. Miss Adamson's group will be reviewing ai (snail in the rain), oa (goat in a boat) and ow (brown cow). They will be pracitising 'will', 'now' and 'back'.
Handwriting	We will begin to learn some joins this week.
Science	We will be learning about the weather in preparation for our class trip.
Jigsaw	We will begin our new unit: Celebrating Difference. We are finding out what makes us similar to others in our class.
PE	We are beginning our gymnastics unit.
Reading	Books will be changed on Wednesday, as normal. Children will mostly have new guided reading teachers.
Homework	Please hand in red book bags containing holiday passports on Tuesday.

I look forward to seeing you all in the morning.

Many thanks,

Miss Adamson

Last day of autumn one, by Miss Adamson

Date: 27th Oct 2017 @ 4:39pm

Well done Meerkats, you've worked so hard this half-term! This week has been especially busy doing reading, writing, phonics and maths check-ups!

Lots ts went in book bags tonight so, just to check it all made its way home, you should have:

a panto letter

photo order forms

leaflets - billy magician and lime bar

kids club letters (where applicable)

Let me know if anything didn't make its way home and I will find it for you a week on Monday.

PE kits have gone home for a wash. Please send them in on the first day back.

I hope that you will have a wonderful half-term.

Many thanks,

Miss Adamson

Split pin teddies, by Miss Adamson

Date: 25th Oct 2017 @ 5:18pm

On the theme of toys from the past, we made some split pin teddies. Aren't they great!?

Week Beginning Monday 23rd October 2017, by Miss Adamson

Date: 21st Oct 2017 @ 4:17pm

Hello all :)

I hope that you are enjoying your weekends!

This week is called 'Check-Up Week'. We will all be doing assessments in order to help me to plan the next steps for the children as effectively as possible. This is how the week should look:

Maths	All of the children will do a small arithmetic and reasoning assessment.
Phonics	We will carry on with our daily phonics lessons. Miss Adamson's group will be learning ie (a colourful tie), ue (blue glue), aw (yawn at dawn) and ew (chew the stew). Mrs Thomson's group will be learning oi (spoil the boy), ear (hear with your ear) and air (that's not fair). All the children will also do a short phonics check with Miss Adamson.
Reading	We will have guided reading as usual on Wednesday. In addition, children will do a short reading assessment with Miss Adamson or Mrs Thomson.
Writing	We are doing some special pieces of writing as part of a whole school theme called 'Journey Back in Time'. We will be reading the story of Old Bear and retelling it in our writing.
History	In keeping with Journey Back in Time and Old Bear, we will be learning about toys from the past. We will compare them with toys in the present and create our own timeline.
Homework	This week there will be no homework in the children's purple books. Instead, children will receive their Holiday Passports. During every school holiday (Y1-Y6), children fill in their holiday passport with details of what they have done over the break. We love reading what you have done and it makes for lovely memories to look back on when your child gets to Year 6. Holiday Passports are kept inside the red book bag.

I look forward to seeing you all on Monday!

Miss Adamson :)

P.S. If you have any outstanding toast money to be paid for this past half-term (£7.80). Please send it to school with your child this week.

Spellings, by Miss Adamson

Date: 21st Oct 2017 @ 1:58pm

Here we are with some words that can be tricky to spell! Mrs Dixon helped us to write them and took photos for the wall to serve as reminders!

3D Shapes, by Miss Adamson

Date: 21st Oct 2017 @ 1:55pm

We identified and sorted 3D shapes. Then we used 3D shapes to make castles because what could be more fun than building castles!? Wonderful teamwork!

Week Beginning Monday 16th October 2017, by Miss Adamson

Date: 15th Oct 2017 @ 10:35am

Hello all :)

I hope that you are enjoying the weekend.

This is what we are doing this week:

English	We are writing instructions for how to make a superhero hand puppet (now that we are the experts!). We will also learn about plurals.
Maths	We are using a number line to help us add and subtract. We will decide which is the most efficient way to add to numbers and what happens to the number line when we subtract. We will introduce the concept of diffference through 'how many more?' and 'how many less?'.
Phonics	Mrs Thomson's group are working on: or (shut the door), ur (nurse with a purse), ow (brown cow). Miss Adamson's group are reviewing er (better letter) and learning ir (whirl and twirl) and wh as in what, where when etc and ph as in alphabet.
Handwriting	I hope that we will finish our work on curly caterpillar letters this week (letters that begin with the magic c).
P.E.	We are playing the Honey Pot game. We will use underarm throws and running skills for this game.
RE/Maths	In the afternoons this week we are learning about Diwali because Hindus celebrate Diwali on Thursday 19th October 2017. We are going to see what 2D shapes we can identify in Rangoli patterns and design our own. We will also learn about Diwali gifts and 3D shapes. We'll guess what the gift could be depending on the 3D shape of the parcel!
Wednesday afternoon	On Wednesday afternoon, Miss Adamson is at a meeting so Mrs Ainsworth will be teaching the Meerkats.

