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Friday 13 December, by Mr Pearson

Date: 13th Dec 2019 @ 1:22pm

Maths

This week we have had a very busy time learning all about the equivalent fraction which is why you have the homework of fractions so that was what we were doing this week in maths.

English

We were focusing on the story `The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe`. So first we read the first part of the story trying to predict what would happen next in the story. We also wrote a letter to the children’s mother about our concerns about Lucy’s adventure in Narnia

Writing

On Friday we watched a film called Mog’s Christmas Calamity and had to retail the story through Mog’s eyes.

Spellings

This weekly spelling was though, although, dough, through, breakthrough, thought, bought, brought, fought, ought

We are looking forward to the pantomine on Tuesday and our Christmas party on Wednesday. 

Christmas dinner Penguins , by Mr Pearson

Date: 12th Dec 2019 @ 7:49pm

We enjoyed our Christmas Dinner 

Christmas stories at the library, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 12th Dec 2019 @ 3:29pm

We had a lovely Christmas story session at the library today. We had some funny stories which made us laugh! Our favourite was There’s an elf in you book, an elf was trying to trick us off the nice list but he didn’t manage itπŸ™ƒ

Carol concert, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 12th Dec 2019 @ 9:46am

Amazing rap. Well done year 4 x x

Christmas Dinner Day 2019, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 11th Dec 2019 @ 9:07pm

We enjoyed a scrumptios Christma dinner today follwed by an amazing magic show 

Christmas dinner fun!, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 11th Dec 2019 @ 12:23pm

We all enjoyed our Christmas dinner today! Thank you kitchen staffπŸ‘

Magnet poster homework, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 10th Dec 2019 @ 6:58pm

Wow! You are amazing Meerkats.  I’m sat at home marking your homework and I have the biggest smile on my face. Your posters are brilliant.  You have learnt so many facts, found out some new ones and presented them in eye catching and interesting ways.  I had to share a few.  Well done. 

Stick an workshop part 2, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 9th Dec 2019 @ 8:58pm

Stick Man Reading Workshop, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 9th Dec 2019 @ 8:55pm

We have had 2 reading work shops today. Thank you to all the adults who turned up. We will be holding a phonics workshop in Spring.

Balancing clowns, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 9th Dec 2019 @ 8:17pm

How can you make the clown balance on a string?

Friction ramps, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 9th Dec 2019 @ 8:16pm

What is Friction? How do different surfaces affect the travel of a car down a ramp?  We collected data and found an average for each surface.  

Magnet Games, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 9th Dec 2019 @ 8:07pm

Last week we had an amazing time, designing and making magnetic games.  We had a dartboard, fishing games and maze games, all with a Christmas theme.  We took them down to the Pandas on Friday and played our games together.  We had a great time. 

Modroc food, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 9th Dec 2019 @ 7:58pm

We started making these a while ago, today we completed them.  Here are some photos of the amazing Meerkats and their work.  

Class Treat, by Miss Reynolds

Date: 9th Dec 2019 @ 3:33pm

We have earnt our Class treat! On Thursday afternoon, we are going to be watching a movie and having a chilled afternoon. Children are welcome to bring pj's and teddies with them for the event, but please no extra snacks. Well done Bongos for working so hard and earning it!

Miss R

Fabulous Koalas, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 6th Dec 2019 @ 3:39pm

We really enjoyed putting on our nativity play and think we were amazing! We all spoke our lines clearly and sang our songs fantastically.We hope you all enjoyed it!

week ending 6 12 19, by Mr Pearson

Date: 6th Dec 2019 @ 3:36pm

At the start of the week we went to Barden Primary School and watched there Y3 and Y4 Christmas play. We kind of got to meet them, introduce ourselves to them.

In writing, we were focusing on the story `The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. We started reading the book and write what would happen next and then on Friday we started watching the film.

In maths, we did fractions into decimals. So, what we had to do was Mr Pearson gave us a fraction and we had to write the decimal of it 23/100 = 0.23. We have also been investigating equal fractions.

We have been doing lots of times tables and Mr Pearson has been testing us on our understanding.

A quick message all of you need to know your times tables by June ready for the test.

