Year 6: The Giraffes: Blog items
Making warm fuzzies, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 16th Sep 2016 @ 4:20pm
The Tigers enjoyed starting to make a warm fuzzy this afternoon. They are looking good, we impressed Mrs.Pratten with how well we did!
Roald Dahl Day, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 13th Sep 2016 @ 6:18pm
Roald Dahl Day has been a thriving success!
We all gathered for an assembly at the end of the day to share some of the fantastic work produced in each class. Year 6 performed a poem from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which you can see a video of below. Years 1 to 5 shared a wide range of dazzling work (from extended writing to various styles of artwork) - photographs can be seen below!
During the assembly, we drew names from the BFG's 'dream jar' to find out who had won the Association's Gloriumptious Roald Dahl competition. We invited three very special people to the stage to draw names from the jar (all of whom share their birthday with Roald Dahl!): Stanley in Y2, Bailey in Y3 and our very own Sandye!
The overall winner of the 29-CD Roald Dahl Audiobook Collection was Sara (Y5). Five runner-up prizes (a BFG Activity & Sticker Book) were also won.
Thank you to everyone who donated £1 by entering the competition! We have raised over £140 to replenish the stock of Roald Dahl novels in our school library.
In search of a golden ticket!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 13th Sep 2016 @ 2:14pm
We enjoyed learning more about Roald Dahl, creating a disgusting marvellous medicine and designing an extra child to go round the chocolate factory. Last of all we had the chance to win a golden ticket but which chocolate bar had the wining ticket? The lucky boy was Sam!!
First week fun!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 8th Sep 2016 @ 6:57pm
Welcome back, the tigers have all been terrific tigers this week, settling in well to new routines and getting used to Mrs Pratten again!
They have had fun drawing and painting the animal they are most like - some interesting choices!
We also had a taster session of jujitsu , the children should have bought a letter home if they were interested.
Lovely to be working with the Tigers again they are going to be a tremendous tribe this year !
First week fun!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 8th Sep 2016 @ 6:57pm
Welcome back, the tigers have all been terrific tigers this week, settling in well to new routines and getting used to Mrs Pratten again!
They have had fun drawing and painting the animal they are most like - some interesting choices!
We also had a taster session of jujitsu , the children should have bought a letter home if they were interested.
Lovely to be working with the Tigers again they are going to be a tremendous tribe this year !
Sports day fun!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 25th Jul 2016 @ 7:22pm
Hooray! We finally managed to hold sports day! The children all had fun, well done to the red team who won overall, and to the individual teams who came joint first.
A big thank you to those parents who managed to come at short notice, your support was very much appreciated.
Cooking fun!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 25th Jul 2016 @ 12:09pm
The Bears enjoyed testing out their recipes this morning, we made fish stew, chicken stew, a fruit smoothie, fruit salad and fruit kebab. The biggest hit was the smoothie and the kebabs ( I think the chocolate helped there!) The Bears really enjoyed tasting everything, despite what Harry's face might suggest!
Talent show, by Mrs Moxham
Date: 22nd Jul 2016 @ 3:19pm
Well done all entries for the talent show- truly inspirational children.
Winner : Jasper year 1 Dance
2nd : Bromwyn year 2 Poetry
Year 6 shared one if their leavers assembly dances- wearing the faces of teachers. Very surreal!
Well Done
Bears compliment fun, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 18th Jul 2016 @ 10:21pm
The Bears had fun in the sun this afternoon as they enjoyed their third Class compliment treat - well done Bears!
footage of days past, by Mrs Moxham
Date: 15th Jul 2016 @ 4:47pm
After a request I have uploaded a copy of the video from the Leyland Dance festival last year.
Fantastic production, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 8th Jul 2016 @ 3:53pm
A big well done to the Bears who have made me a very proud teacher! They have had a busy week, with a fabulous production on Wednesday evening and have just started off Longton Live at St Andrews church. They have been truly amazing and you can tell have loved every minute! Well done Bears, don't forget our well earned third class compliment on Monday!
