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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:

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.

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:

I look forward to seeing you all on Monday,

Mrs Coxhead