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Smashing smoothies Part 2, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 18th Mar 2024 @ 4:02pm

We then got to taste the different fruits we could use, pineapple, strawberries, avocados or bananas.

Next to design our smoothie!! We chose 2 fruits and one juice, they were delicious, most of us thought they were  nicer than the shop bought ones.

Last of all we designed a container to our smoothies in, it had to catch the eye and also tell people what was in it.

A great smoothie day... the children are keen to experiment at home... have fun!!!!

Smashing smoothies Part 1, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 18th Mar 2024 @ 3:55pm

What a great day today completing our DT task of designing and making a smoothie.

We started off sorting fruit and vegetables, we learnt all fruit have seeds , so there were some surprises!!

Next we discussed where fruit and vegetables grow, on trees, vines, on the ground or under the ground.

Then we had a go at chopping and juicing, juicing took a lot of effort!

Super Scientists, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 17th Mar 2024 @ 9:00pm

This week has been science week.

We have all taken part in a biscuit themed investigation.

Our question was:   Which biscuit is best for Miss Harrison to use to dunk in her tea?

We made predictions, disucssed how we were going to make it a fair test and recorded our results in a tally.

We used the biscuits - custard cream, digestive, bournon, nice and shortcake.  What would your predction be?

Different groups had different winners (the biscuit with the most dunks before droppin into the cup) but the majority of groups had the shortcake biscuit as the winner.

 

Jack and the Beanstalk, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 17th Mar 2024 @ 8:48pm

The Lion and the Zebra tribe performed their production of Jack and the Beanstalk to the school and their families this week.   There were all outstanding.  I'm sure you will agree, if you came to watch, the children shone brightly, from amazing acting and character voices to the fabulous singing.  Their enthusiasm was fantastic.  We are all very proud of them. 

 

 

Primary Engineer Celebration event, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 17th Mar 2024 @ 8:44pm

Our tippers were finished, we held our in school competition.  The winning tipper went to Preston College to the Primary Engineer Celebration event to complete against the tippers from other schools. 

The children were amazing, they spoke confidently and proudly about their tipper to the engineers.

 

Scientists at Work!, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 17th Mar 2024 @ 4:49pm

Science week saw the Elephants taking part in a whole school investigation where each class looked at the different factors that affect how many times a biscuit can be dunked. Our question was does the amount of sugar in a biscuit affect how many times it can be dunked before it breaks. Each child wrote a prediction, joined in the investigation which was great fun. They recorded their results on carefully drawn tables, calculated averages, created scatter graph and then wrote conclusions. 

We shared this work with Year 6 at New Longton via Zoom.

On Thursday lots of investigations were carried out using Electro Snaps kits to craeate a range of different circuits. The circuits then had to be drawn using the correct symbols.

New Longton Year 6 shared some of their science work with us on Thursday afternoon. 

Brilliant public speaking, by Mr Pearson

Date: 15th Mar 2024 @ 11:44am

All of the Koala tribe wrote a speech to describe why they thought a sports person, who they chose, was the best Olympian ever.
They then performed their speech in front of the tribe. 
Two children were chosen as the winners.
Emma and Stanley then went to Hutton Grammar School and had their presentation judged by local MP.
Only one winner was chosen out of 15 entries. Both Emma and Stanley did brilliantly, however a child from Broakoak Primary School was chosen as the overall winner. 
 
Link to the Stanley and Emma's speeches. 

https://youtu.be/VE1Ms40BpWU

 

https://youtu.be/tti_406Iz2I 

 

Super scientists, by Mr Pearson

Date: 15th Mar 2024 @ 10:47am

As part of science week, the Koalas investigated if the thickness of biscuits affected the amount of times they could be dunked until the biscuit dissolved. 
The winner was..... a bourbon biscuit. 

Improve your child's reading. Watching TV with subtitles, by Mr Pearson

Date: 15th Mar 2024 @ 10:29am

 

Super Scientists!, by Mrs Thomson

Date: 13th Mar 2024 @ 10:02pm

Today was a great day at Imagine That! The penguins and the giraffes had a very busy and exciting time. Bath bombs, slime, magnets, dry ice and snow! Role play, treasure bags and lots of fun! Pizzas, hair cuts, building and shopping! Putting on a show, reading the news and delivering the weather! 

The penguins worked hard and played together all day. They had their science hats on and asked lots of questions showing their curiosity. We had lots of sad faces when we said it was time to leave.

The staff asked the children to come back and visit them soon. 

Role play fun!, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 13th Mar 2024 @ 4:43pm

We loved it!!

More photos!!, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 13th Mar 2024 @ 4:40pm

Making slime...using our senses.

Imagine that!, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 13th Mar 2024 @ 4:37pm

We had a fabulous time at Imagine that! We made snow, were in a foamy snow storm. We made slime and used our senses to smell and taste. We decorated a magnet, made a bath bomb, decorated a bag and had fun exploring! Last of all we really enjoyed the role play area. It was amazing...lots of areas to use our imaginations!!

We have a bag of goodies to bring home tomorrow... a lovely day :)

Sunflower success!, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 12th Mar 2024 @ 12:35pm

So far so good with growing our sunflowers. shoots have appeared, we enjoyed looking at them and recording how the seeds have changed. We measured them the tallest so far was 18 cm.

In maths we had fun playing a game to see which pair could get to 50 first by shaking dice and adding counters to a tens frame. We had to keep score as we went along.

Dont forget our trip tomorrow, we are very excited!

