Arts Week Wednesday, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 25th May 2022 @ 6:21pm

Another busy day of art in Year 2. This morning the children used the chrome books to research ideas for Jubilee themed coasters. They created 6 different designs before choosing their favourite to turn into a real coaster o keep as a memory of this special historical event. 

Once all of the amazing coasters were finished we lernt about the crown jewels and the seven sovreign crwns. Next we did some research and foud out about the Queen ; her likes and her skills. Armed with this knowledge the children created a new crown for the Queen. There were some amazing ideas. Ask your little Panda what they know about the Queen. You will be amazed. They have also shone linking their previous learning of Elizabeth 1 and Queen Victoria to our current monarchy.

Tomorrow the class will be busy getting ready for the jubilee party and also having a go at doing a detailed portrait of the Queen. 

Meerkats Day 1, by Mr Pearson

Date: 25th May 2022 @ 3:14pm

We drew the Union flag following technical instructions and then used a range of different painting techniques to paint the flag. The results were amazing. We also learnt about the  origins of the flag. 

Meerkats art day 3, by Mr Pearson

Date: 25th May 2022 @ 3:03pm

Today we have gone off the jubilee theme and have looked at the Heartstone Odyssey book we are reading and have completed artwork based on the stain glass window in the novel. We used water colour pencils and then blended with a brush. We then made our own coasters which are coming home tonight. Due to the cancellation of sports day we have been using Pixlr E website to b creative with photos. 

Arts week day 2, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 24th May 2022 @ 7:36pm

Today we drew our portraits of the queen and of course they were so much better than Mrs Pratten’s!

We painted them by mixing different colours. Tomorrow we are going to add more detail and texture to them. 

This afternoon we made  puppets  of the queen, making a pattern first to make sure her hat/ crown fitted. We joined it together with staples or pins and then had fun decorating them. They look fantastic!  We did a great job and are very proud of them.

Arts week day 1, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 24th May 2022 @ 7:27pm

Yesterday we started off our week by getting messy with clay! We had to make a base by squashing the clay flat and then make “wriggly worms” to build up the sides with coils. Tricky but we kept going and they look great. They are drying out to paint later.

We also started our acrostic poems spelling QUEEN. Quite tricky thinking of q and u words to start our sentences but we did well.

We also practised sketching features of the face ready to draw our own portraits of the queen. Hopefully they will be better than Mrs Pratten’s, it bore a striking resemblance to Shrek with a hat! (Apologies to the queen!!)

Arts Week Tuesday, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 24th May 2022 @ 7:10pm

This morning the children worked with clay. They were given the task of making a clay plate. It could be any shape and had to have a small stand fitted to the base. They all did an amazing job.

Once the plates were made the class lerarnt about the artisit Clarice Cliff who created lovely patterns and pictures on pottery. Having looked at an example called the Circle Tree the children were set their next task. In their sketch books they had to create the design they want to paint on their paints. The design had to be linked to the shape of their plate and could only use 3 colours- red, white and blue.  Work continued on the handbags too. A busy morning !

This afternoon the children went off around school to their groups to do more preperation for the party on Thursday . 

Arts Week - Tuesday, by Mr Kennedy

Date: 24th May 2022 @ 5:27pm

Another creative day today! The children have worked on designing beach view sketches and using different shading techniques, painting techniques with acrylics and watercolours and pencils. 

We have also been making clay sculptures ready for our photo shoot tomorrow.

Arts Week - Monday, by Mr Kennedy

Date: 24th May 2022 @ 7:54am

A lovely start to, what will be, a very creative week. We started our day by understanding what the Platinum Jubilee actually meant by exploring Queen Elizabeth II's journey before and during her reign. We took inspiration from the infamous side profile photo of The Queen to inspire silhouette work. We also designed our own coasters, created our own bookmarks and finally we created coloured sand ready for our Antony Gormley inspired work tomorrow.

Arts Week - Monday, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 23rd May 2022 @ 8:58pm

Arts week has started. This year our theme is The Platinum Jubilee. This morning the class started the week listening to the stry The Queen's Hat. Whilst we were listening to it and looking at the amazing illustrations the children noticed that in all of the pictures the Queen was carrying a handbag. This led us nicely into our first activity. Working in pairs with Miss Harrison and Mrs Woolley to pin templates onto felt and then cut them out ready to sew into pouch bags later in the week. The children also created floral collages within a profile picture of the Queen. The base of the work was a backround of royal images. They look great. The children really thought carefuly about the placement of the paper and jewel flowers. Once the collages were complete we leanrt more about the 70 years of Queen Elizabeth's reign which we linked back to work in history. Next we discussed the things that we know the Queen really likes - dogs, handbags, her family and horse. The class were then challenged to fill horse heads with intrictae , colourful patterns that did not allow any of the white paper to be visible.

Afetr luch the children worked in groups around school with children from Key Stage 2. Some did drama, some were making table decorations, some were creating performance poetry, others were dancing and the final group were thinking about food and making biscuits. All of the afternoon activities will come together in the form of a Jubilee party on Thursday afternoon for invited guests. 

Last weeks Lions, by Mrs Thomson

Date: 23rd May 2022 @ 8:21pm

I do apologise for not posting the blog last week! The lions had a busy week looking at maps and creating their own, using clay to fit Mr.Gumpy and his friends in, making jam sandwiches and packing up their class suitcase for their holiday! We had holiday camps and hotels set up around the classroom.

This week is art week and our theme is the Platinum Jubilee. The children will be busy trying out lots of new activities. They will also be bringing their beans and sunflower seeds home which are ready to plant in your garden.

