Longton Primary School: Our blogs

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:

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.
Maths	We are learning about money. We will recognise coins and notes, order them according to their value and solve money problems.
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.
PE	We are trying to develop our overarm throw.
Science	We are learning about the five senses and going on a senses scavenger hunt.
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.

James And Kaylie Blog No.32, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 7th Jul 2017 @ 3:04pm

This Week In Y4, we have enjoyed having Kaylie as she is leaving today and it's PJ day! We had a party for Kaylie😺! Also, we had a VERY difficult maths challenge.It was a fidget spinner mystery. Mr Simpson dunked the Y5 fidget spinners in the bucket of paint and he left them to dry so the fidget spinners could not spin (This was a fake mystery and NO Y5 fidget spinners were harmed in the making of the puzzle!)

By James And Kaylie (Who is sadly leaving)

Designing resorts, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 7th Jul 2017 @ 1:53pm

This afternoon the Bongos have been designing their ideal holiday resort. The resort had to be sea side themed.

Thanks everyone for coming in you pyjamas you have supported the Rotakids brilliantly

P.E., by Mrs Catterall

Date: 7th Jul 2017 @ 7:19am

Yesterday afternoon we did P.E. outside in the sunshine. We developed our athletics skilled and had great fun.

Here are some of the photos, there are some fantastic action shots!

James And Max Blog No. 31, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 5th Jul 2017 @ 3:07pm

This Week In Year 4, it's been takeover week and the Y4 had lots of fun! In P.E we had a go at footballl and it was lots of fun Max's team won and they got a lottery ticket. In Maths, we learnt 2 step problems and had a go at some word problems. In G.P.S, we learnt about apostrophes and their plural form. In Science, we were learning about sound and we went on a sound walk and heard lots of interesting stuff!

By James And Max

Takeover Day: Letter To Parents, by Mr Coxhead

Date: 5th Jul 2017 @ 11:38am

Below is a letter from Daniel and Matthew (our Year 6 pupils who have taken on the roles of Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher for the day):

Dear Parents,

Today Year 6 pupils have taken over teaching for the day as a reward they have earned. There are around 4 pupils teaching each class and have been given a timetable for the day.

Reception has been doing some amazing phonics work, music lessons too and all the teachers are doing a good job. Year 1 have enjoyed doing PE involving throwing and catching and for a treat, football. They also did guided reading work with the teachers helping each child. Year 2 have done some great science work finding out about bugs and have looked all over the bog garden to find some. Year 3 have started off today by doing some fantastic singing. They then did science, learning about flowers and purposes of them. Year 4 have been doing some math problem solving involving multiplication work, after that they work on GPS. Year 5 were doing spelling on suffixes and play rehearsal for their big performance night ahead of them.

Yours Sincerely, Mr Holmes (Deputy Head)

Mr Stillings (Head Teacher)

Signs in the village, by Miss Adamson

Date: 4th Jul 2017 @ 5:44pm

Following our pedestrian training last week the children made some road signs for our mini village!

Science plants, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 3rd Jul 2017 @ 3:30pm

This afternoon we have set up a few experiments. We have put a stick of celery and a white rose into some water with red food colouring in. I wonder what will happen? We also dissected lily and then drew a diagram of it in our books.

The week ahead - w/c 3rd July, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 2nd Jul 2017 @ 11:17pm

I hope you have all had a relaxing weekend.

This week we have lots of exciting activities planned.

English - writing explanation texts about plants, how they grow and how seeds are dispersed.

Maths - Fractions.

Science - exploring parts of a plant and how seeds are dispersed.

R.E. - researching leaders, Desmond Tutu and Martin Luther King.

P.E. - Elite coach Gymnastic session, athletics.

On Tuesday afternoon we will be watching the year 5 performance

On Wednesday year 6 will be taking over and teaching the children for the day.

On Friday we will be in our Pyjamas or onesies to raise money for charity. It will be the last day for one member of our tribe as well as the fact they have earnt yet another class reward for a completed compliment chart. Therefore we will enjoy spending time with our friends, baking cakes, playing games and relaxing.

