Longton Primary School: : Blog items

Plants and growth projects, by Mrs Coxhead

Date: 27th Jan 2018 @ 4:08pm

Thank you for the effort that you have put into your wonderful projects. We have been sharing them with the class. We have not shared them all yet - we will share the rest next week.

Number bonds to 5 , by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 26th Jan 2018 @ 6:40pm

In maths today we were learning number bonds to 5. We had a go at making a number bond hand. Each time we made a new calculation we turned a finger down to see how many fingers were curled down and how many were left up. It was tricky but great fun.

Designing buggies!, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 26th Jan 2018 @ 3:42pm

The children enjoyed exploring their vehicles and discussing what a space buggy might need. The drew some fantastic designs. Don't forget to bring in your bits and bobs to make them next week.

This morning they had some fabulous ideas about what might be in the city of Atlantis , they worked in small groups and came up with some amazing ideas and super descriptions.

Have a great weekend

Mrs Pratten😊

News report, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 25th Jan 2018 @ 9:11pm

We have enjoyed using iMovie on the iPads this week to create a news report about the strange star in the sky. (Part of the Iron Man story).

Projects, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 25th Jan 2018 @ 8:59pm

Thank you so much for bringing in all your amazing projects. Is it lovely to see your creative flair. I know the children have enjoyed working with you on these. Thank you to the mums, dads, grandmas, grandads and anyone else who has helped.

More Orienteering , by Mrs Catterall

Date: 25th Jan 2018 @ 8:54pm

Today we went outside for orienteering. We had maps showing coloured cones. There were coloured cones dotted around the ball cage just like our map. Each map had a different route on it. We had to follow the map and write down the codes under each cone. There were 8 different maps to try. It got a bit tricker towards the end as all the cones became white and we had remember to keep our map the correct way around.

Neighbourhood Talk, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 25th Jan 2018 @ 8:48pm

On Monday afternoon we welcomed Jo from South Ribble Borough Council into our classroom. She talked to us about litter and graffiti, dogs, waste and recycling as well as parks. It was very informative and the children listened carefully to all of the information.

Capacity, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 25th Jan 2018 @ 8:45pm

We have been exploring capacity during the week. How much liquid will each of the containers hold? Can we accurately measure out ml using measuring cylinders?

Reading with our Reception buddies, by Miss Reynolds

Date: 25th Jan 2018 @ 2:35pm

We've been reading with our buddies this afternoon!

Reading with our year 5 buddies, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 25th Jan 2018 @ 2:24pm

Take a look at our super afternoon reading with year 5 buddies.

Giraffes wonderful projects, by Mr Pearson

Date: 23rd Jan 2018 @ 9:49am

Photos of the wonderful projects the Y4 children have completed this term.

Investigating decimals to fraction equivalents , by Mr Pearson

Date: 23rd Jan 2018 @ 9:43am

Today we have been learning about decimals and their equivalents, we firstly enjoyed a game finding pairs.

Teeth with Diane , by Mr Pearson

Date: 22nd Jan 2018 @ 2:53pm

Today Diane (Jasmine’s auntie) came in to talk to us about teeth we had disclosing tablets to make are teeth go white, blue, purple or pink ,it was very interesting and we learnt how to look after our teeth.

Tilly

The week ahead, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 21st Jan 2018 @ 9:42pm

In lessons this week we will be learning about:

English - we will be looking at the final 2 chapters of The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. Completing a variety of writing tasks- describing the emerging Iron Man from the pit, writing/ performing a news report and predicting the ending comparing it to what we will then read.

Maths - this week will be focusing on measurement with a focus on capacity. Look at the measurements on different containers at home and compare.

Jigsaw - we continue our work on dreams and goals by working in teams on a task, here we will be able to explore the different emotions we can have when being given challenges. Succeeding, disappointment, pride, success etc.

Geography - activities around volcanoes. Creating fact files, watching a volcano erupt, hopefully!

Neighbourhood talk on Monday afternoon.

P.E. - orienteering, swimming. Please remember swimming hat, one piece costumes for the girls and clothes as we continue with our life saving skills.

R.E. Hinduism.

If you completed a project please bring it in so we can display them in the hall on Monday and Wednesday night after school.

I also look forward to meeting with you all this week for parents evening.

Mrs Catterall

Fair trade Assembly, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 21st Jan 2018 @ 9:25pm

Thank you to Mrs Greenlees who came into school last week to deliver an assembly all about Fairtrade. It was very informative. She talked about all the different foods that can be bought which are Fairtrade meaning that farmers are given a fair price for their products. Have a look in the shops for these products, they carry the logos that can be seen in the photos.

Orienteering, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 21st Jan 2018 @ 9:20pm

We have been taking part in orienteering sessions on Thursday mornings. We have learnt about points, lines are areas, using a key and matching up symbols. The children needed to use their memory skills to solve the puzzles.

