Our blogs
Science - Humpty Dumpty, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th Oct 2023 @ 2:35pm
Humpty Dumpty has a problem. He getting hurt. The children had to explore the different materisl to choose 1 which would protect Humpty, be comfortable to waer and not too heavy.
The children worked in groups to protect Humpty using different materials. They then tested them out to see which material would be best for Humpty Dumpty.
History - Rosa Parks, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th Oct 2023 @ 2:32pm
We have enjoyed our histiry lesson on Rosa Parks, we listened to her story of how she stood up for what she beleived in. We acted it out and thought about the feelings of the people involved.
Projects Autumn 1, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 23rd Oct 2023 @ 1:48pm
Thank you for all your hard work on your projects, they were all delightful!
Friday fun!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 20th Oct 2023 @ 4:53pm
Today we enjoyed our computer lesson and created some fab pictures.
This afternoon we had time with our buddies and played some playground games with them. We had fun!
Have a lovely break , don’t forget to let us know what you get up to in your holiday passports!
Keep safe and enjoy!🙂
Well done Elephants, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 20th Oct 2023 @ 10:50am
We have reached the end of our first half term together , it has flown by. This week has been so good, getting to talk to parents about how hard everyone is working and looking through your books to see how much progress has been made.
Over half term make sure you have lots of fun, go on Times Tables Rockstars, read a book and pop something in your holday passport. Oh and look at your words for the assembly on the Wednesday that we come back to school.
Autumn Week, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 17th Oct 2023 @ 10:16pm
This week the Penguins have been enjoying Autumn Week. They all helped to plan this week and so far we have been collecting Autumn leaves to make an Autumn reef and we have had a lovely afternoon with our buddies. We enjoyed hot chocolate as we have definitely felt the weather a little colder this week. The penguins created a pumpkin soup using Autumn colours and lots of scooping! The smell of the pumpkin certainly split the group! Some loved it whilst others really didn’ t like it at all.
Our phonics work has introduced j and v so far.
The children have enjoyed their maths work this week. They have been looking at number patterns and learning to recognise the patterns without counting. Please ask about the ladder game the children played and drew out on the playground.
In our Jigsaw (PSED) lesson this week we are focusing on ‘Gentle Hands’. We will be talking about the wonderful, kind and useful things that we do with our hands.
Autumn walk, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 17th Oct 2023 @ 4:36pm
We had a lovely Autumn walk to the Brickcroft, spotted signs of Autumn and also used our senses to see a lot and hear a lot.
As they have had such a fantastic start to Year 1 , even time for a sneaky play on the park!
KS1 event, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 12th Oct 2023 @ 3:58pm
Well done to Kit, Issac, Molly P and Lydia in Year 2 who went to Priory and took part in a multi sport event with other local schools. Theye were amazing and loved all the different activities!
Time to catch up!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 10th Oct 2023 @ 9:20pm
Last week we enjoyed a class walk to the library. We have borrowed some books for our classroom which we are enjoying. The penguins carried out a craft activity and the lady at the library said we were welcome anytime! The penguins really shone! We will visit again before Christmas for a story and Christmas craft session.
Today the children met PC Dave. He visited school and talked to us all about being safe on our bikes especially as winter time is coming. He told the children to always wear a helmet and wear bright colours when the days start getting darker.
This week is ‘Our body’ week in our topic ‘Marvellous Me’. We are learning facts about our bodies and talking about keeping healthy and safe. We have read the story of ‘Funny bones’ which helped us to talk about our bones and even look at x ray pictures.
Our mathematicians have been working hard! We have been looking at patterns. We have been copying and making patterns. The children will be able to talk about AB patterns and may show you how to do an ABC pattern. Please try and spot patterns at home or even when you are out and about.
Projects will be displayed on Monday. Please send them into school as soon as they are ready as we will share them in class together.
Thank you for your help and support with reading. The children are super proud of themselves and so are we. Everyday we look at new words in phonics and the children are delighted when they blend the sounds to create new words.
Visit from P.C Dave!, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 10th Oct 2023 @ 4:57pm
Longton Primary School were visited by P.C Dave who educated us about some laws of cycling and how we keep safe while cycling around our community!
PE Basketball, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 9th Oct 2023 @ 10:38pm
Today we enjoyed a visit from one of the South Ribble sports coaches.
We practised our ball control skills.
We had to use our hands to roll a ball around our feet, to make a figure of eight rolling the ball between our feet. To roll the ball around our bodies with our eyes shut!
We practised bouncing and catching, bouncing it several times before holding the ball. Walking and bouncing. Throwing and catching. Throwing, clapping and catching.
The Lions were amazing, great focus and control. Why not ask them to demonstrate their skills at home.
Year 3 Enterprise, by Mrs Simpson
Date: 9th Oct 2023 @ 8:35pm
This week is Year 3 Enterprise.
We have been working hard making Rice Krispy Pumpkins.
We will be selling our yummy Krispy Pumpkins on Wednesday 11th October after school in the Quad.
Only 50p each!
So come along and grab a tasty treat.
Using our sense of touch, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 9th Oct 2023 @ 7:50pm
This afternoon we continued exploring our senses having fun using our sense of touch. We know our skin helps us touch things not just our hands.
