Year 7(: The Bongos: Blog items
NSPCC Thank you Assembly , by Mrs Catterall
Date: 4th Jul 2018 @ 3:11pm
This morning Jo from the NSPCC came to school to thank us for all our fundraising efforts.
I am pleased to tell you that almost 50% of the children returned their forms with class 2 and class 6 being the biggest returners. Well done Penguins and Bears.
I am very proud to let you know that Longton Primary School have raised an amazing
£1301.57
A massive thankyou to you all, Jo was quite overwhelmed. The money raised means that we have funded the ability for 260 phone calls to be taken by Childline. That means we have helped support more children than we have in our school. THANKYOU.
Dont worry if you still have your forms and money at home, bring it in and we will send it off to the NSPCC at the end of the school year.
Thank you again,
Mrs Catterall, Sara and Gracie.
Mondays assembly blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 3rd Jul 2018 @ 11:01pm
Today's assembly was about who chooses what we eat! Many of us said that it is usually our parents and maybe us. In the news this week they were talking about: increasing healthy eating; banning adverts that advertise foods that aren't good for us and not allowing children under 1618 to buy energy drinks. We then had a vote if we think they should do this or if we think they shouldn't do this. We had four pupils from different classes saying their opinion on why they should do this, they all said that it is unhealthy to be able to buy energy drinks and buy takeaways not knowing how many calories we are intaking. We then heard the opposition. We had lots of different reasons like: it is unfair to children because they aren't allowed what adults do, a lot of people would lose their jobs as big companies/restaurants that sell those type of things might not do as well because not as many people would buy and someone thought that it was our choice and we should choose what we want to buy. We all decided that if we have the choice to do something it should always be the most sensible one.
Gracie and Abigail
Picture News - British Values - w/c 2nd July, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 1st Jul 2018 @ 6:27pm
NSPCC Sponsor money, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th Jun 2018 @ 6:11pm
Please can all NSPCC sponsor forms and money be returned tomorrow.
Thankyou for your support
Sara and Gracie
Monday Assembly Blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 25th Jun 2018 @ 8:34pm
In today's assembly we talked about what we like doing in our spare time. We had lots of different ideas going to the cinema, football and playing on the trampoline with siblings. We looked at a question, which was: Are computer games damaging our health? We were then discussing about a boy who couldn't go to school for over a year because he just wanted to play video games. After that we looked at lots of opinions ( none of them were wrong, we all have lots of different opinions ) some were FOR video/computer games and some were AGAINST them. We then listened to a story about a girl who loved video games and she got a special parcel in the post. When putting them on she realised that people were losing their minds for video games. She became sad when she noticed how much time she had lost with her friends. We were then talking about things that people did and if it was healthy or not. We decided that 2/3 activities were healthy.
Gracie and Abigail
Picture News - British Values - w/c 25th June, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 24th Jun 2018 @ 6:33pm
Please find attached the Picture News resource we will be exploring in assembly this week.
Amazing 3D Art, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 22nd Jun 2018 @ 11:28am
This morning the Giraffes have created Egyptian cartouches, learnt about mummification and ancient Egyptian numbers. They have also worked in groups to turn a branch from the field into an amazing Nile Crocodile.
World Museum, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 19th Jun 2018 @ 11:16am
The Giraffes had a great day at The World Museum learning about Ancient Egypt
Picture News - British Values - w/c 18th June, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 18th Jun 2018 @ 6:36am
Please find attached the Picture News at home resource.
This lets you know what we will be looking at in our British Values assembly this week.
Thursday Assembly Blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 15th Jun 2018 @ 8:11am
Today in assembly we talked about how we have three words that are important every year: CARE, GROW and SHINE! We talked how this term we are going to shine.We were then talking about a celebration which people will be celebrating this on Friday or Saturday. This celebration is held by Muslims. We talked about how Muslims fast, they fast because it is to teach them to focus on god and be generous, once fasting ends they have the celebration called Eid al-fitr.The celebration goes on for one,two or maybe even three days. How they celebrate is a bit like Christmas, they send Eid al-fitr cards out and dress formally, they also have big feasts and they wish each other a happy celebration!
We were also reminded about some special events that are coming up! If you want to be in the talent show you need to fill in the form, which is at the bottom of a parent mail that has been sent out, by tomorrow, you will need to print off the form and give it in. We are also have a own clothes day tomorrow, to be able to wear your own clothes you need to bring in some chocolates or a bottle of wine or a yummy beverage.
by Gracie and Abigail
Walking Bus, brake charity awareness, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 13th Jun 2018 @ 1:45pm
Thank you very much to all the children and parents/grandparents who joined us on our walking bus this morning, it was lovely to see you all there. We certainly made a long bus this morning.
It was a lovely start to the day, the opportunity to chat with a friend, enjoy the lovely weather as well as a bit of exercise. Remember we walk every day from booths, leaving at 8:30.
Here are a few photos.
Fathers day, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 12th Jun 2018 @ 9:41pm
Commonwealth Composing, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 25th May 2018 @ 10:53am
This morning the children finished composing their Commonwealth songs/raps. We have videoed them for you to enjoy .
Sri Lanka, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 24th May 2018 @ 11:30am
Today started with a dance session in the hall. The class did an amazing job learning a dance from Sri Lanka.
Back in class the children were challenged o create 3D models based on Sri Lankan masks. They had to think symmetry, size, shape, colour and type of paper to use to create the models.
