: Blog items
Marvellous magnificent models!, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 25th Apr 2018 @ 10:01am
STEM at Priory, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 24th Apr 2018 @ 3:04pm
Today James and I went to Priory to do some STEM. We have been very busy; we did hard problem solving in Maths; we made a tower out of: paper, paperclips, straws, lollysticks, scissors and cellotape; we experimented in Science with chemical reactions and got to use the bunsen burners! Finally, we made paper planes and saw if size or models effected flight (Leon made an awesome one out of sugar paper).
We definitely had loads of fun!!
Playscript writing, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 24th Apr 2018 @ 12:04pm
We have had a brilliant morning working together to create a play script for a video called "Dum Spiro".
Mondays assembly blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 23rd Apr 2018 @ 8:09pm
Blog written by our year 6 PSHE leaders
Today's assembly was about what does loneliness feel like? Loneliness may be when you are homeless , alone and left out. The U.K., sadly, has loneliness problems. Many people assume that it is just elderly people who are lonely, but 1 in 20 Young people have actually said they are lonely, they are the heart of the problem. Some of the cause of being lonely are if you are starting a new school or if you are just naturally shy. We looked at some pictures with groups of children in them, we had to think, which child was feeling lonely, on one, one of the people were on there own, so we knew that that child was lonely. We then looked at a letter in which a mum had wrote about her daughter because she was shy, had no brother or sisters and the mum was asking for advice. Once we had read the letter we thought of ways we would include the little girl. We had lots of ideas like: invite her to parties, ask her to play a game with you in the playground and make the effort. We got set a challenge to look out for people who were a bit lonely in the playground and see if they would like to play a game with you. We also need to remember that sometimes people aren't lonely, they might just want some alone time.
Weather forecasters, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 23rd Apr 2018 @ 5:03pm
Today the Penguins enjoyed being weather forecasters for the day. As you can imagine we a lot of interesting weather going on in the United Kingdom! we also used a map of the United Kingdom to find the 4 countries and their capitals ,which can you remember?
Tomorrow they will be creating even more interesting weather as we create a weather forecast for Chew and Swallow from our story Cloudy with a chance of meatballs.
In Maths today we looked at finding fractions of amounts and making the link with division. Later on in the week we will be looking at position and direction.
We will be creating some healthy snacks in our Jigsaw work and voting for our favourites.
On Wednesday afternoon we have a visit from the fire service for our fire safety talk.
A parent mail was sent out about changing reading books on Thursday instead of Friday for this week only.
Happy reading!
Tag rugby tournament, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 23rd Apr 2018 @ 1:33pm
On Thursday, we played took a team to Tarleton to play tag rugby and competed against other schools in the area. After fighting hard (and some really excellent rugby), we were declared the winners! The media team took some pictures and videos of the day and we have complied them into a short video. We hope you enjoy it and a big congratulations to the team!
Miss R
Week Beginning Monday 23rd April 2018, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 22nd Apr 2018 @ 4:48pm
Hello all :)
I hope you have enjoyed the weekend!
Here is the plan for the week ahead:
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English |
We are reading The Three Wishes by David Melling. We are using exclamation marks and question marks in our writing. |
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Maths |
We are learning about numbers and place value. We are representing numbers using pictures and equipment. We are recognising tens and ones. |
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Phonics |
Mrs Thomson's group is working on silent letters. Mrs Coxhead's group is working on alternative pronounciations for graphemes. |
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Art |
We are learning about Castle and Sun by Paul Klee (as we didn't manage to in week one!). |
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PE |
We are learning ball skills in our games lessons. |
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Jigsaw |
We are learning about relationships and friendships. |
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Class Assembly |
We are preparing for our class assembly on Wednesday. Thank you for your support in learning lines! The assembly should begin just after 0900. Just go round to the hall and take a seat after you have dropped off your children. |
I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow,
Mrs Coxhead
Good Friends, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 20th Apr 2018 @ 5:29pm
In Jigsaw, we learned about friendships and thought about famous friends in books and on television. We decided what good friends should do in pairs.
Sports Update, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 20th Apr 2018 @ 2:52pm
This week we participated in a football tournament in the finals at priory. Although we came second, we did really well and are very proud of our achievement. In other news, the Y5 rugby team did brilliantly and won the rugby tournament at Tarleton rugby club. Our school is really proud of what we did. A big well done to all!
Play practice, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 20th Apr 2018 @ 7:11am
I'm so excited. Over the last two days the children have been working in small groups to rehearse a play. They have chosen their groups and play script, annotated their text for their part, practised their lines and put together some actions. I have been extremely impressed with them all, many have sourced their own props and costumes.
Today I will get to watch their performances, I know they are going to be amazing.
Thursday assembly blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 20th Apr 2018 @ 7:07am
In assembly today we started off thinking about the word devotion and what are we devoted to. We shared our thoughts about how we know someone I'd devoted to a football team or a pop band. We listened to a story from India. This story happened 300 years ago! In our reflection we thought about some famous words one of the gurus in our story said. We also thought about how we can be brave and little things we would do that we were, in the past, afraid to do.
Tadpoles in reception., by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 18th Apr 2018 @ 5:31pm
We are finding out about Spring time and life cycles. This week we have got some frog spawn and tadpoles in class.
Picnic lunch in the sun x, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 18th Apr 2018 @ 11:58am
The sun is out and so are we! A picnic lunch in the sun.
Beatrix Potter - art, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 17th Apr 2018 @ 9:00pm
This week we have begun to explore creating a watercolour style paint and begun to develop skills in using different grades of pencils to develop our sketching and shading techniques.
Eve was our photographer today, well done
Tuesday Assembly Blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 17th Apr 2018 @ 8:53pm
Written by our Year 6 PSHE leaders
Today in our jigsaw assembly we learnt about friendships and relationships. Our title in jigsaw this half term is about friendships. We were talking about how baking a chocolate cake is like making a new friend. We put in our suggestions about the ingredients of a friendship, we had: loyalty, kindness, fun, and a friend that is always our friend. We had some time to think about if we had been kind to our friends today. We always have to remember to listen to our friends, to share with our friends, be kind to our friends and of course have fun with our friends!
Monday Assembly Blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 17th Apr 2018 @ 8:50pm
Written by our year 6 PSHE leaders
Today's assembly was about, how much of our lives should we share with others? In the news this week it said about how lots of people's private information was leaked all over Facebook. We learnt about how things in the past have now changed, like how in the past we would go to the travel agents if we wanted to go on holiday, but now we can go onto the internet and book there instead. We have also been thinking about how you would act in different situations like how you would act when arguing with your brother or sister. Facebook is now thinking about a messenger app for kids, as lots of adults use it. Parents will be able to look at what their child has been doing on this app. It will allow children to communicate even if they do not have a phone number. Our reflection today was about the rules of law and we had a lot of questions.
This week so far...., by Mrs Pratten
Date: 17th Apr 2018 @ 4:43pm
This week we have enjoyed the story of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter, we designed a wanted poster and practised our 4 types of sentences using the story.
In Maths we have been adding 2 digit numbers and today using only 3 numbers we have been making 4 different number sentences. Later on in the week we will be recapping 3D shapes.We enjoyed gymnastics yesterday putting together a sequence using a roll, travelling and a jump.
Busy, Busy!
A Day at the River , by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 16th Apr 2018 @ 8:08pm
Lots of learning and fun at Cuerden Valley Park today on our river study trip.
Throwing and catching in PE, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 16th Apr 2018 @ 10:55am
We have been having a go at throwing and catching with a partner. It's great fun working with a friend.
Picture News - British Values - w/c 16th April, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 16th Apr 2018 @ 8:05am
Please find attached a copy of the picture news resource we will be discussing in assembly this week.
Take some time to chat about it at home.
The Week Ahead - 16th April, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 16th Apr 2018 @ 8:03am
Good Morning.
The 2nd week back already, not looking too great outside this morning but apparently we are in for a heat wave later in the week - fingers crossed.
This week we will be learning about -
English - Playscripts, reading and performing them.
Maths - Each Monday we will be going over the 4 operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)
Throughout the rest of the week we will be focusing on data in tables, graphs and pictograms.
P.E. swimming has now finished. Our PE lessons will be outside, so could happen on any day, we will go with the weather. Please ensure your child has their kit in school every day.
Jigsaw - Our new unit of work is all about Relationships
Our topic work. This term it will take on a slightly different format, the children will have a series of tasks /projects to complete. It will involve History (Romans), Geography (The Lake District), DT (designing and maing their own hydroplane) Art (drawing and watercolours - Beatrix Potter) and Science (plants).
All this and more can be found on the curriculum overviews on our main class page.
Welcome Back, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 15th Apr 2018 @ 3:42pm
The Giraffe's have had a very busy first week back. Rehearsas for our upcoming production are going really well. Homework this week is to be word perfect by Tuesday.
We have started our new topic on water, using secondary resources to find out about the features of rivers ready for our river study trip tomorrow, Monday.
It was great to welcome Mr Yates back this week, the children were thrilled to see him and many impressed him with their fantastic knowledge of their times tables.
Remeber to use Time tables Rock Stars to help you learn and practise your tables.
We have also welcomed a new Giraffe this week, Rebecca who we hope will be very happy here at Longton.
We have another busy week ahead of us. Our trip on Monday, rehearsdals, planning our enterprise to list but a few highlights of the week ahead.
I will be on a course on Friday so the children will Mrs Gray and Mrs Thomson in the morning and then Mrs Atkinson and Mrs Woolley as usual in the aftrernoon.
Holiday passports , by Mrs Catterall
Date: 15th Apr 2018 @ 1:15pm
Thank you for all the holiday passports that have been returned so far. I have really enjoyed reading all about your holiday adventures.
Half term overview, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 15th Apr 2018 @ 12:28pm
Please find attached the overview for Summer 1.
Week beginning 16th April, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 15th Apr 2018 @ 12:22pm
Hello everybody! Hope you're all enjoying your weekend. This is what is coming up this week:
English: Writing a magazine article
GPS: Tenses (past progressive focus)
Maths: Fractions, decimals, percentages.
Science: Space -
PSHE: Jigsaw
R.E: Judaism
French: Body parts
Computing: Presenting data
PE: Atheletics - (Note: this term we are having a double session of P.E on Tuesday afternoons rather than two separate P.E sessions)
If you have any artefacts/special skills/holiday pics etc. that would help us with our learning - please feel free to volunteer them! We would love to have some visitors to our class this year and learning always works best when it is contextualised!