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Elephant Update, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 2nd Feb 2024 @ 2:11pm
The Elephants have had a very busy week, as usual. Lots of great work in English and maths. The children impressed Mrs Brown so much on Tuesday with their learning when she visited our English lesson that she awarded them 2 class compliments.
In Geography this week the class have been learning about Greenwich Meant time and how this relates to lines of longitude particularly the Prime Meridian.
We have had 2 science lessons this wee, one a live BBC lesson the adaptation of sharks which was great and the other continuing our learning about famous scientists. This week the children did amazing jobs reseraching the life and work of Dr Daniel Hale Williams which they have presented in the form of biographies.
In RE our learning was around Hajj the pilgrimage that Muslims aim to take part in once in a life time.
Well done for being so wonderful Elephants , be ready to sew next week youve got waistcoats to make!
Koala update, by Mr Pearson
Date: 2nd Feb 2024 @ 12:05pm
What a class of artists and designers. Installation based art today and a fantastic week of using CAD to design their own key rings.
Thank you to all the parents of the Koalas I met this week at parents evening. The children's education is a partnership of us all working together to give the best possible experience. If there is an issue or niggle at anytime please do not hesitate to contact me.
A rocking start to the week!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 31st Jan 2024 @ 10:58pm
What a start to the week! We had an amazing time at the Rock Steady Assembly! We were very proud of penguin Isaac volunteering to join a band during the assembly! He did a great job!
We have had fun in the sun, lots of measuring and weighing in maths and we have been reading ‘sc’ and ‘sk’ words in phonics. We are working hard at writing our names and we are making sure that each letter is formed correctly with our beautiful swooshes and flicks.
Tomorrow the children have a surprise new area in the classroom and we have an afternoon planned where we will be very creative!
I hope you enjoy some pictures from our week so far.
The Rest of The Week, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 27th Jan 2024 @ 9:45am
Wednesday
Phonics
Spelling
Reading Response - Brian Cox
Maths check up - arithmetic and reasoning paper 1
Geography - investigating if there are links between latitude and longtitude and biomes/climate
Singing assembly
Thursday
Phonics
Spelling
Reading Response - Marcus Rashford
Maths check up - reasoning paper 2
English - modal verbs
Science - Learning about Marie Maynard Daly and her work on the affects of sugar and cholestorol on the body .
Friday
Music
Drama
Computing
Cricket
Art
Penguin poetry!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 27th Jan 2024 @ 8:09am
This week the penguins received a very special delivery! We had a letter stuck in our tree outside! It was from the mother owl in our story ‘Owl Babies’. Mother Owl asked the penguins for help. She wanted the children to write her a poem which she could read every night to her baby owl, Bill. The poem would tell him why mummy went off hunting during the night and that he didn’t need to be scared of the dark wood or the noises he heard.
The penguins embraced the challenge! They had wonderful ideas, beautiful writing and were very caring towards our baby owl Bill. Mrs. Brown visited our classroom and saw the penguins super busy with this work and she awarded the class with a class compliment! Super penguins! The poem is already amazing but we have decided to put actions to it and learn it as a class. The penguins would like to perform it on the stage!
Homework - next week homework will be focusing on the formation of some of our tricky letters. Please refer back to the guide in your homework folder which shows how we swoosh up to start and then end each letter with a flick (ready to join onto another letter later in school)
Homework - the week after will be our last week of this half term. For homework we will send your ‘All about me’ book home ready for the next chapter. We really do appreciate your help and support with this book, thank you.
Thank you for the amazing projects sent into school. We did show and share on Thursday and Friday. We will also do this on Monday as we still have some projects to look at before they are displayed in the hall.
We have an exciting week ahead! We have a rock steady workshop, a school governor coming to visit our class, an afternoon of art with clay, a busy week with capacity and mass and to end our week we will be painting to music. We will listen to lots of music and express how it makes us feel in our painting.
Some pictures for for you to enjoy - water colour penguins, penguin habitat pictures using a variety of materials and our junk owls and penguins. DT junk modelying soon!
Week beginning 22nd January, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 26th Jan 2024 @ 3:21pm
This week we have been comparing birds and reptiles in Science. We have continued to be nocturnal animal experts and have started writing our own books all about owls.
