Our blogs
Safer Internet Day, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 9th Feb 2022 @ 10:44pm
Tuesday 8th February was Safer Internet Day. The Pandas took part in a Vtes for Schools discussion. They discussed the question Is the Internet bad for friendships?
They reached the conclusion that the internet is good for somethings but it is still better to play with people face to face. Our discussion went on to playing games online with people that we do not really know and how we have to make sure we are safe.
This lead to us watching the first episode of a series of internet safety stories called Hectors World where we learnt about not giving our details online to people we do not know. If you would like to share the rest of these stories with your chld this is the link.
episode 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snbQ3GTXogo
episode 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUAXS3P9sDE
episode 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk6ac-s5pL0
episode 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9uLTG3jrvA
Great Learning!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 9th Feb 2022 @ 10:05pm
Our week is not yet over but I thought you would like to see what the lions have been busy learning. We have made fossils and learnt how palaeontologists could tell what dinosaurs looked like, ate and what they predicted their world looked like because of the fossils they found.
We have been learning a poem about our class pet, Tim the Triceratops and we enjoying putting actions to it.
Today we had a visit from a Police dog handler. They met Maverick and Goose. The children listened and also asked great questions showing their curiosity -
Do you bath the dogs?
Why do they not share a crate in your car?
How fast do they run?
We did PE this morning with lots of climbing, balancing, slithering, jumping and crawling.
Wonderful windmills!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 9th Feb 2022 @ 5:43pm
We have been working hard in DT designing and making windmills.We finished them yesterday and enjoyed sharing our designs with our friends. It had to stand up, Have turbines and an axle.
In art we have enjoyed finishing off our terrific texture pictures.We have made cold landscapes and they look great!
Today we also had an exciting visitor to school, a police dog handler who bought his dogs, Maverick and Goose.We enjoyed meeting them and learnt how clever they are at helping the police.
Home work for the holidays is the holiday passport, I do enjoy reading what you get up to in the holidays.Books I have will come on Thursday, quite a few children must have them still at home, please help the children complete 2 pages with pictures, photos, writing,posters ,stickers however you want to do it!
Dont forget the valentine shop at school to tomorrow and the disco in the evening.Busy Busy!!
Class Compliment Treat, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 8th Feb 2022 @ 10:16pm
The Lions have completed their first class compliment challenge sheet. Their class efforts, team work and behaviour have been noticed around school and visitors and school staff from other classes have awarded compliments.
After some wonderful conversations and truly amazing ideas from the children we have decided that we will have a treat afternoon on Thursday. Please send pyjamas or a onesie into school on Thursday in a named carrier bag. After lunch the children can get changed, have treats, do some party dancing and watch a short film.
This week the children have made fossils, learnt a tongue twister about Mary Anning, made carnivore and herbivore teeth and have been pactising their numbers in shaving foam! We have been getting a little messy recently!
The children are shining with their reading and phonics!
Thank you
Mrs. Thomson
Assembly blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 6th Feb 2022 @ 3:07pm
Today in assembly on Tuesday we talked about, animals and how they are the same and if they work well together. The animals we saw were penguins, dolphins and whales, zebras and ostriches and a crocodile and a bird. We also talked about when it’s important to work together.
Our Thursday picture news assembly asked the question ‘What type of events do you think deserve a celebration?’ This question came about as the Queen announced a special competition ahead of her Platinum Jubilee later this year. On the 6th February Queen Elizabeth will have reigned for 70 years!
The competition is to design a pudding. There will also be a 4 day bank holiday in June and other events too. We all like celebrating birthdays and weddings and fireworks.
Harry Potter book night, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 6th Feb 2022 @ 2:54pm
Thank you to the children who came to our Harry Potter night. We enjoyed lots of activities to celebrate 25 years of Harry Potter!
Brickcroft bird spotting LPS+, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 6th Feb 2022 @ 2:48pm
Art work, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 6th Feb 2022 @ 2:45pm
Winter walk, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 4th Feb 2022 @ 4:10pm
Today we had a great walk to the Brickcroft, we saw lots of birds and squirrels.We enjoyed feeding the ducks and the other birds too. We were glad of hot chocolate too warm us up as it was cold!! We also saw trees without leaves as well as some evergreen trees. A lovely morning.
A big thank you to all our helpers for coming along with us, my iPad died unfortunately so not too many photos but you will get the flavour. Have a lovely weekend ?
A new class member!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 4th Feb 2022 @ 7:00am
Yesterday the children were amazed to find a new class member waiting for them in the outside shed. (Please ask the children who Tim is and how they found him with Miss. Lynch!)
We had a great day which started with dance, some amazing phonics work, a wonderful super secret reader, an outdoor science experiment and then finding Tim! The children were wonderful explorers and scientists!
I do apologise but I have not written down our super secret reader for next week - please could you pop in or phone Linda just to remind me what time you are able to come along next week. Also we have no readers on our list for after half term. You would be most welcome into school for your first or second visit so please let any one of us know in the classroom or contact me through google classroom to book a specific date which works for you. I would love to keep this amazing experience going all year!
Thank you
Mrs. Thomson
Terrific Tuesday!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 1st Feb 2022 @ 10:20pm
Lots of adventures for the lions today. A morning of dance with our visitor from The Blue Moose Dance Company. The children created dragon and lion dances.
Super learning in our phonics and maths lessons in class! Lots of team points were given out to our super stars.
This afternoon we had a visit from the fire fighters at Penwortham. We learnt a lot, listened and also asked lots of questions. After looking at the fire engine we have a lot to add to our project class engine!
The children enjoyed trying out the water hose and we all got a little wet! Especially when one of our very own lions got a little mischievous with the help of the fire fighter!
