Our blogs
Water Day, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 11th May 2018 @ 1:23pm
Today we have been learning about water through the charity Water Aid. The class have had an excellent discussion about all sorts of charities , thought about where our tap water comes from, drawn and acted out the water cycle .
The children have thought about the implications of dirty water supplies and lack of toilet facilities in parts of the world.
After learning about Water Aid Projects such as the gravity fed water aystem , the rainwater harvesting jar and the composting latrine the children were set the design question: can you develop the gravity fed water system to include more taps?
Finally the children created posters to raise awareness of the work of Water Aid.
It has been a great day of thoughtful, creative and compassionate work. Well done everyone
Brenda's boring egg., by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 9th May 2018 @ 4:11pm
This weeks fairytale is The Ugly Duckling, and we have been looking at the lifecycle of ducks, chicks and generally all birds. Today we read a lovely story about Brenda and her egg, all the other mummy Ducks had the most amazing coloured eggs but Brenda's was just white. When the eggs all hatched all the ducklings were unique in their own way but they were all brown. We then made our own fluffy ducklings.
Hunting for mini beasts , by Mrs Pratten
Date: 9th May 2018 @ 4:01pm
This afternoon the Penguins proved to be excellent mini beast hunters. We discussed the best places to find them, what habitat they needed and off we went. We found all sorts, worms, slugs, ants, wood lice, snail, ladybird.Evie even managed to catch a fly! Luke and Oliver even found a reindeer!!!!!!
Week Beginning Monday 7th May 2018, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 7th May 2018 @ 1:57pm
Hello,
I hope you have been able to make the most the all the sunny weather this weekend.
This week is a little different than usual as it is our termly check-up week. Children will complete check-ups in Reading, Maths and Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling and Phonics.
Aside from check-ups, we will be making model castles in Design and Technology and learning about materials in Science. In PE we will have a practise of our races for sports day and practise our ball skills.
I look forward to seeing you tomorrow!
Many thanks,
Mrs Coxhead
Seed planting, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 7th May 2018 @ 10:42am
Amazing lifecycles, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 4th May 2018 @ 7:04pm
We have been so busy over the last three weeks finding out about different lifecycles. We have been making lifecycles, writing stories and much more. Take a look at our fantastic learning environment.
Castle Paintings, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 4th May 2018 @ 5:50pm
We experimented with different colours and brushes in order to create castles pictures.
Scratch Junior, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 4th May 2018 @ 5:49pm
We tinkered on Scratch Junior. We made algorithms that made our characters move.
All stars Cricket, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 4th May 2018 @ 5:47pm
We enjoyed trying cricket with Mark from New Longton.
An Amazing Week, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 4th May 2018 @ 2:40pm
It has been an amazing week for our class. The highlight of the week was our outstanding performance of Cinderella The Musical. Our audiences loved it!
We have had 3 class compliments this week so are beginning to fill our new chart.
This morning all of our English work was based on the song This is Me from The Greatest Showman. We have even written our own versions which we will video and share next week.
This afternoon we have been learning about different ways in which artists draw and paint water.
Cricket fun, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 3rd May 2018 @ 5:07pm
Today the Penguins enjoyed a cricket session, learning to hit the wickets, hit the ball as well as practising our throwing and catching skillls. They all enjoyed the session and should have bought home details of how they can join New Longton cricket club and take part in some coaching sessions. There was lots of good skill on show - well done Penguins!
Gingerbread men, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 2nd May 2018 @ 5:53pm
Today we made and then tasted gingerbread men. Run, run as fast as you can....we can catch you, delicious gingerbread man!
Outdoor PE, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 30th Apr 2018 @ 11:38am
We have had loads of fun doing PE outside. We had a go at the obstacle race ready for sports day. Next we had a go at the running race and we ran all the way around the field. Finally we finished with parachute games. We made a mushroom and played popcorn.
The week ahead - w/c 30th April, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 30th Apr 2018 @ 7:23am
Good morning
The sun is shining, fingers crosssed it stays this week.
Another great week in school is planned. On Thursday we will be going in our trip to BAE, we are leaving at 9am so please make sure you are all here on time.
On Tuesday afternoon we get to watch the year 4 production, I'm sure it will be fabulous.
In English this week we will be writing and practising our class assembly in preparation for next week. Although I have a rough plan the children will be creating this themselves. Writing their parts and organising there props etc.
