Our blogs
Library Visit, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th Jun 2024 @ 11:32pm
We have enjoyed a lovely visit to the library to see Helen. She read us 3 stories all about the environment. We made flowers using recycled paper from old books and magazines. We then were able to enjoy sharing books from the library with our friends.
Keeping cool!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 26th Jun 2024 @ 8:39pm
The penguins have been trying to keep cool this week. We have been working and playing in the shade. We have been talking about staying safe in the sun and the penguins have been wearing their own hats or one of our spare caps from class. They have been drinking lots of water and some children have refilled their water bottle three times! Great job!
(Please send in a sun hat and suncream in your child's book bag - no aerosols please)
On Tuesday we had a class trip to the library. We had new stories about looking after our world and looking after our wildlife. The penguins then completed an art activity using recycled books. Super star penguins! Great listening, lovely manners and super sharing of the resources!
Today the penguins visited Father Sam at St. Andrew's church. They had a wonderful tour of the church where they carried out a scavenger hunt. Father Sam talked to the children about the church, the services and they even got to sing new songs.
As you can see from the pictures we even got time for a little cool down!
Homework - this week our focus for homework is our reading. Please revisit the tricky words stuck in the record book and encourage your child to read their first book listed by Mrs. Morrison this week which is linked to our phonics work.
Some ideas - read by torchlight, make a reading den, read your book to your favourite teddy, ready with your sunglasses on, read in a pirate voice or do five star jumps at the end of every page!
Feeling hot!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 23rd Jun 2024 @ 8:34pm
What a sunny few days!
This week the penguins have been creating their own pirate ships. They have been built with rigging, a crows nest, a mast, sails, a ships wheel, cannons and even a plank to walk across. The children then had to test them out in our water tray to see if they would float. Some ships needed materials changing as they became soggy or broke off in the water. Great problem solving and resilience!
In maths we have been learning about grouping and sharing.
In our phonics we have been looking at ue and ew words. The penguins have been amazing us with their writing and super effort.
The penguins have now finished their road safety work. They have used their amazing listening skills to remember to stop, listen and look before crossing the road whilst holding hands with an adult. They talked about how electric cars and push bikes are very quiet and that it is very important to stop talking and look and listen several times before crossing. Good work penguins!
Later in the week we looked at the life or a pirate and listened to some sea shanties. The penguins then worked in small teams to make up their own pirate sea shanty. They had lots of fun performing them!
This next week is a week full of adventures.
On Tuesday we are walking to the library for a story session followed by a craft workshop. Later that day, in the afternoon the penguins will be visiting their year one classroom. We had a circle time and thought of lots of questions to ask Mrs. Pratten and we also made a list of all the things the children would like to see in the classroom.
On Wednesday afternoon we are visiting St. Andrew's church as part of our RE work.
We will try our hardest to change all reading books on Tuesday and Wednesday this week but due to our library and church visits they may take a little longer. All books definitely be changed before the end of the week.
Thank you
Scientific Elephants, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 23rd Jun 2024 @ 4:20pm
It has been a very scientific week in Year 6 . Thclass have learnt about the human circulatory system and they had great fun taking tier own pulse rates to investigate the effect of exercise on thir heart/pulse rate and to calculate recovery times. They did brilliantly with the maths. They aslo rvsied the digestive system to learn how water and nutrients are carried around the body.
Rehearsals for our end of year show continue and nearly all of the children are off script already. Mrs Atkinson and Mrs Doherty have been busy organising props and costumes. It is going to be greeat.
Fantastic fractions!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 21st Jun 2024 @ 4:05pm
We have been busy this week continuing our work on fractions, learning how to find a quarter of a shape or quantity.
We enjoyed exploring maps to learn all about countries that make up the UK in Geography.
In PHSE we had fun looking at photos of how Mrs Pratten has changed from a baby to now! The children can bring in photos of themselves as a baby or toddlers and we can see how the giraffes have changed too.
A big thank you to Mrs Boyle and Jacqui ( and my lovely Georgia!!) who all helped make our enterprise a big success. The sun shone so a perfect day to sell ice lollies.