We love using the mini globes in Geography to help us find the continents and locate hot and cold places.
In maths we have been estimating numbers on the number line but couldn’t beat Mrs Pratten!!
We are loving our robot dance and impressed Mrs Brown with our robot moves.
We enjoyed a yoga session in the Hall , we went to space!
Have a lovely weekend :)
Special visitors!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 23rd Jan 2024 @ 9:20pm
This morning Sergeant Jo and PC Kevin came to school to visit the penguins. The penguins had prepared lots of questions and were eager to find out all about their important jobs.
The penguins were shown lots of equipment that the police carry with them everyday. They looked at the uniform and talked all about how the police help us and keep us safe.
Sergeant Jo and PC Kevin brought lots of vests and hats for the children to try on. They also got to try out special penguin sized radios, handcuffs and batons.
Before the police went back to work everyone sat in the big police carrier van. The children got to see the big shields, the flashing lights and hear the three different sirens.
During our afternoon today we got to take part in a yoga class with Miss Danielle. The penguins had lots of energy whilst doing the exercises but managed to relax and enjoy the gentle music whilst they stayed as still as possible. I hope your penguin enjoys showing you some of the stretches from today.
Busy Elephants, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 23rd Jan 2024 @ 8:46pm
Monday 22nd January
Morning task - phonics activity
Spelling - Look Say Cover Write Check for this week's new words
Reading Response - Biography of Bear Grylls
GPS and spelling check up
DT - design a waistcoat for a soft toy
PE - dribbling, passing and shooting skills in hockey
Maths - introduction to the ratio sign :
Tuesday 23rd January
Morning task - phonics activity
RE -What is Ummah and why is it important to Muslims?
Reading Check up
Maths - fractions and ratio
In the afternoon we completed our maths , did a relaxation Yoga session in the hall and completed our RE
Class compliment fun!!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 19th Jan 2024 @ 5:34pm
This afternoon the Giraffes enjoyed their well deserved class compliment treat. We danced ,played games and ate cake...as requested!!
In Geography we learnt about the equator and where hot and cold places are located.We loved looking at the mini globes, trying to find theUK and the continents.
Dont forget to complete a project to share with the class, have a lovely weekend🙂
Past and present!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 19th Jan 2024 @ 3:07pm
The penguins have enjoyed revisiting lots of their past learning today. We looked on the blog at lots of pictures to help remind of us of how busy we have been.
We have had a great week with wonderful writing, marvellous maths and very excited vets! The children created obstacle courses which helped keep them warm and fit when they were outside.
We have been learning another poem this week and have started singing a months of the year song which you will find on this post.
We have been doing lots of activities to support our learning with number bonds. What different ways can we make 5? We have also been looking at one more and one less. Our homework next week will be working on this.
Next week we have an exciting week where we will have new animals to learn about.
On Tuesday we have the police coming into school to visit the reception class. They will talk to us about what jobs they do during the day and night.
Please send projects into school on Thursday. The children will have lots of time to show and share these before they are displayed in the hall. Some ideas - your project could be linked to our amazing animal topic, it could be linked to a hobby, an interest or even the season we are currently in.
Friday, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 19th Jan 2024 @ 11:47am
This morning the children have fun playing a variety of instruments in music. This was followed by more work on Macbeth in drama. Computing has been a successful lesson with a clas compliment being awarded by Miss Sanders.
This afternoon the children are looking forward to cricket and art.
Wednesday and Thursday, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 19th Jan 2024 @ 7:57am
Wednesday
Morning task - phonics
Spelling - a class favourite today- pyramid words.
Reading - last session developing our summarising skills
Maths - fluent in five, reasoning and we started our new unit, ratio looking at additive and multiplicative aspects to help us know when we need to add or multiply.
English - a writing focus today using our learning about formal and informal language to write a formal letter in the role of Percy Jackson's headteacher and then an informal letter in the role of Percy to his best friend Grover.
Afternoon - personal development activities with Mrs Atkinson and Mrs Doherry in LPS+
Thursday
Morning task finishing our letters / reading own books
Spelling - check up
Reading - a full VIPERS session today reading about Tim Berners Lee a British man who was pivotal in the development of the world wide web
Science - researching the life and work of Libbie Hyman who specialised in the classification of invertebrates
Maths - fluent in five - a double lot of questions this afternoon followed by a lesson looking at the language of ratio
English - we started to revise modal verbs which we will continue next week.
