Year 6: The Meerkats: Blog items
Sadie Children in Need challenge, by Mr Pearson
Date: 17th Nov 2020 @ 11:48am
Sadie has completed a challenge of counting to eight in eight different languages.
What an achievement we are all very proud of her.
She also rasied over £150
What a superstar.
Click here to watch Sadie
Week ending Friday 13th, by Mr Pearson
Date: 13th Nov 2020 @ 6:25pm
Maths
In maths this week we have been focusing on perimeters. We have had to work out the perimeter of shapes that didn’t have the full lengths of the shape.
English
We have been preparing for writing our own float story’s for early next week and have been writing our own amazing sentences for the picture book.
Computing
We have been using noobnotes play the piano online and did some classical tunes even the super Mario bros theme tune!
Art
We have been printing out pictures out and then started to simple them down to pinch pots. The most common was different forms of a dog.
Drama
We have been making up scripts for the grinch and doing rehearsals for with our groups.
French
We have been learning about food and completed a code cracking of different words.
Science
In science this week we have been exploring the differences between solids, liquids and gases.
PE
Gymnastics time again. Forward rolls and cartwheels this week.
Geography
We have been looking at the main geographical feature of Longton. We went back in history and learned at the Brickcroft and the railway line that ran through the village. If it were still there today Mr Pearson could get a train from his house straight to school. He now has to drive. We have also been taught about the differences about physical and human geography.
Remembering those people who served our county, by Mrs Doherty
Date: 11th Nov 2020 @ 1:22pm
Y4 Blog, by Mr Pearson
Date: 6th Nov 2020 @ 1:08pm
Maths
This week we have been doing lengths such as km, cm, and mm. We have been doing questions like 1m+123cm and 90mm+20cm.
English
We have made our own paper boats with origami and started thinking about writing our own story about the picture book called Float (picture books mean no words).
Music
We have been performing a bonfire night song on the chime bar boxes called its bonfire night and we also played games with the chime bar boxes.
Computing
We have been making music online and doing a fact file all about how tech changed music in a way that makes it techno poppy.
Drama
We have been sorted into groups to perform the gGrinch in the next few weeks some people have been making scripts rather than improvisation
Marshmallows everywhere., by Mrs Catterall
Date: 1st Nov 2020 @ 7:27pm
Thank you to everyone who supported our enterprise. We made over 230 marshmallow kebabs for you all to enjoy.
The children get to decide what to do with their profit. Half will go to charity (exact one yet to be decided) the rest has been spent on Christmas sewing kits and magnets for a Christmas science and DT project. If there is any left we are going to buy more books for our class library.
Halloween disco, by Mrs Doherty
Date: 21st Oct 2020 @ 9:16am
We had fun at our Halloween Disco on Monday.
Meerkats 16/10/20, by Mr Pearson
Date: 16th Oct 2020 @ 4:43pm
English
In English, this week we have continue writing our Aladdin story, we looked at an educational film about Tornadoes and used it as inspiration for our descriptive writing then the Genie comes out of the lamp. We had to write our own short story of finding a magical lamp on the way home from school and chose our own 3 wishes.
Maths
We have been investigating negative numbers this week
History
We have learnt about crime and punishment in two different time eras. Firstly we looked at crime in the Georgian times and focused on Dick Turpin the infamous Highway Man. Secondly, we have studied different types of terrifying Tudor punishments which were quite scary.
Drama
We have been acting out Winne the pooh.
PE
We have been developing our football skills with the internationally renowned coach ‘Señor Pearson’
Week ending 9th October, by Mr Pearson
Date: 9th Oct 2020 @ 2:26pm
English
In English, this week we have been reading Aladdin. We have been writing descriptions of being trapped in a cave and looking at direct speech.
Maths
We have been practicing our 6 times table and column subtraction.
Science
We have been investigating electricity using electric circuits including bulbs and motors and investigating switches.
Drama
We have been starting new beginnings by seeing what people like and been noticing who people would most be like
Art
We have been making some guinea fowls and started to study PICASSO
readying up to make our own animals.
French
We did some colours although we mostly did learn French words for clothes.
Music
We have been carrying on with making our own samba patterns.
How to access parents evening appointments, by Mr Pearson
Date: 7th Oct 2020 @ 2:43pm
Please find a short PowerPoint below demonstrating how to access your child's parents evening appointment using Google Classroom. I would suggest you check if your appoinment works on your device over the weekend by accessing your child's Google account. Any questions please ask your class teacher or ring Anna.
