Our blogs
All About Me and Ourselves, by Miss Farnworth
Date: 16th Jan 2026 @ 12:12pm
Nursery’s class topic is All About Me and Ourselves. We have enjoyed learning all about our bodies, we have looked at the skeleton and have talked about the bones in our body, we have also enjoyed doing the skeleton dance. We have put our cutting skills to the test and created a wonderful display board on what we have learnt. Good job Elephants. 😊
Play-Dough, by Miss Farnworth
Date: 16th Jan 2026 @ 9:18am
Today at nursery, we have made play-dough! And we have enjoyed doing some dough disco 😊
Homework, by Mrs Upton
Date: 15th Jan 2026 @ 4:55pm
This week has been such a special lmilestone for the school. We would love for you to share your school stories with your children - what do you remember from your school days? What about other family members? The children might choose to share these stories with us during circle time.
Please could we also have your support in practising name writing. Please help your child to form each of their letters correctly, they write their name so many times and it's great to get them in good habits! As a challenge for those who already can, try writing their surname too!
Thanks to all the parents who let us know how they were getting on with post-it notes and rainbow words!
Amazing Animals Fun!, by Mrs Upton
Date: 15th Jan 2026 @ 4:14pm
What a lovely week we have had!
We shared the story 'Owl Babies' with the children and have enjoyed a whole host of learning activities with it. We have made nests with playdough, created owls using 2D shapes and enjoyed reading books with torches in our dark den.
In phonics,we have moved onto Phase 4 and are looking at cosonant clusters. The children are trying so hard and they are making super progress!
In Maths, we have been focusing on what 1 more looks like, using the numberblocks and we have created our own 'staircase' patterns using coloured squares.
We looked at what is safe to put on our bodies in PSHE and the children offered great suggesstions as a group.
We have also enjoyed a lovely afternoon celebrating a very special milestone...100 years of Longton Primary School! The children sang nursery rhymes in front of the school and our local MP, Paul Foster, alongside our school governors. They were amazing and we are very proud of our Hippo Tribe!
You can now read our Spring 1 letter on our class page, which will give you all the information about what we are learning this half term.
First Week At Nursery, by Miss Farnworth
Date: 15th Jan 2026 @ 4:01pm
We have settled into nursery life brilliantly, we have enjoyed doing lots of team games, getting to know each other in our first week and making new friendships 😊
Christmas is coming!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 14th Dec 2025 @ 7:57pm
I thought I would share some of our Christmas special moments! I hope you enjoy sharing these special pictures with your hippo super star!
We will be sending home lots of art and craft projects this week. Some items are very fragile so we will send things home a little at a time each afternoon so they arrive home in one piece.
All about me books - please add one or two pages over the Christmas and New Year break (some ideas - a photograph, a special christmas card or a picture with a label of their favourite gift)
Thank you
Barrister Lois Norris visits Longton, by Mr Pearson
Date: 9th Dec 2025 @ 10:40am
Ex pupil Barrister Lois Norris visited Longton on Monday 8th December to tell us about her journey to becoming a barrister and her exciting career. Lois informed the children and staff all about the court system and the differences between solicitors and barristers.
Lois inspired the children who asked a range of different questions.
The Heads Team then gave Lois a tour of the school, with Lois recalling find's memories of her past.
Thank you Lois for giving your time up to visit us and celebrate Longton Primary School's Centenary.
DT structures, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 21st Nov 2025 @ 8:15pm
We have had a fantastic time developing our knowledge of structures. We have explored structures for strength and stability. We worked in pairs to make a chair for our class Penguin, Pip. We could only use paper and tape!
Dance, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 21st Nov 2025 @ 8:07pm
A fantastic street dance session. We learnt all the moves, can you do the Bart Simpson or the worm?
Diwali, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 21st Nov 2025 @ 7:55pm
This week we have been exploring the use of candles in Diwali. We learnt about the story of Rama and Sita. The diya lamps symbolise light triumphing over evil.
Super Scientists!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 13th Nov 2025 @ 9:14pm
Today the children have been scientists exporing different objects in water. They have been looking at sinking and floating. We predicted but also tested each object and then created a log of our results.
If you have a spare minute please encourage the children to help with the washing up and test different materials and objects.
Thank you for your help and support with homework, reading, wow cards and phonics.
The children come in from their lunch time play each day to a quiet reading session (10 mins) where they can have a drink and relax after a busy playtime. They have been doing this now since the start of October and we are very proud of how well they are doing.They are enjoying their new books each day.
Every other Friday the Hippos meet with their year five buddy in the afternoon. The Hippos read their reading book to their buddy and look through their sound cards together. Our year five buddies also brought their reading books to read too. A lovely calm time together!
Happy Half Term!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 28th Oct 2025 @ 8:46am
Some highlights from the final two weeks!