I look forward to seeing you all next week,

Miss Adamson

Poetry, by Miss Adamson

Date: 14th Oct 2017 @ 12:58pm

This week the meerkats have written four poems each! They are inspired by Paul Cookson poems that Mrs Thomson and Miss Adamson learned about when we were out of class last Monday. The children wrote That's No Place to Put a Pet, two mini east poems and a riddle. The riddles have been entered into a young writers competition (see www.youngwriters.co.uk/competitions/little-riddlers). I am sure the judges will be astounded by all the children's wonderful writing.

Here re are some pictures of the children looking for inspiration for their mini east poem.

Jigsaw - helping others learn, by Miss Adamson

Date: 14th Oct 2017 @ 12:52pm

We made freeze frames to show how we could help others to learn. The rest of the class guessed what we were doing in the freeze frames.

Hand puppets, by Miss Adamson

Date: 14th Oct 2017 @ 12:47pm

This week we designed and made our super hero hand puppets. When we were finished we decided if we were pleased with what we had made and wrote a sentence to explain why.

Week Beginning Monday 9th October 2017, by Miss Adamson

Date: 8th Oct 2017 @ 11:38am

Hello all :)

I hope that you are enjoying your weekend.

This is what we are doing this week:

English	We are writing and performing poetry.
Maths	We are working on addition and subtraction. We are solving missing number sentences, solving number stories and making addition sentences that balance using Numicon.
Phonics	Miss Adamson's phonics group has completed phase 3 and 4 review. We are focusing on ay (e.g. may I play), ou (e.g. shout it out), ea (e.g. a cup of tea) and oy (e.g. toy for a boy). Mrs Thomson's group are focusing on oa (e.g. goat in a boat), oo (e.g. poo at the zoo), and ar (e.g. start the car).
Handwriting	We are practising cursive letter formation in our special handwriting books and ensuring we are writing using the tripod grip.
Jigsaw	We are making freeze frames in groups that show us making good choices.
Design and Technology	We are designing, making and evaluating superhero hand puppets.
PE	We are learning about balancing and running.
A note about spellings	With your children's spellings, do not worry about getting a new set every week. We are also reviewing their old spellings on a Friday as we find that otherwise we remember the most recent and forget the old. Some of the lists are very tricky so it will take longer than one week of practise to ensure that children are confident in spelling them. Thank you for all your effort. We have been pleasantly surprised by how well the children are doing in the weekly check!

I look forward to seeing you all in the week.

Many thanks,

Miss Adamson

Projects, by Miss Adamson

Date: 6th Oct 2017 @ 4:10pm

Thank you ever so much for your projects. We are just astounded! Cannot believe all the work that has gone into them. I hope you enjoyed making them! Some boys and girls showed their project to the class this afternoon but we didn't all as we didn't have time. We will share the rest on Monday!

ps the cake and biscuits went down a treat - thank you Alice and Amelia!

Talk task, by Miss Adamson

Date: 6th Oct 2017 @ 4:08pm

We had to do lots of talking in maths today! We read some subtraction sentences and proved that they were correct using counters. We had to explain our thinking.

Week Beginning Monday 2nd October 2017, by Miss Adamson

Date: 2nd Oct 2017 @ 5:57pm

Hello all :)

I hope that you have had a lovely day. This is what the meerkats are doing this week:

Maths	We are working on subtraction.
English	We are reading another Supertato story and writing a newspaper report to recount the story.
Jigsaw	We are making our Learning Charter.
Harvest	It is our Harvest service in church at 2pm on Tuesday. We are singing Mr Scarecrow.
PE	We are working on underarm throws.
Seasonal Changes	We are learning about changes in weather across the seasons.

Many thanks,

Miss Adamson

Projects , by Miss Adamson

Date: 30th Sep 2017 @ 9:36am

Hello all,

i I hope that you are enjoying the weekend. Just a quick thought that projects are due on Friday. The theme is superheroes. Information was sent in a parent mail but I know some parents haven't had all their parent mails or could have missed it as there is always lots to read! If you would like any help or have questions, please let me know. It can be as big/small as you wish! I am out of class on Monday but will be on the walking bus and available to speak to on Tuesday. There is no specific expectation or criteria.

Enjoy your weekends.

Many thanks,

Miss Adamson

Counting in Fives, by Miss Adamson

Date: 26th Sep 2017 @ 8:58pm

We used five pence coins to practise counting in fives and see how much money we have!

A tree in autumn, by Miss Adamson

Date: 26th Sep 2017 @ 8:56pm

Today we sketched a tree in the playground. Its leaves have turned yellow and orange. We will continue to observe how this tree changes throughout the seasons.

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