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Arts week begins, by Ms Gaskell
Date: 22nd May 2023 @ 10:52am
Year 3 have started their Arts week with learning about King Charles III. We are completing a portrait of King Charles III in his royal attire, drawing a picture of the coronation room and painting it in watercolours and desiging a crown for our own coronation service.
Make friends, make friends!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 20th May 2023 @ 7:20am
Our lovely week ended with talking about our friends. We wrote a recipe for a special friend and then payed some games showing that we could play fair, take turns and even lose at games sometimes.
We are looking forward to our trip on Tuesday and have our fingers crossed that the sun will shine for sports day on Thursday afternoon.
Next week is Art Week!
Monday - King Charles theme.
Tuesday - Class Trip.
Wednesday - Transport theme.
Thursday - Summer theme (Am) / Sports Day (Pm)
Friday - Summer theme (Am) Drama and Music (Pm)
We have art shirts in school but you are welcome to send an old adult sized T-shirt for your child to wear over their uniform whilst they are painting if you prefer.
I have lots of boxes but if you have an old shoe box or box that would be suitable for making a vehicle please send it in.
The children will also need a stick. Please don’t worry if you are busy this weekend and can’t collect one. I will have spares. We don’t need a huge branch but also we don’t want a tiny twig. Anything inbetween that they can stick lots of things on would be great.
Thank you.
Amazing actors, by Mr Pearson
Date: 18th May 2023 @ 9:37pm
Congratulations to the children who performed brilliantly in the class play.
Brilliant - beach time!!!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 18th May 2023 @ 4:21pm
Fantastic lions on the beach!!
Super Southport, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 18th May 2023 @ 4:18pm
We had a great time in Southport today, we sketched human and physical features and compared it to Longton. We had lunch, an ice cream.....and finally.... an amazing time on the beach! We dug deep holes and found water, we made amazing sandcastles and generally had a fab time!!
Science festival UCAL, by Mr Pearson
Date: 18th May 2023 @ 2:52pm
The Elephant tribe had a wonderful experience at UCAL enjoying science workshops and science experiments and experiences.
Giraffes in action!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 17th May 2023 @ 8:10pm
Lots to share from the last few days!
Tomorrow we will be holding our class enterprise shop! We are very excited! The giraffes have made posters which are all around school and they have made over 150 fruit smoothie ice pops. The giraffes voted for ice pops from lots of ideas and they also chose the fruits to use. The giraffes are great at making decisions and holding class votes.
As you can see from the pictures they had fun preparing the smoothies. The shop will be open just before the end of school. We will leave from our class door as usual, at the usual time when the shop has closed.
I have included pictures from the last few days for you to share and talk about.
On Monday we had a visitor from the HSBC. She read us a story about money and then did some money activities in class. Homework this week will be linked to money as the children really enjoyed learning about saving, spending wisely and looking at bank cards.
In RE we read a story called ‘The swirling hijab’.
Miss. Darby and Miss. Lynch released the butterflies with the children. I think they had enjoyed their short time with us as they were reluctant to leave!
Football Tournament, by Mr Pearson
Date: 17th May 2023 @ 3:07pm
A group of Y4 & Y5 children took part in a football tournament organised by Blackburn Football Club.
Super scientists, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 16th May 2023 @ 3:43pm
Yesterday we enjoyed being scientists , exploring different materials to find out which material would make the best swimming costume. We tested materials like plastic, paper, lycra, we squirted water on and observed what happened. We filled in a chart to record our observations. We had fun!!!
We enjoyed a visit from the lady from HSBC bank where we learnt about money and saw the 50p that has King Charles on it without his crown, rare and worth more than 50p!
Today maths we were learning about fractions and finding half.
Dont forget our trip on Thursday!?
Art printing, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 13th May 2023 @ 1:50pm
Environment, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 13th May 2023 @ 1:40pm
This week we have been enjoying the lovey weather. We have been helping to improve our school grounds. Brushing up and weeding were a few of our tasks.
Maths -fractions, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 13th May 2023 @ 1:37pm
We have been exploring recognising a third and finding a third of a number.
PE hitting skills, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 13th May 2023 @ 1:33pm
We have been practising our hitting skills over the last few weeks.
Mad Science Assembly, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 13th May 2023 @ 1:32pm
We enjoyed a visit from Mad Science. The assembly was full of excitement, fascinating facts and lots of wow moments.
Science - living or not living, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 13th May 2023 @ 1:29pm
We sorted pictures into living and not living. We also discussed whether some things which were non living used to be alive.
Marvellous materials, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 12th May 2023 @ 4:53pm
This week we have enjoyed exploring , describing and sorting diffrent materials. We had to guess how people had sorted their objects eg were they all transparent, were they hard or smooth?
In maths we continued with arrays , doubling, making equal groups and sharing into equal groups.
In history we were comparing seaside holidays in the past with today. We found out that sommethings are still the same but others are very different.
We are looking forward to our trip to the seaside next week...hope the sun keeps shining!! Enjoy the weekend , ?
Lots of news to share already!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 10th May 2023 @ 10:23pm
Although this is a short week the giraffes have lots of news already!
On Tuesday Penwortham fire and rescue came to visit us for the afternoon. Before they arrived we created a list of questions to ask. The giraffes did amazing listening and embraced their task of remembering three new things that they learned from the fire fighters.
Next time you walk to school and see the lamp post across from the car park please ask the children what the H means?
In maths we are looking at doubles. We have been counting doubles and also learning how to play dominoes. We have some champions already!
The children have asked Miss. Lynch to create a boat in the role play shed. She will be creating it with the children. Miss. Lynch has asked me to ask if anyone has a large (very large) cardboard box, a handbell and an old house phone (not a small mobile phone) for our role play.