Week beginning 22nd January, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 21st Jan 2018 @ 6:33pm

Hope you have all had a great weekend if a somewhat cold one!

This Week in the Penguins we are:

English - writing our own version of The Tunnel by Anthony Browne

Maths - adding one digit to a number, using place value counters and recording pictorially , applying to problems

PE - dance, space theme and orienteering

Jigsaw - setting goals and how we can achieve them, keeping going when it is a challenge

DT - designing a space buggy, the children may bring in a toy vehicle to look at , preferably one which is for rough terrain (don't worry if you you don't have one a normal car will be fine - we can discuss if it would be a good vehicle to explore the moon - this is for Wednesday )Please can you also start collecting small cardboard boxes, plastic bottles, lids etc anything which would be appropriate for a moon buggy (not needed until next week)

Dont forget parents evening is next week, if you need to make an appointment at another time, please see me and we can sort something out.

I look forward to listening to the children sharing their projects, some have come in already and look very exciting, thank you for your support.

Mrs Pratten

Week beginning the 22nd Jan, by Miss Reynolds

Date: 21st Jan 2018 @ 1:16pm

Hello everybody! Thank you so much for coming to our class assembly last week! It was great to see so many of you there to support us. As a result of all our hard work, we earned our Class Compliment, which means we get a class reward this week! We have decided on building dens and watching a movie in our pj's. It's going to take place on Wednesday afternoon, so if you want to bring pyjamas and any blankets you want, that'd be great.

It's also parent's evening on Monday and Wednesday, which means that projects should be in on Monday. If projects have slipped your mind, please don't panic and rush it tonight - if you want to make one, just drop it in before Wednesday and we'll add it to our display for Wednesday's parent's evening and we'll share them with the rest of the class sometime after that.

Also, some parents have been asking about Hothersall Lodge - I will send out a Parent Mail about it this week, but I have set a preliminary date of Wednesday 31st January (TBC). I will send out the kitlist with the Parent Mail too.

Finally, we will be going to see our buddies on Thursday afternoon. I know lots of people have been doing nice little things for their buddies, so just thought it was worth giving you a heads-up about it.

Right... I think that's all from me! Have a lovely week, and this week for the Tigers will look like this:

English: Slow writing about the rainforest.

GPS: Reviewing statutory word list & prepositions

Maths: Co-ordinates & 2D shapes

Science: Life cycles

PSHE: Jigsaw - dreams & goals

R.E: Hindu stories

French: Family

PE: Invasion games

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!

Week Beginning Monday 23rd January 2018, by Mrs Coxhead

Date: 20th Jan 2018 @ 12:06pm

Hello all :)

I hope that you are having a great weekend!

We have one more week of hard work on the play and then we will be back to normal timetable! This week we are rounding off our work on money in maths. Counting how much money we have and selecting coins to make an amount. In English, we have our own targets to do a little writing about how bees make honey. We are also working on our written comprehension skills. In phonics, Mrs Thomson's group is working on different pronounciations of 'u' and 'ie'. Mrs Coxhead's group is working on ph, wh, au and oe.

Couple of notes about The Bee Musical:

Thank you for your support with costumes and learning lines so far.
Please remember to bring costumes to school in named bag. If there are any bits that you don't have at home, please let us know as soon as possible so we have time to get them.
This week homework is to work hard on our lines so that we are confident with our words. Remember to have a listen to the songs, too!

I look forward to seeing you next week.

Many thanks,

Mrs Coxhead

Investigating negative numbers, by Mr Pearson

Date: 18th Jan 2018 @ 4:39pm

We have studying negative numbers in maths this week along with Roman Numerals.

Photos of the games we played to reinforce learning. Excellent progress has been made.

SATs Meeting 17th January 2018, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 18th Jan 2018 @ 2:32pm

SATs Meeting 17th January 2018

Whatever the weather...., by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 17th Jan 2018 @ 7:31pm

Today we have been thinking about different types of weather and then writing, painting and making our own clouds. Now that is clever🌧⛈🌦⛅️🌥

Catch up on blog No.7, by Miss Reynolds

Date: 17th Jan 2018 @ 2:46pm

Hi,

Sorry for the inconvinience we realised that Mrs Fletcher was teaching us so we couldn't catch you up. Putting that aside, we will tell you about this week. In Maths, we have played battleships. This was to strengthen our co-ordinate skills even more (We have become co-ordinates masters thanks to Miss Reynolds!). We have finished and presented our rainforest PowerPoints today. They were all excellent (The ones that we have seen so far!) and we can't wait to see the others. We have practiced our class assembaly and most of us know our lines. We have now finished our great Kapok tree in Kellys club.

By James And Luke S.