Year 6: The Tigers: Blog items
Persuasive letter writing - Wind Farm, by Miss Leigh
Date: 25th Oct 2016 @ 11:57am
Year 5 have blown me away with some amazing writing over the past week.
We have been learning about persuasive writing for the past 3 weeks. Our writing was based on a purely fictitious letter we received about a plan to build 2 wind farms next to school. The child were determined this would NOT go ahead. We have research the positive and negative environmental factors of wind farms and discussed the impact of this kind of development on our community. Finally, we have been writing letters to the council protesting and putting together everything we have learnt.
I have been impressed with their use of persuasive features, use of emotive language and modal verbs. It has been fantastic to see such passion and enthusiasm for writing. The quality of the work they have produced has been tremendous. I think you will agree that the children have really risen to the challenge of a "real life" learning opportunity, although I hope we didn't panic you with the news of the wind farm.
Well Done Bears. You've ended this unit of work amazingly.
Meditation , by Miss Leigh
Date: 23rd Oct 2016 @ 1:27pm
This week tried out meditation as part of our RE work on Buddhism and the theme of PEACE. Mrs Thomson kindly showed us what to do. Afterwards we felt relaxed and chilled out. We certainly found it an enjoyable experience and many of us would like to do it again.
Saturday gardening day, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 22nd Oct 2016 @ 3:15pm
Thank you to all parents, children and staff who came along today, it was very much appreciated.We have cleared leaves, stained sheds and benches, cleared brambles, made a mud kitchen, filled two trailers with rubbish and generally had a really fun time. I think!
Take a look at what we have achieved when we all worked together.
GPS Afternoon with Parents!, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 19th Oct 2016 @ 11:25pm
Our children thoroughly enjoyed welcoming parents to class to work on some grammar, punctuation and spelling (GPS) activities.
The afternoon began with a talk in the hall about why GPS is so important and how we're striving for excellence in GPS at Longton.
European Day of Languages, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 26th Sep 2016 @ 8:10pm
This afternoon the children celebrated European Day of Languages by taking part in lots of Language themed activities.
The Penguins ( Year 1) learnt the colours of the rainbow in German
The Bongos ( Year 2 ) learnt greetings, classroom instructions, numbers to 10 and how to tell somebody their name and age in French.
The Giraffes ( Year 3) looked at the work of Paul Klee, a Swiss-German artist and learnt the names of colours.
They tried to make dark colours like his paintings. E.g. Dunkelrot. = dark red
The Tigers ( Year 4) learnt lots of intersesting facts about germant such as there are 400 zoos in Germany and tasted German food.
The Bears (Year 5) learnt greetings, times of day and how to say introduce themselves in Spanish.
The Kangaroos (Year 6) made bookmarks. On one side they decorated them with symbols of Germany, such as the flag, car badges and on the other they wrote about themselves in German.
At the end of the afternoon the children had the opportunity to share what they had been doing in assembly.
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.
Welcome Back, by Miss Leigh
Date: 11th Sep 2016 @ 11:24am
Welcome back Bears,
We have had a wonderful first week. The children all looked especially smart in their uniforms and have all been very well organised. Well Done Bears!
It has been a very exciting week for all of us. We have sat next to lots of different people, played lots of games, discovered we are a little competitive when we play Countdown and even had a go at a little Jujitsu. The children have impressed me with their hard work, manners and enthusiasm.
It looks like we are going to have a great 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.
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
Eco Team at the Brickcroft, by Mr Monckton
Date: 9th Jul 2016 @ 10:30am
The Eco team have had a lovely afternoon pond dipping at the Brickcroft. We found lots of interesting water animals from tadpoles to water snails. The children really enjoyed themselves and really helped Longton shine this afternoon. We must thank Sue from the Brickcroft and Gill Garside our Eco governor for their support.
Buddy lunch, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 30th Jun 2016 @ 12:44pm
We had fun having our lunch with our buddies.
Hothersall Lodge: The Video, by Mr Monckton
Date: 29th Jun 2016 @ 6:49pm
Here is a video of our adventures over the past few days.
Hothersall Lodge Day 3, by Mr Monckton
Date: 29th Jun 2016 @ 6:12pm
What a fantastic adventure we have had over the past few days. The Kangaroos have been fantastic and really got stuck into everything. Today we have taken part in the team challenge, caving and the zip wire. What a fantastic way to end our residential experience.