Deepdale Duck, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 2nd Jul 2017 @ 11:01pm

On Thursday we had a visit from Deepdale duck. We were told all about going to watch PNE and a competition the children can enter to win the chance to be the team mascot for a match.

Emotion Cogs, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 2nd Jul 2017 @ 10:58pm

This week we developed our knowledge of the emotion cogs. We thought of a feeling (orange cog) and discussed how our bodies felt when we experienced this feeling (red cog). Next we discussed the behaviours we show during this feeling (green cog). We explored a new yellow cog, this shows the triggers for that emotion. We thought about what can make us happy, sad, angry, worried and scared.

We had some great discussions and team work with everyone recording their ideas and opinions.

We finished our lesson with our favourite song and dance 'I feel good'.

The Week Ahead - Monday 3rd July 2017, by Miss Adamson

Date: 2nd Jul 2017 @ 8:46am

Good morning :)

I hope that you will enjoy the sunshine today!

This is what we are doing this week:

English	We are reading Back to Earth With a Bump. It is about a little boy called Hal who travels into space on his bed! We will retell the story and write our own space postcards. We are also finding out about a day in the life of an astronaut. We will write our own space diaries.
Maths	We are working on division this week. We are learning about division as sharing and division as grouping.
GPS	We are learning about verbs in the past tense. We will review verbs, learn that regular verbs in the past tense end in -ed and look at some irregular verbs in the past tense.
PE	We are using tactics to trick our opponents in games involving catching balls.

I look forward to seeing you all in the morning,

Miss Adamson

Pedestrian Training, by Miss Adamson

Date: 30th Jun 2017 @ 8:24pm

We enjoyed pedestrian training this week and had a visit from Tom the lollipop man today. Thank you ever so much to our helpers!

Elite Sports, by Miss Adamson

Date: 30th Jun 2017 @ 8:22pm

We had good fun with Tom on Tuesday morning. The parachute was a real treat!

James And Cadence Blog No.30!, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 30th Jun 2017 @ 2:49pm

This Week In Year 4, we have really enjoyed playing Cricket! Yes we took over for Y5 and had such fun and really did well. We learnt how to hit the ball really hard and field really well. In 2 DAYS Miss Preistley is going back to Edge Hill University. So sad. Anyway, we have have continued our work on D&T (Design and Technology) we are sewing our own purses and wallets. Before the lesson, we were given cupcakes from Miss Preistly and mindful colouring from Mrs.Pratten. In English,we have been arguing for and against school uniform and zoos. We had a secret vote and against won. Sorry For! We had Deepdale Duck (the PNE mascot) came in to assembly and was sitting on people's laps! In IT, we made a web to deliver E-Mails to one anonther. Rachel sent a message to me! A.K.A James.

By James and Cadence 🐯😀

Rotakids, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 30th Jun 2017 @ 10:30am

On Thursday Rotakids from Longton hosted a fellowship afternoon for Rotakifs from Broad Oak Primary and Walto Le Dale Primary. they shared ideas, had refreshments, spent time playing and chatting. It was a lovely afternoon of friendship.

Deepdale Duck visited school, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 29th Jun 2017 @ 1:24pm

James And Isaac Blog No.29, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 28th Jun 2017 @ 2:49pm

In the middle of the week,we have been learning about stereotypes and how you shouldn't judge someone by how they look or believe. In English we have been doing a review and our highlights of Year 4. We have just about finished them and they look excellent! In maths, we have been reaserching and looking into polygons and have really had fun with them (Drawing them and just plain looking at them!). People went to athletics to do running,javelin,obstacle courses,sprinting and long jump and we had lots of fun.We came either 4th,5th,6th,7th,8th or 9th! In History, we had a visit from Cleopatra VII and Tutankhamen!

By James And Isaac

Amazing athletes!, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 28th Jun 2017 @ 1:14pm

Yesterday years three and four took part in an athletics tournament ,they were all amazing and put in 100% effort . Well done! A big thank you to all the parents who helped with transport and supported us.