Our blogs
Harvest stars!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 4th Oct 2018 @ 6:51pm
A big well done to the Elephants for being fantastic and making their teacher (mummy!!!!) proud, you were fabulous in church😊👍
The elephants would also like to say a massive thank you to Bobby’s mum for making the aprons and all the lovely extras . You are a star 🌟 and they have and will really enhance our learning .Isla said “I loved being a nurse” we are all enjoying using them , their faces say it all ,so a big thank you again!
Role play fun, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 2nd Oct 2018 @ 6:42pm
Yesterday we were busy filling up sandbags ready to make our trench/hospital.It was hard work!
Yesterday we we also started learning all about Florence Nightingale and how she helped the soldiers in the Crimean war,
Tiday we enjoyed being trained by Mrs Thomson, just like Florence trained her nurses .We all passed and were amazing. more training tomorrow🙂
The Week ahead - 1st October, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 30th Sep 2018 @ 8:43pm
This week.
English - focus on the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. We will be doing lots of oral rehearsing of the story, adding detail to our sentences and starting sentences using subordinate clauses. We will be rewriting the story in paragraphs.
Maths - this week we will be focusing on Shape.
On Thursday there will be no swimming as it is Harvest in Church. We will be preparing for this in class this week, learning our lines and making props.
On Friday afternoon we will have a cricket session .
Projects are due in on Wednesday.
Eggs, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 30th Sep 2018 @ 8:20pm
This week our topic focus has been Eggs.
We observed the differences inside and outside of a variety of eggs. We were surprised to find some Blue eggs.
The eggs came from a farm in Bamber Bridge.
We had a go at making boiled eggs and scrambled eggs.
Eggs are good for us because they give us protein and are a good source of Vitamin D.
Maths, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 30th Sep 2018 @ 8:16pm
Working on the place value of 3 digit numbers. Working together to solve puzzles.
Types of food., by Mrs Catterall
Date: 30th Sep 2018 @ 8:16pm
We have continued our topic work by creating healthy meals and sorting food into the different food groups. Some were more tricky than others.
Maasai Warriors, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 30th Sep 2018 @ 8:12pm
Wow, today was amazing.
We were very privileged to welcome the Osiligi Maasai Warriors into school this morning. They shared with us songs and dances from their culture. It is hard to put into words the emotions their performance created. Truly spectacular.
Trip to Lancashire infantry museum and the Museum of Lancashire, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 30th Sep 2018 @ 8:06pm
We had a fantastic day today learning all about WW1.
The children were fantastic, they signed up to the army, took part in drill and learnt about life in the trenches and what would happen if you were injured.
Another busy week, by Mrs McLennan
Date: 28th Sep 2018 @ 3:30pm
Another busy week in year 2. We have been measuring, writing stories, planting poppy seeds, rubbing leaves and much more. Have a good weekend because next week is going to be even busier..
Outdoor fun on Friday morning, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 28th Sep 2018 @ 12:04pm
We have had fun trying to save the water. Playing tic tac toe and making giant number lines.
Computer fun, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 27th Sep 2018 @ 7:15pm
Today we enjoyed using the computers, we learnt how to log on, use the mouse and find letters on the keyboard.We were able to type our names - it was fun!
In maths we have been learning about 2 digit numbers, that the first digit is worth 10 and the second digit is worth one. We all had a one digit number and had to find a partner and make a 2 digit number , say what it was and work out how many 10’S and how many 1’sit had. Some people even had a go at making a 3 digit number!
Leafman art, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 25th Sep 2018 @ 6:52pm
After our Autumn walk we used all the lovely leaves, acorns, sticks and lots of other things to make leafman artwork in the outside art studio.
Autumn Walk in the sunshine, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 25th Sep 2018 @ 12:07pm
Today we read the story of leaf man and then we went to the park in LOngton to search for leaves, conkers, acorns and lots of lovely things to make our very own leaf man pictures.
