Our blogs
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.
Castle and the Sun, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 25th Apr 2018 @ 5:48pm
We looked at Castle and the Sun by Paul Klee and made our own wax resist versions. Here’s the shapes that we began with.
Wonderful Wednesday!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 25th Apr 2018 @ 3:47pm
The Penguins enjoyed a busy day today, preparing healthy snacks as part of our Jigsaw work (and teatsing them of course!) and a visit from the fire service.
This morning we were busy chopping, scooping and preparing our healthy snacks, popcorn raisins, veggie dip, avocado dip, fruity scones and fruit kebabs. The best bit was tasting them this afternoon and voting for our favourite, it was...fruit kebabs ,closely followed by popcorn raisins.
This afternoon we had a visit from the fire service talking to the children about fire safety. Homework check up, does your child know their address and have you checked your smoke alarm recently? It would be useful to discuss a fire plan with the children , just in case.
COLE&LUKE, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 25th Apr 2018 @ 2:51pm
THIS WEEK HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS! ESPECIALY TODAY BECAUSE WE HAD DIFFERENT SECTIONS THAT WE COULD CHOOSE FROM. THE SECTIONS WERE : MATHS, D.T, READING AND G.P.S . EACH SECTION WAS 1 HOUR APART FROM READING AND G.P.S WHICH WERE 30 MINUTES EACH . LUKES FAVOURITE THING WAS READING BECAUSE HE GOT TO VIDEO A MAGAZINE REVIEW . MY FAVOURITE THING WAS D.T BECAUSE WE GOT TO MAKE THINGS THAT MOVE . I HOPE TO DO THIS AGAIN .
Number bonds to 5, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 25th Apr 2018 @ 11:36am
We collected 5 beans and then found how many ways we could make number sentences that add up to 5.
Marvellous magnificent models!, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 25th Apr 2018 @ 10:01am
STEM at Priory, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 24th Apr 2018 @ 3:04pm
Today James and I went to Priory to do some STEM. We have been very busy; we did hard problem solving in Maths; we made a tower out of: paper, paperclips, straws, lollysticks, scissors and cellotape; we experimented in Science with chemical reactions and got to use the bunsen burners! Finally, we made paper planes and saw if size or models effected flight (Leon made an awesome one out of sugar paper).
We definitely had loads of fun!!
Playscript writing, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 24th Apr 2018 @ 12:04pm
We have had a brilliant morning working together to create a play script for a video called "Dum Spiro".
Mondays assembly blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 23rd Apr 2018 @ 8:09pm
Blog written by our year 6 PSHE leaders
Today's assembly was about what does loneliness feel like? Loneliness may be when you are homeless , alone and left out. The U.K., sadly, has loneliness problems. Many people assume that it is just elderly people who are lonely, but 1 in 20 Young people have actually said they are lonely, they are the heart of the problem. Some of the cause of being lonely are if you are starting a new school or if you are just naturally shy. We looked at some pictures with groups of children in them, we had to think, which child was feeling lonely, on one, one of the people were on there own, so we knew that that child was lonely. We then looked at a letter in which a mum had wrote about her daughter because she was shy, had no brother or sisters and the mum was asking for advice. Once we had read the letter we thought of ways we would include the little girl. We had lots of ideas like: invite her to parties, ask her to play a game with you in the playground and make the effort. We got set a challenge to look out for people who were a bit lonely in the playground and see if they would like to play a game with you. We also need to remember that sometimes people aren't lonely, they might just want some alone time.
Weather forecasters, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 23rd Apr 2018 @ 5:03pm
Today the Penguins enjoyed being weather forecasters for the day. As you can imagine we a lot of interesting weather going on in the United Kingdom! we also used a map of the United Kingdom to find the 4 countries and their capitals ,which can you remember?
Tomorrow they will be creating even more interesting weather as we create a weather forecast for Chew and Swallow from our story Cloudy with a chance of meatballs.
In Maths today we looked at finding fractions of amounts and making the link with division. Later on in the week we will be looking at position and direction.
We will be creating some healthy snacks in our Jigsaw work and voting for our favourites.
On Wednesday afternoon we have a visit from the fire service for our fire safety talk.
A parent mail was sent out about changing reading books on Thursday instead of Friday for this week only.
Happy reading!
Tag rugby tournament, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 23rd Apr 2018 @ 1:33pm
On Thursday, we played took a team to Tarleton to play tag rugby and competed against other schools in the area. After fighting hard (and some really excellent rugby), we were declared the winners! The media team took some pictures and videos of the day and we have complied them into a short video. We hope you enjoy it and a big congratulations to the team!
Miss R
Week Beginning Monday 23rd April 2018, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 22nd Apr 2018 @ 4:48pm
Hello all :)
I hope you have enjoyed the weekend!
Here is the plan for the week ahead:
English |
We are reading The Three Wishes by David Melling. We are using exclamation marks and question marks in our writing. |
Maths |
We are learning about numbers and place value. We are representing numbers using pictures and equipment. We are recognising tens and ones. |
Phonics |
Mrs Thomson's group is working on silent letters. Mrs Coxhead's group is working on alternative pronounciations for graphemes. |
Art |
We are learning about Castle and Sun by Paul Klee (as we didn't manage to in week one!). |
PE |
We are learning ball skills in our games lessons. |
Jigsaw |
We are learning about relationships and friendships. |
Class Assembly |
We are preparing for our class assembly on Wednesday. Thank you for your support in learning lines! The assembly should begin just after 0900. Just go round to the hall and take a seat after you have dropped off your children. |
I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow,
Mrs Coxhead
Good Friends, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 20th Apr 2018 @ 5:29pm
In Jigsaw, we learned about friendships and thought about famous friends in books and on television. We decided what good friends should do in pairs.
Sports Update, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 20th Apr 2018 @ 2:52pm
This week we participated in a football tournament in the finals at priory. Although we came second, we did really well and are very proud of our achievement. In other news, the Y5 rugby team did brilliantly and won the rugby tournament at Tarleton rugby club. Our school is really proud of what we did. A big well done to all!
Play practice, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 20th Apr 2018 @ 7:11am
I'm so excited. Over the last two days the children have been working in small groups to rehearse a play. They have chosen their groups and play script, annotated their text for their part, practised their lines and put together some actions. I have been extremely impressed with them all, many have sourced their own props and costumes.
Today I will get to watch their performances, I know they are going to be amazing.
Thursday assembly blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 20th Apr 2018 @ 7:07am
In assembly today we started off thinking about the word devotion and what are we devoted to. We shared our thoughts about how we know someone I'd devoted to a football team or a pop band. We listened to a story from India. This story happened 300 years ago! In our reflection we thought about some famous words one of the gurus in our story said. We also thought about how we can be brave and little things we would do that we were, in the past, afraid to do.