Science - where do our organs go?, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 1st Feb 2022 @ 7:09am
We started our lesson by thinking about how our organs are arranged, what they are called and what function they have as part of our digestive system.
After some research and explanations we were able to create a model of our digestive system and label it.
Outdoor Fun!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 31st Jan 2022 @ 9:39pm
Today we had a busy afternoon. We started to make our own fire engine, we had fun using the hosepipe, buckets and squirty bottles and also created some smaller engines with our friends. Penwortham fire station are hoping to visit us tomorrow afternoon and they are very keen to see our work, talk about how they help people and show us the fire engine.
In the morning we have a very special team of dancers coming to show us dances for Chinese New Year. We are all very excited.
Super Research, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 31st Jan 2022 @ 8:59pm
Well done Panda's you really impressd me with your IT skills today. You all did an amazing job logging onto your chrome books and then researching famous landmarks in Europe.
Assembly blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 30th Jan 2022 @ 10:48pm
In our assembly on Tuesday, we talked about a picture and how old it was and how we knew it was old then Mrs Catterall told us a story about the boy in the old picture. Next, we saw a picture of a light bulb, then an old film projector, after we saw a picture of a phonograph and a gramophone. We then discovered that the boy in the first picture was Thomas Edison and he invented all of the other items in the pictures. We discussed how he would have needed to work hard, that there would have been failures along the way but he kept going. We reflected on when we have had to be like Thomas Edison today and how if we come across something which is tricky or hard work we shouldn’t give up.
In our assembly on Thursday we talked about Rose off strictly come dancing and how well she did because she is part deaf. We also talked how many people want to learn sign language. This is in the news because people were voting for it to be recognised as an official language in law. We also asked if anyone knew any parts of sign language, year 3 and year 4 performed the rainbow song to the school, they have been learning it during their LPS+ lessons. We also talked about which is more important touch, sound, smell, taste, hear or sight.
Lucie and Evie
Musical talent, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 30th Jan 2022 @ 10:38pm
We have really enjoyed our musical performances this week.
videos to follow.
Projects, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 30th Jan 2022 @ 10:36pm
Thank you to all those people who brought in a project.
Science, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 30th Jan 2022 @ 10:34pm
We looked at the teeth of different animals and then used what we knew about the function of different teeth to decide whether an animal was a carnivore, herbivore or omnivore.
We were unsure where to place the frog. Evie did a bit of research and discovered a frog is a carnivore but a tadpole is a herbivore.
Zebras amazing learning, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 28th Jan 2022 @ 5:53pm
In Art we have been combining our new skills, mixing shade of colour and adding texture.We have created the background to our cold pictures ready to add more deatail, they are looking great! In English we have finished our leaflet on our cold theme parks, we have had some fabulous ideas, all of the would persuade me to go! In Geography today we enjoyed finding out about the equator and where hot and cold places are.
Mrs Woolley told us all about Burns Night , we tasted haggis and made short bread, don’t forget to return your completed bird watch surveys so Mrs Woolley can send them off to the RSPB.
Today Samuel shared with the class how he is raising money for the charity Stand by me by taking part in February on the floor. He is sleeping on the floor a couple of nights to raise awareness of how not all children in the world have a comfortable bed to sleep in when they go to sleep. The Zebras thought this was great idea , if you want to join in visit the website, Stand by me charity for more information. Or you might even like to sponsor Samuel and help children not as lucky as us.
Have a great weekend ??
Fantastic art, by Mr Pearson
Date: 28th Jan 2022 @ 9:34am
lots of new skills being developed in art.
Delicious Bolognese, by Mr Pearson
Date: 28th Jan 2022 @ 5:51am
The end of our DT project, with the Meerkat chefs.
Wonderful Wednesday!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 26th Jan 2022 @ 8:41pm
The lions have been working very hard on their ‘Amazing Animals’ topic. Over the last few days they have made up a poem and today we have put actions to it. We are hoping to perform this in assembly on Monday - we love an adventure and a challenge!
We have been looking at time, daytime and night time. We have been sequencing our day and today everyone had a clock. We worked very hard at showing o clock. I am sure the children will be happy to talk about this and even show you on a clock at home.
Assembly blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 23rd Jan 2022 @ 1:48pm
In our assembly on Tuesday we focused on dreams and goals. We are learning to face the big fears of our mountains / challenges. We read a story about a rescue dog that helps in the cold misty mountains and a little boys life, that story taught us not to give up.
On Thursday we had our picture news assembly with the question - is it ever fair to treat others differently because of their looks? We discussed that a Chinese footballer had to cover up his tattoo and he had no choice. We also thought about other jobs like nurses, soldiers and chefs etc. We talked about how it’s not right to judge people by their looks or their culture.
Lucy year 6
Photo's from last Term, by Mrs Leigh
Date: 21st Jan 2022 @ 1:44pm
Here are some photographs from our learning in the Autumn term.
Manchester Airport Trip, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 20th Jan 2022 @ 4:37pm
The Pandas have had a wonderful day visiting The Runway Visitor Park at Manchester Airport.
The trip was organised to enhance learning about ways we can travel to Europe and as part of our LPS+ curriculum to learn about future careers.
Well we certainly learnt about aeroplanes, we learnt about concord, DC10's just to name 2. We saw planes take off and land including the worlds largets passenger plane the A380. The pilots even waved to us as they taxied past. After our outdoor session we went into a classroom inside the front of a Monarch DC10. The children learnt about so many different careers linked to aviation such as pilots, cabin crew, air traffic control, the emergency services that are on site just to name a few. As we left the airport the children were very excited to share with their famlies today's exciting adventure.
