: Blog items
Whole School Write , by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 8th Mar 2020 @ 7:38pm
World Book Day, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 7th Mar 2020 @ 8:50am
The children have had a wonderful day. We used a scene from Ronald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to pose a scientific question: can sweets grow bigger? Using gummy bears and water the children set out to find the answer. They placed their bears in pots with a small amount of water and left them for an hour. Mrs Fletcher wasn’t allowed any water for her bear to make it a fair test. After an hour the children found that the bears in water had grown to be twice the size of Mrs Fletcher’S bear.
Next the children became architects , designing buildings made from sweets. They then wrote letters to Willy Wonka to tell him about their buildings.
After dinner we added to the whole school story before learning how to make origami books. The children then became authors and illustrators creating their own science or space themed books.
The children have all had an amazing day, I hope they enjoy sharing their new books with you and don’t forget to spend the book vouchers.
World Book Day , by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 6th Mar 2020 @ 5:10pm
We all looked fantastic and have had an amazing day.
Penguin blog March is here, by Mr Pearson
Date: 6th Mar 2020 @ 1:24pm
This week in maths, we learnt how to make fractions and did some fraction problem solving on a sheet. We also did some fraction number line problems.
In English, we did some more writing on The lost thing and worked on some similes and on Friday we did a whole school write about a scientist each class from Year 6 to Reception.
In French, we learnt how to say animal name in French.
In art, we painted our mosaic picture and learnt not to give up if your picture isn’t going as well as you would like it.
In music, we learnt lots of songs and how to play Mama Mia as one of them. The two people of this week for the badge was Martha and the case to Oliver.
In drama we finished off writing our scripts from last week and also we acted them out with our partner.
We are looking forward to out trip to Chester on Monday.
By Oliver and Lucie
World book day , by Mrs Pratten
Date: 6th Mar 2020 @ 12:40pm
The Koalas have had a great time today .They bought in their favourite books to share with their friends and then with their Y6 buddies. We then looked at non fiction books and then they worked in small groups to produce their own fact book all about animals. They all looked amazing and have had a great world book day.
World Book Day 2020 science and space, by Mrs Masterson
Date: 6th Mar 2020 @ 11:21am
This world book day most people came in and science or space themed outfits to fit with our whole school year theme of moon landings. We loved the fact that most people went with the principle of it is the thought that counts not the cost of the outfits - very eco! Luckily, our school is very creative and we have seen some amazing ideas for the theme. Today we have also included another whole school write,starting in year six all the way to reception and seeing what wonderful story writing can be comprehended into it! At the end of the day we will have a big assembly and read through the excellent work we have created.
by Eddie and Emily J
5 of march , by Miss Reynolds
Date: 5th Mar 2020 @ 3:09pm
on monday
we had tennis with are coach and after that we started to do a murder mystery where we had a booklet with lots of clues, everyone had questions related to the clues.
on wednesday
our class watched a video, we had to draw a character and describe are characters .
today
everybody played battleships in maths because its related to co-ordinates and in we played basketball.
by Layla and Grace
Elephant Tribe Homework, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 5th Mar 2020 @ 12:22pm
This week your homework is to learn the words for the songs for our production. Mrs Catterall has uploaded the tracks onto the class page for you to sing a long to.
Multi Faith Week, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 4th Mar 2020 @ 7:14am
This week we are learning all about different faiths. We have found out about Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Judaism, so far. We have made leaves for the Buddhas Bodhi tree and we have tasted a Jewish delicacy of apples and honey.
Meeting famous author Liz Kessler, by Mr Pearson
Date: 3rd Mar 2020 @ 7:46pm
Today we had the priviliage of million copy author Liz Kessler come to school to speak to us about how she plans and writes her books. We were all given inspiration for our own writing and learnt how Liz gets her ideas for her stories, although going to Bermuda to research a book like she did, might be costly!!
She then answered a range of interesting questions from the children and went on to personally sign copies of her Emily Windsnap series of books.
Another fantastic opportunity for our fabulous children at Longton Primary.
Faith Week, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 3rd Mar 2020 @ 11:01am
It is a busy week in school with Faith Week and World Book Day events planned. Today the Elephants are learning facts , beliefs and symbols of the 6 major world religions. I was impressed when at the start of the session when the class named 5 of the 6 religions.
We are looking forward to celebration assembly this afternoon when some of the tribe will be speaking and others will be receiving achievement certificates. 🐘
Fun in kids club, by Ms McDowell
Date: 3rd Mar 2020 @ 9:14am
Have a look at the activities the children have been participating in the club with their friends.
Magnificent Myerscough, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 2nd Mar 2020 @ 5:30pm
We had a great day of learning at Plant world today. We explored the grounds looking for different trees and Spring flowers. Found out that plants need different conditions to grow like cactus, looked in the tropical and temperate houses and saw terrapins (we found a frog outside too!) Stroked rabbits,guinea pigs, hens and even saw a tarantula! Smelt herbs and lovely leaves ,planted a sunflower seed and sat on a tractor. no wonder we were tired on the way back!
