Our blogs
Pumpkin soup, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 27th Oct 2016 @ 12:13pm
This morning after thinking about this weeks story,Pumpkin Soup, we made and tasted pumpkin soup. Some of us thought it was delicious and some of us were not too sure.
Biographies, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th Oct 2016 @ 11:49pm
For the last 2 weeks we have been focusing on Biographies in our English lessons. I have been impressed by the children's dedication to researching facts about the author 'Dick King Smith'. They have worked together in pairs cooperatively and have organised their facts under subheadings. This week we have been focusing on writing in paragraphs. I can't wait to read their finished biographies which they are going to publish using the computer skills we have been learning this half term.
Walk in the autumn sunshine, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 25th Oct 2016 @ 6:04pm
This morning we walked down to the park on School Lane. We were looking for signs of Autumn. Here are some of our photos....
Persuasive letter writing - Wind Farm, by Miss Leigh
Date: 25th Oct 2016 @ 11:57am
Year 5 have blown me away with some amazing writing over the past week.
We have been learning about persuasive writing for the past 3 weeks. Our writing was based on a purely fictitious letter we received about a plan to build 2 wind farms next to school. The child were determined this would NOT go ahead. We have research the positive and negative environmental factors of wind farms and discussed the impact of this kind of development on our community. Finally, we have been writing letters to the council protesting and putting together everything we have learnt.
I have been impressed with their use of persuasive features, use of emotive language and modal verbs. It has been fantastic to see such passion and enthusiasm for writing. The quality of the work they have produced has been tremendous. I think you will agree that the children have really risen to the challenge of a "real life" learning opportunity, although I hope we didn't panic you with the news of the wind farm.
Well Done Bears. You've ended this unit of work amazingly.
Shadows, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 24th Oct 2016 @ 7:53pm
The sun was shining this afternoon and we took the opportunity to look at our shadows and compare them to the predictions we made on Friday last week. The children discovered the position of their afternoon shadow was correct, however soon realised their shadow was an outline and didn't have hair, eyes and socks like their predicted shadows did! With the knowledge of how to make shadows larger and smaller using puppets on Friday they have shown a good understanding of shadows and had fun outdoors researching it. Let's hope we have some sun in the morning to test out our am shadow position predictions.
Pumpkin week, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 24th Oct 2016 @ 2:56pm
Take a look at what we have been doing today....
Meditation , by Miss Leigh
Date: 23rd Oct 2016 @ 1:27pm
This week tried out meditation as part of our RE work on Buddhism and the theme of PEACE. Mrs Thomson kindly showed us what to do. Afterwards we felt relaxed and chilled out. We certainly found it an enjoyable experience and many of us would like to do it again.
Max's calf, by Miss Adamson
Date: 22nd Oct 2016 @ 4:24pm
Max's dad kindly brought a calf to meet our class. She was very cute! We are going to name the calf so let us know if you have any ideas!
Saturday gardening day, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 22nd Oct 2016 @ 3:15pm
Thank you to all parents, children and staff who came along today, it was very much appreciated.We have cleared leaves, stained sheds and benches, cleared brambles, made a mud kitchen, filled two trailers with rubbish and generally had a really fun time. I think!
Take a look at what we have achieved when we all worked together.
Lost and found, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 21st Oct 2016 @ 2:31pm
After listening to the story of the lost sheep last week, we found a story called list and found. It was all about a little penguin who turned up at a little boys house....he thought the penguin was lost. We thought about if we had ever been lost and how it might feel.
As our Friday minion treat we watched the small film about lost and found and we all had iced lollies.
James And Thomas Blog No.3, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 21st Oct 2016 @ 1:27pm
This Week In Year 4 We Did Our Awsome Assembly. It Was Really Fun Learning The German Songs And Words. In Maths We Learnt About and the different names of triangles and Angles. In Reading And English We Have Been Doing Stuff On Playscripts. We Read The Princess And The Pea And The Pea And The Princess.
Sheldon the Snail, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 20th Oct 2016 @ 11:07pm
This week we have been looking after Sheldon the snail. On Wednesday the children had the chance to hold Sheldon as we cleaned out his home and gave him some fresh food. Although it took him a while to wake up, the children enjoyed holding him.
Brilliant Bongos, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 20th Oct 2016 @ 5:48pm
We would just like to share with you how brilliant the Bongos are being. They are truly shining at the moment showing fantastic attitudes towards their learning, taking on challenges and really displaying growth mindsets.