Well done Elephants you have worked hard this week and it shows in your the quality of the work you have produced. I am very proud of you all.
Maths - Money, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 18th Jan 2024 @ 8:03pm
Over the last few weeks we have been learning about money in Maths. This is quite tricky at times as, since covid, lots of us don't have as much cash and coins about.
I have asked the children to have a look at home to see if they have some play money or make some coins out of cardboard. They could use their toys to make price labels for them and practice making the correct amount with the coins they have made. Make it into a shop.
Next week we will be focusing more on adding 2 amounts together and finding the change from a £1 or more depending on the price of things.
The children need lots of practse with this - I have added a link to some interactive games which might help them continue to practise these skills.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/money
One aspect the children need to be clear on is that there are 100 pence in £1. You need to add up the pounds and then add up the pence - you can't add all the numbers on the notes and coins together.
e.g. £2 £1 50p 5p 2p 1p This adds up to £3 and 58p not £61 or 61p
koalas first aid, by Mr Pearson
Date: 18th Jan 2024 @ 4:35pm
We received a lesson about emergency first aid. Recovery position. CPR and chocking were some of the first aid skills taught.
Author Visit, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 17th Jan 2024 @ 9:59pm
Today we have been very lucky to be able to invite an author and illustrator into our classroom, via zoom. We were joined bu other year 2 classes from the Axia schools.
Paul Morton has written 2 stories - 'Bug Belly Babysitting Trouble' and 'Bug Belly Froggy Rescue'. He shared with us his love of frogs and showed us a range of frogs of all colurs of the rainbow. Did you know in the Uk with only have 3 types of frogs, In Brazil there are 2500 types and in the world - 8500! The smallest frog is about the size of your thumb nail. The largest frog is called the Goliath frog.
Paul showed us some of his illustrations and the process he goes through to create his scrapbooks and ideas.
After our zoom visit we looked at part of his graphics website. Before he became an authour and illustrator Paul used to draw and design packaging for a range of foods and chocolates. We were very impressed.
https://www.fivequills.co.uk/authors-and-illustrators/paul-morton/
First Aid, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 17th Jan 2024 @ 9:44pm
We had a fabulous afternoon with Andrea from Mini First Aid. www.lancashire.minifirstaid.co.uk
we helped look after big ted by learning about the correct way to put on a plaster and why we might need to do this.
We talked about bumps to our head and the importance of making sure an adult knows, we used a cold compress.
We talked about how we ring for an ambulance. The children will be bringing home on Thursday (in homework folders) a piece of paper which you can fill in together. Andrea asked the children to get their adult to write their address on it and put it somehwere where it can be seen, help the children to learn what their address is in case they ever need to let someone know in an emergency. We talked about how we dont give information to people we don't know, but if we needed to ring 999 then we would need to tell them where they were so they can send help.
We also learnt how to put someone into the recovery position. We used the phrases- hello, knees up, cheeky, over to me and chinny chin chin. See if you can match the words to some of the actions in the photos.
Science Exercise, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 17th Jan 2024 @ 9:34pm
In Science this week explored the effect of exercise on or bodies.
We spent 1 minute doing jumping jacks, recording our heart rates before and after. We found out that our hearts beat faster after exercise, we were also breathing faster and we felt warmer.
Our muscles need oxygen, we breath in air, the oxygen goes into our blood and the heart pumps the blood around the body.
We also practised balancing on one legs with our eyes open and with our eyes closed. It was a lot harder with our eyes closed.
Stone Age trip to Brockholes, by Mrs Simpson
Date: 17th Jan 2024 @ 4:04pm
Year 3 enjoyed learning about the Stone Age on their visit to Brockholes Nature Reserve. It was a cold, icy day but that didn’t spoil the fun!
We started the day learning how to use the forest to build Stone Age shelters. We were really successful at this and made some fantastic, strong structures.
Then we learnt all about food that the forest provides and went foraging for berries and nuts. We learnt which plants were suitable for eating and which plants were poisonous.