I know we have lots of stories to tell!
Hothersall Lodge Day 2, by Mr Monckton
Date: 28th Jun 2016 @ 6:58pm
It has been an action packed day today. We had breakfast this morning which was delicious and then we split off into two groups. One group went up to Becon Fell this morning for orienteering and the other group had survival skills with Jack. We then swapped over this afternoon (which is when we got a little soggy due to the weather) then we had an amazing dinner of Chilli Con Carne. Mrs Brown and Mr Pearson visited us this evening and we visited the tuck shop, took part in Mrs Ainsworth's famous bin bag fashion and had a really nice evening.
Hothersall Lodge Day 1, by Mr Monckton
Date: 27th Jun 2016 @ 8:42pm
We have had a great start to our residential. We have been on a river study and had a visit from Mrs Fletcher and Mrs Moxham.
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.
Super Science, by Mr Monckton
Date: 23rd Jun 2016 @ 11:52am
Whilst we have been biking this week with our visitors, some of us have been learning about the life cycles of different animals. We went into the computer room and creatively thought of different ways we could present our information. These ranged from power points to scratch projects. They looked amazing.
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.
Chester Zoo, by Mr Monckton
Date: 20th Jun 2016 @ 8:53pm
The Kangaroos have had a fantastic day at Chester Zoo!
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.
Sports Festival, by Mr Monckton
Date: 15th Jun 2016 @ 10:05am
It's been great at Penwortham Girls today. We attended the festival with New Longton and we were split into 3 mixed groups and we worked on lots of different skills. One of the skills we worked on was team work. We were split into 3 mixed groups where we did lots of getting to know you sessions first off all finding out some different facts about our new team. We then had to put ourselves in height order before we started our team game where we had to get across our river as a team. This was so exciting! We also took part in athletics in the dance studio and some skills on the netball court.
After lunch we took part in a massive netball tournament. We really had a great day.
What was even better was the amazing dance from the heart workshop when we got back to school.
Arts Week Friday, by Mrs Ainsworth
Date: 27th May 2016 @ 4:18pm
What a fantastic end to our Arts Week, we have spent today with lots of visitors. The day started with an amazing Olympic themed assembly before having a session with an artist Sam where we created clay Olympic mascots. We then had a workshop with our visiting musicians.
Our day ended with a fantastic whole school celebration.
It's been a great week!
Hope everyone has a great half term! See you in two weeks!
Arts Week Thursday, by Mr Monckton
Date: 26th May 2016 @ 3:54pm
Today has been a fantastic day. We started the day with Rory our first aid trainer from St John's Ambulance. We had a fantastic morning learning all about why first aid is important, what to do if someone had an asthma attack and also what to put in our first aid kits. After break we looked at what to do if we found someone unconscious and using our primary survey and our DRS ABC (Danger, Response, Shout, Airway, Breathing, Circulation). We also managed to put each other in the recovery position and how to deal with choking. We finished by looking at bleeding and dressing wounds. Rory also set us some homework and make sure we are talking about first aid.
This afternoon, some of the boys had a great - Dominic a story teller came and told us all some great stories whilst the rest of the class were out at choir. He even managed to retell the story in 75 seconds before we tried it ourselves.
A massive thank you to Mrs Little from Penwortham Girls High who came and performed a samba song with us.
We finished the day with our buddies in Reception sharing some stories from our Arts Week and also had a chance to meet the baby pheasants and ducklings.
This week has flown by! We can't wait for our final day of Arts Week with Mrs Ainsworth.
Arts Week Wednesday, by Mr Monckton
Date: 25th May 2016 @ 11:28am
Today we have been transported to Rio. We have been making a collage of the Olympic stadium and also spent time in the technology room making a traditional Brazilian 'Brigadero'. We also had an impromptu flute concert from Mrs Bolton and the children who had spent the afternoon in a flute workshop. It has been another great adventure for the Kangaroos as we learn more about Brazil in time for the olympics.
Arts Week Tuesday, by Mr Monckton
Date: 24th May 2016 @ 2:36pm
We have had a great day today, the kangaroos have been transported to the rainforest to complete our work on Rousseau's rainforest. We also had a fantastic time with our visiting athlete James Denny and we all completed our fitness circuit.
Finally a massive thank you to Sandye for coming in this afternoon to help make our wool Olympic mascots.
We all can't wait for what tomorrow will bring.
