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Bongos- The week ahead, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 1st May 2017 @ 12:49pm

I hope all of the Bongos have had a fun Bank Holiday weekend.

This week in English the Bongos will be doing both fiction and non fiction comprehension activities. They will be taking part in grammar challenges and in writing will be writing instructions linked to the activities they have been doing with Mr Pearson on plants. Spelling this week will focus on words including al and all, ar after w and the suffixes ment and ness

Maths this week will be focussing on using inverse opertations to find missing numbers, multiplication, division and more reasoning activities.

In RE we will be continuing to learn about Sikh Gurdwara's. 

Art- begin to create the backgrounds for our Henri Rousseau pictures

We will be moving a mile everyday too.

Please remember to bring your reading books to school tomorrow along with your completed homework.

Also remember to use Spellodrome- only a handful of Bongos have been using it and it really is a great way to improve spelling whilst having fun !

See you all tomorrow 

The Week Ahead - Tuesday 2nd May 2017, by Miss Adamson

Date: 30th Apr 2017 @ 2:26pm

This week we are preparing for our class assembly on Friday 12th May!

I hope that you enjoy the rest of the bank holiday weekend! 

Look forward to seeing you on Tuesday,

Miss Adamson

James and Samuel Blog No.17 , by Mrs Pratten

Date: 28th Apr 2017 @ 3:06pm

This Week In Year 4,we have started to play the violin! Anyway, in Geography we have been studying rivers and looking at how they form. We had a demonstration on Wednesday and it was fun! We played a game about matching river defenations and the words together correctly. Today, we brung In wallets and purses to think about our designes for our own wallets and purses we are going to make in the future! We tried to finish our river collages (in Geography) that we started yesterday but we didn't get to finish them!

By James (The Writer) and Samuel (The Idea Giver)😀🐯

Friday fun!, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 28th Apr 2017 @ 2:52pm

We have had a great week thinking about the United Kingdom. We have visited England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Next week we hop across the sea by ferry to France and we may visit Spain on our travels.

Have a lovely bank holiday weekend and see you on Tuesday x

Bubbles, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 28th Apr 2017 @ 1:03pm

Today the title of our writing is Bubbles. To help fire up our ideas we watched a short cartoon about a boy who floated away in a bubble. We also went outside and blew some bubbles and as they floated away imagined what adventure's we would have if we could float away inside a big bubble.

Homework, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 27th Apr 2017 @ 9:15pm

Homework this week is to complete the grammar pack, read at least 4 times and use Spellodrome. I will be updating the word lists over the weekend.

James and Hannah Blog No.16, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 26th Apr 2017 @ 2:36pm

Year 4 have been working hard on trying to advertise our enterprise to the school! We have had lots of guests in to help us with our cooking! We baked pizza cookies,fruit kebabs,cheese and bacon rolls and wraps. (The selection of wraps are ham,chicken,cheese,cucumber peppers and spicy chicken) The fruit kebabs are rainbow coulerd a.k.a strawberry=red orange=orange pineapple=yellow etc. The pizza cookie cost 50p a slice. The cheese and bacon whirls are £1.00 each. The wraps are £1.00 each and the fruit kebabs cost 50p a stick 

Hope You Enjoy! 😁 (Many thanks to the people who helped us bake!)

(the pizza cookies have lots of different sweets on them a.k.a jelly tots,jelly babies,jelly beans.)

Cake making for the step outside open day, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 25th Apr 2017 @ 6:45pm

Today we have been chefs making cakes and homemade lemonade for the open day tomorrow. We have worked really hard.

the underpants rule, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 24th Apr 2017 @ 8:07pm

We have a busy week ahead as we travel around the UK by train. Today we talked about the UK and we vivited London with Barnaby Bear. Throughout the week we will be stopping off at Scotland Ireland and Wales - we are true jetsetters! On Wednesday it is the Step Outside Open Day with lots of fun activities planned and a chance for you to come into school and join your child in the great outdoors.

As part of our PSHE we had a circle time today about the 'underpants rule'. It is all about keeping ourselves safe and being able to say no confidently.

We used the NSPCC resources which are very child friendly and tell children information in a fun but sensible manner. You can watch the short animation about pantosaurus online.

A fun week ahead, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 24th Apr 2017 @ 7:42pm

A busy week for the tiger tribe!

