Year 6: The Kangaroos: Blog items
D&T: Structures, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 5th Oct 2016 @ 5:25pm
We began our D&T topic on structures today. We have some potential structural engineers within the class!
After looking at examples of different free-standing structures that we come across in everyday life, the children split into groups and came up with designs for free-standing towers that could be made from only art straws and sellotape. Each group was limited to 20 straws. Once designs had been finalised, the groups went ahead and built their towers. The towers started well with some sound structural decisions made by each engineering team. However, things took a turn for the worse when our budding engineers got their heads 'stuck in the clouds' by trying to make their towers taller and taller. This resulted in a few towers toppling to the ground.
Next week, the children will make marble runs using cereal boxes. Thank you for all of the boxes so far. Please make sure all remaining cereal boxes are sent in by next Wednesay at the very latest.
Orienteering, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 30th Sep 2016 @ 7:28pm
Heute Nachmittag, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 26th Sep 2016 @ 9:46pm
Heute, haben wir Deutsch alles nachmittag gelernt.
Today, we learnt German all afternoon.
Wir hat gelernt:
We learnt:
Guten morgen (Good morning)
Guten tag (Good day)
Guten nachmittag (Good afternoon)
Ich heisse... (I am called...)
Ich bin... (I am...)
Mein Name ist... (My name is...)
Ich komme aus... (I come from...)
Ich wohne in... (I live in...)
We also revised German numbers and practised saying our phone number in German. Everyone made a Germany-themed bookmark to remind them of some of the vocabulary.
European Day of Languages, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 26th Sep 2016 @ 8:10pm
This afternoon the children celebrated European Day of Languages by taking part in lots of Language themed activities.
The Penguins ( Year 1) learnt the colours of the rainbow in German
The Bongos ( Year 2 ) learnt greetings, classroom instructions, numbers to 10 and how to tell somebody their name and age in French.
The Giraffes ( Year 3) looked at the work of Paul Klee, a Swiss-German artist and learnt the names of colours.
They tried to make dark colours like his paintings. E.g. Dunkelrot. = dark red
The Tigers ( Year 4) learnt lots of intersesting facts about germant such as there are 400 zoos in Germany and tasted German food.
The Bears (Year 5) learnt greetings, times of day and how to say introduce themselves in Spanish.
The Kangaroos (Year 6) made bookmarks. On one side they decorated them with symbols of Germany, such as the flag, car badges and on the other they wrote about themselves in German.
At the end of the afternoon the children had the opportunity to share what they had been doing in assembly.
Roles & Responsibilities, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 24th Sep 2016 @ 9:34am
Year 6 have started their new 'jobs' with a healthy level of enthusiasm. Keep it up!
PE: Handball & Outdoor Adventure, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 24th Sep 2016 @ 9:21am
Our PE lessons this term are split between 'outdoor adventure' and the Olympic sport of Handball...
Looking the part..., by Mr Coxhead
Date: 24th Sep 2016 @ 9:12am
We posed for a few class photos this week!
Roald Dahl Day, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 13th Sep 2016 @ 6:18pm
Roald Dahl Day has been a thriving success!
We all gathered for an assembly at the end of the day to share some of the fantastic work produced in each class. Year 6 performed a poem from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which you can see a video of below. Years 1 to 5 shared a wide range of dazzling work (from extended writing to various styles of artwork) - photographs can be seen below!
During the assembly, we drew names from the BFG's 'dream jar' to find out who had won the Association's Gloriumptious Roald Dahl competition. We invited three very special people to the stage to draw names from the jar (all of whom share their birthday with Roald Dahl!): Stanley in Y2, Bailey in Y3 and our very own Sandye!
The overall winner of the 29-CD Roald Dahl Audiobook Collection was Sara (Y5). Five runner-up prizes (a BFG Activity & Sticker Book) were also won.
Thank you to everyone who donated £1 by entering the competition! We have raised over £140 to replenish the stock of Roald Dahl novels in our school library.
Week #1 - Lift off!, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 9th Sep 2016 @ 4:44pm
It's been a real pleasure to teach our knew Year 6 class this week; they have made an excellent start to the school year. Adults around school have commented on their maturity and settled manner. The class even received their first 'class compliment' award of the year for their conduct in assembly with Mrs Fletcher on Tuesday!
We launched into the curriculum on day one and every child has adopted a hard-working, determined attitude. It is clear that they are eager to make the most of their time in Year 6 and I am confident that a successful and enjoyable year awaits us.
