Year 6: The Meerkats: Blog items
This Week In the Penguins, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 10th Oct 2017 @ 10:05pm
We are thinking about:
English- practising our cursive handwriting, non- fiction , looking at leaflets and making a leaflet about Longton.
Maths - number bonds to 20, adding 3 and 4 numbers together, problem solving- missing numbers
PSHE - what makes a good friend
Music - exploring instruments
PE - gymnastics - combining moves to make a sequence, throwing and catching games
Geography. - walk to Longton village, stand by St Andrews church and observe the shops and street furniture they can see ( Thursday morning)
Art- make sketches of different places in Longton , combine and choose an image that sums up Longton, start to create their printing tile
Thank you for your support with projects , the children have been very proud to show and share them and we have all enjoyed listening🙂
End of a busy week., by Mrs Pratten
Date: 6th Oct 2017 @ 4:06pm
The Penguins annoyed exploring percussion instruments with Mrs Bolton. Some amazing musicians 🎵🎶
We enjoyed completing our maps after the Brickcroft visit using the ordnance survey maps to help us.
Today we're estimating using metres, finding things longer , shorter And about the same.
The Penguins have also started to share their amazing projects. They are all so proud of them , it's lovely to see. thank you for your support and you will be able to see them next week during parents evening.
Have a great weekend!
A wet and windy Brickcroft, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 4th Oct 2017 @ 4:55pm
We dodged the showers (pretty much) and had a great visit to the Brickcroft.We followed our maps and looked for things we could see, we were fantastic at spotting lots of things! We had our fruit at the Brickcroft and then it was time to feed the hungry ducks.
Week beginning 2nd October, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 2nd Oct 2017 @ 7:02pm
This week the Penguins will be thinking about:
English - writing our own version of a Katie Morag story
- spelling, counting syllables in words,looking for tricky bits
Maths - continuing with measuring, place value
Topic - Fiinding out about the local area, visit to the Brickcroft, looking at maps, drawing maps
PE - gymnastics
Jigsaw - recognising choices I make and consequences
Harvest service in church tomorrow afternoon
Lego learning, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 27th Sep 2017 @ 8:30pm
The Penguins have enjoyed finding out more about Hindus,learning about the puja tray and the objects on it. In Maths they made some Lego towers and had to estimate the length and then measure.We have also worked hard on practising our autumn poem for Harvest.
Week beginning 25th September, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 25th Sep 2017 @ 6:37pm
The start of another busy week!
This Week In:
Maths - we are thinking about measuring using a ruler ,comparing lengths
English - The Tiresome Ted, Katie Morag story, sequencing events and writing letters, learning our Harvest poem
Computers- continuing to explore Sratch junior using algorithms
RE - learning about Hinduism the Puja tray
PE - gymnastics,rolling and balancing, Games, throwing and catching
Jigsaw- working co- operatively
Art- sketching skills
Don't forget projects,in by Parents evening (which is October 9th and 11th)
Harvest is next Tusday3rd October 2.00pm
Well done to....., by Mrs Pratten
Date: 22nd Sep 2017 @ 4:10pm
Well done to our certificate winners those week😀👍
Hope you all received your Christmas cards to order, I don't think the pictures came through of us making them, so I will try again! Don't forget to order on line!
Projects!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 20th Sep 2017 @ 3:54pm
Projects for this half term can be anything that we are leaning about, Katie Morag, places we play or you can tell us about something you do out of school e.g. Rainbows, swimming, football , gymnastics etc. it doesn't have to be a major project, small and simple is fine!
So far this week....., by Mrs Pratten
Date: 20th Sep 2017 @ 3:49pm
The Penguins have had fun taking part in a taster session for street dancing, using the iPads to programme Sratch, and finding out about Hindus. Today we took our learning to the park and practised our sketching skills, we are going to think about how we can improve the park later this week. We took our fruit and of course had to have a little play, enjoying the lovely sunshine☀️🙂
Week beginning 18th September, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 17th Sep 2017 @ 3:01pm
This week the Penguins will be busy finding out about:
English - Katie Morag and the two Grandmothers, nouns, conjunctions
Learning an Autumn poem and handwiting practise
Spelling - homophones, ew, ue, ow, ou, air, ear,are
Maths - place value - sequences - counting in 2's, 3's, 5's and 10's, partitioning numbers, rounding numbers, finding 1and 10 more or less
Geography - looking at where we play, visit the park, how can we improve it? Introduce terms Physical and Human explain and relate to places where they play. Look at Google maps and find local faetures, use an OS map to find Longon and other relevant places
Art - sketching skills, practise sketching with different media, vsit park to sketch the play equipment
PSHE - jigsaw - looking at consequences for making wrong choices
RE - what is Hinduism?
Computers - using Scratch to programme "speedy"
PE - games - throwing and catching games, gymnastics - travelling and balancing
Dont forget to check out the blog on Wednesday and Friday, the Penguin library opened on Friday come along again on Friday to choose another book or to choose your first book!
The end of a busy week!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 15th Sep 2017 @ 3:52pm
The Penguins enjoyed a music session with Mrs Bolton yesterday.
In our Jigsaw work we have been sorting photos into good behaviour and not and deiscussing consequences.
Have a great weekend😀
Penguin fun!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 13th Sep 2017 @ 3:34pm
Penguins have had fun so far this week, doing gymnastics, chips and peas (otherwise known as tens and ones) and footprints for our Christmas cards (cauliflower cards)
Extra information, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 12th Sep 2017 @ 5:04pm
Thank you to those parents who were able to make meet the teacher, the information is now on the class page for yo to read at your leaisure!