Body naming fun!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 24th Sep 2018 @ 8:17pm
We had fun this afternoon labelling real life bodies. We used sticky notes and wrote our own labels. We discussed what our bodies can do and had a great time running, jumping, skipping, hopping, walking and galloping around the running track.
After our story this morning called Wonder, about a boy with one eye,we started to think what it might be like if different parts of our bodies didn’t work as well as they should. We tried “shuffling” around on our bottoms to try to begin to imagine what it might be like if our legs didn’t work as well.
What a week..., by Mrs McLennan
Date: 21st Sep 2018 @ 5:44pm
We have had a fantastic week. The children were thoroughly impressed with the Masai Warriors and asked some thoughtful questions. We ended the week with an action packed cricket lesson. Next week we are going to finish our story about Sidney and Stella. Have a good weekend.
Fantastic Friday, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 21st Sep 2018 @ 2:33pm
We have had a lovely day finishing off baking cakes just like red riding hood, playing in the listening area, writing phonemes from this week and having cakes in the relax shed outside.
Wonder, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 21st Sep 2018 @ 10:46am
It has been a week where wonder has been all around us.
On Wednesday we were privileged to welcome the Osigili Masai warriors. Their show was an awe and wonder moment. We all learnt so much about the life and coulture of the Maasai people. The rest of the day was spent furthering our knowledge and feeding our wonder.Thursday began with a wonder assembly. Having watched the story of how the elephant got its trunk the whole school were posed with the question of how did this elephant get its colours? They were shown a picture of a colourful elephant and then the beautifully carved elephant itself. The buzz and enthusiasm for writing was amazing as the classes went off to write.
The Bongos came up with spectacular ideas.
They were then given a data investigation to do ordering elephants, followed by learning to read, write and say numbers to 10 in Swahili. The day ended having fun learning a Swahili song called Jambo Branagh - recommend by Mr Kennedy.
Homework was sent home yesterday with a note on it about ideas for projects.
Have a happy weekend.
Elephant writing and more dancing!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 20th Sep 2018 @ 4:26pm
We met a beautiful coloured elephant today and had to decide how he had got his colours.We had lots of great ideas, a magical coloured pond,he was walking through beautiful flowers, he squirted a rainbow over him and lots more.We have done some amazing writing🙂
We also had fun this afternoon wearing our warrior headbands, necklaces ( and some people carrying their shields) when we made up our own Masai warrior dances. Therre was lots of jumping!
How the elephant got his colours, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 20th Sep 2018 @ 3:31pm
Today we watched a story about how the elephant got his trunk. We then had to make our own class story about how the elephant got his colours
Amazing outdoor and indoor activities, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 20th Sep 2018 @ 3:25pm
We have had a great day baking, using the whiteboard, going in the computer suite and playing in the dinosaur wash and water area.
Maasai warrior visit , by Mrs Pratten
Date: 19th Sep 2018 @ 6:27pm
We all had a fabulous morning meeting the Maasai Wariors, we enjoyed listening to their music and watching their dancing.
This afternoon we made headbands and necklaces ready to have a go at dancing tomorrow. We enjoyed jumping and hearing them rattle,
Letters, by Mrs McLennan
Date: 17th Sep 2018 @ 4:31pm
We’ve started to read the book, ‘Sidney, Stella and the moon’ by Emma Yarlett and tomorrow we are going to be writing a letter pretending to be one of the characters. Have you ever written a letter?
Typing club, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 17th Sep 2018 @ 3:50pm
Hello! Everyone in Y5 has been setup with a typing club account just go to longton.typingclub.com then login using your first name and the first initial of your surname e.g. maisieb - no password needed just login and have a go! I can see your progress and how you're getting on. Remember, don't look at the keyboard!
Second week done , by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 14th Sep 2018 @ 4:15pm
We have had a great two weeks in school and everyone is settling in really well. Today we have been into a whole school assembly.