Have a lovely weekend
Mrs Pratten 😄
Helmshore Mill trip, by Mr Pearson
Date: 17th Jun 2024 @ 4:02pm
A fantastic day learning about the history of cotton and wool in Lancashire at Helmshore Mill. Thank you to the staff for their amazing teaching.
Penguins back together!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 14th Jun 2024 @ 2:40pm
It has been lovely to have our penguin family back together this week. They have had so much exciting news to tell and they are so proud of their 'All about me' books which have some lovely pictures and memories to share. (These books will go into the year one class for a short time so they can share them with the class teachers).
We have started our new topic - We are explorers! The penguins have been learning about pirates this week and they certainly have had fun making ships, dressing up and making Mrs. Morrison and I walk the plank! We are going to talk about maps next week and have a walk into Longton to create a map. We have a class map and the children have been reading the coordinates to plot the pirate pictures.
In maths we have been doing addition and subtractions up to 5. Some children have even been working up to the number 10.
In our phonics we have revisited the sound 'ue' and we have a funny feeling that next week the phonics fairy might deliver a new sound. We have made silly sentences using words such as statue, rescue and Tuesday. In our writing we are remembering to use our swooshes and flicks (the Longton Primary cursive script) and finger spaces between our words. Thank you for your help and support with writing - the children really have 'wowed' us this week!
Reading books were changed a little later this week but next week it will be back to two colour teams on Tuesday and two teams on Wednesday. Pip penguin is still coming home each week so please continue to read each day.
Next week we will continue with our road safety. Please send a coat each day as we plan to be outside as much as we can. We have our fingers crossed for some sunshine!
Have a lovely weekend.
First week back, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 14th Jun 2024 @ 12:24pm
This week we have been settling back into our learning. In English we have been adding in correct punctuation. Maths learning about fractions, finding half of shapes and quantities.We enjoyed our visit to the library for big green week.
We are excited for the Euros and all have a team to support, come on England ! (Mrs Regans team)
Eco Trip, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 13th Jun 2024 @ 8:06pm
Today Year 6 have enjoyed a visit to the Southport Eco Centre. They took part in quizzes, played giant board games, had fun in the immersive room, looked at the Clean Crew Website and completed activities about how poor air quality affects the body and made solar powered circuits.
A busy, busy Thursday, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 13th Jun 2024 @ 4:03pm
What an action packed day the tribe have had. We have been exploring climate change at our local library and understanding how we can work together to protect our planets. We applied our angles knowledge from yesterday to compare and order angles and we finished our day with a live STEM lesson with many schools across Lancashire. The children gained knowledge about the world we live in, some mind blowing facts about our world, how to protect our world and finally a live Q&A with Drew Steel, who works for the RAF. Three of our questions were asked directly!
Exploring bridges, by Mr Pearson
Date: 13th Jun 2024 @ 1:34pm
We have been investigating different types of bridges in DT, TODAY HAS BEEN ARCH AND BEAM BRIDGES
Exploring angles, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 11th Jun 2024 @ 10:55pm
The panda tribe have been exploring the three of the different types of angles today in lots of fun ways. They explored angles in the classroom, then using masking tape on their desk they had to identify obtuse, acute and right angles. Great job!
Cyber Escape Challenge, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 11th Jun 2024 @ 9:13pm
This morning the children became Cyber Crime Prevention Officers to work in teams to solve challenges, puzzlesand interrogate evidence . The challenge was based on the story of Hansel and Gretel and helped the children develop their STEM skills, critical thinking and problem solving. They also learnt about careers in computer science. The children worked really well and were the first class who have done this challenge snice it bgan in February where every team scored 100 or more points. Before today only 1 team had scored full marks, the Elephants had 2 teams who achieved this. The class were praised for their team work and their eye for detail. It was a fun filled morning and lots of the children daid the investigations had made their brains hurt.
Path to Paris - Olympics, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 1st Jun 2024 @ 10:18am
Dont forget to log on to https://www.getset.co.uk/pathtoparis
Select Log activity
Type our code 2675
Select Lions
We are currently 2nd in the competition. Can we win!
You can log all sorts of physical activity. Out on your bike, walking the dog, going to the playground, swimming, football in the garden.
Summer 2 Subject Organiser, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 31st May 2024 @ 12:17pm
Please find below, and on our main class page, the subject organiser for the 2nd half of the Summer Term.
