Longton Primary School: : Blog items

Valentine biscuits and cards, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 14th Feb 2019 @ 2:58pm

Last week of half term fun, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 14th Feb 2019 @ 2:56pm

Being designers, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 13th Feb 2019 @ 5:41pm

This afternoon the Elephants designed their own moving picture using all their new skills to help them . They had to draw out their design and then go and make it. they all tried really hard and their designs look fantastic- well done 👍

Bringing the human digestive system to life, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 13th Feb 2019 @ 2:34pm

This afternoon the Bongos have had fun bringing the human digestive system to life. They have recreated every step of the journey our food takes, including poo at the end ,;

More creating!, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 13th Feb 2019 @ 12:47pm

Yesterday the elephants learnt another new way of making pictures move - using a wheel ,it was tricky to make the face the right way up! We kept going and were proud of our pictures.

Gymnastic and dance fun - Year 2, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 13th Feb 2019 @ 12:43pm

Year 2 enjoyed a morning at Priory yesterday, taking part in a gymnastic and dance festival along with lots of other schools. They thoroughly enjoyed it and received a special certificate -The spirit of the games - very well done!

A big thank you to Mrs Taylor for helping with the event.

Art- Fossils drawing and clay , by Mrs Catterall

Date: 12th Feb 2019 @ 7:03pm

More photos from our fossil work.

Art - fossils, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 12th Feb 2019 @ 6:45am

We have begun our work on fossils this week. We have listened to the story of Mary Anning and had a go at making an ammonite out of clay. We are also developing our drawing skills.

Maths -measuring weight, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 12th Feb 2019 @ 6:42am

Marvellous moving pictures, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 11th Feb 2019 @ 4:25pm

Today the lelphants enjoyed a visit to the library where we had a pop up story session. We bought some books back to school to help us with our DT project which is to design a moving picture. Today we experimented with making a slider to move our pictures along. They looked great!

Times table practise, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 9th Feb 2019 @ 9:10pm

Please keep learning your times tables at home. There are sheets on the maths section of our class page you can print out. The children like playing hit the button games on the computer as well.

This week we played lots of times Table loop games. Lots of working together as a pair or in groups.

Exploring Rocks, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 9th Feb 2019 @ 9:02pm

Which Rock is the hardest? What happens when I put water on the rock? What does a rock look like under a microscope? If I put vinegar on a rock what will happen?

which rocks are sedimentary? Igneous? Metamorphic? How will I know?

Spring Term Projects, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 9th Feb 2019 @ 8:56pm

Well done Penguins you produced so many amazing projects linked to our topic of the Stone Age and volcanoes.

Dreams and goals, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 8th Feb 2019 @ 6:49pm

Today we looked at challenges and decided that whilst it might hurt our brain to do new things we must never give up. Super Sally challenged us all to stand on one leg for 1 minute.....we had to sort beads from a mixed up dish with a blind fold on and we listened to the story of Gerald the giraffe. We all got our minions to the top today and so we all got a little cake to eat, what a fantastic, fun Friday X X

RE and science, by Mrs McLennan

Date: 8th Feb 2019 @ 4:06pm

Another busy week has gone by with lots of learning. Mrs Cowburn and I are really pleased with how hard everyone is working. In maths we’ve had lots of fun playing clock games, this afternoon we have been creative in designing a page on Hindu Gods. Next week, we will make our musical instrument. We have designed a prototype and thought about the materials we might use based on our science learning. If you have any cardboard, tubs etc please bring in next week.

Jigsaw challenge, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 8th Feb 2019 @ 3:54pm

Today the Elephants enjoyed their Jigsaw challenge which was to work with a partner, set a goal and design a welly together. They were encouraged to take turns, listen to each other and be a great team together.....and they did! They were all fantastic not one argument and some amazing wellies designed. Well done super star Elephants😜

Engineers at work, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 8th Feb 2019 @ 1:39pm

The Bongos have learnt about engineering today, what an engineer does and different types of engineering. They have then become engineers working to design and make Roman aqueducts using plastic cups and straws.

Chinese Dragons, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 6th Feb 2019 @ 6:19pm

Today we continued our learning about the Chinese New Year. We made Chinese dragons, sorted money

and the animals had a race in the bath!

Year six blog, by Miss Leigh

Date: 6th Feb 2019 @ 3:13pm

This week in year 6 we have been learning about a Aung San Suu Kyi. Her father fought for Burma’s independence (now known as Myanmar 🇲🇲) and she is one of the most famous people in Myanmar. She is a politician. In maths we have been going over co-ordinates and doing some more revision work preparing for SATS -we hope we do well! In English we have been doing some learning on journalism and newspaper reports / articles we have re-read the book 📖 Voices In The Park which looks at one story from different points of view. We also read a complaint about some of the events that happened in the Park where 2 children we’re noisily playing in the playground.

by Oliver and Joe

Finding out about the Uny Kingdom , by Mrs Pratten

Date: 5th Feb 2019 @ 7:53pm

Today we enjoyed learning about the United Kingdom and the 4 countries that make it up. We looked in the atlas’s to find out about the world and to help us make our Jigsaw country pieces to put together to make the UK. It was tricky to get them in the right place and to make sure that the countries were all the right size compared to each other ...but we did it!!

Kung Hey Fat Choy, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 5th Feb 2019 @ 6:39pm

Today we have celebrated the Chinese New Year X we write about the year of the pig, made hang pots to give or recieve money and counted out and sorted all the pennies in the maths area,

Photography , by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 5th Feb 2019 @ 1:31pm

The class have enjoyed an afternoon of photography with Olivia

This morning we created a Bongo Guide to Friendship which we have all agreed to follow.

Fun in the winter sunshine, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 4th Feb 2019 @ 5:47pm

This week we are finding out about Woody and Jess. We are having a go at wood whittling, writing wanted posters and much more.....it's also the Chinese New Year.