Year 7(: The Bongos: Blog items
Tuesday Assembly Blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 17th Apr 2018 @ 8:53pm
Written by our Year 6 PSHE leaders
Today in our jigsaw assembly we learnt about friendships and relationships. Our title in jigsaw this half term is about friendships. We were talking about how baking a chocolate cake is like making a new friend. We put in our suggestions about the ingredients of a friendship, we had: loyalty, kindness, fun, and a friend that is always our friend. We had some time to think about if we had been kind to our friends today. We always have to remember to listen to our friends, to share with our friends, be kind to our friends and of course have fun with our friends!
Monday Assembly Blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 17th Apr 2018 @ 8:50pm
Written by our year 6 PSHE leaders
Today's assembly was about, how much of our lives should we share with others? In the news this week it said about how lots of people's private information was leaked all over Facebook. We learnt about how things in the past have now changed, like how in the past we would go to the travel agents if we wanted to go on holiday, but now we can go onto the internet and book there instead. We have also been thinking about how you would act in different situations like how you would act when arguing with your brother or sister. Facebook is now thinking about a messenger app for kids, as lots of adults use it. Parents will be able to look at what their child has been doing on this app. It will allow children to communicate even if they do not have a phone number. Our reflection today was about the rules of law and we had a lot of questions.
A Day at the River , by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 16th Apr 2018 @ 8:08pm
Lots of learning and fun at Cuerden Valley Park today on our river study trip.
Picture News - British Values - w/c 16th April, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 16th Apr 2018 @ 8:05am
Please find attached a copy of the picture news resource we will be discussing in assembly this week.
Take some time to chat about it at home.
Welcome Back, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 15th Apr 2018 @ 3:42pm
The Giraffe's have had a very busy first week back. Rehearsas for our upcoming production are going really well. Homework this week is to be word perfect by Tuesday.
We have started our new topic on water, using secondary resources to find out about the features of rivers ready for our river study trip tomorrow, Monday.
It was great to welcome Mr Yates back this week, the children were thrilled to see him and many impressed him with their fantastic knowledge of their times tables.
Remeber to use Time tables Rock Stars to help you learn and practise your tables.
We have also welcomed a new Giraffe this week, Rebecca who we hope will be very happy here at Longton.
We have another busy week ahead of us. Our trip on Monday, rehearsdals, planning our enterprise to list but a few highlights of the week ahead.
I will be on a course on Friday so the children will Mrs Gray and Mrs Thomson in the morning and then Mrs Atkinson and Mrs Woolley as usual in the aftrernoon.
Picture News , by Mrs Catterall
Date: 13th Apr 2018 @ 11:07pm
Dear parents
Picture News is a resource we use in our assemblies to share and dicusss with the children.
This week our assembly was titled, 'Who does the World belong to?' This also linked with our assembly about 'Earth Day'.
A Picture News - home resources is attached to this blog. Please look out for a parent mail giving you more infomation and look back at the blog each week to find out more about the news topics we will be exploring in school.
Mrs Catterall
Week beginning 9th April, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 8th Apr 2018 @ 5:47pm
I hope you haave all had a lovely break.
The curriculum overview for this half term is on the class page for you to see. Below are a few highlights for the week ahead.
This week we will be using the book The Moushole Cat by Antonia Barber as the stimulus for our English lessons, starting on Monday revising noun phrases.
Our spelling focus is words ending in cian, sion, tion, ssion
Maths this week will be looking at equivalent fractions and decimals
We will be learning about rivers in readiness for our trip to Cuerden Valley next week.
As well as PE, ICT,RE, Art and Jigsaw we will be rehearsing our production.
It is going to be a busy wekk.
Science Week Day 5, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 23rd Mar 2018 @ 10:51am
After our last session of orienteering we have turned back into scientists. This morning we are investigating accidental discoveries. We are learning about artificial sweeteners and Coca Cola!
Science Week Day 4, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 22nd Mar 2018 @ 2:09pm
This morning we have had lots of fun with eggs. we made hypotheses about whether or not it is possible to crack an egg by holding the egg in your palm or between your thumb and forefinger. We found out that it wasn't. We then wrapped our eggs in cling film and applied force to one area of the gg and they cracked. We discovered that eggs have strong points where the pressure is equally spread so they don't crack.
Our next eggsperiment was to answer the question will an egg float in tap water? We discovered that they do t . We then aasked will an egg float in salty water? We made up a salt solution which we topped up with tap water. The egg sank through the tap water but when it reached the salty water at the bottom of the jug it floated. This is because salt water is denser that tap water.
The morning finished watching a fantastic sho called Journey To The Bottom of The Earth.
After lunch we discussed healthy diets and thought about vegetarianism before designing science lab coats.
Science Week Day 3, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 21st Mar 2018 @ 12:09pm
This morning we have been investigating sound
we have done the following investigations: The rice drum, balloon voices, twanging rulers, tapping spoons and clapping
We finished the morning with more music by making straw oboes.
