Our blogs
St. John's Ambulance, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 27th May 2016 @ 6:55pm
Wednesday was another great day for everyone in year six! Rory, a trainer from St. John's Ambulance spent the whole day teaching us about how to deal with bleeding, what to do if someone drank a poisonous liquid, how to deal with choking and what we should do if we find someone who is unconscious.
After practising the recovery position several times, bandaging each other up and taking it in turns to remember DRS ABC, Rory decided to set us all a homework task. Please expect lots of first aid tuition at home!
Art week - The Spooky Storyteller!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 27th May 2016 @ 6:11pm
On Thursday this week we started our day with a special visitor in our assembly, Dominic the storyteller. Dominic introduced himself and explained that he has over one hundred stories in his head and travels all around the world telling stories to children and adults. He told lots of stories in the hall and had everyone laughing at his story about a boy called Jack.
Dominic then came into our classroom. He told us more stories and we all asked for a 'spooky story'. He had one ready in his head and it certainly had an ending that shocked us all!
Dominic worked with everyone in year six and explained how to make stories up, how to read them to others and what tricks he uses to capture the audience. We enjoyed working in pairs to retell his story in eighty seconds.
Art week - Clay., by Mrs Thomson
Date: 27th May 2016 @ 6:00pm
On Thursday this week, year six had a visitor in their classroom called Sam. Sam brought tips, techniques, ideas and inspiration for the pupils when using clay.
After a very messy and dusty hour, year six had some fantastic creations. Some models were linked to the Olympics whilst others just came from amazing imagination! Turtles, elephants, witches, penguins and cup cakes!
The models will take a while to dry out before they are painted and decorated.
Arts Week Friday, by Mrs Ainsworth
Date: 27th May 2016 @ 4:18pm
What a fantastic end to our Arts Week, we have spent today with lots of visitors. The day started with an amazing Olympic themed assembly before having a session with an artist Sam where we created clay Olympic mascots. We then had a workshop with our visiting musicians.
Our day ended with a fantastic whole school celebration.
It's been a great week!
Hope everyone has a great half term! See you in two weeks!
What a wonderful week, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 27th May 2016 @ 4:00pm
The Giraffes have had a wonderful week. Every child has enjoyed the activities they have been doing and they have all used their growth mindset to be the best that they can be.
I hope you all have a fantastic holiday. You have all been superstars!
See you all in two weeks time.
Clay medals, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 27th May 2016 @ 11:35am
The Bears had fun using clay to make Olmpic medals , we made patterns with clay tools, stuck beads and buttons in.When they are dry we will paint them in gold, silver and bronze!
Story telling, by Miss Adamson
Date: 27th May 2016 @ 10:02am
A story teller came into school to share some stories with us. We even got to download stories to one another and pretend that we were witches!
Dance day, by Miss Adamson
Date: 27th May 2016 @ 8:22am
It was so much fun to spend a whole day learning about dance and working together with other children from year one to year six. Everyone worked so hard, despite the heat! I am so impressed with the hard work that everyone put in to learn the dance and make up their own choreography.
Arts Week update, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 26th May 2016 @ 6:40pm
Thursday started with a visit from Sam Art. The children created sports people using card and wool.After play when MrsAinsworth took over they had a visit from Dominic, a story teller. This afternoon they learnt about basic first aid. I am looking forward to hearing about the story teller and the first aid when I am back in class tomorrow.
Arts Week Thursday, by Mr Monckton
Date: 26th May 2016 @ 3:54pm
Today has been a fantastic day. We started the day with Rory our first aid trainer from St John's Ambulance. We had a fantastic morning learning all about why first aid is important, what to do if someone had an asthma attack and also what to put in our first aid kits. After break we looked at what to do if we found someone unconscious and using our primary survey and our DRS ABC (Danger, Response, Shout, Airway, Breathing, Circulation). We also managed to put each other in the recovery position and how to deal with choking. We finished by looking at bleeding and dressing wounds. Rory also set us some homework and make sure we are talking about first aid.
This afternoon, some of the boys had a great - Dominic a story teller came and told us all some great stories whilst the rest of the class were out at choir. He even managed to retell the story in 75 seconds before we tried it ourselves.
A massive thank you to Mrs Little from Penwortham Girls High who came and performed a samba song with us.
We finished the day with our buddies in Reception sharing some stories from our Arts Week and also had a chance to meet the baby pheasants and ducklings.
This week has flown by! We can't wait for our final day of Arts Week with Mrs Ainsworth.
Zentangle art , by Miss Adamson
Date: 26th May 2016 @ 3:40pm
We have decorated pictures of famous Brazilian symbols in a Zentangle style. We are proud of the effect that we have created.
Raphael the tortoise, by Miss Adamson
Date: 26th May 2016 @ 3:01pm
Summer's mum and little brother brought Summer's lovely new tortoise to meet the bongos. He was the speediest tortoise that we've ever seen!
Ducklings and chicks, by Miss Adamson
Date: 26th May 2016 @ 9:16am
We were so lucky to get to visit the ducklings and pheasant chicks in reception. They were very cute and speedy!
Favela art, by Miss Adamson
Date: 26th May 2016 @ 8:33am
We have been learning about favela in Brazil. We have used crayons and some oil pastels to make our houses look bright and colourful.
Sports for Schools , by Miss Adamson
Date: 26th May 2016 @ 7:36am
We worked so hard at the sports for schools event. We loved meeting James Denny too!
Wallets and purses , by Mrs Pratten
Date: 25th May 2016 @ 9:49pm
It has been a labour of love but we are beginning to finish our money containers and they look amazing! Some great ideas and neat sewing!
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.
