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Sharing fun, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 21st Mar 2019 @ 9:05am

This week the elephants have enjoyed sharing things equally with Miss Howarth, they shared money, counters and even chocolate! Then they tackled some tricky problems .

Our English work this week has been all about writing instructions, we worked as groups to write instructions, had to listen to instructions on how to draw a pigeon and then write our own.

In our plant work we have been looking at wild flowers and sorting them using a key and answering questions.

Performance, by Mrs McLennan

Date: 20th Mar 2019 @ 4:09pm

Final rehearsals today went well and we are ready for out first performance tonight. If you child wears a green PE t-shirt they will be seated on the far left, yellow left, blue right and red far right of the stage.

Enjoy!

Termly Plan, by Mrs McLennan

Date: 20th Mar 2019 @ 4:04pm

Church visit, by Mrs McLennan

Date: 18th Mar 2019 @ 4:02pm

After visiting the Hindu Temple on Wednesday, we visited the St Andrew’s church. We spent half an hour quietly sitting, reflecting and sketching.  

Play information, by Mrs McLennan

Date: 18th Mar 2019 @ 3:59pm

We have been working hard over the last week in our rehearsals and we’re nearly ready. The performances are on Wednesday and Thursday evening. Children will need to return to school between 5:30 and 5:40. We have costumes in school. If your child is unable to attend, please could you let me know. Many thanks. 

Times Table Rockstars, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 17th Mar 2019 @ 9:12pm

I've just been on times table rockstars. Well done all of you who have been practising, I can see the progress you are making, keep it up. yes  smiley

If you haven't been on lately, dont forget.  Times tables knowledge will help you with all areas of maths, the games are great fun and will really help you improve. 

 

Busy, Busy, Busy., by Mrs Catterall

Date: 17th Mar 2019 @ 8:53am

We have been extremely busy this week preparing for our performance.  You are in for a real treat.  The children have worked incredibly hard, I am so proud of them already.   If you havn't bought your tickets yet please see Linda in the office.

Costumes.

We have managed to make most of the costumes now, I have asked the girls to bring in a pair of black leggings if possible and the boys will be wearing their school trousers, remember to come back into school at night still wearing them!  Some children have trousers already organised by school and they know if this doesn't apply to them.

 

Learning about Islam, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 14th Mar 2019 @ 8:15pm

The children have used their maths and DT skills to make model mosques. They have learnt about the different parts of the mosque. 

Great fun has been had today learning how to write the Arabic alphabet and some colours in Arabic. 

Noah's ark....., by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 14th Mar 2019 @ 7:56pm

Multi faith week, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 14th Mar 2019 @ 6:33pm

This week has been multi faith week in school. The Koalas have found out about 4 different religions, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism and Budhism. We also walked to St Andrews church and had a look inside.

Hindu temple visit, by Mrs McLennan

Date: 13th Mar 2019 @ 12:27pm

Namaste. We have been inspired by our trip to the Hindu temple. We were awed by the shrines, the paintings of Gods on the ceilings and the offerings being made. We even did some meditating.

Scientists at work , by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 12th Mar 2019 @ 8:54pm

Today the Bongos had great fun showing off how much they know about the human digestive system. They did this using a knitted body borrowed from UCLAN. Once out of his box our new friend was christened Barry. I was very impressed with the scientific knowledge shown by the class. Well done Bongos.

more photos, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 12th Mar 2019 @ 7:11pm

In the jungle! We saw lots of interesting leaves and plants.

Myerscough trip, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 12th Mar 2019 @ 6:55pm

Today we had a great day out at Myrscough, we explored the gardens, visited the tropical and temperate houses.We also had a sneaky look at some animals and stick insects. They let us smell lots of herbs and different plant leaves they smelt delicious, we also looked at different seeds and bulbs.We planted our own sunflower seeds, don’t forget to water them!

Play songs, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 11th Mar 2019 @ 9:31pm

We are busy practising for our play next week. 

Here you should be able to click on the songs and practise singing them at home. 

World Book Day, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 11th Mar 2019 @ 9:26pm

We had some amazing outfits for World Book Day this year. Many of the children had brought along the book that inspired their costume choice. 

We spent the day being an illustrator learning to use tracing paper to transfer the design to paper.  They looked amazing. 

During the day we also had a trip to Longton Library, Tom read us some great stories which we could all join in with. 

Maths - Division, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 11th Mar 2019 @ 9:03pm

We have been developing our knowledge of division - the chunking method.  It has been tricky, the children have shown determination and perseverance.  Well done Penguins. 

Charity Toy Sale, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 11th Mar 2019 @ 8:38pm

Thank you to everyone who supported our Toy sale over the last 2 weeks, whether you donated or bought.

The children voted on the charity they wished to support, with an overwhelming majority they chose Guide Dogs for the Blind.  

We are contacting them to arrange for them to come into school so we can present them with the money and find out a little more about the work they do.

THANKYOU we raised £

Class compliment fun, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 11th Mar 2019 @ 6:00pm

This afternoon we had our class compliment, we chose a games / party activities as outperform trip. We bought our own toys in, used some of the classroom activities, played pass the parcel and had some party treats. It was a lovely afternoon, well done Elephants!

Investigating the affects of popular drinks on our teeth , by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 11th Mar 2019 @ 2:19pm

Faith Week, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 11th Mar 2019 @ 2:17pm

We have kicke started Faith week by learning about Islamic art in maths and how geometric shapes are used to create patterns. In English we retold 2 Islamic stories called The Phrophet and the Ants and The Prophet and the Crying Camel . We have also learnt some facts about Islam and about the 5 Pillars of Islam.

Afternoon fun, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 8th Mar 2019 @ 3:59pm

This afternoon some children enjoyed swapping their books and a big thank you to all those parents who came in to read with the children, they all loved it!

Characters 2, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 8th Mar 2019 @ 2:22pm

characters for book day 1, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 8th Mar 2019 @ 2:19pm

World book day, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 8th Mar 2019 @ 2:15pm

We have been to the library, baked bread like the little red hen, made book marks and had a parade.