I wonder if your hippo can chat about what they were doing in the pictures?
(Diwali dancing, spooky writing den, hopscotch with numbers up to 10, story massage, story time with books and story maps, Diwali firework painting, creating a colour wheel, Diwali diva lamps, phonics, looking at my body and bones, visiting the library,Squigle and a wiggle)
Library visit, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 19th Oct 2025 @ 3:50pm
Tomorrow (Monday 20th October) we are planning on walking to Longton library in the afternoon. Please ensure that all children come to school with their coat (with a hood).
If the weather is too bad we will postpone our visit until after half term.
Thank you
CO workshop, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 19th Oct 2025 @ 2:09pm
Year 2 Enjoyed a visit from Ava and Safety Seymour. They learnt all about CO (Carbon Monoxide).
They went home with a CO monitor for their homes to keep them and the families safe as well as lots of knowledge of good and bad flames.
Meeting with the house of lords, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 19th Oct 2025 @ 2:06pm
Years 2 - 6 of the school parliament enjoyed a special session meeting with Baroness Thornton, who is a member of the House of Lords. They spent an hour asking her questions and finding more about her role within Parliament.
The children will be creating a special assembly to share with the school during Parliament Week next half term.
They were excellent role models throughout and asked amazing questions.
Amazing projects, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 19th Oct 2025 @ 1:59pm
The children and their families have produced some amazing projects this half term. Many have been linked to our topics; habitats in science and Flight inspired history.
Fabulous projects, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 17th Oct 2025 @ 12:52pm
Well done to the Kangaroos for creating some wonderful projects. They loved talking about them and showing them off to the class, Fantastic!!!!
Autumn walk to the Brickcroft, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 17th Oct 2025 @ 12:50pm
The Kangaroos had a lovely Autumn walk to the Brickcroft spotting signs of Autumn.
Library visit, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 17th Oct 2025 @ 12:47pm
Year 1 enjoyed a Halloween themed visit to the library.
Hippo highlights from the week!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 10th Oct 2025 @ 9:26am
What a wonderful week!
Lots of pictures to share!
Hippo homework - new sound sheets have gone home in book bags, please add them to your wallet or washing line! Please enjoy the new reading books with your hippo.
We are collecting pine cones for a winter activity. If you go on a big walk we would be very grateful if you could collect one or two for us.
Day 99 Morris Dancers, by Mr Pearson
Date: 7th Oct 2025 @ 8:45pm
Today a number of Morrison dancers descended on Longton Primary School to take part in the kickstart of the 100 day countdown to celebrate the 100th year of our amazing school. Three different morris dancing teams came together to demonstrate their skills. Some children will be having the opportunity to learn how to dance over the next few months.
100 days and counting, by Mr Pearson
Date: 7th Oct 2025 @ 8:30am
Monday 6th October is the day the 100 day countdown to the Longton Primary School centenary celebrations on the 16th January 2026.
We were joined in school today by the Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire Mr Michael Conlon and his wife.
A special visitor, centenarian and ex teacher at Longton Primary Mrs Stewart and her daughter. Mrs Stewart entertained us with stories about her time as a teacher at Longton even teaching our very own Mrs Jackson.
Chair of Governors Jon Bates along with Mrs Brown, introduced the activities taking place over the coming weeks.
Researching in English, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 6th Oct 2025 @ 6:17pm
This week we have been learning about animals that live in the African savannah. We read a text and made a poster of the key facts we learnt.
Library visit, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 6th Oct 2025 @ 6:13pm
We love going to the library. Helen reads us 3 stories and we vote for the best. We do a craft activity and then we get to look at and read some of the amazing books in the library.
Happy Homework, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 1st Oct 2025 @ 6:51am
Good Morning!
Happy homework this week is for the children to show off and teach you how we form some our letters correctly.
They have enjoyed doing these outside with chalk, they have enjoyed forming the letters with scarves high up in the air whilst dancing to music and also in class with their magic Peter pointer finger.
We would love the children to have another try at home in their homework book using pens or pencils - can they use all of the colours of the rainbow?
If this is very tricky or your child is reluctant, please try forming them using a different method -
For example, high in the air with a floaty piece of material or hankerchief, on the path with a pot of water (no paint) and a paintbrush (large letters), using play dough, using crayons on large paper or by using with their magic finger.
Please keep your eyes open for patterns at home - on socks, jumpers and even the zebra crossing when going for a walk.
When looking at a repeating pattern can your Hippo work out what the next colour would be? (red, yellow, red, yellow ...) (blue, green, pink, blue, green, pink, blue ...) Can they sort out the clean socks by looking for the same patterns or make a pattern with their cars? If you manage to get a picture please send them in for us to share in class.
Thank you for your help and support.