We are going to be organising our Enterprise, lots of cooking,mixing,chopping, rolling and of course selling!🍪🌮🥒🥕

English - we continue with our Mousehole Cat story, guided reading activities and spelling  (adding 'sion' to words)Don't forget Spellodrome!

Maths - investigating number sequences,negative numbers and reading scales, weighing, capacity and temperature

Geography - observing how  water flows down a slope through soil,making channels and carrying debris. Watching clips of how rivers are formed and learning new key river vocabulary

PSHE - looking at what makes a good friend,discrimination and responsibilities

Art and Design - looking at different wallets and purses and who they are designed for

PE - coaching with Dillon and gymnastics 🤸‍♂️

WOPPS- violin 🎵🎻

Last but not least our 15 minute keep moving time🏃🏃‍♀️

Our Learning 24th April , by Miss Leigh

Date: 24th Apr 2017 @ 5:58pm

Our learning this week: 

Math :  Fractions- addition and subtraction of unlike fractions, equivalent fractions and fractions on a number line. 

English:  Using commas to correctly punctuate subordinate clauses, ei and ie words, and descriptive writing.  We will even be doing a little drama to consider the feelings and experineces of characters and will be having a go at using this to improve our writing.  We will be editing and improving our work each day. 

Science: Plant Life cycles

Art: Drawing large scale leaves, enlarging sketches

RE/PHSE:  Judasim. The 10 commandments.  What would life be like without rules? 

PE:  Skill development and gymastics (Monday and Tuesday) 

Geography:  Layers of the rainforest.  Why do animals and plants live in particular layers?  

Homework this week will be an extended writing piece.  It will be due in on 3rd May.  We will use this writing in our work on Thursday 4th May.  

Poppy appeal award, by Miss Leigh

Date: 24th Apr 2017 @ 3:09pm

Mr Turner came into our assembly today to present a very special award to us.  We raised the staggering amount of £669 for the Royal British Legion!  Wow!  He thanked us for our ongoing support and shared some of the fantastic ways in which the money will be used.  Well done everyone!  

Aiming high, by Mr Coxhead

Date: 23rd Apr 2017 @ 4:34pm

Year 6 are aiming high! They're putting in a lot of hard work as they approach the end of their primary school journey.

We have a jam-packed, exciting term ahead. Let's make it one to remember!

The Week Ahead - Monday 24th April 2017, by Miss Adamson

Date: 23rd Apr 2017 @ 4:07pm

I hope that you have settled into the school routine nicely! I really enjoyed reading your holiday passports and the writing that the children did about their holiday on Tuesday. All of the children had lots of exciting things to talk about!

Here's the plan for this week:

I look forward to seeing you tomorrow,

Miss Adamson 

Spellodrome, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 23rd Apr 2017 @ 3:08pm

Please remeber to use Spellodrome. Theer are not many Bongos using it at the moment.

I will leave the current lists on for a few days more so you can all have a go.

If you have lost your login details please ask for a new one. 

The Bongos week ahead, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 23rd Apr 2017 @ 2:59pm

I hope everybody has enjoyed the sunshine this weekend and that those of you have been on St George's parade had fun.

Here is an outline of what the children will be getting up to with Mrs Fletcher this week.

Monday :

• identifying verbs in sentences and then using verbs in sentences of their own.
• adding two digit numbers
• adding ing, ed, er and est to the end of words
• learning about the countries that make up the United Kingdom.

Tuesday:

• Comprehension activities in Guided reeading
• continuing to add endings outlined previously
• subtraction of 2 digit numbers
• character studies of the main characters in The Wind in The Willows
• learning about Sikh Gurdwara

Wednesday:

• recognising singular and plurarls using s and es
• using analogy to improve spelling
• maths arithmetic- using addition and subtraction to find missing numbers
• maths rerasoning- addition word problems
• handwriting- clear joins, consistent size of letters

Friday:

• Maths reasoning- subtraction word problems
• look at a, au, aw and oor in spellings icluding l or ll
• Fantasy story writing on the theme of Bubbles
• Look at the work of the artist Henri Rousseau

IT'S GOING TO BE A BRILLIANT WEEK !

English - Play scripts., by Mrs Catterall

Date: 23rd Apr 2017 @ 2:15pm

This half term we are learning about Playscripts in English.  

