Longton Primary School: : Blog items

Signs in the village, by Miss Adamson

Date: 4th Jul 2017 @ 5:44pm

Following our pedestrian training last week the children made some road signs for our mini village!

Science plants, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 3rd Jul 2017 @ 3:30pm

This afternoon we have set up a few experiments. We have put a stick of celery and a white rose into some water with red food colouring in. I wonder what will happen? We also dissected lily and then drew a diagram of it in our books.

The week ahead - w/c 3rd July, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 2nd Jul 2017 @ 11:17pm

I hope you have all had a relaxing weekend.

This week we have lots of exciting activities planned.

English - writing explanation texts about plants, how they grow and how seeds are dispersed.

Maths - Fractions.

Science - exploring parts of a plant and how seeds are dispersed.

R.E. - researching leaders, Desmond Tutu and Martin Luther King.

P.E. - Elite coach Gymnastic session, athletics.

On Tuesday afternoon we will be watching the year 5 performance

On Wednesday year 6 will be taking over and teaching the children for the day.

On Friday we will be in our Pyjamas or onesies to raise money for charity. It will be the last day for one member of our tribe as well as the fact they have earnt yet another class reward for a completed compliment chart. Therefore we will enjoy spending time with our friends, baking cakes, playing games and relaxing.

Deepdale Duck, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 2nd Jul 2017 @ 11:01pm

On Thursday we had a visit from Deepdale duck. We were told all about going to watch PNE and a competition the children can enter to win the chance to be the team mascot for a match.

Emotion Cogs, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 2nd Jul 2017 @ 10:58pm

This week we developed our knowledge of the emotion cogs. We thought of a feeling (orange cog) and discussed how our bodies felt when we experienced this feeling (red cog). Next we discussed the behaviours we show during this feeling (green cog). We explored a new yellow cog, this shows the triggers for that emotion. We thought about what can make us happy, sad, angry, worried and scared.

We had some great discussions and team work with everyone recording their ideas and opinions.

We finished our lesson with our favourite song and dance 'I feel good'.

The Week Ahead - Monday 3rd July 2017, by Miss Adamson

Date: 2nd Jul 2017 @ 8:46am

Good morning :)

I hope that you will enjoy the sunshine today!

This is what we are doing this week:

English	We are reading Back to Earth With a Bump. It is about a little boy called Hal who travels into space on his bed! We will retell the story and write our own space postcards. We are also finding out about a day in the life of an astronaut. We will write our own space diaries.
Maths	We are working on division this week. We are learning about division as sharing and division as grouping.
GPS	We are learning about verbs in the past tense. We will review verbs, learn that regular verbs in the past tense end in -ed and look at some irregular verbs in the past tense.
PE	We are using tactics to trick our opponents in games involving catching balls.

I look forward to seeing you all in the morning,

Miss Adamson

Pedestrian Training, by Miss Adamson

Date: 30th Jun 2017 @ 8:24pm

We enjoyed pedestrian training this week and had a visit from Tom the lollipop man today. Thank you ever so much to our helpers!

Elite Sports, by Miss Adamson

Date: 30th Jun 2017 @ 8:22pm

We had good fun with Tom on Tuesday morning. The parachute was a real treat!

James And Cadence Blog No.30!, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 30th Jun 2017 @ 2:49pm

This Week In Year 4, we have really enjoyed playing Cricket! Yes we took over for Y5 and had such fun and really did well. We learnt how to hit the ball really hard and field really well. In 2 DAYS Miss Preistley is going back to Edge Hill University. So sad. Anyway, we have have continued our work on D&T (Design and Technology) we are sewing our own purses and wallets. Before the lesson, we were given cupcakes from Miss Preistly and mindful colouring from Mrs.Pratten. In English,we have been arguing for and against school uniform and zoos. We had a secret vote and against won. Sorry For! We had Deepdale Duck (the PNE mascot) came in to assembly and was sitting on people's laps! In IT, we made a web to deliver E-Mails to one anonther. Rachel sent a message to me! A.K.A James.

By James and Cadence 🐯😀

Rotakids, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 30th Jun 2017 @ 10:30am

On Thursday Rotakids from Longton hosted a fellowship afternoon for Rotakifs from Broad Oak Primary and Walto Le Dale Primary. they shared ideas, had refreshments, spent time playing and chatting. It was a lovely afternoon of friendship.

Deepdale Duck visited school, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 29th Jun 2017 @ 1:24pm

James And Isaac Blog No.29, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 28th Jun 2017 @ 2:49pm

In the middle of the week,we have been learning about stereotypes and how you shouldn't judge someone by how they look or believe. In English we have been doing a review and our highlights of Year 4. We have just about finished them and they look excellent! In maths, we have been reaserching and looking into polygons and have really had fun with them (Drawing them and just plain looking at them!). People went to athletics to do running,javelin,obstacle courses,sprinting and long jump and we had lots of fun.We came either 4th,5th,6th,7th,8th or 9th! In History, we had a visit from Cleopatra VII and Tutankhamen!

By James And Isaac

Amazing athletes!, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 28th Jun 2017 @ 1:14pm

Yesterday years three and four took part in an athletics tournament ,they were all amazing and put in 100% effort . Well done! A big thank you to all the parents who helped with transport and supported us.

Blackpool Zoo, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 27th Jun 2017 @ 10:00pm

The Bongos have had a fantastic time at Blackpool Zoo. As well as seeing lots of amazing animals they have learnt lots too.

Blackpool zoo 2, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 27th Jun 2017 @ 5:23pm

Blackpool zoo1, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 27th Jun 2017 @ 5:19pm

Amazing day x

Week beginning 26th June, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 26th Jun 2017 @ 3:12pm

This Week in our learning we are thinking about:

Maths - exploring properties of 2D shapes

English - writing reviews and reports about our year in Y4/carrying on with our debating skills

History- investigating Pharoahs

ICT - investigating the world wide web

DT - making wallets

PSHE - exploring stereotypes

PE - athletics, tag rugby

WOPPS - violin lessons continue

Good luck to our athletes from Y3 and Y4 taking part in an inter school competition 😃

The week ahead - 26th June, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 26th Jun 2017 @ 8:02am

This week we will be focusing on

English - explanation texts about plants.

Maths - mental addition and subtraction

Science - What a plant needs to grow

PSHE - the 4 emotion cogs, emotion, behaviour, body sensations and triggers

GPS - year 3 and 4 statutory word list spellings and proofreading skills

P.E. - Athletics, games skills with Elite coaches.

German - items in the classroom.

Painting, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 26th Jun 2017 @ 7:56am

We enjoyed painting flowers, we thought about the shape of the petals and lightly sketched them on the page. We chose 1 colour and used this to paint the petals using small flicking strokes, each time adding white to the paint to make it a lighter shade.

The Week Ahead - Monday 26th June 2017, by Miss Adamson

Date: 25th Jun 2017 @ 8:37pm

I hope that you have all had a lovely weekend! If you went to the summer fair, I hope that you had fun!

This is what we are doing this week:

Maths	We are learning about multiplication as repeated addition and division by sharing and grouping.
English	We are reading Celebration on Planet Zox and writing about how Cosmic Clive is feelling.
GPS	We are learning about adjectives and noun phrases to describe pictures, in our reading and in our writing.
Science	We are continuing to learn about the human body on Monday and Tuesday.
PE	We have the Elite coaches for a fundamental skills session on Tuesday.
RE	We are learning about Islam.
Pedestrian Training	We will be doing our pedestrian training in groups of Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoon.