: Blog items
Leafman art, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 25th Sep 2018 @ 6:52pm
After our Autumn walk we used all the lovely leaves, acorns, sticks and lots of other things to make leafman artwork in the outside art studio.
Autumn Walk in the sunshine, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 25th Sep 2018 @ 12:07pm
Today we read the story of leaf man and then we went to the park in LOngton to search for leaves, conkers, acorns and lots of lovely things to make our very own leaf man pictures.
Body naming fun!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 24th Sep 2018 @ 8:17pm
We had fun this afternoon labelling real life bodies. We used sticky notes and wrote our own labels. We discussed what our bodies can do and had a great time running, jumping, skipping, hopping, walking and galloping around the running track.
After our story this morning called Wonder, about a boy with one eye,we started to think what it might be like if different parts of our bodies didn’t work as well as they should. We tried “shuffling” around on our bottoms to try to begin to imagine what it might be like if our legs didn’t work as well.
What a week..., by Mrs McLennan
Date: 21st Sep 2018 @ 5:44pm
We have had a fantastic week. The children were thoroughly impressed with the Masai Warriors and asked some thoughtful questions. We ended the week with an action packed cricket lesson. Next week we are going to finish our story about Sidney and Stella. Have a good weekend.
Fantastic Friday, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 21st Sep 2018 @ 2:33pm
We have had a lovely day finishing off baking cakes just like red riding hood, playing in the listening area, writing phonemes from this week and having cakes in the relax shed outside.
Wonder, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 21st Sep 2018 @ 10:46am
It has been a week where wonder has been all around us.
On Wednesday we were privileged to welcome the Osigili Masai warriors. Their show was an awe and wonder moment. We all learnt so much about the life and coulture of the Maasai people. The rest of the day was spent furthering our knowledge and feeding our wonder.Thursday began with a wonder assembly. Having watched the story of how the elephant got its trunk the whole school were posed with the question of how did this elephant get its colours? They were shown a picture of a colourful elephant and then the beautifully carved elephant itself. The buzz and enthusiasm for writing was amazing as the classes went off to write.
The Bongos came up with spectacular ideas.
They were then given a data investigation to do ordering elephants, followed by learning to read, write and say numbers to 10 in Swahili. The day ended having fun learning a Swahili song called Jambo Branagh - recommend by Mr Kennedy.
Homework was sent home yesterday with a note on it about ideas for projects.
Have a happy weekend.
Elephant writing and more dancing!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 20th Sep 2018 @ 4:26pm
We met a beautiful coloured elephant today and had to decide how he had got his colours.We had lots of great ideas, a magical coloured pond,he was walking through beautiful flowers, he squirted a rainbow over him and lots more.We have done some amazing writing🙂
We also had fun this afternoon wearing our warrior headbands, necklaces ( and some people carrying their shields) when we made up our own Masai warrior dances. Therre was lots of jumping!
How the elephant got his colours, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 20th Sep 2018 @ 3:31pm
Today we watched a story about how the elephant got his trunk. We then had to make our own class story about how the elephant got his colours
Amazing outdoor and indoor activities, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 20th Sep 2018 @ 3:25pm
We have had a great day baking, using the whiteboard, going in the computer suite and playing in the dinosaur wash and water area.
Maasai warrior visit , by Mrs Pratten
Date: 19th Sep 2018 @ 6:27pm
We all had a fabulous morning meeting the Maasai Wariors, we enjoyed listening to their music and watching their dancing.
This afternoon we made headbands and necklaces ready to have a go at dancing tomorrow. We enjoyed jumping and hearing them rattle,
Letters, by Mrs McLennan
Date: 17th Sep 2018 @ 4:31pm
We’ve started to read the book, ‘Sidney, Stella and the moon’ by Emma Yarlett and tomorrow we are going to be writing a letter pretending to be one of the characters. Have you ever written a letter?
Typing club, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 17th Sep 2018 @ 3:50pm
Hello! Everyone in Y5 has been setup with a typing club account just go to longton.typingclub.com then login using your first name and the first initial of your surname e.g. maisieb - no password needed just login and have a go! I can see your progress and how you're getting on. Remember, don't look at the keyboard!