After a discussion with parents at the metting we are going to start a "Penguin Library" on a Friday afternoon after school. Your children will be able to borrow books to read and share at home and return them the following week.
It will start this week
Week beginning 11th September, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 11th Sep 2017 @ 12:33pm
Hope all the Penguins had a great weekend!
This Week we will be:
English- work based around Katie Morag delivers the mail
Maths - place value, tens and ones, ordering and comparing
Geography - where do I go to have fun?
Jigsaw - discussing rewards and consequences
RE- How do we show people they are special?
Computing- writing instructions in order, Algorithms
PE - gymnastics - jumping and landing
Throwing and catching
Art - sketching/ preparing Cauliflower cards
A busy busy week! Don't forget meet the teacher tomorrow.
A Fantastic first week, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 8th Sep 2017 @ 5:06pm
The Penguins enjoyed a jujitsu taster, please return reply slips if you want your child to join.
They had fun creating Jolly Postman maps this afternoon and well done to our first certificate winners👍
The Penguins have been amazing this week , well done , have a well deserved rest and a fantastic weekend🙂
Homework, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 7th Sep 2017 @ 9:24pm
The children have bought home their first English homework task today, apologies but the photocopier is out of action so we were unable to provide a printed explanation, hence the Blog should your child have forgotten!! Following our work on The Jolly Postman, the children should choose a character from a book ( or film ) and create an appropriate birthday card for them, signed from themselves. This should be bought in to school on Tuesday.
Please can we also ask you to take time over the weekend to clear out book bags/ homework bags of any Year 1 information/ homework. Unfortunately In Year 2 we do not have a lot of room for storing book bags so would be grateful if you could limit what is in them ( we have separate storage for homework bags ) The key rings the children have are great for identifying their book bags but again could we ask that the number of key rings is limited, lovely though they are!
We hope you can make the meet the teacher on Tuesday where we will provide you with all the information you need. If you can't make the meeting, please don't worry, we will send the information home and it will also be put on the class page.
Mrs Pratten and Mrs Regan
Meeting Jigsaw Jo, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 6th Sep 2017 @ 3:44pm
The penguins enjoyed their first PSHE lesson with Jigsaw Jo, we played a game of finding people in their group but one catch , no talking! The Penguins were amazing🙂
We also had our first PE lesson In Year 2 practising our throwing and catching skills, the Penguins are settling in really well , learning new routines and being superstars👍Well done!
Longton Live Art Competiton, by Miss Adamson
Date: 22nd Jul 2017 @ 4:57pm
Well done to Grace and Lucie who came first and second in the Longton Live children's art competition!
School Parliament, by Miss Adamson
Date: 22nd Jul 2017 @ 4:56pm
It was wonderful to see and hear about the hard work that many of the children put into their parliament election!
Shared poetry, by Miss Adamson
Date: 22nd Jul 2017 @ 4:53pm
On Thursday, we worked with a partner to write our own poems about a goblin in school. Afterwards, we shared them with our classmates.
Relay Warm-up, by Miss Adamson
Date: 15th Jul 2017 @ 12:57pm
We played relay games to warm up in PE on Wednesday. Look at them go!
The Week Ahead - Monday 17th July 2017, by Miss Adamson
Date: 15th Jul 2017 @ 12:53pm
Good afternoon :)
I hope that you are having a lovely weekend!
This is what we will be doing in the final full week of Year 1:
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English |
We will be reading poetry and writing our own poems about robots and space. |
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Maths |
We will be practising solving missing number problems for addition and subtraction - we will use the bar model to help us. |
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GPS |
We will be adding suffixes to words. |
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RE |
We will be learning about Islam. |
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PE |
We will be practising and applying some of the ball skills that we have been learning. |
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Church |
On Monday afternoon, we are going to church for our celebration assembly. We hope that you can make it! |
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Year 2 |
On Tuesday afternoon we will have our second move up afternoon in Year Two with Mrs Pratten and Mrs Regan! |
I look forward to seeing you all on Monday,
Miss Adamson
Jesus Feeds the 5000 with Peter Bourne, by Miss Adamson
Date: 15th Jul 2017 @ 10:35am
We were very fortunate to have a visit from local artist, Peter Bourne, who invited us to be part of his artwork to be displayed in New Longton Methodist Church. The children all painted themselves in a giant painting of Jesus feeding the 5000. Pete also helped us to make our own version just for our school. This will be displayed in St Andrew's Church.
The Week Ahead - Monday 10th July 2017, by Miss Adamson
Date: 8th Jul 2017 @ 6:59pm
Hello :)
I hope that you are enjoying the sunshine.
This is what we are doing next week:
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English |
We are reading Whatever Next! in fitting with are stories about space. I was particularly impressed by the children's writing about Back to Earth with a Bump last week. |
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Maths |
We are learning about money. We will recognise coins and notes, order them according to their value and solve money problems. |
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GPS |
We have a little work to finish on past tense. The children worked hard on verbs with ed endings. We now need to learn about irregular verbs in the past tense. |
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PE |
We are trying to develop our overarm throw. |
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Science |
We are learning about the five senses and going on a senses scavenger hunt. |
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Year 2 |
On Tuesday, the children will spend the afternoon in their Year 2 classroom with Mrs Pratten. They will have a taster of what it's like to be at the top of KS1! |
I look forward to seeing you all on Monday!
Miss Adamson
Differences between humans, by Miss Adamson
Date: 8th Jul 2017 @ 4:25pm
We drew detailed pictures of our classmates and tried to work out who the pictures were of. We had to look very closely.
