Our blogs
Yoga, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 22nd May 2018 @ 9:29pm
Peacock, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 22nd May 2018 @ 5:08pm
We learned that peacocks are the national bird of India. We watched a video of the peacock dance and painted our own using pearly paints.
Diva Lamps, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 22nd May 2018 @ 5:06pm
We used clay to make diva lamp holders. We will paint them once they’re dry.
Brass and woodwind, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 22nd May 2018 @ 5:05pm
Teachers and students from Penwortham Girls High School played us some music from different countries of the Commonwealth.
Fibre Artist, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 22nd May 2018 @ 5:02pm
This morning Caroline Finnigan came to school to show us how she turns sheeps wool into yarn that she can knit with and how she dyes the wool to make different colours.
Arts week day 2, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 22nd May 2018 @ 3:48pm
Today we enjoyed listening to the brass and wind musicians from girls high, we had fun singing along to Mama Mia!
We then finished off our pictures in the style of Jamini Roy, they look fab!
Arts Week Day 2, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 22nd May 2018 @ 11:52am
This morning began with an assembly where we learnt about the spinning of wool. Back in class we were ljoined by Mrs O'Reilly the head of history from Hutton Grammar and two teachers Miss MacDiarmid and Miss Slater. They delivered an outstanding lesson with super activities on the Windrush Experience.
Next the children began to create their pastel pictures based on the work of Cynthia McLean an artist from Trinidad and Tobago.
Arts Week Day One, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 22nd May 2018 @ 11:47am
The Giraffes started the day learning about the Commonwealth.They then looked at the work of Cynthia McLean, an artist from Trinidad and Tobago. In their sketch books the children experimented creating action pictures in her style, in readiness to create masterpieces tomorrow using pastels. During the afternoon the class went out in groups to work with an artist Peter Bourne. They painted poppies on the chimney and decorated fish sculptures. In the classroom we added the finishing touches to our musical memories cards for our memory box to be presented at the Dance from the Heart event after half term. To finish the day the children had great fun composing songs about the Commonwealth.
Arts week day one, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 21st May 2018 @ 4:13pm
We enjoyed our first day of Arts week with a visit from a local artist, Sarah Hicks, we had fun creating a sunset background, practised our printing skills and then put it all together to create fabulous silhouette pictures African style.
In the afternoon we looked at an Indian artist Jimini Roy, we practised sketching small details from his paintings and then drew our outline shape of a face in his style. We painted them so they are ready to use with oil pastels tomorrow.
Royal weeding celebrations , by Mrs Pratten
Date: 21st May 2018 @ 4:06pm
The Penguins celebrated the Royal wedding with lovely lunch,
Art with Sarah, by Miss Leigh
Date: 21st May 2018 @ 2:14pm
We had an artist come and work with us this afternoon. We are still working on our Gond style art but here is the start of our work.
Week Beginning Monday 21st May 2018, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 19th May 2018 @ 12:52pm
Hello,
I hope you are enjoying your weekend and the Royal Wedding, if you are watching.
Next week is our annual Arts Week so our timetable will be quite different! This year the theme is The Commonwealth. On Monday, we have a visit from a Deputy Lieutent for Lancashire who will teach the children a little about The Commonwealth. We also have a local artist, Peter Bourne, coming to school to make decorate fish with the children. On Tuesday, a local fibre artist will be sharing an assembly with the children about spinning wool and creating textiles. Some wind instrument players from Penwortham Girls High School will be coming to perform some of the songs they've been practising to Reception, Year One and Year Two. On Wednesday afternoon it is Sports Day (weather permitting). On Thursday, a dance group are coming to teach us some traditional Scottish dance. On Friday, a local artist who specialises in clay sculpture is coming to teach Year One some clay skills. Also, Peter Bourne is returning on Friday to help us to paint some poppies. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday we will practise for Dance from the Heart which is an annual dance event that takes place after half-term. We will also be doing our own art activities in class throughout the week based on countries from The Commonwealth.
