Year 7(: The Bongos: Blog items
Takeover Day: Letter To Parents, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 5th Jul 2017 @ 11:38am
Below is a letter from Daniel and Matthew (our Year 6 pupils who have taken on the roles of Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher for the day):
Dear Parents,
Today Year 6 pupils have taken over teaching for the day as a reward they have earned. There are around 4 pupils teaching each class and have been given a timetable for the day.
Reception has been doing some amazing phonics work, music lessons too and all the teachers are doing a good job. Year 1 have enjoyed doing PE involving throwing and catching and for a treat, football. They also did guided reading work with the teachers helping each child. Year 2 have done some great science work finding out about bugs and have looked all over the bog garden to find some. Year 3 have started off today by doing some fantastic singing. They then did science, learning about flowers and purposes of them. Year 4 have been doing some math problem solving involving multiplication work, after that they work on GPS. Year 5 were doing spelling on suffixes and play rehearsal for their big performance night ahead of them.
Yours Sincerely, Mr Holmes (Deputy Head)
Mr Stillings (Head Teacher)
Science plants, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 3rd Jul 2017 @ 3:30pm
This afternoon we have set up a few experiments. We have put a stick of celery and a white rose into some water with red food colouring in. I wonder what will happen? We also dissected lily and then drew a diagram of it in our books.
The week ahead - w/c 3rd July, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 2nd Jul 2017 @ 11:17pm
I hope you have all had a relaxing weekend.
This week we have lots of exciting activities planned.
English - writing explanation texts about plants, how they grow and how seeds are dispersed.
Maths - Fractions.
Science - exploring parts of a plant and how seeds are dispersed.
R.E. - researching leaders, Desmond Tutu and Martin Luther King.
P.E. - Elite coach Gymnastic session, athletics.
On Tuesday afternoon we will be watching the year 5 performance
On Wednesday year 6 will be taking over and teaching the children for the day.
On Friday we will be in our Pyjamas or onesies to raise money for charity. It will be the last day for one member of our tribe as well as the fact they have earnt yet another class reward for a completed compliment chart. Therefore we will enjoy spending time with our friends, baking cakes, playing games and relaxing.
Deepdale Duck, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 2nd Jul 2017 @ 11:01pm
On Thursday we had a visit from Deepdale duck. We were told all about going to watch PNE and a competition the children can enter to win the chance to be the team mascot for a match.
Emotion Cogs, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 2nd Jul 2017 @ 10:58pm
This week we developed our knowledge of the emotion cogs. We thought of a feeling (orange cog) and discussed how our bodies felt when we experienced this feeling (red cog). Next we discussed the behaviours we show during this feeling (green cog). We explored a new yellow cog, this shows the triggers for that emotion. We thought about what can make us happy, sad, angry, worried and scared.
We had some great discussions and team work with everyone recording their ideas and opinions.
We finished our lesson with our favourite song and dance 'I feel good'.
Deepdale Duck visited school, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 29th Jun 2017 @ 1:24pm
Amazing athletes!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 28th Jun 2017 @ 1:14pm
Yesterday years three and four took part in an athletics tournament ,they were all amazing and put in 100% effort . Well done! A big thank you to all the parents who helped with transport and supported us.
The week ahead - 26th June, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th Jun 2017 @ 8:02am
This week we will be focusing on
English - explanation texts about plants.
Maths - mental addition and subtraction
Science - What a plant needs to grow
PSHE - the 4 emotion cogs, emotion, behaviour, body sensations and triggers
GPS - year 3 and 4 statutory word list spellings and proofreading skills
P.E. - Athletics, games skills with Elite coaches.
German - items in the classroom.
Painting, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th Jun 2017 @ 7:56am
We enjoyed painting flowers, we thought about the shape of the petals and lightly sketched them on the page. We chose 1 colour and used this to paint the petals using small flicking strokes, each time adding white to the paint to make it a lighter shade.
Science-plants, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 19th Jun 2017 @ 9:50pm
What a lovely day. We took the opportunity to take our learning outside this afternoon and sit in the shade.
We started the lesson by exploring all the words we could think of connected to 'plants' and then tried to link them together by sharing the facts we already knew. What does a plant look like? We had lots of similar ideas when asked to draw a plant - a stem, a leaf at either side and a round flower centre with petals around it.
With our clipboards in hand we set off out into the school grounds to find a plant and develop our observation skills by drawing different examples of plant life.
Back in class we sorted a variety of pictures under the headings, alive, not alive , never alive. We had some interesting discussions especially about the picture of a fire.
Glass and plastic - were they once alive? See what you can discover?
The week ahead - 19th June, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 18th Jun 2017 @ 3:05pm
I hope you have enjoyed the lovely weather this weekend.
Lets hope it continues this next week. Don't forget to put on your sun cream and bring your water bottles with you.
GPS - this week we will be looking at words with the ou spelling. Young, double, trouble, country, rough and tough. We will also be editing our writing - checking spelling, selecting more adventurous vocabulary, checking for punctuation and ensuring we have used complex sentences with main and subordinate clauses.
English - we will be continuing our mystery and adventure themed writing, creating new characters and looking how we can add examples of speech within our stories rather than writing a long conversation.
Science - we will begin our final unit of work on plants. This week we will focus on what is a plant?what makes it a plant? We will draw and label parts of a plant
P.E. - we will be focusing on Athletics this half term. This week we will be using a pull action aim for throwing distance, a push action throw for accuracy and we will be developing or sprint techniques.
R.E. - we will be reading some stories from the Bible which show Jesus as a leader.
First week back, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 18th Jun 2017 @ 2:51pm
Wow, where did that first week go! A busy week in the Giraffe classroom. We have been exploring shapes, developing our ideas for mystery writing, completing our Lake District work and taking part in Dance from the Heart.
