Our blogs
Workout time!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 25th May 2016 @ 9:46pm
The Bears were put through their paces during our sponsored event, lots of effort and tired children at the end! We enjoyed listening to James talk to us about his diving experiences.
Arts week - 3D wire sculpturing, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 25th May 2016 @ 9:39pm
We looked at different sports in the Olmpics, searched for an image and then had a go at sketching our chosen athlete, then it was time to use the wire! The children showed great effort and determination to complete their projects and there were tricky skills to master, bending and shaping, twisting, attaching to name a few. The children were very proud of their finished projects and rightly so!
Mid week update, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 25th May 2016 @ 7:41pm
Today has flown by. Our first activity was an assembly where we went through the dance we will be doing after half term with the rest of the school. Back in class we learnt lots of facts about Brazil. We found it very interesting that the country was named after the brazilwood tree and that half of Brazil is actually a jungle!
Our main activity today was to work in the style of the Brazillian artist Romero Britto . His work is pop art and is very bright and bold. We experimented in our art books and then created our designs in paper. Now we are using collage to recreate the bright colours. Mrs Parker came and helped us start our collage work, it was great to have her in class.
This afternoon we worked with Sandye and made wonderful wool people and went into reception to see some ducklings and pheasant chicks, they were very cute.
Chicks in school....., by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 25th May 2016 @ 3:37pm
Max's mum has very kindly brought ducklings and pheasant chicks into the penguin class for us to look at.
Tigers helping out, by Mrs Moxham
Date: 25th May 2016 @ 1:49pm
Tigers helped to tidy up our school along with other classes. We had great leaders, organisers and workers. Great team work.
Arts week- tigers , by Mrs Moxham
Date: 25th May 2016 @ 1:46pm
Great day had by all in the Tigers. Sandye came in to show us how we could create a wool person. Ours were all unique and personal to us.
Wonderful music , by Mrs Moxham
Date: 25th May 2016 @ 1:45pm
A brilliant arts week session with Mrs Bates and Grace Thomson who came in to play the flute and share music and composing.
Year Six Girls Cricket Tournament., by Mrs Thomson
Date: 25th May 2016 @ 12:13pm
On Wednesday 18th May, a group of eight year six girls went to a cricket tournament in Penwortham. When they arrived the officials decided to delay the matches due to the pouring rain. However, the sun soon came out! For their first match they played Leverhouse primary school. Longton won. Then they played Mosside and also won their second match. Their final game was played against Little Hoole. Longton had their third win. Unfortunately our team did not win the game in the semi final heat. This did not dampen their spirits and in the final game Longton year six had a glorious win to secure third place in the whole tournament. Bronze medals were awarded to Jasmine, Erin W, Ella, Verity, Erin F, Grace, Ellie and Tilly.
By Jasmine and Erin W.
Arts Week Wednesday, by Mr Monckton
Date: 25th May 2016 @ 11:28am
Today we have been transported to Rio. We have been making a collage of the Olympic stadium and also spent time in the technology room making a traditional Brazilian 'Brigadero'. We also had an impromptu flute concert from Mrs Bolton and the children who had spent the afternoon in a flute workshop. It has been another great adventure for the Kangaroos as we learn more about Brazil in time for the olympics.
Art week 1, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 24th May 2016 @ 9:13pm
We have been learning about Romero Britto a Brazilian artist. We have been trying out our art skills to make pictures in the style of Romero....
Bags for life!, by Mr Coxhead
Date: 24th May 2016 @ 4:36pm
This week, Year 6 are creating their own 'bag for life'. They have been using tracing paper to transfer a silhouette image on to their bags. They'll then paint the image in black using a fine paint brush,
These are still work in progress for now...
Arts Week Tuesday, by Mr Monckton
Date: 24th May 2016 @ 2:36pm
We have had a great day today, the kangaroos have been transported to the rainforest to complete our work on Rousseau's rainforest. We also had a fantastic time with our visiting athlete James Denny and we all completed our fitness circuit.
Finally a massive thank you to Sandye for coming in this afternoon to help make our wool Olympic mascots.
We all can't wait for what tomorrow will bring.
Sports For Schools Event , by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 24th May 2016 @ 2:17pm
This morning we welcomed Tony our sportivator and GB diver James Denny into school. The first part of the morning was spent with each class completing their circuit challenge. It was an amazing sight seeing every child exercising with a huge smile. The atmosphere in the hall was electric! Our fantastic sports leaders helped to run the event and they did an amazing job.
Once all of the circuits were complete we had an assembly. James spoke about his journey to becoming a Team GB diver. He talked about effort and positive thinking. He also told the children lots of interesting facts about his sport. It was great to get the chance to see the silver medal he won at the 2014 Commonwealth competing with Tom Daly in the 10m synchronised event. James also demonstrated how to do a back somersault and a handstand on the edge of the stage.
It was a FANTASTIC morning at Longton Primary
Great fun with the Tigers with their sports challenge , by Mrs Moxham
Date: 24th May 2016 @ 1:14pm
Team GB Diver, by Mr Pearson
Date: 24th May 2016 @ 11:46am
Great textiles, by Mrs Moxham
Date: 23rd May 2016 @ 7:55pm
Super effort from all involved in textiles today.
Clay, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 23rd May 2016 @ 2:11pm
Today 45 children chose to work with clay. Instead of using traditional clay they had the opportunity to work with silk clay which is very soft and comes in lovely colours . They were set the task of creating three dimensional samba dancers using the clay, jewels and feathers . Everyone worked hard and produced amazing models.
Digital Art , by Mr Coxhead
Date: 23rd May 2016 @ 12:19pm
Pupils from Y1 to Y6 have produced some fantastic digital art today!
If they'd like to continue digital pixel art at home, we would recommend using:
Alternatively, you can use a free iPad app. Today, the children used Dottable.
For photo editing, we would recommend a fantastic free app called Snapseed.
Story writing, by Miss Adamson
Date: 22nd May 2016 @ 8:37pm
This week we have planned and written a story based on our reading of Percy the Park Keeper books. We learned that stories have an opening, problem and resolution. See if you can guess which parts we are miming in the photos!
Sign Language, by Miss Adamson
Date: 22nd May 2016 @ 8:34pm
On Friday, Lois's mum kindly came to class to teach the Bongos about sign language. We all learned to sign our names and she very kindly made us picture cards to help us remember. We learned about how people who are deaf communicate and had the chance to ask some questions. We had a fantastic afternoon and are so grateful to Annie for teaching us! Thank you!
Well done Giraffes, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 20th May 2016 @ 11:46am
Well done to every single member of the Giraffe tribe for working so hard this week. They have completed check up week with confidence and smiley faces😀. Mrs Woolley and I are (as we always are) very proud of them.
No homework this weekend, just reading books.
Holiday passports will come home next week ready for the holidays. If yours is still at home please pop it in book bags on Monday so I can look at it.
Today we have had a relaxing day choosing activities linked to two of our favourite book. Bob MAn on the Moon and Dougal, Diary of a Deep Sea Diver.
We have watched a video clip of a chapter from out class story The Faraway Tree and later on we will be playing cricket.
Today has also been Jessica's first day as a Giraffe and we welcome her to Longton.
Rousseau's Rainforest. , by Mr Monckton
Date: 19th May 2016 @ 5:16pm
We have been looking at the art work of Henri Rousseau. We looked at the paintings of Two Monkey's in the jungle and Tiger in a tropical storm (Surprised!).
The children have started to create their own inspired pieces of art using water colours before we add more detail using Oil Pastels.
Walking cross-country to Little Hoole..., by Mr Coxhead
Date: 19th May 2016 @ 3:02pm
Year 6 were successful in their challenge! We navigated cross-country to Little Hoole in good time.
Orienteering fun!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 19th May 2016 @ 9:45am
Today the Bears were off outside for orienteering fun, they were all up for the challenge !
Exploring states of matter, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 19th May 2016 @ 9:43am
Yesterday the Bears had fun finding out how the particles in solids, liquids and gases are different. They went outside and. packed tightly together for solids, looser for liquids and freer for gases.
Next, was investigating how solids can turn into liquids and how different liquids will melt at different rates.
