Longton Primary School: Our blogs

Date: 2nd Feb 2018 @ 7:33am

Hello!

We had our Hothersall Lodge meeting on Wednesday and I've given it a few days to see if anyone had any extra suggestions/questions that might be worth sharing on here. So far there has only been the brilliant idea of packing your child with a binbag/plastic bag for wet/dirty clothes. Othere than that, everything else is on the kit list that went home with your child on Wednesday evening.
I thought it might just be useful to upload the powerpoint, a copy of the kit list and a copy of the medical form. With the medical form, can you please make sure that you fill out all the areas of the form, as some parents have missed the tetanus/polio immunisation question at the top of the second side.

Let me know if you think of anything that should be added to the kitlist/any questions you have!

Miss R

Medical form Kit List Hothersall Lodge PP

Plants and growth projects continued, by Mrs Coxhead

Date: 1st Feb 2018 @ 8:21am

We shared the rest of our brilliant projects this week. I think we learned lots about plants and growth just by hearing about the projects!

Telling the time, by Mrs Coxhead

Date: 1st Feb 2018 @ 8:18am

We have been learning to tell the time to the hour. We have started to read the time to the half hour, too. We have discussed the activities that we do at different times of the day.

Success coins, by Mrs Coxhead

Date: 1st Feb 2018 @ 8:16am

We discussed being successful in Jigsaw yesterday. We each received a coin with one of our successes written on it. We made a treasure chest to keep our success coin inside.

Creating our models, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 31st Jan 2018 @ 5:53pm

The Penguins had fun this afternoon creating their space buggies. They really did use their imaginations and their buggies look amazing.

They now need spraying and the finishing touches put on - watch this space!

Sheldons outing, by Miss McDowell

Date: 31st Jan 2018 @ 5:25pm

Sheldon was greeting some of our breakfast club children this morning.

Not sure who enjoyed it more the children or sheldon????

Science forces, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 31st Jan 2018 @ 9:47am

Yesterday we explored all things forces. We went on a forces walk around school, we thought deeper using different skills of discussing - odd one out, true or false statements.

We had fun exploring friction. We picked up jelly cubes with straws, then added oil and had another go - it was really tricky.

Some groups began to explore different surfaces and how a car travels over them. It was so busy we only have a few photos but we promise to take more next time as we continue our exploration.

English excitement, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 31st Jan 2018 @ 9:42am

This morning the children are practicing using their senses to gather vocabulary for their diary writing. Developing their thesaurus skills to extend their knowledge and range of vocabulary.

Space buggy time!, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 29th Jan 2018 @ 7:03pm

Hope everyone had a great weekend - what are we learning this week?

English - fact finding about our 2 explorers ready to write our fantastic reports

Maths - adding up coins, working out change

DT - we are making our models on Wednesday, a big thank you to those who have sent in small bits and bobs, still time!

PE - orienteering

Jigsaw - working to achieve our goals, working together to create 'a garden of dreams'

A busy week🙃

The Week Ahead - 29th January, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 28th Jan 2018 @ 11:58pm

I hope you have had a lovely weekend and our Longton Panto performers have had a good rest. I have heard fabulaous things about you all, well done.

This week our learning will consist of:

English - Reading diaries

Maths - Fractions

Science - Forces

Jigsaw - working in our teams to create a garden decoration.

P.E. - Orienteering and Swimming - T.shirts and shorts needed please. The children are carrying out their assessments for their water safety cetificates.

Watching the Reception and Year 1 performance.

Computing - Internet Safety

R.E. - Hinduism.

Jigsaw Afternoon Tea, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 28th Jan 2018 @ 11:51pm

Thank you to all who came to our Information Afternoon Tea, all about Jigsaw.

If you were unable to attend and wish to know more you can find the Powerpoint on the PSHE page of the website in the section 'Parent Information Page'. There are also further documents under PSHE curriculum.

Mrs Catterall

Week Beginning Monday 29th January 2018, by Mrs Coxhead

Date: 27th Jan 2018 @ 4:41pm

Hello :)

I hope that you are enjoying your weekend!

Here is what we are doing this week:

Maths	We are telling the time to the hour and half hour on an analogue clock. We will also discuss what we do at different times of the day.
English	We are reading the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. We will identify and discuss the main character. We will infer Jack's feelings when he is at the top of the beanstalk.
Phonics	Mrs Thomson's group is learning alternative pronounciations for 'ie' and 'ea'. Mrs Coxhead's group is beginning to learn about split diagraphs.
Jigsaw	We will begin our Dreams and Goals topic.
PE	We will begin our dance unit.

On Tuesday it is our dress rehearsal for the Bee Musical. If you have not sent in your child's costume, please could you send it to school on Monday. If you are unable to find the bits that your child needs, don't worry, but please let us know so that we can try to find them.

I look forward to seeing you all next week.

Many thanks,

Mrs Coxhead

Reading with our buddies, by Mrs Coxhead

Date: 27th Jan 2018 @ 4:17pm

Our buddies, in Year Six, kindly visited us to hear our reading. The children seemed to really enjoy themselves.

Plants and growth projects, by Mrs Coxhead

Date: 27th Jan 2018 @ 4:08pm

Thank you for the effort that you have put into your wonderful projects. We have been sharing them with the class. We have not shared them all yet - we will share the rest next week.

Number bonds to 5 , by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 26th Jan 2018 @ 6:40pm

In maths today we were learning number bonds to 5. We had a go at making a number bond hand. Each time we made a new calculation we turned a finger down to see how many fingers were curled down and how many were left up. It was tricky but great fun.

Designing buggies!, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 26th Jan 2018 @ 3:42pm

The children enjoyed exploring their vehicles and discussing what a space buggy might need. The drew some fantastic designs. Don't forget to bring in your bits and bobs to make them next week.

This morning they had some fabulous ideas about what might be in the city of Atlantis , they worked in small groups and came up with some amazing ideas and super descriptions.

Have a great weekend

Mrs Pratten😊

News report, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 25th Jan 2018 @ 9:11pm

We have enjoyed using iMovie on the iPads this week to create a news report about the strange star in the sky. (Part of the Iron Man story).

Projects, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 25th Jan 2018 @ 8:59pm

Thank you so much for bringing in all your amazing projects. Is it lovely to see your creative flair. I know the children have enjoyed working with you on these. Thank you to the mums, dads, grandmas, grandads and anyone else who has helped.

More Orienteering , by Mrs Catterall

Date: 25th Jan 2018 @ 8:54pm

Today we went outside for orienteering. We had maps showing coloured cones. There were coloured cones dotted around the ball cage just like our map. Each map had a different route on it. We had to follow the map and write down the codes under each cone. There were 8 different maps to try. It got a bit tricker towards the end as all the cones became white and we had remember to keep our map the correct way around.

Neighbourhood Talk, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 25th Jan 2018 @ 8:48pm

On Monday afternoon we welcomed Jo from South Ribble Borough Council into our classroom. She talked to us about litter and graffiti, dogs, waste and recycling as well as parks. It was very informative and the children listened carefully to all of the information.

Capacity, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 25th Jan 2018 @ 8:45pm

We have been exploring capacity during the week. How much liquid will each of the containers hold? Can we accurately measure out ml using measuring cylinders?