Our blogs
The first days back., by Mr Kennedy
Date: 2nd Sep 2021 @ 7:33pm
The tribe have had a wonderful few days back and we have covered so much! We have recognised our expectations and established new expectations. We have kick-started our science topic, design technology and maths & English. The children have been fantastic and adapted well to get back into a routine. This year truly is going to be fantastic!
Have a look at some photos of our Science Investigation and trick Design Technology Challenge by click on the links!
Force investigation, by Mr Pearson
Date: 1st Sep 2021 @ 2:10pm
First day back and the Meerkats are straight back into their learning. Maths and English first thing and then we have completed six different investigations related to forces to assess what we know and what we want to know.
WELCOME BACK, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 31st Aug 2021 @ 8:01pm
Welcome back Elephants.
We are looking forward to catching up with you all tomorrow. Entrance into school is the same as year 3 and your coat pegs etc are all in the same places.
Remember to bring your water bottles, P.E. kits and return any reading books and your reading record if you didn't hand it in before the holidays.
If you have completed your holiday passport bring that in as well or upload it to the google classroom page.
Mrs Catterall
Meerkats Summer Holiday, by Mr Pearson
Date: 26th Jul 2021 @ 10:47am
Meerkats holiday activities
Mathletics - go through any of the objectives you don't feel secure with and have a go at the tasks. Also on mathletics there is live mathletics, please don't just go on level 1, push yourself up to 4 or beyond.
Reading Eggs - Have a go at a comprehension a week it will keep your mind working.
Time tables Rockstars - It's essential that you have rapid recall of your times tables in Y5 the summer is a fantastic time to increase your knowledge.
Read a book of your choice, go to Longton library and loan a few books to read.
Holiday passport - You can do on Google Classroom or in your red book.
Have a lovely holiday and make lots of amazing memories.
A lovely last day!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 20th Jul 2021 @ 5:03pm
We had a great last day.Fun with the parachute,saying goodbye to Y6 and time with friends.A last picnic in the shade and last picture of the Year1 Pandas.
Thank you Pandas for being a f a n t a s t i c tribe, parents for being amazing in what has been a tough year.A big thank you for our lovely gifts as always much appreciated but not expected.
Have a lovely, lovely and break and see you all in September,keep safe ????
Catch Up, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 14th Jul 2021 @ 6:13pm
Here are some photos from our visit by John Vale about minibeasts and our April to August birthday celebration
Final call for LPS+ badges, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 11th Jul 2021 @ 11:56am
I’ve been through a few submissions for either the gardening badge or world conservation badge. Please send your info over via google classroom if you have completed either badge so we can celebrate your success.
Skeleton models, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 11th Jul 2021 @ 11:41am
Party day, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 11th Jul 2021 @ 11:15am
We had great fun for our summer term birthday party. Dancing and games in the hall followed by a jelly moving competition - it was harder than they thought. We finished off with some excellent birthday cupcakes.
Party time!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 9th Jul 2021 @ 3:33pm
We had a great day today celebrating in style. Thank you to Lily who made a funny game for us to play and to Austin’s mummy for the tricky hoop game!! We also had a lovely time at the summer fair, thank you for your support.
Have a lovely weekend, see you on Monday sometime before 10.30!!! Let’s hope we’re all smiling.Come on England!!
Freedom!!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 8th Jul 2021 @ 3:28pm
Lovely to be back and see everybody in person. They have all been superstars and had a great time this afternoon with the different resources.??
Magnificent Mabel, by Mr Pearson
Date: 6th Jul 2021 @ 2:55pm
Today, Mabel play a piece of music called 'Moonbeam' in readiness for her Grade 4 piano exam. The Meerkats, Mrs. Brown,myself and special guest star Mrs Bolton enjoyed her performance, well done Mabel.
Click here to watch
Class party, by Mr Pearson
Date: 5th Jul 2021 @ 6:11pm
We had a fun afternoon in our class party. So much fun I forgot to take some photos, so we took some at the after party.