This week we have been annotating scripts to identify their features and also highlighting the script for our own part.

We have practised our lines and have explored a drama technique 'sculpt and the sculpted'. The group had to sculpt one of their actors into a position and give direction as to their facial expressions for one of the scenes in their play.  They worked fantastically well in their teams.  Here a few of the photos we captured.  I'm sure they will make you smile?

Tomorrows Trip, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 23rd Apr 2017 @ 2:09pm

I hope you are all enjoying the sunny weather this weekend. 

Just a few reminders for tomorrow.

Having looked at the weather forecast, it looks like the weather is going to turn and be quite cold and possibly windy.

As we will be spending the afternoon walking around Chester with our Legionary guide please ensure the children come to school wearing a warm coat.  I have told the children that they may wear trainers if they want to as we will be walking around, however all other normal school uniform rules apply. 

Lunches have been ordered from the kitchen for those who requested one.  If you are bringing your own packed lunch please no fizzy drinks, chocolate or sweets. 

The children may wish to bring an additional bottle of water if they are thirsty walking around in the afternoon.  This can be put in their pocket or a small rucksack with their lunch.  I can put some in my bag but I won't fit 30! 

We will be leaving Chester at approximately 2:15 and aim to be back at school for 3:45.  

I'm sure it will be a great day.  We will tell you all about it in our forthcoming class assembly. 

Mrs Catterall 

Tens and ones, by Miss Adamson

Date: 21st Apr 2017 @ 5:11pm

We played exchange up to help us recognise tens and ones.

Our Easter Holidays, by Miss Adamson

Date: 21st Apr 2017 @ 5:10pm

I was so impressed by the children's effort when they wrote about their Easter holidays!

Run a Mile, by Miss Adamson

Date: 21st Apr 2017 @ 5:06pm

We had lots of fun on our run and enjoyed the smoothies too! Thank you for your support!

James and William Mc No.15, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 21st Apr 2017 @ 3:05pm

 Welcome to a new  term! In Year 4, we have a new topic in Geography, Rivers!  We are now learning about the River Ribble. We have also started running a mile a day. Yesterday, we had some nice slushes mixed with smoothies! Today, we did a fun run on the field. We had a good time and everyone enjoyed it. We did 3-Legged races,Running, Hula hooping, dribbling with a football and wheelbarrows! We had a Realy good time and we can't wait for next week!

By James And William Mc (Writers and developers of the Blog) 😀🐯

Art, by Miss Leigh

Date: 21st Apr 2017 @ 2:04pm

The front of school is looking rather beautiful so instead of drawing flowers from a vase, we ventured out and sketched what we saw.  We focused on drawing what we could see and trying to show depth in our sketches.  

It's been a busy week., by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 21st Apr 2017 @ 1:49pm

Well what a busy week! It's been four jam packed days of fun and learning. The Bongos have come back after their Easter break ready to impress with their behaviour for learning. Highlights of the week have been the assembly by Isaac Towers, the smoothies, move a mile, acting out emotions as we come through a door, telling Mrs Fletcher that she has 47 fingers !!!! 

The children have worked hard in maths this week showing just how amazing their place value knowledge is - well done everybody 😀

The children have also impressed me with their work on past and present tense and have been showing off their knowledge of grammar and punctuation in today's writing lesson.

Don't forget to have a go on Spellodrome over the weekend .

What an action packed day! , by Mrs Catterall

Date: 20th Apr 2017 @ 9:45pm

Today has been an exciting day in lots of ways.  

We spent the first half an hour this morning sat in our newly extended room, taking in our new surroundings, being excited by the space and the freshly painted walls.  Then the move started. The children were extremely sensible carrying the tables and moving all our belongings into our room.   We are still in the process of putting everything back in its place so photos will follow next week. 

After play we had a special assembly as we welcomed Isaac into school.  Isaac Towers is 18 years old and a  paralympian athlete who competed in Rio last year.  He explained his bike to us and we got to see his medals, they were quite heavy!  

This afternoon we completed our move for 15 mins.  There were some very red faces at the end, I don't think they realised that running for 15 mins without stopping was going to be so tough.  Everyone got into the spirit and we had some skipping and hopping as well.  We finished off with our delicious smoothies. 

As well as Art and History it has certainly been a fantastic action packed day.