Year 6: The Giraffes: Blog items
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.
Half term overview, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 15th Apr 2018 @ 12:28pm
Please find attached the overview for Summer 1.
Week beginning 16th April, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 15th Apr 2018 @ 12:22pm
Hello everybody! Hope you're all enjoying your weekend. This is what is coming up this week:
English: Writing a magazine article
GPS: Tenses (past progressive focus)
Maths: Fractions, decimals, percentages.
Science: Space -
PSHE: Jigsaw
R.E: Judaism
French: Body parts
Computing: Presenting data
PE: Atheletics - (Note: this term we are having a double session of P.E on Tuesday afternoons rather than two separate P.E sessions)
If you have any artefacts/special skills/holiday pics etc. that would help us with our learning - please feel free to volunteer them! We would love to have some visitors to our class this year and learning always works best when it is contextualised!
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
Buddy time, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 12th Apr 2018 @ 3:31pm
We had a buddy time this afternoon. We had free choice and then meditation.
Hothersall Pictures, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 16th Mar 2018 @ 7:56pm
Ok, I don't know why getting photos up is such a battle! So I've set up a Dropbox account and we're going to upload pictures to there on Monday. I've uploaded the photos from my group, but there are plenty more to come from the other groups and whole group activity. At least it'll give you an idea of what we've been up to this weekend. 😊
Click here for access to the Dropbox file.
Miss R
Hothersall fun!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 16th Mar 2018 @ 4:55pm
We have all had a fab time at Hothersall, the Tigers have been brilliant. Some photos to give you a little taste of what we have been up to, more to follow. Enjoy some family time this weekend, see you all on Monday, Mrs Pratten
Day 2, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 11:33am
We're currently on beacon fell... it is a bit drizzly but we are still buzzing to be splashing around in the mud whilst orienteering. Turns out Laila is quite the map reader and Eryn falls down the hill with the most style. I've tried to upload pictures again but it's not having it... there are some fantastic ones though!
Miss R
Day 1 - Hothersall , by Miss Reynolds
Date: 14th Mar 2018 @ 5:04pm
I've tried roughly 20 times to update the blog... come on try number 21! We had a really excellent first day with survival skills, orienteering and zip wiring! Our first night went (surprisingly) smoothly - everyone was tucked up getting to sleep by 10 and people are just getting up now. We're going to play some early morning footy!
Hopefully update you again soon with some pictures!
Miss R
Hothersall Tomorrow!, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 13th Mar 2018 @ 4:19pm
Tomorrow is finally the day!
Please check the kit list to make sure that you have everything that you might need and can I remind children to come in activity gear tomorrow at normal school time. The buses aren't likely to be here until 9.50ish, so if you could just drop off your children with their bags in the hall and we will sort it out when the buses arrive.
Please can I also remind you to bring: a) a packed lunch for tomorrow and b) any medication/inhalers/calpol etc in a bag with your child's name and instructions for use. If your child has migraines/headaches/general aches & pains that you would usually just administer Calpol for, please send this with your child too so we can give it if needed.
I think that is everything! The children know their activity groups and have been asked to pair themselves up for sleeping arrangements - this may change if there are too many issues, but it seemed that most parents/children had a clear idea of who would work best for them, as I know staying away from home for 2 nights is going to be a challenge for some in itself.
I will try to update the blog with photos of the days as we go on, but can't promise anything as wifi apparently is notoriously patchy - if not, all photos will be up on the blog when we get back.
Hope you're all as excited as me!
Se you tomorrow!
Miss R.
Happy Mothers Day, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 7th Mar 2018 @ 6:31pm
Happy Mothers Day to all the lovely ladies of Longton.
year 5 blog by Lennon and Max!, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 7th Mar 2018 @ 3:08pm
Today,we had a fun packed action day because we made arts and crafts also we made foam paper aeroplanes and we even finished are Eddie the eagle cards from World book day.In the afternoon we decorated our foam planes,however not all of them went to plan because some of them were too light and others were too heavy.So then Miss Reynolds told us that we could have a go at flying them for the first time(in the ball-cage). Then we went back into class and Miss Reynolds gave us each a maltesers to help with our planes,and what do you know it helped alot of us in class because it balanced the weight of the planes and also people on there first go got -4 and then got 8 and a half meters so it helped them alot.So what will happen next with the foam paper aeroplanes...
Creating planes! , by Miss Reynolds
Date: 7th Mar 2018 @ 2:54pm
Today we have been making our own planes... we've had a few cut fingers and had to tweak our designs, but finally got them flying in the end!
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.
