Our blogs
A little Christmas Sparkle!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 17th Dec 2021 @ 6:00am
The lions have been adventurous, brave, confident and amazing! They really are an amazing tribe! They love new challenges and embrace all adventures with big smiles!
Sleepy Santa!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 17th Dec 2021 @ 5:51am
Thursday started with breakfast with Santa. Mrs. Brown led us outside to Santa spot! We found him!
We then had a live link to the North Pole but Father Christmas was fast asleep. He read us a lovely story, got us up dancing and told us lots of secret information about his reindeer.
The lions finished their shadow puppets - we have sent them home so you can try them at home. Please ask the children how shadows are made.
Please remember to take your ‘Longton library’ books back to the village library when you have finished with them. We will be arranging another visit but we will not get your books back in time.
We have done lots of check ups with our phonics and we are very happy. The children are really working hard and using their robot arms. Please keep working on phonics at home as we do not want to move on until all the children are confident with the sounds we have learnt. I will add some ideas later today.
Thank you.
Christmas Party Fun, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 14th Dec 2021 @ 8:11pm
Today was Christmas party day and the children had great fun dancing and playing party games. Father Christmas paid a visit too. The children unable to join us today willl get their presents when they are able to join us in school again.
Does Father Christmas wear a seatbelt?, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 14th Dec 2021 @ 5:25pm
Lots of Christmas fun today! We started our day by having Christmas games and dances in the hall followed by Snowman maths and sorting out costumes for going to church tomorrow. (Please do not go out and buy anything, but if your child does have a white or cream top of any description please feel free to send it in their book bag tomorrow so they can wear it under their costume)
The Lions were busy creating a sleigh in the construction shed this morning! It was fantastic! Great team work and problem solving! Does Father Christmas wear a seat belt? Does he have a helmet under his hat? The conversation was amazing!
Great fun this afternoon at our Christmas Party. The Lions danced and sang all afternoon only stopping for a visit by Father Christmas. We hope you have popped the present under your tree for Christmas Day.
Lots of amazing reading and phonics work - thank you so much! We have been sharing homework everyday and we still have more to share. It’s wonderful!
Thank you for your support and hard work.
Christmas fun!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 14th Dec 2021 @ 3:35pm
Today we enjoyed a fabulous Christmas party,lots of dancing, games and Christmas fun!
Last week we enjoyed our Christmas dinner and jumper day.
Christmas Dinner and Gruffalo Crumble!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 8th Dec 2021 @ 9:21pm
The Lions started their day with phonics and PE. In PE we were finishing our Jack and the Beanstalk story. We used balloons for teamwork, counting and turn taking. The balloons could not touch the floor - the golden egg.
Christmas dinner was a huge feast! After lunch we spotted rhyming words in our story, made a christmas wish list for our home corner and we all got to try Gruffalo Crumble. The children had been going in groups to work with Miss Lynch all morning in the kitchen. What a success! The Lions loved it and had seconds. Please ask your child what went into the Crumble and what was their job in preparing the Crumble. A perfect pudding for your Sunday dinner - with custard! I have included the recipe below.
A fun day!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 7th Dec 2021 @ 6:45pm
Today the Zebras enjoyed a lovely story session at the library.Tom read some very funny stories to us! We also enjoyed being artists in the afternoon, learning how to print using Lego blocks. We created some lovely pictures and effects.
Class compliment, by Mr Pearson
Date: 7th Dec 2021 @ 3:11pm
Today we enjoyed our class compliment for excellent behaviour. We watched a film enjoyed sweets and had a dance
A visit to the library., by Mrs Thomson
Date: 6th Dec 2021 @ 10:33pm
The Lions had a great start to the day with a trip to the library. Tom gave the children lots of information about how many books they could borrow and how long they could keep them for. Tom read two great stories which had the children laughing and the lions had to join in with some very strange noises in a very quiet library! ( The little car book is a gift from library and does not need to be returned).
We watched ‘The Gruffalo’ song today in Makaton and we are going to have a practise this week.