In the afternoon we played a Stone Age hunting game, made cave drawings on rocks and learnt how to make a fire. We even got to roast tasty marshmallows!
Monday and Tuesday, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 16th Jan 2024 @ 9:13pm
Monday
Phonics
Spelling - feeling the shape of this week's words
Reading - this week we are focusing on developing our summarising skills.
Geography - finding longtitude and latitude coordinates of given captial cities
Maths - learnning about imperial measures
PE - passing, dribblind and tackling in hockey
English - rewriting informal sentences in a more formal manner.
Tuesday
Phonics
Spelling - using each of our spellings in a sentence to show that we understand their meaning.
Reading - more summarising skills this time using a poenm as our text
Fluent in Five
First Aid - one and a half hours learning first aid skills. Everyone did brilliantly.
Maths - making sure that we really undersatnd imperial measures.
English - revising word classes by picking words from a given list , identifying their word class and then writing a definition of the word to show what it measns as part of that class.
A snowy start!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 16th Jan 2024 @ 7:43pm
What an exciting start to the day! After register we headed out straight away for some snow fun! We built a snowman, made snow angels and you can imagine what happened when Mr. Brown appeared!
The day just got better and better when the penguins got in the pjs for their class compliment! They had hot chocolate, whipped cream and marshmallows followed by fruit and biscuits. They danced, played games and then watched the short film of our class story - Lost and Found.
Please do not worry if your reading book was not changed today. Mrs. Regan has changed half of the class today and everyone else will have their book changed in the morning.
Mrs. Thomson
Learning so far this week..., by Mrs Pratten
Date: 16th Jan 2024 @ 6:09pm
This week we have enjoyed using a classification key to identify UK mammals, we have used different resources to help us with place value in Maths. Today we had a little walk out in the snow... it was very cold and slippy...definitely winter!!
Amazing Animals!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 14th Jan 2024 @ 4:43pm
It was lovely to have the penguins back this week as we began our new topic of ‘Amazing Animals’. The children were very happy to see each other and we had to extend our sharing time to make sure everyone had the opportunity to talk about their Christmas and New year break.
Thank you for sending the ‘All about me’ books back to school. The penguins have enjoyed sharing these already.
Our week started with our story ‘Lost and found’. We have enjoyed adding speech to this story and by the end of the week the children had made their own story maps identifying the beginning, the middle and the end of the story. We have been learning facts about penguins and other animals that live in the cold.
During the week we froze some of our penguin toys and then tested where the best place was to help our penguins escape.
The children have enjoyed having water colour painting, new rainbow words, snowflakes to cut and going on a zero hunt.
Our wow words from this week have been - perseverance, liquid, solid, freeze, melt, help, zero, challenge and smile.
In phonics we have been reading words which have either the zz, sp or sl sound in them. Next we we will be looking at words that begin with sn.
Tuesday -
I am sure you will have heard the good news from your penguin that we have now achieved all of our class compliments (we achieve a star when visitors and staff around school see the whole class shining together) After a class vote it was decided that the penguins would like a pyjama afternoon and to watch a short film. We are planning to do this on Tuesday afternoon.
The children have asked to bring in -
warm pyjamas / onesie
slippers (optional as school shoes will already be in school)
Teddy (small soft toy)
Please send these in a named plastic bag if they will not fit in the school book bag.
Welcome back to Spring 1, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 14th Jan 2024 @ 3:42pm
Welcome back to the Spring term.
It only a short one but action packed with fun and learning.
I have attached the subject organiser for this half term which tells you all about the topics we will be covering.
Projects are due in Thursday 25th January. They can related to any of our topics or something your child is interested in.
It is parents evening in a few weeks but if you have any questions or queries at any time please pop in and see us.
Thank you, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 14th Jan 2024 @ 3:34pm
To all our wonderful Lions and their families.
Miss Harrison and I would like to thank you all for the lovely gifts, it was a lovely surprise.
We hope you all had a wonderful Xmas break with your families. It was lovely to here from the children about their favourite Christmas memories.
There memories weren't about what they got but the times they spent together with friends and family.
Excitable Edgar setting description, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 14th Jan 2024 @ 3:25pm
