Our blogs
A pause for reflection , by Mrs Pratten
Date: 25th May 2017 @ 6:20pm
Today we showed our support for the people of Manchester by observing the minutes silence at 11.00 o'clock. Each class found a peaceful place around school and paused for reflection, each class then let off a balloon in remembrance.
Arts Week Day 4, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 25th May 2017 @ 6:02pm
This morning started with another run through of the movie themed dance from the heart. Back in class we learnt about the Scottish artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh. We looked at examples of his work and then designed buildings and stain glass windows in his style.
At 11 o'clock we went outside to our favourite spot on the bog garden. There we had a time of silent reflection to appreciate the people we love, the fun filled week we are having and the fact that people in our area are having an awful time. At the end of the reflection members of the school parliament released balloons as a symbol of appreciation and remembrance.
back in class we completed our designs and then learnt 2 Scottish folk songs.
After lunch we walked to StAndrews Church and sketched the building in the style of Mackintosh. Tomorrow the children will be using inks to create their final pieces.
Making a Collagraph Print, by Miss Adamson
Date: 25th May 2017 @ 3:40pm
We created our own tiles for a Collagraph print in the style of Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Here are some pictures from the making process.
James And Isaac Blog No.25, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 25th May 2017 @ 3:10pm
On the 4th day of arts week, it's Peter Blake And the Beatles. We are looking at Peter Blakes pop art and how he designed the famous album Stg. Pepper.The Beatles people are John Lennon ,Paul mc.cartney , George Harrison and ringo star . We had a go at doing pop art and found it cool but hard. We could only use 2 colours and a couple of people found it really hard. We also started having a go at French and found it really easy yet really hard!
By James And Isaac.
Graffiti art on Thursday , by Miss Leigh
Date: 25th May 2017 @ 1:19pm
We are in the process of creating some graffiti art. Here are a few photos from our morning.
Minute silence Y6, by Mr Pearson
Date: 25th May 2017 @ 11:16am
Y6 went to reflect in the school orchard about the events in Manchester on Monday, along with every other class we released a balloon in remembrance of those who died.
Monday's Masterpieces, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 25th May 2017 @ 10:30am
WOW, so proud of all of the giraffes for their focused and determined attitudes. Amazing pointalism
Wednesday , by Miss Leigh
Date: 25th May 2017 @ 8:20am
On Wednesday we moved around different activities.
We had to produce a piece of artwork as a group. Can you guess what these are?
Change over day - Year 3, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 24th May 2017 @ 10:49pm
Today was change over day. Children from years 1,2 and 3 worked together, moving around the different classrooms.
While in year 3, they learnt about the Eiffel Tower. It is painted every 7 years and takes 1 and 1/2 years to paint. It is painted in 3 shades of brown!
The challenge set in the year 3 classroom was to work collaboratively to build an Eiffel Tower using art straws. We also tried to create one with spaghetti and marshmallows, it was very sticky! How high could we get them without falling over?
There was fantastic team work, sharing ideas and helping each other. Each team needed someone to take on the very important role of 'find the end of the sellotape!'
Changeover Day in Year One, by Miss Adamson
Date: 24th May 2017 @ 8:58pm
During changeover day in the Year One classroom we studied three French paintings. Monet's picture of the Japanese garden, Signac's painting of Venice and Derain's painting of a little village on the outskirts of Marseille. We all drew a little part of the pictures and glued them together to make three giant pictures. The children worked so hard - a fantastic team effort!
Arts Week Day 3, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 24th May 2017 @ 6:11pm
Today has been change over day. The children in Year1, 2 and 3 mixed together in 3 groups and have taken part in 3 different French themed activities. In the year 2 classroom the children had fun learning about France. They also learnt some classroom instructions, how to say hello, goodbye and my name is. In addition the children learnt to count forwards and backwards to 10, colours and to sing the rainbow song in French.
Art week....Wednesday, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 24th May 2017 @ 5:24pm
Well you must have got the gist....everyday this week is art day and we are having soo much fun. Today Mrs Little from Penwortham Girls High came to teach us songs in French. We were tres bien! We have been finishing our Monet boat pictures and helping with the large display in the corridor.
We still had time to do BIG MATHS🤔
James And Oliver B Blog No.24, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 24th May 2017 @ 3:13pm
On the 3rd Day of arts week, we have made The Eiffel Tower out of (Here comes the boring bit) Newspaper and Tinfoil without celatape or glue! The person who made the tallest tower got a surprise! It was a challenge to put it together because if it was too tall it would topple over! The winners got a chocolate bar to take home (They seceretly ate it at lunch break(Thomas told me!)).