 

By Oliver and Lucie 😊

Marvellous measuring, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 6th Dec 2019 @ 3:31pm

This week we have been finding out about height and length. We found out who the tallest and shortest were in our class.Next we measured each other using books, straws,whiteboards. Today we compared lengths using a ruler. We had to find things longer and shorter than a ruler.Then we went outside and measured the ball cage using strides.

Magnets, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 3rd Dec 2019 @ 7:19pm

This week has been all about Science so far. We have been exploring magnets.  How to they work? How strong are they? What materials are magnetic? What are magnets used for? 

We have looked at examples of magnetic games this afternoon and started to plan and design our own Christmas themed magnetic games. 

 

Barden trip, by Mr Pearson

Date: 1st Dec 2019 @ 8:29pm

Don't forget tomorrow (Monday 2 December) we are going to Barden Primary school in the afternoon. 
we are aiming to be back by the end of school, however depending on traffic we maybe a few minutes late. I will update the twitter account on our journey back. 
 

Times tables , by Mr Pearson

Date: 29th Nov 2019 @ 4:19pm

This is a a good page for support with times tables

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCllFxIfCNYQvsRepWxT7n8A/search?query=times+tables

Click here to practise a test 

MTC

 

 

 

Reading rocket, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 28th Nov 2019 @ 6:33pm

Work has started on our egg box reading rocket, we will post another photo when it has been completed.

Watch this space. 

Space rocket day, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 28th Nov 2019 @ 6:19pm

Wow! We had an amazing day on Tuesday thanks to Steve from Starchaser.  The children thoroughly enjoyed making their rockets and watching them fly high into the sky. If you were in Longton I wouldn’t be surprised if you could hear their ohhhs and ahhhs!

We went outside to look at the Nova 2 rocket.  It has cost £500,000 and 10 years to develop.  We are looking forward to seeing it blast off into space at the end of a May 2020.  

We made some spaghetti bolognese from expedition freeze dried food similar to that which astronauts eat. 

Thanks to all the parents who came along to watch, we hope you enjoyed it as much as the children. 

Penguins 23 November, by Mr Pearson

Date: 28th Nov 2019 @ 12:00pm

In P.E, we had to find different ways to get across a bench and some gymnasts did cartwheels across the bench. At the end of the bench we had to do some sort of jump onto the mat.

In Geography, we did a facts file about Antarctica. How we got the information was from sheets with facts and the internet. We have looked at the weather in the topics and have started planning our own weather report.

In maths, we were mostly trying to learn all our times tables and different strategies in multiplication mentally.

In English, we learnt about conjunctions and putting them into sentences and using them in our writing we have started looking at information texts.

In French, we decided food with like, dislike, love and dislike.

In Grammar, we tried to understand the difference between nouns and pronouns.

On Friday, we did a class write we based on the film Artic Circle we had to rewrite the film.

 

From Oliver, Lucie and Mr Peason  😊 😊😊

Rocket Day, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 26th Nov 2019 @ 9:29pm

It has been a truly amazing day . We started with an assembly where Steve from Starchaser told us about his company, how he bacame interested in rockets, his career and the Nova 2 rocket. 

We also went outside to look at the rocket . It had been made smaller so it can be moved around the roads. When it blasts off in May it will be 12 meters long, the longest rocket to be launched in the UK.

Next we had fun looking in the special space box learning about the materials used to build rockets, rubberised rocket fuel, astronaut food and lots more. 

As a treat the Elephants got to taste some astronaut freeze dried ice cream . They learnt how it was made and thought about its taste and texture. 

Writing was next. We looked at videos of the command capsule of Apollo 11 , we found out that the astronauts were lying down when they blasted off. As we watched the rocket lift off we used our senses to imagine what it would have been like to have been on the mission to the moon. The children were using very impressive vocabulary. 

The day finished outside where parents and grandparents joined us to watch 2 rockets be launched. Our very own Poppy was selected to launch one of the rockets.

A wonderful day of learning and life long memories .

 

Films of Penguins rockets, by Mr Pearson

Date: 26th Nov 2019 @ 8:26pm