Second week done , by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 14th Sep 2018 @ 4:15pm
We have had a great two weeks in school and everyone is settling in really well. Today we have been into a whole school assembly.
Cricket fun, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 14th Sep 2018 @ 3:59pm
We enjoyed our cricket session this afternoon practising our batting and fielding skills. We got a bit wet too which made it all the more exciting!
Colours, by Mrs McLennan
Date: 14th Sep 2018 @ 3:32pm
Well done Year 2 for a super week. Here are a few photographs with Colours from yesterday.
Performance Maths, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 14th Sep 2018 @ 1:49pm
Today we revisited rounding numbers up and down. Before completing a challenge task the children worked in groups to create and perform jingles with movement to help them remember the rules
WW1 soldier visited the Koalas, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 13th Sep 2018 @ 8:57pm
On Thursday afternoon a soldier from WW1 came into school. He visited reception and told us about his stripes on his uniform and made us all stand to attention!
An exciting visitor, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 13th Sep 2018 @ 5:24pm
Today we were lucky to have Sergeant “Colours” visit us to tell us all about WW1.We got to try on some kit, march and look at some items that would be in a soldiers kit bag. He also told us about what the trenches would have been like and how the war the began.We loved it!!
Intro to Year 5 - Meet the Teacher, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 13th Sep 2018 @ 8:42am
Please find attached the powerpoint from Meet the Teacher Evening.
Week 2, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 12th Sep 2018 @ 3:29pm
This week we have enjoyed the story Only one you, a lovely book about being your own person.In Maths we have been choosing numbers and making snakes that long.Jigsaw work has been sorting photos into good things that we want in the Elephants and not so good which we don’t want.
Dont forget meet the teacher tomorrow after school at 3:40 ,don’t worry if you can’t make it you will still get all the information sent home
Year 4 Trip, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 12th Sep 2018 @ 8:17am
The Bongos had a wonderful day out learning more about World War 1. Their first visit of the day was to The Museum of Lancashire where they were met by a WW1 soldier and a volunteer nurse. They spent the morning learning about life in the trenches whilst sitting in a replica trench and learning about the role of the volunteer nurses and how casualties were treated on the battle field.
The afternoon was spent at the Lancashire Military Museum. On arrival the class were met by a Colour Sergeant and a Sergeant who put them through their paces with a 40 minute drill session. Next the children learnt about uniforms, signed joining up papers and recited their oath to the king.
Year 2 class out of use Tuesday 11th September, by Mrs McLennan
Date: 10th Sep 2018 @ 3:44pm
Year 2 will be working in the Year 3 classroom all day tomorrow whilst the radiators are being fixed. The children will come into school via the year 1 classroom and leave at the end of the day from there.
What we're learning about in year 5 , by Miss Reynolds
Date: 10th Sep 2018 @ 3:11pm
Our first week in year 5 was mind-blowing! We learnt about place value by getting used to the ones, tens,hundreds,thousands,ten thousands, hundred thousands and more.A special man came in to do some VR with us about WW1 and most people absouletly loved it. This week we are learning about history time lines and what order they went in.Also when they started and when they they ended. We are reading the Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo.
The week ahead - 17th September , by Mrs Catterall
Date: 9th Sep 2018 @ 10:57pm
We have another busy week this week.
English/Grammar - Folk tales, with a focus on speech marks and how they are used.
Maths - adding and subtracting ones, tens and hundreds to/from 3 digit numbers. Times tables.
Jigsaw - Our Dream School - what would it be like?
P.E. Throwing and catching balls of different sizes.
Topic - Healthy Eating - Eatwell Plate and designing a healthy meal.
Music with Mrs Bolton - Harvest songs.
Swimming.
We have some special visitors coming all the way from Southern Kenya on Wednesday. The Osiligi Maasai Warriors will be coming to school to perform an exciting tribal dance and the world-famous Maasai Jumping.
A Fantastic First Week, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 9th Sep 2018 @ 10:47pm
Welcome to our first blog of Year 3.
The Penguins have been amazing and are beginning to settle into life in KS2. We have had an action packed first week. From virtual reality WW1 trenches to naming, drawing and tasting fruit and veg. We also got to try out some Jujitsu moves.
Here are a few photos of the week.