Today the children have baked shortbread with Mrs.Regan, made a class castle with a moat and made one of the Queens Guards. We will be encouraging lots of scissor work this week to help the children with this skill.

Mrs. Thomson

Arts week day 1, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 23rd May 2022 @ 6:42pm

Today we began your Arts week.  This is a fantastic week where we can be creative and let our many talents shine brightly.

The focus this week is on the Queens Platinum Jubilee. We spent the morning exploring different ways of creating a stamp using different techniques.  Some children chose collage, watercolours, acrylic, pencil crayons, felt tips and highlighters to create a pop art effect.

We also thought of some designs to create a commemorative coaster.

Thankyou to my 3 photographers for the photos.

The Big Green Adventure, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 20th May 2022 @ 5:23pm

The Elephants and Meerkats were amazing in their performance this week.  Well done, I’m very proud of you all. 

Vehicles are taking shape, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 20th May 2022 @ 5:11pm

We have had a busy week this week, making our vehicles.  

Super scientists, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 20th May 2022 @ 3:52pm

This week we enjoyed exploring what can float and what can sink. Then we had some plasticine in a ball...it sank...how could we make it floa? Well done to all who kept going, Maisie, Frankie and Maya were particularly up for the challenge , well done!

In PSHE we have been looking at who help us at home and out of school. We enjoyed role playing different situations and thinking about how we could help.

Have a great weekend, lots f fun for next week, Arts week??

What a week so far!, by Mr Kennedy

Date: 18th May 2022 @ 8:11am

Needless to say, how all the adults and peers at Longton are so incredibly proud of The Penguins tribe for working through their SATs last week and showing great determination. We have had a busy week this week once again, with lots of learning taking place. The children have been writing narratives on The Island of Gulag! They have also been doing Bikeability, Science & rugby - have a look at some of these lessons in action HERE

More Zebra learning, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 13th May 2022 @ 4:11pm

This week as well as being by the seaside we have also been busy...in Science , sorting materials for our friends to try to guess why they all belong together. Building bridges to discover which materials worked best. We talked about how bridges need to be strong, hard and waterproof.

In our PSHE lessons we enjoyed playing games and thinking about why we like being with our friends.

Today we have been sorting air, are and ear words and learning how to make a half and quarters.

Have a great weekend?

The week thats been, by Mr Pearson

Date: 13th May 2022 @ 12:48pm

Drama

In Drama we have been practising the Heart Stone Odyssey, however this week we are practising are play with y4.

Computing

In Computing we have been making and developing videos. Today we got to go outside and film ourselves.

PE

In PE we have been learning how to play Rugby Tag. We have recently been playing Tennis and have been practising our forehand and backhand shots.

Maths

In maths we have been doing measuring angles using a protractor, did you know that an angle greater than 180 degrees is called a reflex angle. Mr Pearson talked about a song from the 1980’s called The Reflex.

Determination and Resilience!, by Mrs Thomson

Date: 12th May 2022 @ 3:01pm

The Lions have had another busy week which has been a little different from our usual routine. However the lions fully embraced the changes and challenges showing their determination and resilience. Super lions!!

We are still working on our transport topic but have strayed a little bit when the children showed interest in seeds, planting, wanting to build with clay after reading Mr. Grumpys outing and wanting to have an outdoor exercise area! 

We are working hard with our numbers to 20 and have enjoyed bingo as well as sorting our numbers in order on one of our washing lines. We are hoping to start snakes and ladders soon which will challenge the children to count on each time they throw the dice.

A huge thank you for the amazing homework pictures and the wonderful reading you are doing at home.

Mrs. Thomson

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside..., by Mrs Pratten

Date: 11th May 2022 @ 3:46pm

We have had a fab day today at the seaside,using our old pennies, a nice long ride on the carousel .Then lunch and and ice cream before hitting the beach. The Zebras had a good time building sandcastles and digging to Australia!!!!

 The sun shone and of course the wind blew but a lovely, lovely day !

Brockholes Trip, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 10th May 2022 @ 8:56pm

We have had a fantastic day today at brockholes. We found lots of pond life and bugs in the woodland area, the whole tribe was amazing so we got to spend a bit of time on the play area before we returned to school. 

A special thank you to our amazing helpers, Mrs Atkinson, Mr Walker, Mrs Black and Sara.

Stem - Primary engineer, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 9th May 2022 @ 7:45pm

We have been using the saws to create the first part of our moving vehicles

Our talented Elephants, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 9th May 2022 @ 7:41pm

The Elephant tribe has many talents. Not only do they show commitment and dedication to their school work but to all their activities out of school.  I’m so proud of you all and thank you for sharing these achievements with us. 

Athletics, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 9th May 2022 @ 7:35pm

Easter egg decorating competition entries, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 9th May 2022 @ 7:33pm

Busy Lions!, by Mrs Thomson

Date: 8th May 2022 @ 8:25pm

Although these last few weeks have been a little shorter the Lions have been very busy having fun and learning in the classroom and also in the outdoors.

Last week we had a great catch up with our buddies in year five. They joined in with our key worker special time and we also got to read to them. They were amazed with our reading skills! 

We have some Lions who are very keen to be the teacher and the assistant teachers in class. Therefore we swapped roles for a couple of minutes. They were amazing! There are a couple of pictures below.

A few more items for you to save for us please! We would like to add some baskets to our home corner containing hats, bags and socks.

Any old hats - wedding hats, caps, winter hats - any hats at all! 

Bags - any size, colour or shape!

Socks - for our washing machine! (adults or childrens - for us to put into pairs)

Finally any small boxes. The children have asked for these for their art and craft area. Please turn the box inside out and stick it back together if possible. (Paint and glitter stick better to the wrong side of the box!)

Thank you

Mrs. Thomson