By James And Oliver B (Both Writers) 🐯😀
Art week Tuesday, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 24th May 2017 @ 7:53am
Today we have continued to look at the work of Monet. We read two stories about his work. We started the amazing Ks1 murial in the corridor and made water lilies to add. We used our sketch books outside.
Arts Week, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 23rd May 2017 @ 9:51pm
The children have had a great start to the week. Over the last 2 days they have been learning about the work if the French artist, Seurat. Mrs Ainsworth showed the children the technique of pointillism, they created some lovely paintings of butterflies and dragonflies. Today the children developed these skills to create their own paintings.
With such lovely weather this afternoon the children went outside to use their sketchbooks and appreciate the nature around our school.
Tomorrow the children will be working in groups with year 1 and 2 children on a variety of activities.
Here are a few photos, lots more to follow tomorrow.
Snakes and water lilies! , by Miss Adamson
Date: 23rd May 2017 @ 9:30pm
We have had another fun day working on a couple of projects. Local artist, Jac Balmer visited to teach us a little about Rousseau and helped us to make colourful snakes to go in his jungle. It was very messy but we enjoyed ourselves! Later on we worked on our close up picture of Monet's pond using oil pastels.
ARTS WEEK!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 23rd May 2017 @ 3:11pm
Today we started the morning with our new dance from the heart routine. It was a dance about going to the movies 🎥. Then after that we went back to class to discover a school visitor called Jac.She did paint 🎨 scrapings with us.We then did some pointillism painting.Fact:Georges Seurat invented the pointillism painting technique. We did famous buildings and the Mona Lisa . In the afternoon we did collages about the sea side using ideas from Matisse.
Tuesday , by Miss Leigh
Date: 23rd May 2017 @ 1:59pm
We worked together as a tribe to create our very own rainforest. Hope you love it as much as we do. Well done Bears.
Arts Week Update #2, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 23rd May 2017 @ 11:54am
Y6 are recreating famous Bankys art featuring themselves! They're also doing a DT workshop with Mr Dunlop and his DT team from Hutton Grammar.
Arts Week Day 2, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 23rd May 2017 @ 10:02am
Today started with learning our new Dance For The Heart routine. We returned to class to write our own poems in the style of Ash Dickinson .
The Bongos worked with Jac Balmore this morning . They learnt more about the French artist Henri Rousseau. They then used sponging to create paint effects on paper plates. The plates have now become amazing Rousseau themed animal heads .
The day finished with an assembly about the Tour de France by Year 6 .
It has been another amazing day of art at Longton Primary School.
Arts Week Day 1, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 23rd May 2017 @ 8:01am
We had a wonderful start to Arts Week.
Year 1 enjoyed a visit from poet Ash Dickinson in the morning. We also made our own sketchbooks to use outside during the week!
In the afternoon, we enjoyed a dance workshop with Amanda Rogers and visited the outdoor art area!
There will be blog posts throughout the week so you can see what has been happening. There will also be more regular updates during Arts Week on the school twitter page:
Arts Week Update #1, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 23rd May 2017 @ 8:00am
Year 6 have had a brilliant starts to Arts Week. They created their own sketchbooks and are recreating a famous piece of work by Banksy.
Follow arts week with regualr updates on twitter:
https://twitter.com/longtonprimary
Arts Week Day 1, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 22nd May 2017 @ 8:21pm
Arts Week started with an assembly where Ash Dickinson a poet shared some of his very funny poems. Next we made and decorated our sketch books. After play Ash came into our class and we did some actions as he recited some of his poetry. Then we worked as a class to write a poem called My Pet Monster. Our final poetry challenge was to write a four line poem that rhymed.
Just before lunch we learnt about the French artist Claude Monet. After lunch we used card and silk clay to create lilies which will be part of the big art project in the corridor.
The day finished with a dance workshop run by Miss Rogers from Hutton with former pupil Beckie Fish helping her. The class learnt a French themed dance that children in French schools may dance every morning.
The Bongos have had a great day.
Art week launch, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 22nd May 2017 @ 5:33pm
Art week is a fantastic experience for all. Today we have participated in two workshops, a poetry workshop and a dance workshop. We have also looked at the artist Monet from France and started Monet pictures. Alongside this we have made art folders to put some of our art work in. Take a look at how busy we have been on Monday.