Musical moment , by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 21st Mar 2018 @ 10:43am
This morning Year 3 and Year 4 performed a concert for their parents and grandparents. We had flutes, recorders, glocks and voices. It was a fantastic occasion. Thank you to Mrs Bolton and Mrs Gray for all of their hard work with the children.
Science week Day 2, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 20th Mar 2018 @ 9:49am
The Giraffes started the day with a what if question to think about . The question was What if there were no clocks ? They came up with some great ideas .
Next the children discussed in pairs what food chains are, revising work from last term. Following a quiz , using scientific vocabulary: producer, consumer, prey and predator the class have been set the task of creating paper chain food chains.
More Science, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 19th Mar 2018 @ 2:15pm
This afternoon the Giraffes have investigated black holes using balloons, tin foil, their hands and a drawing pin.
They have also learnt that the famous artist Leonardo davVInci was an inventor as well as an artist. He did many technical drawings of things such as tanks, helicopters, calculators and contact lenses to name a few .
Giraffes do Science, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 19th Mar 2018 @ 12:03pm
Science week started with a super assembly where Mrs Catterall gave us lots of interesting things to think about and see.
Back in class we predicted what might happen to some black seed like things Mrs Catterall had given us in a pot of water.
Next we worked in threes to think about famous scientists we know, scientific inventions and scientific facts.
After play we learnt about the life of Professor Stephen Hawking, a person we believe is a true inspiration.
One of Professor Hawking's main areas of study was Black Holes. As individuals we thought about what we think of when we hear those words, what they look like, how we know about them and how sat here in our classroom we could investigate black holes.
A great mornings work
Happy Mothers Day, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 7th Mar 2018 @ 6:31pm
Happy Mothers Day to all the lovely ladies of Longton.
World Book Day, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 2nd Mar 2018 @ 7:15pm
Thank you to everyone for making today such a great day. It was great to see so many parents and grandparents in school this morning to share a book .
Great fun has been had creating story books for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 based on the book Game of Gnomes.
This afternoon the children have worked with Mrs Atkinson and Mrs Woolley to invent a new winter olympic sport.
In the assesmbly at the end of the day we all enjoyed reading our whole school story. Click on the link to read our amazing work.
Writing Challenge, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 2nd Mar 2018 @ 6:57pm
Thank you to all of the children and teachers for creating such a magnificent story.
The Week Ahead, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 25th Feb 2018 @ 12:27pm
Here is an outline of some of the things we will be doing in class this week.
English
We are having a potions themed week. We will be reading about potions, making potions and writing about potions
Grammar will be focussing on types of verbs, tenses and conjunctions
spelling this week words ending in ture and possessive apostrophe with plurals
Maths
Our focus is place value, thinking about numbers beyond 1000, decimals to two decimal places, rounding numbers, solving problems and investigating .
Topic
We will continue to develop our Geography skills whilst learning about the Paris Basin region of France
Wider Opps on Wednesday
Orienteering on Thursday morning
Jigsaw
recognise the changing dynamics between
people in different groups, see who takes
on which role, e.g. leader, follower, and
understand the roles I take on in different
situations
be aware of how different people and groups
impact on me and to recognise the people I
most want to be friends with
Friday World Book Day- lots of fun around our theme of The Winter Olympics
RE
Sacrifice - what have people given up to support charities?
Welcome back, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 20th Feb 2018 @ 9:32pm
I hope you have all had an enjoyable half term.
The Giraffes have made a great start to the new term and have made me feel very welcome.
They have been working hard and showing me how fantastic they are.
Snow fun, by Mr Pearson
Date: 6th Feb 2018 @ 6:22pm
The Giraffes enjoyed themselves this morning in the snow.
Check up week, by Mr Pearson
Date: 5th Feb 2018 @ 2:50pm
This week we are going to have some tests . When we are given are tests we can get maths, grammar and English and reading. Mrs Fletcher will be marking them since she will be are new teacher after the holiday, when Mr Pearson go to work at a different school for six months.
Also we are going to do an egg 🥚 experiment.We are going to put eggs in coke, apple 🍏 juice, orange 🍊 juice, milk, water 💧 and vinegar.
Tilly and Jolie
Jigsaw Afternoon Tea, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 28th Jan 2018 @ 11:51pm
Thank you to all who came to our Information Afternoon Tea, all about Jigsaw.
If you were unable to attend and wish to know more you can find the Powerpoint on the PSHE page of the website in the section 'Parent Information Page'. There are also further documents under PSHE curriculum.
Mrs Catterall
Giraffes wonderful projects, by Mr Pearson
Date: 23rd Jan 2018 @ 9:49am
Photos of the wonderful projects the Y4 children have completed this term.
Investigating decimals to fraction equivalents , by Mr Pearson
Date: 23rd Jan 2018 @ 9:43am
Today we have been learning about decimals and their equivalents, we firstly enjoyed a game finding pairs.
Teeth with Diane , by Mr Pearson
Date: 22nd Jan 2018 @ 2:53pm
Today Diane (Jasmine’s auntie) came in to talk to us about teeth we had disclosing tablets to make are teeth go white, blue, purple or pink ,it was very interesting and we learnt how to look after our teeth.
Tilly