Hothersall - The correct powerpoint!, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 25th Feb 2018 @ 9:49pm
As some of you have spotted, my name is not Mrs Moxham and it is not 2014, as the last powerpoint would have you believe! All other information is the same though, so if you have already read it, there are no altercations to the actual content of the powerpoint. :) See you tomorrow!
Update: Projects, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 23rd Feb 2018 @ 3:55pm
Apparently we don't have projects this term! Sorry! Of course, you're always welcome to make something and show us if you want, but it's not expected.
Sorry for confusion!
Miss R
First week back! by leon and oliver b, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 21st Feb 2018 @ 2:58pm
On Monday which was are first day back from half-term we found out what are new topics were.In the afternoon we had Mrs Ainsworth and we did some PSHE.On Tuesday we did fraction maths , grammar monster spelling test and after we had to do some reading a group read with Mrs Woolley , the rest do tasks . in the afternoon we did history about great thinkers like: Michael Angelo,Leonardo DA Vinci and Avicenna. Today in the morning we did lots of jobs till break and then we did more monster spelling and guided reading we did some English about a scientists called professor branestawm and we made a short paragraph about him going back to a 3 year old party. In the afternoon we did D.T (design and technology) we finished of are pouches........ TO BE CONTINUED {next week}
A few bits and bobs, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 21st Feb 2018 @ 7:51am
Hello everyone! I hope you all had a lovely half term and feel ready for the next five weeks. Just a few things that are going on:
- We're going to Priory tomorrow for a taster day - we'll be doing P.E, Food Tech, Art and Science. We've been asked to go in our P.E kit, so if it isn't already in school, can you please send it in tomorrow.
- I'm still missing quite a few medical forms for the Hothersall Lodge trip - if you need another one they are available on the blog, or I can give you paper copy if you pop into school at some point.
- Hothersall lodge trip is fast approaching! Please check the kit-list in preparation. I've been made aware that the powerpoint I put up is the old version and I will update it again this evening because I can't for the life of me find where I've saved the updated one now!
- Our topic for this half term is 'Inventors and Inventions' - we'll be looking at great thinker, inventors and scientists throughout the ages with a particular focus on the Golden Age of Islam and 8th century Baghdad. We'll be looking at forces in Science and in D.T we will be looking at cams and cogs. For projects, you could research an inventor in depth and create a booklet, draw schematics for your own invention, or even create a prototype for your own creation!
Last week of Spring half term, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 8th Feb 2018 @ 3:11pm
This week has been great! Thursday was great for a start in the morning we made/performed our rainforest songs most of us did it with the sounds of weather and animals such as monkeys, snakes, rain, thunder, lightning, birds and many more.
On Wednesday, we had great fun making our own science fact books about the life cycle of mammals, amphibians, insects or birds and finally the germination of plants.We did lots more but thats all we have time to tell you over all we had an AMAZING! week.
Sam and Luke S blog NO.8, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 2nd Feb 2018 @ 3:00pm
This week in year 5 we have had an amazing time. In English we have writen persuasive speeches. We got to choose whatever we were passionate about; most of the boys in our class debaited about football. In maths we have done revision for check-up week. In science we have been learning about life cycles and doing morning tasks so we have even more knowlege. During our spare time we have been reading a book called The Vanishing Rainforest. In PE we have been improving our Dodgeball skills.
Sam and Luke S blog NO.8, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 2nd Feb 2018 @ 3:00pm
This week in year 5 we have had an amazing time. In English we have writen persuasive speeches. We got to choose whatever we were passionate about; most of the boys in our class debaited about football. In maths we have done revision for check-up week. In science we have been learning about life cycles and doing morning tasks so we have even more knowlege. During our spare time we have been reading a book called The Vanishing Rainforest. In PE we have been improving our Dodgeball skills.
Hothersall Lodge Info, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 2nd Feb 2018 @ 7:33am
Hello!
We had our Hothersall Lodge meeting on Wednesday and I've given it a few days to see if anyone had any extra suggestions/questions that might be worth sharing on here. So far there has only been the brilliant idea of packing your child with a binbag/plastic bag for wet/dirty clothes. Othere than that, everything else is on the kit list that went home with your child on Wednesday evening.
I thought it might just be useful to upload the powerpoint, a copy of the kit list and a copy of the medical form. With the medical form, can you please make sure that you fill out all the areas of the form, as some parents have missed the tetanus/polio immunisation question at the top of the second side.
Let me know if you think of anything that should be added to the kitlist/any questions you have!
Miss R
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
Reading with our Reception buddies, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 25th Jan 2018 @ 2:35pm
We've been reading with our buddies this afternoon!
Reading with our year 5 buddies, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 25th Jan 2018 @ 2:24pm
Take a look at our super afternoon reading with year 5 buddies.