World Book Day - Rockstars, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 10th Mar 2024 @ 3:59pm

We fully embaced the theme of rockstars.  Thank you for all your effort in supporting this. We followed and read the song lyrics to a number of songs as well as learning a few classic rock tunes.  Thank you to our group and solo performers who performed to us, you were brilliant. 

We enjoyed listening to the school story of the Battle between the odds and evens.  We loved adding our own section to the story and then hearing the end of it during our assembly at the end of the day.

The children all took home a book - a gift from Longton Primary school as well as the World Book Day voucher to use to redeem a world book day book or money off a book of their choice. 

We continued to write our fairy tales with a twist from our Michael Rosen workshop at the beginning of the week.  We will share some when they are finished. 

Our Final Tipper trucks, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 10th Mar 2024 @ 3:45pm

We are engineering superstars.  This week we completed our Primary Engineer Tipper construction project. 

We tested them down a ramp to see which one went the furthest and in the straightest line.  It was this tipper that would compete against other schools.   Congratualtions to  Joe, Josh and Ollie on their winning tipper.

 

 

Author and Illustrator visit, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 10th Mar 2024 @ 3:16pm

Can you believe it, Michael Rosen was in our classroom.  WOW!

We were very lucky to have Michael Rosen, Allen Fatimahran and Jasbinder Bilan visit our classroom this week.  They read us some alternative fairy stories and talked to us about how we could create our own fairy story with a twist.  We got to watch Allen illustrating the stories as they were read and then he showed us how to draw the frog prince.  We all had a go as he showed us step by step. 

 

Dance workshop, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 10th Mar 2024 @ 3:08pm

We were moving and grooving some some excellent tunes during our dance workshop.

 

Spring Term Projects, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 10th Mar 2024 @ 3:05pm

What an amazing tribe!  We had lots of fabulous projects this term to display for parents and to share with each other.  The children were very creative and linked lots of their projects to things we have been learning about in class. 

Well done Lions.

Computing Microbit Fun!, by Mrs Simpson

Date: 9th Mar 2024 @ 2:12pm

We had a great computing lesson on Friday with Miss Sanders. We used Microbits and Makecode to program LED lights. We'll be using our new knowledge and skills to create a hi-vis band in Design Technology to keep road users such as cyclists, horse riders, dog walkers and pedestrians safe at night. Keep an eye on our blog to see the finished products. 

World Book Day Rocks!, by Mrs Simpson

Date: 9th Mar 2024 @ 2:04pm

Multiplying Menace, The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin by Pam Calvert was our inspiration for World Book Day. We had great fun dressing up as Rock Stars and writing our own story in the same style. 

The Rocking Panda Tribe!, by Mr Kennedy

Date: 8th Mar 2024 @ 10:11am

Thank you for making World Book Day 2024 such a lovely experience for the children, we had loads of fun! 

 

We entered WBD National Competition for next years tokens, we explored a range of authors, enjoyed a good book, world book day themed maths & added to the whole school write; The Battle of The Odd and Even Numbers

 

Y6 Rock Stars, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 7th Mar 2024 @ 8:29pm

Year 6 have had a lovely day celebrating their last World Book Day at Longton.

The day began with an assembly where the class listened to a wonderful story called Multiplying Menace, The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin. This was a maths themed story involving multiplication of integers and fractions. 

Following the assembly half of the class went to the library with their Year 1 buddies. They had a great time and came back with beautiful handmade bookmarks. The children who staued in school worked as a team to write the opening to the whole school story The Battle of the Odd and Even Numbers. They then began to write their own books. The children chose to write stories about rockstars or a maths theme. In the afternoon the children swapped what they were doing meaning that the remainder of the class were able to visit the library with their buddies. As well as writing their stories and making the most amazing book covers the children had the opportunity to complete a book themed code busting puzzle.

As the children worked they listened to and sang along to a range of pop and rock music. 

The day finished with another assembly to share the finshed wholes school assesmbly which was fabulous.

Thank you for all your efforts with the costumes, the children all looked fantastic.

 

Reception Rocking!, by Mrs Thomson

Date: 7th Mar 2024 @ 7:37pm

What a great class of rock stars!

Thank you for your help with the amazing outfits! The children rocked all day!!

We enjoyed some new books today and a firm favourite was Pete the cat rocking in his school shoes! The children made reading dens and book marks before hearing another new story linked to our mini beast theme. Creepy Crawlies in a band!

We had a school assembly this morning and Mrs. Fletcher introduced a new story. However just as we were getting settled to hear it all, the story was stopped! The story went to year six who added another part of the story and visited every class before it headed our way late in the afternoon. The penguins had amazing ideas of how to end the story, their imaginations going wild! Please read the story on the blog. Our part starts after the sentence about the sneaky eky odd numbers hiding. The story was read in the afternoon assembly. The penguins were very proud of their ending to the story. I think they will enjoy sharing this with you and they will definitely know which part was from our class.

 

I have also added a short video of our days of the week song. We didn’t perform this at our assembly as we thought it may make it a little bit too long. 

 

 

Sharing our favourite books, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 7th Mar 2024 @ 4:43pm

We enjoyed talking about our favourite books and sharing  them with our friends.

Contact the School

Longton Primary School

School Ln
Longton
Lancashire
PR4 5YA

Main Contact: Linda Masterson

Tel: 01772 612 495
Bursar@longton.lancs.sch.uk

SEN Contact: Rebecca Catterall and Di Regan

SEN Email: Senco@longton.lancs.sch.uk