An amazing day!
Spring 2nd half term, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 1st Mar 2020 @ 6:08pm
I hope you all had a lovely half term break despite the terrible weather.
Thank you to those of you who have returned your holiday passports, please send the others in as soon as possible
This half term our main topics are geography - Volcanoes and a science unit on Rocks and fossils, our art work will be linked to these areas.
R.E. Jesus’ call to his disciples.
PSHE Jigsaw Healthy Me. Revision of healthy eating, keeping active setting a physical challenge, drugs, what might they be how do we keep safe - medicines, household products.
P.E. Our final half term swimming. We also have a tennis coach in on Monday afternoons to help us develop our tennis skills.
Homework - currently focus needs to be on learning lines and songs for the play. All children have been given their lines and a copy of the song words. The music is on the blog. As always spellings and times tables are a key focus. At the end of March I will be testing the children on column 4 of the statutory word list. I sent home their previous test so you can see which words still need practising.
A few dates for your diary.
Tuesday 3rd March - sports event 10 children - letters sent to those participating
Tuesday 3rd March - celebration assembly 2pm in church.
Friday 6th March - world book day- science / space related dressing up.
Friday 13th March - Sports Relief, more details to follow.
Year 2 and 3 performance - 6pm Tuesday 17th March and Wednesday 18th March
Wednesday 1st April - Easter shop
Thursday 2nd April - Easter Egg decorating competition. Decorate a hard boiled egg and bring into school for judging on this day.
Friday 3rd April - Easter service in church.
Any questions or queries please feel free to call in and see me.
Doubling and plants!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 28th Feb 2020 @ 6:24pm
A great week back for the Koalas, starting to learn about plants ( don’t forget our trip on Monday to Myerscough, wrap up warm and definitely wear wellies!!) doubling and enjoying the story of Jack and the beanstalk. Lots of great language used to describe the giant - Well done Koalas!
Penguins first week back, by Mr Pearson
Date: 28th Feb 2020 @ 1:06pm
In this weeks English we watched a video of a story called the Lost Thing by Shaun Tan and wrote a build-up and on Thursday we wrote some description about the “lost thing”.
In maths, we learnt about area and a bit of perimeter And also, Mrs Thomson told us if we get stuck, we can remember perimeter peat.
In French we learnt the names of different animals like cats and dogs and rats.
In I.T we had a new teacher and we had to write a PowerPoint with a partner all about the environment and we get to finish it off next week.
In Art, we drew a picture with different size 3D cubes and in the end, we finished off finishing our paint sheet where we had a colour and black of white.
In music this week, we learnt how to play and sing mama Mia with our recorders and this week’s people are with the recorder case was Theo and Eva with the music badge for brilliant singing
By Oliver and Lucie 😊😊
Play - songs to learn, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 27th Feb 2020 @ 3:10pm
first week back, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 27th Feb 2020 @ 2:47pm
This week we were so exited to be back up and running doing our lessons
On Monday we had a morning of wordkiller tactics (Miss Reynolds favourite game )
On Wednesday we did a fun activity on manmade and natural occuring materials .
Today we went in pairs an had to record an argument about a topic of our choice and uploaded it onto seesaw
In the afternoon we got put in groups (again) and we had to make a safe method of transport for the eggs.
by Grace , Daisy and lois
Hothersall Lodge, by Mrs Masterson
Date: 27th Feb 2020 @ 9:41am
Please follow the link below for more information on the upcoming residential trip to Hothersall Lodge.
Pancake Day, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 25th Feb 2020 @ 12:29pm
Once upon a time......., by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 25th Feb 2020 @ 7:34am
Our new theme this half term is fairy tales and story land. This week we have already visited Mrs Honeys hat shop, jack and the Beanstalk land and we are busy making the Jolly Postman’s Post office.
Last day of the term, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 14th Feb 2020 @ 11:23am
It may be the last day of the half term but yet again the Elephabts are being excellent learners. They have all done an amazing job using imperative verbs to write instructions on how to make egg and cress sandwiches.
Every child has been in the kitchen to make an egg and cress sandwich with Mrs Woolley.
We have looked at the weather in 5 European cities or towns and have thought about appropriate clothes to wear in the weather conditions today. We have discovered that in Portugal it’s sunny and in other locations it’s snowing or gale force winds.
This afternoon the children are having a party as their compliment treat.
Mrs Woolley and I wish you all a lovely half term
Year 6 SATS, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 13th Feb 2020 @ 10:59pm
Thank you to everyone that came along tonight. The presentation is now available on the class page
Year 2 SATS , by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 13th Feb 2020 @ 10:57pm
Thank you to the parents who attended the meeting this evening. The presentation is available on the class oage.
We will be doing our SATs the week beginning Monday May 4th
Maths Afternoon Tea, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 12th Feb 2020 @ 8:41pm