Y4 projects, by Mr Pearson
Date: 6th Oct 2020 @ 2:39pm
Themes for the project include the following
Loch Ness Monster
Aladdin
Electricity
or anything that interestes you.
I have created an asignment on Google Classroom for you to upload a photo of your project.
Any questions let me know.
Year 3 Enterprise, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 5th Oct 2020 @ 9:40pm
Year 3 are going to be holding their enterprise activity on Friday 16th October.
This year we will be doing things a bit differently as we can't all gather to buy our marshmallows from the quad.
We have decided to use an ordering system. Your child will bring home an order slip. If you wish to order any marshmallow kebabs please complete the slip and return with the money in a sealed envelope to your class teacher by this Friday, 9th October.
Next Friday the children will make the kebabs and put them in named bags and deliver them to your child's class ready for them to take home.
Thank you
The Elephants
Harvest Assembly via ZOOM 2020, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 2nd Oct 2020 @ 2:08pm
Here is the powerpoint that we have used today for our Harvest Assembly, it certainly was very different from years gone by!
However, all the children read poems, or said thoughts of Autumn or Harvest and we all sang a few songs. Thank you for your harvest donations which we will send off to thw local food bank in the coming days.
Hope you all have a very lovely and restful weekend.
Review of the week, by Mr Pearson
Date: 27th Sep 2020 @ 8:54am
21st September-25th September
English
This week in English we have written our final our own Loch Ness monster story, we have read a number of books about the mysterious monster.
Spelling and Grammar
We have been learning about adverbs, fronted adverbials and Homophones.
Maths
We have been 2,3-and 4-digit Column edition and been concentrating on 6 times table.
Art
We have been working up to sculpting our own guinea fowls (fat chicken called by all of our class).
Drama
This has been our most enthusiastic non-Mr Pearson lesson doing a Winnie the Poo script
French
We have been responding to different questions
In French.
Science
We have been investigating electricity and powering light bulbs.
Written by class bloggers Elsa and Austin supported by Mr Pearson
Fantastic range of Summer learning ideas and tasks, by Mr Pearson
Date: 14th Jul 2020 @ 10:03am
Please find a range of fun summer learning tasks to keep you going through the summer holidays.
You will find a range of ideas produced by the brilliant teachers of Longton. In addition, there are a range of ideas from the Lancashire Learning Consultants.
READING BOOKS, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 12th Jul 2020 @ 1:14pm
Please can you remember to return any school reading books this week please x
Oil Pastels - faces, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 12th Jul 2020 @ 1:12pm
Skeletons models, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 12th Jul 2020 @ 1:11pm
Sock Olympics, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 1st Jul 2020 @ 12:11pm
Over this week and next we are holding our own mini olympics. THE SOCK OLYMPICS
Please can your child bring to school a pair of socks, we will use these to practise and complete the 8 challenges.
I have attached the challenges so you could even practise at home - maybe have a family olympic session as well.
Mrs Catterall and Mrs Atkinson
New School Rules song words, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 1st Jul 2020 @ 6:55am
Here are the words for the song from Mrs Atkinson.
Developing our drawing skills - an apple, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 30th Jun 2020 @ 8:26am
What does our skeleton look like?, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 30th Jun 2020 @ 8:25am
We explored our skeleton yesterday, thinking about what it looked like inside, labelling bones and then having a go at drawing them.
Welcome back to school, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th Jun 2020 @ 9:38am
Hi Meerkats
I have attached a document which tells you a little bit about coming back to school on Monday and some phoots of the classroom.
We can't wait to see you
Mrs Catterall and Mrs Atkinson x
Elsa's DT project, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 18th Jun 2020 @ 7:03pm
Well Done Elsa, an amazing DT project using linkages and levers to create a moving person.
Archie's poem, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 18th Jun 2020 @ 6:52pm
Here is Archie's poem based upon the clip of Fantastic Flying books of Morris Lessmore.
Well done Archie 
Mathletics, by Mr Pearson
Date: 15th Jun 2020 @ 10:22am
Mathletics is an excellent resource that school has purchased to aid learning in maths.
The school office will have sent you an email with your password on in April.
If you can't find the email please email Mr Pearson at the following penguins@longton.lancs.sch.uk and I will email it to you.
I have included a guide to help you familiarise yourself with how to us it.
Take care