Longton Primary School: Our blogs

Swimming, Croft Bakery, Hot Air Balloons & Lego Robotics!, by Mr Coxhead

Date: 15th Jul 2016 @ 5:01pm

It has certainly been a week to remember...

We would like to offer a huge thank you to all those who have helped make the week possible:

- Mr Manley and Mr Aitchison at Hutton Grammar School.
- Mrs Cowburn and David from Aquability.
- Barbara, Martin, Kirsty and all of the staff at Croft Bakery.
- The Junior Stem Lego Robotics team.

footage of days past, by Mrs Moxham

Date: 15th Jul 2016 @ 4:47pm

After a request I have uploaded a copy of the video from the Leyland Dance festival last year.

Party lunch, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 15th Jul 2016 @ 4:40pm

Shirley made us a fantastic tea party lunch.

Balloon fun, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 14th Jul 2016 @ 8:49pm

After lunch today we had a lovely suprise. On our school field a hot air balloon arrived, we watched patiently as the men tried to inflate the balloon, sadly it was too windy. But some of the teachers still had a chance to get into the basket.

Ambulance in school, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 11th Jul 2016 @ 2:15pm

Mr Bradley brought the ambulance into school for us to have a look at. He put the sirens on,it was very loud. We tried all the apparatus that he had in his bag to be a paramedic.

Er and est endings, by Miss Adamson

Date: 9th Jul 2016 @ 12:17pm

We have been writing sentences that include adjectives with er and est endings.

The bongos..., by Miss Adamson

Date: 9th Jul 2016 @ 12:14pm

This week, in preparation for the board that we made to put in church we had a class chat to think of ideas to describe the bongos. Have a look at our ideas. Apologies for the untidy handwriting!

Eco Team at the Brickcroft, by Mr Monckton

Date: 9th Jul 2016 @ 10:30am

The Eco team have had a lovely afternoon pond dipping at the Brickcroft. We found lots of interesting water animals from tadpoles to water snails. The children really enjoyed themselves and really helped Longton shine this afternoon. We must thank Sue from the Brickcroft and Gill Garside our Eco governor for their support.

Well done Giraffes, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 8th Jul 2016 @ 3:59pm

Well done to all of the children for becoming Tribe of The Year, a fitting reward for all of your hard work, determination and excellent behaviour throughout the year. Mrs Woolley and I are very proud of you all.

The mile run has been going extremely well this week and we have some outstanding distance runners amongst the boys.

Today the class have enjoyed learning about light and shadows and they had great fun this afternoon making shadow puppets. Next week they will work in groups to write plays for their puppets and have the opportunity to perform them to each other.

It has been another FANTASTIC WEEK 😀

Fantastic production, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 8th Jul 2016 @ 3:53pm

A big well done to the Bears who have made me a very proud teacher! They have had a busy week, with a fabulous production on Wednesday evening and have just started off Longton Live at St Andrews church. They have been truly amazing and you can tell have loved every minute! Well done Bears, don't forget our well earned third class compliment on Monday!

Have a great weekend

Mrs Pratten🙂

New canopy and outdoor fun....., by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 8th Jul 2016 @ 11:08am

This week we have got a brand new canopy for the reception class. It means more outdoor fun. Take a look at what we have been doing.

Celebration assembly, by Mrs Moxham

Date: 7th Jul 2016 @ 7:14pm

Well Done to all the certificate winners today and the Giraffes for winning Tribe of the Term.

Mile run challenge, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 5th Jul 2016 @ 7:42pm

The Bears have embraced the challenge , well done boys ,they ran the mile in the time!

Water fun!, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 5th Jul 2016 @ 7:37pm

The Bears were testing their volume and capacity skills today. estimating whether 500 ml of water would fit in different containers. They then had to work out exactly what the vcaoacity was by measuring what was left.

Scratch Jnr, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 4th Jul 2016 @ 8:07pm

This afternoon the Giraffes worked with the Year 5 children to develop their Scratch Jnr skills. Scratch Jnr is a programming app on the iPads which the children learnt to use last year. The Year 5 children did a fantastic job teaching the class how to make their characters speak, add more characters and to make characters disappear.

Next week the Year 5 children are going to set the class some challenges to complete.

Scratch Jnr is free to download on iPads from the App Store .

Estimating measurements, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 4th Jul 2016 @ 3:58pm

The Bears enjoyed using their estimating skills when comparing measurements. They had to use a ruler, choose something to measure and then estimate whether it would be bigger or smaller than their ruler. Then guess again how many rulers it would be eg half, three and then measure accurately. The Bears were brilliant and showed excellent measuring skills.

High School Transition, by Mr Coxhead

Date: 4th Jul 2016 @ 1:37pm

This afternoon, Year 6 have had a workshop session with Becky from Longton Community Church. The session has been all about the transition to high school.

Year 6 thoroughly enjoyed it.

Flour Babies, by Mr Coxhead

Date: 4th Jul 2016 @ 1:36pm

Year 6 are learning about the responsiblity of looking after a baby!

Science Festival, by Mrs Moxham

Date: 4th Jul 2016 @ 12:52pm

Many Tigers visited the Science Festival at Uclan this weekend and had a great time.

Oh I Do like to be beside the seaside, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 1st Jul 2016 @ 11:36am

Today the Giraffes have spent the day at the virtual seaside. The day started learning about seaside holidays in the past they were very interested to learn about bathing machines and the fact that you were charged a penny to sit on a bench on the beach. The next challenge was to design an amazing sandcastle. Later on the children will be writing sea side themed poems and learning a seaside song in music.

Buddy lunch, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 30th Jun 2016 @ 12:44pm

We had fun having our lunch with our buddies.

The naughty bus 1, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 30th Jun 2016 @ 12:41pm

On Tuesday we read a story all about a naughty bus. He got up to all kinds of mischief. We then created some of the areas that he visited in outperform classroom. It took us a very long time and we were very proud. On Wednesday morning we came into class and found lots of areas that had been messed up. We all became police officers and investigated the mess. It took all morning and then we found out it had been the naughty bus.

we had to write police reports and we are just deciding what will happen to the naughty bus......

Hothersall Lodge: The Video, by Mr Monckton

Date: 29th Jun 2016 @ 6:49pm

Here is a video of our adventures over the past few days.

Hothersall Lodge Day 3, by Mr Monckton

Date: 29th Jun 2016 @ 6:12pm

What a fantastic adventure we have had over the past few days. The Kangaroos have been fantastic and really got stuck into everything. Today we have taken part in the team challenge, caving and the zip wire. What a fantastic way to end our residential experience.

I know we have lots of stories to tell!