In Maths we are focusing on arithmetic on Monday and then the focus will be money. They will be creating a shop and buying and selling their products with play money as well as developing their addition and subtraction of decimal numbers.
P.E. - developing our tennis skills.
Jigsaw - Relationship unit.
Music - Mrs Bolton
Science - planting seeds and looking at plant variety. How many types of plant do we have in our school grounds?
Week Beginning Monday 30th April 2018, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 28th Apr 2018 @ 1:03pm
Hello :)
I hope that you are enjoying your weekend. Here is what we are doing this week:
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English |
We are learning traditional rhymes, looking for rhyming words, sharing our preferences and writing our own version of a traditional rhyme. |
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Maths |
We are continuing our learning about number and place value. Specifically, we are comparing groups of objects and numbers and ordering groups of objects and numbers. |
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Phonics |
Mrs Thomson's group are learning about silent letters and Mrs Coxhead's group are learning unusual graphemes for vowel sounds. |
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PE |
On Thursday morning the Cricket Roadshow is coming to Year One so we will learn about and try a little cricket. We are also practising some of our ball skills. |
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Jigsaw |
We are continuing our topic about relationships by learning about people who help us. |
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Computing |
We are using ICT to design castle pictures. |
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Reading |
Books are changed on Friday this week. |
I look forward to seeing you all on Monday,
Mrs Coxhead
Looking at our learning journals, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 27th Apr 2018 @ 9:10pm
This afternoon we all had great fun looking at our learning journals so far. We had fun remembering all the fun we have had so far in reception. We could not believe how far we have come since September.
Earthlings, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 27th Apr 2018 @ 6:24pm
Earthlings! Today we applied for jobs in the morning and had to use our skills collaboratively to create a display fact file about Planet Earth. We had creators making a (fairly) accurate Earth globe, who worked closely with the Geographers to ensure accuracy and to come up with facts for over 100 countries around the globe. We had artists and researchers working closely to sketch 3D foods from around the world, which were paired with facts and food air miles. We’ve had a great day!
Miss R
Greetings, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 27th Apr 2018 @ 5:46pm
In Jigsaw we were learning about greeting people. We made our own greetings in pairs.
In role interviews, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 27th Apr 2018 @ 11:09am
As part of our work based around the story of The Mousehole Cat we were interview in role as some of the characters from the story. Some of us were villagers , some were Mowzer the cat and another group were Old Tom . Our interviews were videoed.
Planning a story about The Three Wishes, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 27th Apr 2018 @ 8:15am
We made story maps to help us plan our stories about The Three Wishes.
Assembly blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 27th Apr 2018 @ 7:32am
Friendship was the theme in today's assembly. When we walked into the hall there was a question, that question was what does being a good friend mean to you ? We had a challenge where we had to finish a sentence with a different thing about our friends. One of the sentence starters was my friend is different to me because... we came up with because we are all unique! We then had some time to think about the qualities of our best friend. Good friends listen, so we looked at, the rules of listening. The rules of listening are: be still, look at the speaker, nod and look interested and ask questions that relate on what the speaker is saying. We were talking about how a good friend says nice things to us and how it makes us feel happy. We said that you can give your friends a positive stroke. We don't physically stroke them, but we give them a compliment or say well done. This makes the person you said it to feel happy, just like when you stroke a cat, it feels good and makes them happy and purr.
by Gracie and Abigail
Picture News - British Values - w/c 23rd April, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 27th Apr 2018 @ 7:27am
Sorry for the dealy, I didnt make it go live!
If you have Gracie and Abigail's Assembly Blog from Monday you will have discovered our topic for discussion this week was Loneliness.
Well done Giraffes, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 26th Apr 2018 @ 7:47pm
Congratulations Giraffes on your very successful enterprise. Your pitta pockets, homemade coleslaw and rainbow fruit kebabs were really popular. You did an amazing job , working as a team to chop, fill and create your food and then went on to impress everyone with your outstanding customer service.
Your pricing was spot on . £82 was taken in sales, the cost of the ingredients was £40 giving you a profit of £42. This is a 105% profit making the Year 4 enterpise a real success.
New arrivals, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 26th Apr 2018 @ 2:36pm
We had a delivery by post today. A box arrived with 5 tiny caterpillars in. We have been learning about lifecycles of a tadpole a bean and now a butterfly. We haven't yet talked about the lifecycle of a butterfly but we have put the caterpillars in a safe place and letting them settle into class and grow! We will talk about the lifecycle of a butterfly next week.