Have a great weekend
Mrs Pratten🙂
Mile run challenge, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 5th Jul 2016 @ 7:42pm
The Bears have embraced the challenge , well done boys ,they ran the mile in the time!
Water fun!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 5th Jul 2016 @ 7:37pm
The Bears were testing their volume and capacity skills today. estimating whether 500 ml of water would fit in different containers. They then had to work out exactly what the vcaoacity was by measuring what was left.
Estimating measurements, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 4th Jul 2016 @ 3:58pm
The Bears enjoyed using their estimating skills when comparing measurements. They had to use a ruler, choose something to measure and then estimate whether it would be bigger or smaller than their ruler. Then guess again how many rulers it would be eg half, three and then measure accurately. The Bears were brilliant and showed excellent measuring skills.
LEP Education Award 2016, by Mr Pearson
Date: 24th Jun 2016 @ 11:19am
Yesterday, staff and pupils of Longton Primary attend the LEP Education Awards for Lancashire at the Charter Theatre, we are extremely pleased to announce that Longton Primary won the Health and Welling Award for recognition of our work on emotional health and mindset within school.
Our excellent Head Teacher Mrs Brown was highly recommend in the Head Teacher award category up against a strong field of both Primary and Secondary Heads.
Finally, the school was highly recommended in the Primary School of the Year category for the amazing experiences, high standards and dedicated staff.
From the extremely proud team at Longton.
Athletic superstars!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 21st Jun 2016 @ 3:53pm
Well done to Year 3 and 4 who took part in an athletics tournaments his afternoon, they were all determined and showed a hundred percent effort - very well done!
Subject showcase, by Mr Pearson
Date: 20th Jun 2016 @ 9:09pm
A range of photographs from the schools fabulous subject showcase held last week that was opened by the school choir.
Cricketing fun!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 17th Jun 2016 @ 3:36pm
The Bears enjoyed a great session of kick cricket, some excellent batting but I think some work needs to be done on our bowling and fielding skills!
Dance from the Heart, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 17th Jun 2016 @ 8:21am
Well done Bears for creating the fantastic art work for the Dance from the Heart roadshow. They looked fantastic!
Brilliant dance from the heart roadshow, by Mrs Moxham
Date: 15th Jun 2016 @ 2:53pm
The whole school joined the sports development team today for a dance for Rio 2016.
What fun.
We had a visit from some extreme sportsmen on stunt and box bikes. They were awesome.
Clay medals, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 27th May 2016 @ 11:35am
The Bears had fun using clay to make Olmpic medals , we made patterns with clay tools, stuck beads and buttons in.When they are dry we will paint them in gold, silver and bronze!
Wallets and purses , by Mrs Pratten
Date: 25th May 2016 @ 9:49pm
It has been a labour of love but we are beginning to finish our money containers and they look amazing! Some great ideas and neat sewing!
Workout time!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 25th May 2016 @ 9:46pm
The Bears were put through their paces during our sponsored event, lots of effort and tired children at the end! We enjoyed listening to James talk to us about his diving experiences.
Sports For Schools Event , by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 24th May 2016 @ 2:17pm
This morning we welcomed Tony our sportivator and GB diver James Denny into school. The first part of the morning was spent with each class completing their circuit challenge. It was an amazing sight seeing every child exercising with a huge smile. The atmosphere in the hall was electric! Our fantastic sports leaders helped to run the event and they did an amazing job.
Once all of the circuits were complete we had an assembly. James spoke about his journey to becoming a Team GB diver. He talked about effort and positive thinking. He also told the children lots of interesting facts about his sport. It was great to get the chance to see the silver medal he won at the 2014 Commonwealth competing with Tom Daly in the 10m synchronised event. James also demonstrated how to do a back somersault and a handstand on the edge of the stage.
It was a FANTASTIC morning at Longton Primary
Team GB Diver, by Mr Pearson
Date: 24th May 2016 @ 11:46am
