Year 7(: The Bongos: 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.
Spellings, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 11th Oct 2019 @ 7:20am
This week we've been looking at -ible/-able endings on words. It can be almost impossible to hear the difference when you say the word because -able sounds a lot like -ible in words like adorable.
Generally, the rule it that if you can take off the -ible/able and it is a word (if the root word usually ends with an e, this has usually been dropped) then it has an -able ending - adorable, respectable, loveable, doable.
If you drop the ible/able and it is not a word on its own, it usually means that it has an -ible ending: horrible, terribile, incredible. Don't forget that y's often change to i's when an ending is added, but it still acts as if the root word was there: enviable - envy+able, reliable = rely+able. Common exception to the rules (because there is always one!) :sensible.
Your homework this week is to learn these -ible/-able spellings, but make sure you have got your head around the rules because I'm going to throw in a few extras in our spelling test on Thursday to see if you've cracked the spelling rule.
horrible
possible
reversible
legible
edible
breakable
identifiable
valuable
enjoyable
adorable
Week 7, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 10th Oct 2019 @ 2:58pm
This week have been finishing our crumbles on our Lunar rovers. We have had lots of fun finishing our buggies it was very interesting that some of them actually worked it was like it was magic!
Today we did gymnastics it was very fun. We were doing routines in small groups. we had to act out a routine about landing on the moon. tommorrow we will be doing our big write about instructions.Some people in our class are going to the football stadium, good luck people!
by Evie, Grace and Lois
End of year expectations, by Mr Pearson
Date: 10th Oct 2019 @ 12:03pm
Please click on the link to see the end of year expectations for writing, reading and maths for your child's year group.
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.
This week!, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 27th Sep 2019 @ 3:09pm
this week some groups finished there chassys .Next week add the crumbles and mabye put some light programe in. Some of the group's buggys are really going to work [WE HOPE].
nuffield health came in and did an exercize afternoon with us.Today we did our big write, which was really a description about a very scary forest. it sent shivers down our spine!
Grace and Reece
week 3 , by Miss Reynolds
Date: 19th Sep 2019 @ 3:07pm
This week has been amazing we are half way through making moon buggies and we are excited to try out the luna track which Miss Reynolds is preparing .
We have been learing with a lady called Rebecca from nuffield heath gym and she has set us challenges for are goal for next week and the rest of this half term.
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.
Week 2, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 13th Sep 2019 @ 3:08pm
this week we have been making moon buggies last week we planned them and this week we made the chassis for them. we used hot glue and saws[ no one lost a finger] but a lot of people burnt there fingers while using the glue gun.
In english we wrote our own myths. We had lots of good vocab ideas and interesting phrases.
We will see you next week!
Grace and Stanley
Introduction to Year 5, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 12th Sep 2019 @ 1:50pm
Presentation from Meet the Teacher
Lunar Landings, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 9th Sep 2019 @ 3:29pm
This half term we are going to be learning about the Lunar landings. We are going to make moon buggys.Everyone has been put into groups of three and we are all looking forward to building a robot and make a track for it to run up,down left and right and we will be using craft stuff like toilet chubes and lego pices and we are going to use milk bottle lids and lots of other stuff like that and they will all be realy cool and fun for all of us to play with and we will be programming them to operate on their own!
Also Miss Reynolds would like us to bring in some egg cartons for Mrs Catterall's special project.
Grace and Lois
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.
Crossfit fun in the sun, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 18th Jul 2019 @ 9:32pm
The bongos have had great fun in the sun with Mrs Cowburn doing keep fit with Crossfit Leyland
Visiting Barden, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 14th Jul 2019 @ 10:29am
The Bongos and some of their parents and grandparents had a wonderful time on Friday afternoon visiting Barden Primary School in Burnley.
We left school at 12 o’clock and arrived at our destination at 1 o’clock. The children delivered a joint presentation to our parents and the Barden parents about our work this year and sang two songs beautifully. Adults and children then all joined in an activity to write I am special because ..... on a piece of paper which we turned into a paper chain. It was then time for refreshments a buffet of the most wonderful food prepared by the Barden parents. The afternoon ended with a dance session to Go Noodle which saw all of our adults having a dance.
Thank you everyone for making it such a special afternoon.
Scientists at work , by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 21st Jun 2019 @ 10:50am
We have been outside looking for living organisms.
Visit to Barden Primary , by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 21st Jun 2019 @ 10:45am
The Bongos had a great day visiting their friends at Barden Primary School. They enjoyed a tour of the school and campus, visited the Faith Centre and enjoyed PE in a huge sports hall. In the afternoon they completed the friendship themed art projects they had started when Barden visited Longton.
Abstract Expressionism , by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 24th May 2019 @ 10:41am
Pastels are being used to create pieces of abstract expressionism. Once completed these pieces of work will be used to show the answer to our wonder question. We wonder what uniforms will look like in the year 3000 ?
Working with clay, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 24th May 2019 @ 10:38am
The Bongos enjoyed working with Kate Burton who is a ceramicist. They used clay to create World War 1 memory plaques and poppies.
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.
Arts Week so far, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 22nd May 2019 @ 12:23pm
Enjoy the photos of our beach day on Tuesday and some of the activities we have done on Wednesday morning
Watercolour Artists art work , by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 20th May 2019 @ 12:18pm
Arts Week 2019 started with an assembly by a very special guest , the author Hilary Robinson. She spoke about how she was inspired by her Great Uncle and her Grandfather to write stories based on World War One .
Back in class we looked at one of Hilary’s books Where the Poppies Now Grow. We enjoyed the story very much . We then looked in detail at the illustrations done by Martin Impey. In our sketch books we sketched out our ideas in his style. Next followed a lesson I’m how to use watercolour paints. Currently the class are painting their own poppy themed landscapes, thinking about brush strokes, colour mixing and perspective. I think we may have some master pieces on our hands
Enjoying the sunshine, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 17th May 2019 @ 1:36pm
The Bongos have enjoyed their third compliment of the year in the afternoon sunshine. They really are shining brightly and are now working hard to gain their next treat.
A Tribe To Be Proud Of, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 9th May 2019 @ 9:50pm
The Bongos are a truly talented group of children. Myself, Mr Kennedy and Mrs Gray are so proud of each and every one of them. Their performances will stay with me for ever .
Busy Bongos, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 28th Apr 2019 @ 9:26pm
The Bongos have had a very busy four days on their return to school.
Rehersals for our upcoming production have been going well. There has been some great work wriiting haiku in English and some fabulous bar charts constructed and interpreted in maths.
Thank you to the parents and grandparents who joined us for a maths lesson on Thrsday afternoon.
On Friday we welcomed our friends from Barden Primary School and had a lovely day building new friendships.
Home work is to complete holiday passports, Timetables Rockstars and reading.
Also plese learn all song words using the blog to help and if you have lines to say learn those too. No scripts next week!
Costumes need to be in school by Thursday please.