Bug man visit, by Mr Pearson
Date: 5th Jul 2021 @ 3:51pm
An exciting day in the Meerkat tribe. An amazing hour with the Bug man learning about life cycles in animals. The children were captivated as well as Mrs Doherty and myself.Some lucky children got to handle some of the mini beasts.
Growing, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 5th Jul 2021 @ 11:50am
This term we have been planting seeds, caring for the growing seedlings and then the plants.
They have certainly grown. The elephants have green fingers!
The peas and radishes have grown and we have been able to try the peas - they were very sweet.
The bug man visit, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 5th Jul 2021 @ 11:39am
This morning we had a visit from the John Vale. He talked to us about vertebrate and invertebrate as we got to see some animals of different types.
Well done Elephants you were outstanding at listening during the whole session and were very quiet so as not to scare the creatures.
Pippa asked an amazing question and we found out that some animals shrink as they get older.
The slime from an African land scale kills germs. (Elizabeth)
Snakes are venomous not poisionous. (Olive)
I didn’t know that some animals can see hot and cold, that was interesting, it was why we couldn’t look directly at them. (Elizabeth)
Spider’s webs are the strongest material in the world. If it was as thick as a pencil it would stop a jumbo jet. (Noah)
Summer fair stalls, by Mr Pearson
Date: 28th Jun 2021 @ 9:16pm
Well done to Y6 today for organising stalls for this years summer fair Covid edition.
Summer Fair, by Mr Pearson
Date: 28th Jun 2021 @ 9:08pm
The Year 6's delivered a mini Summer fair for the Y4's today. Everyone had a fantastic time.
Eco- Council Reminder, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 27th Jun 2021 @ 2:38pm
Remember to have your presentations ready if you would like to be considered for this role.
LPS+ badges, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 27th Jun 2021 @ 2:37pm
Just a little reminder for those of you who have been working towards your LPS+ badge for this half term (Gardening or World Consevation) to be collecting together your evidence and submitting it to the assignment in Google Classroom.
I'm looking forward to seeing it and us sharing it with the class.
Week beginning 21 st June, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 25th Jun 2021 @ 8:29pm
This week we enjoyed sports day on Monday, move up afternoon Tuesday fractions in Maths finding halves and quarters, English our new story about the queen’s hat, Geography , all about the UK.Can they remember the 4 capitals and countries?! Science, minibeats - phew- busy as always!
Thank you for chocolate donations and red items today , have a great weekend??
Sports Day photos, by Mr Pearson
Date: 22nd Jun 2021 @ 9:46am
Look in your childs tribes gallery at a range of photos from this years Sports Day.
Week beginning 14th June, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 18th Jun 2021 @ 1:16pm
This week we have been learning about fractions in maths, finding halves of shapes.In our jigsaw work we have been looking at life cycles, how they work and how things change. We looked at some photos of how I have changed over the years and the children can bring their own photos of when they were a baby so we can see how they have changed too.
In science we collected leaves and thought how we can sort them.
Welcome Back Koalas, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 17th Jun 2021 @ 12:52am
The children have made a wonderful start to their final term in Year 2.
They are enjoying working on a poem by Michael Rosen called Bathroom Fiddler and will be having a go very soon at writing their very own poems called Desk Fiddler.
In maths we have been looking at addition of 2 digit numbers and looking over other bits of learning from the past. We have started our new topic which is learning about India and made a start on our new unit of work in science all about animals, life cycles and habitats.
The children enjoyed using BBC Dance Mat in computing today which is a great , free site for learning to touch type.
Skeletons - what do they look like?, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 15th Jun 2021 @ 6:42am
We worked individually then in groups to create a drawing of what we thought our skeletons looked like. Then we sorted some given bones into a body outline before playing a race against time game to check our skeletons against a correct one and move the pieces as needed. We finished by naming some of the bones with their common names and their scientific names.