We will change books on Friday as normal and check spellings. We will send home holidays passports instead of usual homework to complete over the half-term.
Please send in some kind of named old top/overall on Monday to keep in school all week. This is to protect the children's school uniform.
I look forward to seeing you on Monday,
Mrs Coxhead
Castle Decorating, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 18th May 2018 @ 8:33pm
On Monday we decorated our castles. They are very impressive!
Royal Wedding Lunch, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 18th May 2018 @ 8:29pm
Here are some pictures from the special lunch on Thursday.
Royal Wedding Party, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 18th May 2018 @ 4:08pm
For our class compliment we had a Royal Wedding Themed Day and a party afternoon.
Celebrating , by Miss Leigh
Date: 18th May 2018 @ 1:39pm
Congratulation Bears! We have have a great day celebrating trying our best this week in our SATs. We have been reading “Thunder Cake”. Today we made some treats to enjoy while we watched The Greatest Showman. I think you will agree that you enjoyed your day and really have worked hard.
Miss Leigh
Royal Wedding , by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 18th May 2018 @ 9:48am
Today we are learning about the Royal family and doing lots of activities linked to the Royal Wedding.
All of the activities are being collected in booklet form for the children to keep as a memory .
Next week is Arts week , the theme is The Commonwealth. we will be working with visiting artists and taking part in a history lesson with one of the history teachers from Hutton on Tuesday morning .
Royal wedding lunch, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 17th May 2018 @ 12:13pm
Lunch outside for the Royal Wedding
Brickcroft bug hunting, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 16th May 2018 @ 7:29pm
Year 2 had a fantastic time at the Brickcroft this afternoon. A lovely picnic lunch, followed by pond dipping (fortunately no children dipping!!) and we also had a good time looking for mini beasts in the wood part. We found lots of interesting things, tadpoles, water boatmen, water fleas and even centipedes and millipedes which escaped us at school.
A big thank you to all the helpers who came with us
our fun space week, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 15th May 2018 @ 3:12pm
This week, we have been working on a space doccumentary in groups. We have had lots of fun finding out interesting facts and using the ipads to help us research. We are hoping to send them to NASA and they will be sent on the space launch to mars next year.
Also, we have been learning how to present data in maths by going to other classes and recording personal appearances, using data.
This week, we also have been learning about friendship and we made friend trafic lights about how to sort a bad situation out. Then we had to act out an arguement and what we would have to do to sort it out.
Sophia Hale and Violet Nicholls
Monday fun in the sun, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 14th May 2018 @ 2:13pm
This afternoon we made the most of the sunshine. We have been learning outside, reading, writing and learning through play.
Model castles, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 12th May 2018 @ 11:30am
Here we are beginning our model castles. We worked together with our partners.
Yoga, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 12th May 2018 @ 11:28am
We tried yoga with Emma. We followed a story as we learned different yoga positions.
Week Beginning Monday 14th May 2018, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 12th May 2018 @ 11:26am
Hello
Here is what we are doing next week:
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English |
We are writing information booklets about banquets - comparing medieval banquets in the past to royal banquets today. |
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Maths |
We are reviewing telling the time to the half hour and learning about position and direction. |
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Reading |
We are choosing the correct pronounciation for graphemes and using clues to answer inference questions. |
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Phonics |
We are reviewing everything we have learned to practise for our phonics check. |
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DT |
We are completing our castle models from last week. |
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Science/Geography |
We are studying the weather at this time of year and learning about weather forecasts. |
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Jigsaw |
We are learning to recognise our qualities as a person and a friend. |
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PE |
We are practising ball skills. |
I look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Coxhead
Friday fun, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 11th May 2018 @ 4:29pm
We have been subtracting in maths this week and counting in 10's. Also our caterpillars are starting to make cocoons and have clung to the top of the cup, see if you can spot them.