Arts Week -Peter Blake, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th May 2017 @ 9:01pm
What an amazing week. The children have yet again impressed me with their skills, concentration and determination. Yesterday and today we have been thinking about the work of Peter Blake. His use of bold colours and simple shapes, how his art reflected the period of time in which it was created.
We have tried to recreate some of his famous pieces. The first being a modern day collage, 16 squares showing examples of Peter Blake's bold shapes With images from today which were relevant to the children. There are images of sweets, drinks, games they like to play, portraits of themselves or family. Each one is unique and personal to every member of the Giraffe Tribe. They look amazing.
We have also created a 3D version of the bold designs using 'mod roc'. Covering cardboard shapes and then painting with acrylic paint. These have been glued together and are going to be mounted to create 1 large piece of art work. It looks really striking.
The children have been amazing all week; working hard, giving each activity a go, showing perseverance with new techniques and being supportive of each other. A fantastic end to the half term.
Fingers crossed the sunny weather continues for the half term break. Have a good rest and enjoy the holidays.
Mrs Catterall
Monday's Masterpieces, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 25th May 2017 @ 10:30am
WOW, so proud of all of the giraffes for their focused and determined attitudes. Amazing pointalism
Change over day - Year 3, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 24th May 2017 @ 10:49pm
Today was change over day. Children from years 1,2 and 3 worked together, moving around the different classrooms.
While in year 3, they learnt about the Eiffel Tower. It is painted every 7 years and takes 1 and 1/2 years to paint. It is painted in 3 shades of brown!
The challenge set in the year 3 classroom was to work collaboratively to build an Eiffel Tower using art straws. We also tried to create one with spaghetti and marshmallows, it was very sticky! How high could we get them without falling over?
There was fantastic team work, sharing ideas and helping each other. Each team needed someone to take on the very important role of 'find the end of the sellotape!'
Changeover Day in Year One, by Miss Adamson
Date: 24th May 2017 @ 8:58pm
During changeover day in the Year One classroom we studied three French paintings. Monet's picture of the Japanese garden, Signac's painting of Venice and Derain's painting of a little village on the outskirts of Marseille. We all drew a little part of the pictures and glued them together to make three giant pictures. The children worked so hard - a fantastic team effort!
Arts Week Day 3, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 24th May 2017 @ 6:11pm
Today has been change over day. The children in Year1, 2 and 3 mixed together in 3 groups and have taken part in 3 different French themed activities. In the year 2 classroom the children had fun learning about France. They also learnt some classroom instructions, how to say hello, goodbye and my name is. In addition the children learnt to count forwards and backwards to 10, colours and to sing the rainbow song in French.
Arts Week, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 23rd May 2017 @ 9:51pm
The children have had a great start to the week. Over the last 2 days they have been learning about the work if the French artist, Seurat. Mrs Ainsworth showed the children the technique of pointillism, they created some lovely paintings of butterflies and dragonflies. Today the children developed these skills to create their own paintings.
With such lovely weather this afternoon the children went outside to use their sketchbooks and appreciate the nature around our school.
Tomorrow the children will be working in groups with year 1 and 2 children on a variety of activities.
Here are a few photos, lots more to follow tomorrow.
Sports Day 2017, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 21st May 2017 @ 11:46am
Sports Day was a great success. The children had lots of fun and displayed amazing teamwork and behaviour throughout every activity.
Thank you to everyone who came along to support the afternoon.
Brass Monkeys, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 15th May 2017 @ 9:12pm
This morning we enjoyed a fabulous assembly from the music service. We learnt all about some of the different brass instruments. We listened to a range of music and had to guess the film or TV theme tune.
The week ahead - 15th May, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 15th May 2017 @ 9:09pm
We welcome back Miss Stocker this week to help us with our learning. She will be in school this week and next.
English / Geography / Computing - we will be continuing our research on the Lake District and creating our Powerpoints.
Maths - we are learning about money. Adding up price lists and finding change, writing amounts in £ and in p.
P.E. - Games.
R.E. - The Guru Granith Sahib.
Sports Day - fingers crossed for good weather.
This week is also check- up week so will will be completing a variety of assessment activities throughout the week.
Research questions - English, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 9th May 2017 @ 9:26pm
This morning we started to think about our unit of work on the Lake District. We found it on a map and watched a video of the hills and lakes from the sky. It was breathtaking.
We thought of lots of questions we could try and answer through research and grouped them into different topics.
Tomorrow we are going to look at leaflets of places to visit in the Lake District in order to gather ideas and inspiration for our own information leaflet.
Mosaics, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 8th May 2017 @ 3:54pm
This afternoon we used a variety of techniques to create mosaics; magnets, painting, an online mosaic maker and paper and glue.
Here are some of our creations.
The Week Ahead - Monday 8th May, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 8th May 2017 @ 3:52pm
Another exciting week for the Giraffes.
English - For the next 2 weeks we will be focusing on Non fiction texts and linking it all together with our Geography unit of the Lake District and our Computing work, making a PowerPoint. We will generate a list of key questions to research and begin to find the answers.
Grammar - we will be focusing on using conjunctions. Co-ordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS -for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) and subordinating conjunctions (while, if, when, since, before, until, although)
Maths - this week we will be covering all 4 number operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) and using what we know to solve problems.
P.E. - We will continue to developing our throwing and catching skiills and begin to understand and practise the skill of marking an opponent.
R.E. - Sikhism, exploring the Gurus.
Class Assembly, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 8th May 2017 @ 3:29pm
I was a super proud teacher last week as the giraffes put on their class assembly for their parents. The children worked amazingly well to research their given area, write a script and make some of the props they were going to need. They spoke clearly and were very informative. Well Done Giraffes.