Arts Week Day 2, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 22nd May 2018 @ 11:52am
This morning began with an assembly where we learnt about the spinning of wool. Back in class we were ljoined by Mrs O'Reilly the head of history from Hutton Grammar and two teachers Miss MacDiarmid and Miss Slater. They delivered an outstanding lesson with super activities on the Windrush Experience.
Next the children began to create their pastel pictures based on the work of Cynthia McLean an artist from Trinidad and Tobago.
Arts Week Day One, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 22nd May 2018 @ 11:47am
The Giraffes started the day learning about the Commonwealth.They then looked at the work of Cynthia McLean, an artist from Trinidad and Tobago. In their sketch books the children experimented creating action pictures in her style, in readiness to create masterpieces tomorrow using pastels. During the afternoon the class went out in groups to work with an artist Peter Bourne. They painted poppies on the chimney and decorated fish sculptures. In the classroom we added the finishing touches to our musical memories cards for our memory box to be presented at the Dance from the Heart event after half term. To finish the day the children had great fun composing songs about the Commonwealth.
Royal Wedding , by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 18th May 2018 @ 9:48am
Today we are learning about the Royal family and doing lots of activities linked to the Royal Wedding.
All of the activities are being collected in booklet form for the children to keep as a memory .
Next week is Arts week , the theme is The Commonwealth. we will be working with visiting artists and taking part in a history lesson with one of the history teachers from Hutton on Tuesday morning .
Water Day, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 11th May 2018 @ 1:23pm
Today we have been learning about water through the charity Water Aid. The class have had an excellent discussion about all sorts of charities , thought about where our tap water comes from, drawn and acted out the water cycle .
The children have thought about the implications of dirty water supplies and lack of toilet facilities in parts of the world.
After learning about Water Aid Projects such as the gravity fed water aystem , the rainwater harvesting jar and the composting latrine the children were set the design question: can you develop the gravity fed water system to include more taps?
Finally the children created posters to raise awareness of the work of Water Aid.
It has been a great day of thoughtful, creative and compassionate work. Well done everyone
An Amazing Week, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 4th May 2018 @ 2:40pm
It has been an amazing week for our class. The highlight of the week was our outstanding performance of Cinderella The Musical. Our audiences loved it!
We have had 3 class compliments this week so are beginning to fill our new chart.
This morning all of our English work was based on the song This is Me from The Greatest Showman. We have even written our own versions which we will video and share next week.
This afternoon we have been learning about different ways in which artists draw and paint water.
In role interviews, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 27th Apr 2018 @ 11:09am
As part of our work based around the story of The Mousehole Cat we were interview in role as some of the characters from the story. Some of us were villagers , some were Mowzer the cat and another group were Old Tom . Our interviews were videoed.
Assembly blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 27th Apr 2018 @ 7:32am
Friendship was the theme in today's assembly. When we walked into the hall there was a question, that question was what does being a good friend mean to you ? We had a challenge where we had to finish a sentence with a different thing about our friends. One of the sentence starters was my friend is different to me because... we came up with because we are all unique! We then had some time to think about the qualities of our best friend. Good friends listen, so we looked at, the rules of listening. The rules of listening are: be still, look at the speaker, nod and look interested and ask questions that relate on what the speaker is saying. We were talking about how a good friend says nice things to us and how it makes us feel happy. We said that you can give your friends a positive stroke. We don't physically stroke them, but we give them a compliment or say well done. This makes the person you said it to feel happy, just like when you stroke a cat, it feels good and makes them happy and purr.
by Gracie and Abigail
Picture News - British Values - w/c 23rd April, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 27th Apr 2018 @ 7:27am
Sorry for the dealy, I didnt make it go live!
If you have Gracie and Abigail's Assembly Blog from Monday you will have discovered our topic for discussion this week was Loneliness.
Well done Giraffes, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 26th Apr 2018 @ 7:47pm
Congratulations Giraffes on your very successful enterprise. Your pitta pockets, homemade coleslaw and rainbow fruit kebabs were really popular. You did an amazing job , working as a team to chop, fill and create your food and then went on to impress everyone with your outstanding customer service.
Your pricing was spot on . £82 was taken in sales, the cost of the ingredients was £40 giving you a profit of £42. This is a 105% profit making the Year 4 enterpise a real success.
Mondays assembly blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 23rd Apr 2018 @ 8:09pm
Blog written by our year 6 PSHE leaders
Today's assembly was about what does loneliness feel like? Loneliness may be when you are homeless , alone and left out. The U.K., sadly, has loneliness problems. Many people assume that it is just elderly people who are lonely, but 1 in 20 Young people have actually said they are lonely, they are the heart of the problem. Some of the cause of being lonely are if you are starting a new school or if you are just naturally shy. We looked at some pictures with groups of children in them, we had to think, which child was feeling lonely, on one, one of the people were on there own, so we knew that that child was lonely. We then looked at a letter in which a mum had wrote about her daughter because she was shy, had no brother or sisters and the mum was asking for advice. Once we had read the letter we thought of ways we would include the little girl. We had lots of ideas like: invite her to parties, ask her to play a game with you in the playground and make the effort. We got set a challenge to look out for people who were a bit lonely in the playground and see if they would like to play a game with you. We also need to remember that sometimes people aren't lonely, they might just want some alone time.
Thursday assembly blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 20th Apr 2018 @ 7:07am
In assembly today we started off thinking about the word devotion and what are we devoted to. We shared our thoughts about how we know someone I'd devoted to a football team or a pop band. We listened to a story from India. This story happened 300 years ago! In our reflection we thought about some famous words one of the gurus in our story said. We also thought about how we can be brave and little things we would do that we were, in the past, afraid to do.