In Jigsaw we talked about our homes and how they keep us safe, warm and cosy and how they are unique, just like us. The children shared their favourite rooms and why they love their homes. The children then created their house using Lego, chalks outside, drawing materials and construction materials.
A very proud teacher, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 3rd Dec 2021 @ 5:05pm
A big well done to all thee fabulous Zebras who were fantastic last night in our Production A Bindle of Joy.Hope you enjoy watching the video , alll superstars - well done !
Fantastic learning, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 3rd Dec 2021 @ 5:00pm
This week we enjoyed being geographers, armed with iPads we explored the question.What is our school like? We took lots of photos and then sorted them into human and physical features, things people had made or not made.Next we helped to create a map of school and had a go at drawing one ourselves. We have also been meteorologists , starting to use our rain gauges to measure rainfall and recording the results on a table
Beautiful Christmas trees, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 3rd Dec 2021 @ 4:54pm
A big thank you to all the children who made a recycled Christmas tree decoration. The eco team helped to decorate the tree today. Some great ideas and the trees look amazing. Well done everyone!
Library Visit, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 3rd Dec 2021 @ 2:45pm
Good afternoon,
On Monday we will be taking the children to the village library for a story session. We will leave at 9am so please make sure your child has their coat, gloves and a hat. Please return your form to us for the library card so your child can take out a book.
Thank you, have a lovely weekend
Mrs. Thomson
Panto Trip!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 1st Dec 2021 @ 10:58pm
The Lion tribe had an amazing day out today in Blackpool. It was a dull and rainy day but inside the theatre we had lots of smiles. It was a great performance and the children got involved with the shouting and booing!
Tomorrow evening is our performance in school - please bring your child at 5.30pm and if possible bring them in a cream coloured or white top of any sort so they can leave this on under their costume. (Please do not go out and buy one - a plain coloured T-shirt would also be fine)
It is the Winter Warmer on Saturday at 2pm. If you are able to help on our class stall please send a message in your child’s book bag so we can let Kelly know. Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Panto Trip, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 1st Dec 2021 @ 8:18pm
The Panda's all had an aboslutely amazing time watching Aladdin this morning. They enjoyed every minute of it. Every child had a favourite character and it was great to see them having so much time. We have also got lots of great dancers amongst us !
Trip to Blackpool to watch Aladdin, by Mr Pearson
Date: 1st Dec 2021 @ 2:46pm
Today the whole school got on 3 double deckers and travelled to Blackpool Globe Theatre pleasure land to watch Aladdin. We all had a fabulous time thank you very much to all our volunteers who came to help and to Anna for organising.
Another Busy Week, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 28th Nov 2021 @ 11:10am
The Pandas have had a nother busy week. They have finished their unit of work in English using 2 books they really enjoyed- John Patrick Norman McHennesy The Boy Who Wa Always Late and Dear Teacher.
In maths they have been busy learning about money using pounds and coins.
Sxience this week has been looking at what some animals do in autumn to prepare fr winter and what happens to leaves.
On their LPS+ afternoon the children started to lern British Sign Language with Mrs Woolley and Miss Lynch.
Next week is another busy week with the trip to the pantomome on Wednesday smething to really look forward to.
Tribe of the term!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 26th Nov 2021 @ 5:58pm
The Lions are feeling very proud that Mrs. Brown awarded them the tribe of the term in church on Thursday. They really are superstars!
This week we have worked hard in our phonics, we have completed lots of number tasks and also created a Kandinsky masterpiece after looking at triangles and circles. We have been looking at Wallace and Gromit and talking about the local author. The children enjoyed the stories without words and the cartoon style of book. They created a rocket in our outdoor construction shed or as Isaac called it ‘our Wallace and Gromit invention shed’.
We had another fantastic super secret reader this week and the children thoroughly enjoyed the story. It really is wonderful when we hear the children reading the stories aloud to each other or when they ask to read a story to the whole class.
Thank you for the homework pictures we have had. They are brilliant! The children will share them in class with their friends so please try and have homework in on a Tuesday each week.
If you didn’t manage to do homework last week please don’t worry. I take full responsibility for the technical hitch!