This blog will be updated throughout the year, giving you an insight into our life at school. For now, we leave you with a few entertaining snaps from our 'Jujitsu' sample lesson on Thursday.
Have an enjoyable and safe weekend!
The blurred image is Lois performing an acrobatic, flying kick...
Sports day fun!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 25th Jul 2016 @ 7:22pm
Hooray! We finally managed to hold sports day! The children all had fun, well done to the red team who won overall, and to the individual teams who came joint first.
A big thank you to those parents who managed to come at short notice, your support was very much appreciated.
Chippy Lunch, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 25th Jul 2016 @ 6:21pm
A big thanks to The Big Fish for opening up especially for us at lunchtime today.
Talent show, by Mrs Moxham
Date: 22nd Jul 2016 @ 3:19pm
Well done all entries for the talent show- truly inspirational children.
Winner : Jasper year 1 Dance
2nd : Bromwyn year 2 Poetry
Year 6 shared one if their leavers assembly dances- wearing the faces of teachers. Very surreal!
Well Done
Cinders Sneak Peak, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 22nd Jul 2016 @ 1:36pm
Cinders rehearsal in full swing this morning!
It's coming together nicely...
Year 6 - cooking their own lunch, by Mrs Moxham
Date: 21st Jul 2016 @ 12:13am
Superb creativity by hippos in designing and making their own lunches. We had steak with ratatouille, pizza pops and fairy cakes. They did brilliantly well and shared with each other. Tidying up was another story but overall, they all worked hard for the group enjoyment. Thanks to mrs Thomson for her help too.
Trans Tech DT Workshop!, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 19th Jul 2016 @ 10:07am
Year 6 are having a fantastic day working with Brian from Trans Tech!
They have been using equipment and techniques that children typically encounter for the first time in high school DT lessons. The result of their efforts is excellent and they'll bring the models home next week.
Brian was very complimentary about all of the children at the end of the day!
Takeover Day, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 18th Jul 2016 @ 12:25pm
Year 6 have taken over our school for the day....
Swimming, Croft Bakery, Hot Air Balloons & Lego Robotics!, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 15th Jul 2016 @ 5:01pm
It has certainly been a week to remember...
We would like to offer a huge thank you to all those who have helped make the week possible:
- Mr Manley and Mr Aitchison at Hutton Grammar School.
- Mrs Cowburn and David from Aquability.
- Barbara, Martin, Kirsty and all of the staff at Croft Bakery.
- The Junior Stem Lego Robotics team.
Eco Team at the Brickcroft, by Mr Monckton
Date: 9th Jul 2016 @ 10:30am
The Eco team have had a lovely afternoon pond dipping at the Brickcroft. We found lots of interesting water animals from tadpoles to water snails. The children really enjoyed themselves and really helped Longton shine this afternoon. We must thank Sue from the Brickcroft and Gill Garside our Eco governor for their support.
High School Transition, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 4th Jul 2016 @ 1:37pm
This afternoon, Year 6 have had a workshop session with Becky from Longton Community Church. The session has been all about the transition to high school.
Year 6 thoroughly enjoyed it.
Flour Babies, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 4th Jul 2016 @ 1:36pm
Year 6 are learning about the responsiblity of looking after a baby!
LEP Education Award 2016, by Mr Pearson
Date: 24th Jun 2016 @ 11:19am
Yesterday, staff and pupils of Longton Primary attend the LEP Education Awards for Lancashire at the Charter Theatre, we are extremely pleased to announce that Longton Primary won the Health and Welling Award for recognition of our work on emotional health and mindset within school.
Our excellent Head Teacher Mrs Brown was highly recommend in the Head Teacher award category up against a strong field of both Primary and Secondary Heads.
Finally, the school was highly recommended in the Primary School of the Year category for the amazing experiences, high standards and dedicated staff.
From the extremely proud team at Longton.
Subject showcase, by Mr Pearson
Date: 20th Jun 2016 @ 9:09pm
A range of photographs from the schools fabulous subject showcase held last week that was opened by the school choir.
Brilliant dance from the heart roadshow, by Mrs Moxham
Date: 15th Jun 2016 @ 2:53pm
The whole school joined the sports development team today for a dance for Rio 2016.
What fun.
We had a visit from some extreme sportsmen on stunt and box bikes. They were awesome.
Computing Workshop at Girls High, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 14th Jun 2016 @ 3:38pm
Year 6 have had a great afternoon extending their understanding of computer programming at Girls High. A big thank you to Mr Riley for hosting us!