They have been receiving compliments for their behaviour for learning from other members of staff who have been visiting our classroom.
Well done everyone, we are very proud of you.
Thank you to the parents and grandparents who joined us yesterday for our GPS session. I hope you enjoyed it, especially the Kung Fu punctuation!
Have a great weekend everybody and don't forget the meetings next week about the SATs.
GPS Afternoon with Parents!, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 19th Oct 2016 @ 11:25pm
Our children thoroughly enjoyed welcoming parents to class to work on some grammar, punctuation and spelling (GPS) activities.
The afternoon began with a talk in the hall about why GPS is so important and how we're striving for excellence in GPS at Longton.
Mixed up chameleon, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 17th Oct 2016 @ 11:38am
This week we are learning about the mixed up chameleon. Watch out for our colour mixing chameleons. We have been adding in maths and finding ways to make 10.....we have had fun in the classroom.
Paul Klee, by Miss Adamson
Date: 16th Oct 2016 @ 8:58am
On Tuesday we looked at Paul Klee paintings then experimented with tints to make our paintings change shade.
James And Samuel's Blog No.2, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 14th Oct 2016 @ 2:02pm
This Week Our Class Have Been On A Trip To The MOSI (Musieum Of Sience And Industry). We Have Been Drawing And Writing Explanation Texts From Wallice And Gromite e.g The Socconater,The Snoozinater And The Tellyscope. We Have Also Been Naming Shapes In Maths e.g Decagon,Parallelogram,Trapezium,Rhombus,Heptagon.In Reading Group 1 Have Been Reading "Coming To England" A Book By Floela Bengiman MBE. By James(The a Developer) And By Samuel(The Idea Generator)
Sheldon The Snail, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 14th Oct 2016 @ 1:39pm
This week we have been looking after Sheldon the school snail. Sheldon is a Giant African Land Snail.
We have found out they this type of snail originated in East Africa, they can grow to 20cm in length they eat over 500 types of plants in the wild and in lots of countries they are considered to be pests.
In Britain they are pets. Sheldon lives in a tank with a heater and a lamp. He has special soil and he loves to eat cucumber.
Earlier in the week some of the class held Sheldon and they have enjoyed looking to see where he is every morning. We have found him buried in his soil and in various places at the top of the tank.
Today we have had snail day. We have turned Sheldon into a super snail with super powers and written some amazing stories.
This afternoon we have been using our measuring skills to make lots of snails of different sizes. Our last challenge will be to make a tangram Sheldon.
We will miss Sheldon next week when he moves to Year 3.
The lost sheep, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 13th Oct 2016 @ 9:37pm
We had a lovely day learning all about the lost sheep in RE. We then made little sheep, had a puppet show about the lost sheep and even coloured pictures and had a go at writing a sentence. We then put all our lost sheep on display....
Enterprise Day, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 12th Oct 2016 @ 7:31pm
What an amazing achievement Giraffes! Over the last week we have been busy preparing for our enterprise day, planning, researching and today making our products then selling them after school. It was a great success, with only a few items left unsold. Thank you to Mrs Parker for helping out this afternoon with Mrs Regan.
We will look forward to adding up the money tomorrow and calculating our profit. We can then decide on what we would like to buy for our classroom.
I'm very proud teacher, a super team tribe effort Giraffes, well done.
Thank you to everyone who supported the event.
Cereal Box Marble Runs, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 12th Oct 2016 @ 6:00pm
Following our lesson about structures in D&T last week, the children completed a guided task this afternoon to make marble runs from cereal boxes!
Next week, each child will design and begin to create a marble run in a group. They have been encouraged to start collecting anything they feel would be useful for their marble run. These items can be brought to school next week.
MOSI fun, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 11th Oct 2016 @ 4:52pm
The Tigers enjoyed a tremendous trip to MOSI, first we watched the introductory show, then our knowledge on electricity was tested. A good lunch was next and then exciting times in Eperiment before finishing off with explosive explosions.
Monday fun, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 10th Oct 2016 @ 7:33pm
The Tigers had fun practising their tennis and volley ball skills this morning, some excellent skill shown. This afternoon they were busy investigating insulators and conductors and testing them in circuit. Ask them if they can remember what they are!
Pets at Home, by Miss Adamson
Date: 7th Oct 2016 @ 8:15pm
On Thursday Ben and Mel from Pets at Home in Preston kindly brought some animals to class for us to meet! We learned lots about caring for pets!