We loved feeling jelly, cornflour gloop and shaving foam, we came up with some great words to describe them, gloopy, sticky, smooth, soft, squelchy.
We also had to find objects from a selection that felt smooth, rough, hard and soft, we sketched them in our books and labelled them.
We loved it!!
What a great week!, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 8th Oct 2023 @ 5:38pm
Year 4 has had a great week this week, with lots of new learning and applying previous learning. We have concluded our class story of The Treasures of Loch Ness, which had the children hooked! We even had some children present our Nessie fact box.
Looking forward to another week of fun and even more learning.
Library Visit, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 8th Oct 2023 @ 3:01pm
We enjoyed out visit to the library. Helen read us 3 stries about aliens. We voted for out favourite which was then we made our own alien before sitting and ejpying reading books from the library. We found the book 'The Koala who Could'. It is written by the Rachel Bright who has also written 'The Way home for Wolf' which we have been reading in class.
Science, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 8th Oct 2023 @ 2:53pm
We have been trying to solve a problem for the Three Little Pigs. What material would be best to use for the roof or their house. We decided it would need to be strong and waterproof so they wouldn't get wet.
Art, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 8th Oct 2023 @ 2:48pm
The children have enjoyed developing their drawing skills. They have been working on character illustrations.
Exploring old toys, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 6th Oct 2023 @ 5:33pm
A big thank you for sending in the old toys for us to look at.The Giraffes loved talking about them and showing them to the class. We talked about how some toys are the same but look a bit different and how the materials they are made from have changed. Some were definitely well loved!
Busy Elephants, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 5th Oct 2023 @ 7:39pm
Year 6 have been busy this week showing what amazing learners they are. There has been a real imrovemnet in the presentation of work this week and the class are rising to every challenge they are are faced with.
In LPS+ the children looked at the new Blue Peter Badge for reading and discussed how important reading ie, reaching the conclusion that it really is the key that opens doors of opportunity.
In maths we are getting ready to tackle long division, it would be great if over the coming weeks the children could spend some time on Times Tables Rockstars refreshing their knowledge - it will really help !
Don't forget that projects are in soon - we can't wait to see them.
Apple picking, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 5th Oct 2023 @ 5:33pm
Thank you Eco team and Mrs Jackson who stayed behind after school to help pick the apples and pears. There are a lot ...so bring a bag and help yourself after school tomorrow by the tuck shop, donations welcome!
Wellie Walk Wednesday!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 4th Oct 2023 @ 9:30pm
This week the children welcomed a new penguin into their class. They have been friendly and kind and have enjoyed helping our new penguin feel part of the family!
We have been busy with our phonics this week. A huge thank you for your support. The penguins are enjoying spotting their new sound each day and they are very proud in class of the new words we read each day. Please continue to read and revisit the phonics wallet each day.
We have been working on taller, shorter, bigger, smaller, heavy and light this week. The children have been human balances, have experimented with different scales and had to work out what size of paper they needed to wrap the gifts at the wrapping station. I have been very impressed with their wrapping up skills, however we have gone through a lot of sticky tape!
Tomorrow is our library visit. We are very excited. As the weather is quite unpredictable at the moment please send your child to school with a coat. If it is very wet the penguins can wear their wellies on the walk.
Special teddies come to school!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 2nd Oct 2023 @ 6:39pm
Today the Giraffes really enjoyed having their special teddies in school. They enjoyed talking about them, drew pictures and wrote sentences and shared stories with them.
In science this afternoon we learnt all about Braille, we wrote in Braille and learnt aabout Louis Braillle. We went on a colour walk , of course our teddies came too! We had to look for all the colours of the rainbow!
Baking day!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 28th Sep 2023 @ 9:59pm
This week seems to have flown by!
The penguins have carried on exploring their senses this week. They have been weaving with pine cones, making their own class dough (with no help! Things got a little sticky!) and today they have been kneading and baking their own bread! The smell from school was amazing!
Baking the bread was very exciting and helped us to learn more about Harvest. We hope you enjoyed the Harvest Celebration in church. The penguins enjoyed their afternoon in church, especially the walk there and back with the year five buddies.
Reading - please remember to add a little comment in the white record book each time your child reads their school reading book at home. Please aim for 10/15mins reading each night. The reading pack should come to school each day in the blue book bag.
Phonics - please return your plastic wallet to school on a Thursday when new sounds will always be added each week. Please send this wallet in the blue book back. The children are really enjoying their phonics - please practice these sounds with their reading books each night. They are looking forward to teaching you the new actions!
Homework - this will come home on a Thursday and should be returned on the following Tuesday. Homework is the only thing sent home in the red book bag. Homework is always linked to our class work.
Next week we will be walking to Longton Library. I have sent a form home in your book bag from the library. Please complete it and return it to school (at the latest Tuesday morning) in the blue book bag. The librarians will check that your child is enrolled in the village library. If you are not yet members of the library, your child will be issued a ticket.
The books chosen next week will be for our classroom only. We will have a story session, followed by an art and craft session. We will return to school in time for hometime.
Tasty learning, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 25th Sep 2023 @ 6:05pm
Today ,as scientists, we enjoyed using our sense of taste, we tasted salty, sour and sweet. We had to guess and choose our favourite flavour. We made a block graph to record our results. We loved the crisps and chocolate...some liked the lemon...some did not!