Amazing Artists, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 31st May 2024 @ 11:55am
We have had a fabulous Arts week. Our Continent was Africa and we explored a range of artists who are of African hertitage or take their inspiration from African culture.
We have covered many types of art: paper and craft, painting, oil pastels, line drawing and printing.
We had an amazing dance workshop - there were some amazing movers and groovers in our street dance routine. We worked together in pairs to have a go at learning the Waltz box step. We had to use a lot of brain power.
D-Day Lamplighter, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 31st May 2024 @ 11:48am
The 6th of June 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, when Allied forces mounted the largest amphibious invasion the world has ever witnessed. In 1944 Operation Overlord saw over 5,000 ships and landing craft set down more than 130,000 troops on five Normandy beaches.
The bravery and sacrifice of those people in securing the peace and freedom we enjoy today will be observed by the lighting of beacons around the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and UK Overseas Territories
The light from the flame will represent the ‘light of peace’ that emerged from the darkness of war.
We will not be in school on this important day so we have been passing around our own D Day lamp to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
English - Anthony Browne Stories, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 31st May 2024 @ 11:37am
We have enjoyed reading and listenign to lots of stories written by Anthony Browne. We made a human graph when we voted for out favourite story.
Most of us enjoyed the story Willy the Champ.
MAD SCIENCE Assembly, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 31st May 2024 @ 11:33am
We enjoyed our visit from Mad Science. Lots of fun and learning. I'm sure we will all be trying the balloon and hair experiment!
Forms have gone home if you would like to be a part of the Mad Science after school club.
Enterprise, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 31st May 2024 @ 11:30am
We enjoyed making our Marshmallow and chocolate kebabs to sell in the quad for our Enterprise.
arts exhibition, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 24th May 2024 @ 4:11pm
Today the Giraffes had a great time this afternoon making "chatterboxes" and decorating them in the style of pop artist Romero Britto.
If you missed the exhibition this is our South America art work which alongsdie with all the other classes looked amazing.
The Giraffes have loved arts week and have all produced some fantatsic art work , well done!!
Have a fabulous break, dont forget to keep reading, readng through the phonics words and send us a postcard if you have a day out or or are off on holiday.Enjoy, keep safe, see you soon,
Mrs Pratten and Mrs Regan
Arts Week 2024, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 24th May 2024 @ 2:44pm
What a fantastic week our tribe has had! We have shown resilience, kindness, creativity, inspirational thinking and some outstanding artwork. The children have created work that has been inspired by European artists such as; Bridget Riley, Sonia Delauney, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali and they even had a visit from Faith Bebbington.
Thankyou for a lovely week, more so a lovely half-term. Have a fantastic break.
Don't forget, timetables!
Arts Week Day 4, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 23rd May 2024 @ 9:48pm
This morning started with the children choosing the materials they wanted to use to bring their Climate change art to life. They mage great choices and worked carefully right up to playtime. After play we joined Mrs Skinner in the Art Studio where the children created beautiful pieces of work using masking tape to create areas in which they would later add water colours. The outcomes are wonderful. They then learnt how to draw penguins and each drew a penguin to add to their painting.
After lunch there was an assembly about dance. We then took our turn to take the D-Day lantern around the track.
Back in class the climate change art was finished and the chidren finished the day singing some of the songs from our production Darwin Rocks.
Sports Day 2024, by Mr Pearson
Date: 23rd May 2024 @ 9:42am
A successful Sports Day took place on Tuesday, teamwork and fun was had by all.
Blue team 5 were the overall team winners and Blue team was the overall winners of the event.
Congratulations to all of the children that took part and a huge thanks to the support from all of the parents and relatives that attended.
Arts Week Day 3, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 22nd May 2024 @ 9:06pm
Today has been National Numeracy Day and thiis morning the children took pat in a very special maths session with Mrs Simpson and Steve Spensley, Marketing Director at London Stock Exchange. Mrs Simpson was super impressed with the way in which the children tackled the group tasks they were set and their contribution to the session. Infact she was so impressed that she gave the class a class compliment.
This afternoon there was a music themed assembly where the choir performed. The children then painted their amazing coil pots and sketched out their climate change pictures. Tomorrow they will bring these to life in ways they have chosen.