One last thank you for the recycled Christmas decorations that have started to come in.
Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs. T
Making moving pictures, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 26th Nov 2021 @ 4:37pm
This week we have been busy practising our Nativity play, we are looking forward to performing it next week!
We have had a DT week this week where we have enjoyed making moving pictures.We practised first by cutting slits in a picture and making a slider that could go up and down or side to side. Next we designed some pictures for a story book, thinking carefully about which parts would marvel and which way. Then we had to construct it. There were some tricky bits but kept going and have made some great moving picture story books!!
Have a great weekend??
Weekly overview, by Mr Pearson
Date: 26th Nov 2021 @ 12:48pm
English
We have been focussing on the book, Cosmic by Frank Cottrell-Boyce and have been writing diary entries like we are really in the book. Its about a boy who is 12 however looks like he is a 18 year old.
Maths
We have been the bus stop method for division. We have also been doing 3x2 digit multiplication. We have been doing multiplication and division word problems.
Science
In science we have been learning about space and what order the planets come in the solar system. We have also had a man from prime VR to take us on an adventure through space.
History
In history we have been doing about Baghdad and that it had some of the first advanced technological breakthroughs. It also had some of the first universities and hospitals.
Science melting chocolate, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 23rd Nov 2021 @ 7:37pm
Q: what effects how fast chocolate melts?
We used heat packs and different chocolate to explore and observe how they melted. Most groups discovered the aero chocolate started to melt first and thought this was because it air pockets in it so the chocolate wasn’t as thick in some places. After a period of time most groups discovered it was actually the white chocolate that completely melted first. It was the galaxy or dairy milk chocolate that melted the least.
Why did each group get different results? What affected our results?
Would we get the same results if the chocolate was in our hands?
Homework, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 22nd Nov 2021 @ 4:05pm
Good afternoon, I have just checked on google classroom and the homework does seem to be there. Please click on Lions and then click the link which says Autumn 2 Pick and Mix Homework. I have my fingers crossed that you will all find it ok.
Please do not panic or rush to complete a task for tomorrow if you have had trouble finding the pick and pix information.
Please pop and see us in the morning if you have any problems,
Thank you
Mrs Thomson
Being artists!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 19th Nov 2021 @ 5:19pm
This week we have enjoyed exploring different media to find out which one we preferred to use. We were inspired by Kandinsky to use shape in our art work. We had to carefully draw round different shapes and then fill in the colour. We could choose oil pastel, chalks, felt tips, wax crayon, pencil crayons, charcoal or water colours. We loved it and did some amazing art work.Well done Zebras!??
Have a lovely weekend.
A fun old day gang!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 19th Nov 2021 @ 4:26pm
The title of our blog is a comment made by one of our amazing Lions! I just had to pinch it!
We seem to have lots of children wanting to be the teacher at the moment! As soon as my back is turned they are in my chair, taking a register or writing on the whiteboard! It is lovely to see how confident they are but I do keep telling them I never actually sit in that chair!
On Thursday we did lots of talking about kindness which links to ‘One kind word’ for anti bullying week and also our PSED work. We made kindness chains in the classroom and then also made friendship circles outside where we all said kind things about our friends. We had lots of odd socks in the classroom so it was lovely to discuss and share what makes us different, what things we enjoy and being unique.
We have enjoyed planting bulbs today and we have set up an area in the classroom for us to watch and care for our plants as they grow.
Jack and the Beanstalk, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 16th Nov 2021 @ 8:46pm
The Lions are embracing their new topic this week - Jack and the Beanstalk. We started the morning with PE playing giant games and practising five different rolls (the golden egg!) The children were confident to do demonstrations and remembered our safety rules.
We have been looking at shapes in maths and we know how to identify circles and triangles even if they are all different sizes. We made shape pictures and then the children took pictures with the iPads for our shape book. Miss Lynch has started taking groups of children outside and around school being detectives hunting for our shapes.
We are working hard in phonics, please keep looking at these at home and please come and ask for help if you need any ideas or help with how to use them alongside reading. Reading books have been changed today, thank you for your comments and support.