The excitement continued this afternoon when we spotted a butterfly had emerged from the chrysalis. The wings were very soft and wet. We will release it into the orchard when the wings are dry and it can fly.
Homework will be sent home tomorrow. This week it is a talking and writing task. Tell me what you did to celebrate the coronation of King Charles or write down two questions that you would like to ask the king.
We are trying hard to remember finger spaces between our words, starting a sentence with a capital letter and using our phonics to help us sound out tricky words.
A weekend fit for a King!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 8th May 2023 @ 9:40pm
I hope you have all had a lovely weekend! The giraffe team can’t wait to hear about how you celebrated the coronation of King Charles.
Last week we looked at the royal family and have started planning a royal day full of art and craft very soon.
This week we are looking forward to a special visit from the Penwortham fire and rescue service. We have planned questions to ask and are excited to learn about the fire engine.
Last week in dance we focused on the country, Spain. We had to use very intricate arms and very fast feet for the flamenco.
We are excited to learn a new dance his week. I wonder what country we will be.
This week we will be looking at doubles in maths and in phonics the naughtifier will be giving us a new sound. We will be using sketching pencils to draw ourselves. In our outdoor area we have our bike wash and repair shop. The bike wash costs 10p. The children will be encouraged to find different ways of making 10p using the 1,2 and 5p. Please encourage your child to try this at home.
Fantastic lions, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 5th May 2023 @ 5:28pm
This week the Lions took part in their class assembly and were all fantastic!! Hope you enjoyed hearing all about our learning and of course our amazing singing!
In Maths this week we have been learning all about arrrays ....quite tricky ... but we are getting better.
In PE we enjoyed learning a flamenco dance .. some excellent rhythm going on!
Today in art we all worked together to build a 3D city.
Enjoy the extra day ... don’t forget to find out something about the coronation or King Charles to help us with our poem writing on Tuesday. Have fun!
Computing, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 2nd May 2023 @ 1:21pm
This half term we are learning all about programming.
Super Powers!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 1st May 2023 @ 9:37am
This week the giraffes have been busy using their very special super powers! They have been kind friends, super mathematicians and super readers!
We enjoyed taking lots of our learning outside and enjoyed our parents coming to stay for the afternoon.
Next week we are looking at trains and aeroplanes. If you have any family photographs of either journey please feel free to send them in for your child to share.
The children reminded me that we haven’t done story massage for a while so it is planned for next week! We are also taking our fairy garden outside and using our bikes in our bike wash and garage as requested. Great ideas giraffles!
Week 24th April, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 28th Apr 2023 @ 7:14pm
This week we have been busy preparing for our assembly next week, Thursday 4th May you are all invited!
In English we have continued to think about Superheroes, where do they live? How did they get their powers? Who is their enemy? We also practised using speech bubbles and looked at a comic strip to inspire us. Miss Derby has also been playing us Superhero music in our lessons with her and we had a go at creating our own on the glockenspiel. We are looking forward to writing our own stories next week.
In Science we have continued to explore materials starting to think this week about words to describe materials eg transparent, flexiible, fragile, stretchy, rough , shiny.
In computing we loved programming the robots, creating algorithms to make them move. Great fun!!
Have a fab weekend ..enjoy the extra day too!
The week Written by Elizabeth and Poppy Mc, by Mr Pearson
Date: 28th Apr 2023 @ 2:38pm
Monday
Maths
In maths we have been learning statistics. We have learnt how to read, draw and interpret line graphs.
English
Recently we have just finished a book called cloud tea monkey.
Tuesday
Maths
In maths we have been classifying angles and drawing angles. Also estimating degrees.
English
In English we have been writing sentences using adverbs. Here is one of them. Below the ground there are bones that have not been discovered and they could have zero arms.
After lunch we practised some of our play which is coming along very well. Also it was parents in class where we learnt about the history of the cotton mills in Preston.
Wednesday
Maths
On Wednesday we were estimating angles. It was very fun trying to guess [estimated guess] the right answer.
English
We were learning about a poem called Sir Autumn It was very interesting. Here is one of them, Lady winter who spreads her cold frost on to the dried leaves as she glides around the garden.
After lunch
After lunch we did history which we enjoyed very much.It was all about mills and if we were in the mills at the time. Here is one of them.
Dear Diary
Wednesday 26th April 1824 6am
Off to the cotton mill again. Sloppy old porridge again. I have the worst job in the world. Every day I get up and nearly chopping my hands off, rubbing my hands together with sores everywhere, bleeding constantly. It’s just pain after pain after pain.
Thursday
Maths
Today we learnt about regular and Irregular
Polygons we were very surprised to find out the rules of them. They are: all angles need to be the same and the sides have to be straight and the same length.
English
In English we watched Eye of the storm. It was very good and we all enjoyed it very much. It was also very interesting and a bit puzzling as well. We did some writing in out books about who ,which,what,where and when
After lunch
After lunch we practised for our play. They are coming along very well.Then we did some of our lines.
Friday
On Friday our special teachers come in.
Drama
In drama we are doing our play and Mr Sumner-who is our drama- teacher has really brought it to life .
Art
In art we are making sculptures out of playground toys and cardboard boxes. It is really fun and everyone is enjoying it very much.
After lunch
After lunch we do PE and computing
Computing
We really like computing because we used micro bits which are mini computers and we have loved programming them to show different things.
Fun learning!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 21st Apr 2023 @ 5:18pm
Today we have had fun programming the robot creatures and making them move.
In music we were exploring sounds using different musical instruments.??
Have a great weekend everyone, the Lions have definitely earnt it , they have all been superstar learners this week , well done! ???
