Year 6: The Elephants: Blog items
Geography - Physical Features, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th Apr 2021 @ 9:00pm
Today we found out all about the Physical geographical features of South America.
For those of you who like quizzes we thought this information would be useful to remember.
The world's largest River = Amazon (not longest that it the Nile)
The world's longest mountain range = The Andes
The highest mountain in the Andes = Mt. Aconcagua
The world's highest uninterrupted waterfall = Angel Falls
The world's driest place = Atacama Desert.
The World's largest rainforest = The Amazon Rainforest.
Did you notice anything?
Maths - Fractions, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th Apr 2021 @ 8:50pm
A few photos from the other week - Mathletics in the computer suite and fraction loop games with our friends - great team work everyone. You all shone brightly. Please make sure you complete the activities on Mathletics and keep up the times table practise.
Rainforest animal factfiles, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 22nd Apr 2021 @ 6:37pm
We have begun our topic on the rainforest. The children are loving it. After introducing a story called,
Flowering Plants - Science, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 22nd Apr 2021 @ 6:27pm
Today we asked ourselves what are the functions/jobs of different parts of a plant?We thought about the roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers.
The flower
Outdoor day, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 19th Apr 2021 @ 6:43pm
The sun was shining and so was year 3 today during our outdoor day.
We split into 2 groups and swapped over after lunch.
Oli came from the Outdoor centre and the children experienced a range of team building activities. They had to plan, do and review each one, listen to people
Welcome Back, by Rebecca Catterall
Date: 12th Apr 2021 @ 10:26pm
It has been fantastic to see everyone again after the Easter break.. We have had a great day today, we started with P.E. then discussed a series of pictures taken from a story - we spent lots of time chatting with our friends about what we could see, what we thought was happening and putting the pictures in order. We then read the story and found out if any of our ideas were true. We continued the morning with fractions in maths using smarties and then reading and planting seeds in Science this afternoon. The weather improved as the day went on and we enjoyed the sunshine outside.
We have a busy half term planned with lots of creative elements to it. We would really appreciate your support by making sure the children have everything they need in school to take part in lessons. Please send in P.E. kits and pencil cases if they are still at home. Reading books are changed on Fridays - School books need to be read each week and returned but please read other books at home as well - make sure it is recorded in the reading diary which needs returning on a Friday when we change books. We are testing times tables every week. please help them with this at home. Daily practise for 10mins makes a huge difference. 2x, 5x, 10x, 3x, 4x, 8x are the expectation for year 3 and then we move on to the 6x, 7x, 9x etc. You might be learning the 4x table but make sure you keep practising all the ones you can already do.
Mrs Atkinson and I are looking forward to a busy and exciting half term. We will be posting photos of our learning here on the blog.
Shadows, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 25th Mar 2021 @ 9:10pm
As part of our light unit in Science we have been exploring shadows. A lovely sunny day.
Easter Cards, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 25th Mar 2021 @ 9:07pm
These look so cute. The children really enjoyed doing them.
Easter Service, by Mr Pearson
Date: 25th Mar 2021 @ 8:49pm
Photographs of the event can be found here
Easter shop., by Mrs Catterall
Date: 25th Mar 2021 @ 2:44pm
The Easter Shop was busy today. Lots of Easter treats bought and on their way home.
Art/DT sculptures, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 24th Mar 2021 @ 3:01pm
We have carried on our work on sculpture this half term, focusing initially on drawing action poses thinking about sketching and our body proportions, we have moved on this week to creating a wire action pose figure.
Birthday Party Day., by Mrs Catterall
Date: 24th Mar 2021 @ 2:56pm
We had lots of fun; cake, balloons, bubbles and some good old party games.
Online Safety, by Mr Pearson
Date: 3rd Mar 2021 @ 4:59pm
The online world offers amazing opportunities but also brings elements of potential risk and for Parents, making sense of the online world can appear to be an enormous challenge. Unlike previous generations, the online environment is an integral part of children’s lives and therefore we can no longer consider their wellbeing or safety without also considering their relationship to technology. However, staying safe online is fundamentally about behaviours rather than the technology itself and if approached from this perspective, we can begin to gain confidence to support our children.
The link below provides some useful tips for Parents when discussing the online environment with children. In addition, this page also contains a variety of resources which can be used to develop knowledge and confidence to support children. You will also find useful information in the news and events section of the site through the link at the bottom of the page.
https://www.lancashiresafeguarding.org.uk/online-safeguarding/parents-and-carers/
Next week's home learning, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 10th Jan 2021 @ 3:06pm
Good afternoon
I hope you have all had a nice weeklend so far.
I have uploaded the lockdown timetable for lessons and next weeks planning onto the news part of our class page and onto google classroom.
Children working at home will have live lessons with me throughout the day. These links can be found on their google calendar which will also tell them whether they are in group1 or 2.
I look forward to seeing the children tomorrow.
Mrs Catterall
Spring 1 Curriculum, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 3rd Jan 2021 @ 7:52pm
Please find below and on our main class page the subject organiser for this half term. It covers our learning for the next 6 weeks.
Topics which you could explore for your projects are:
Fruit and vegetable sculptures. Make a picture using food and then enjoy eating it - make sure you take a photo first.
Roman mosaics
Making a roman road, helmet, shield.
Poster about healthy eating / food hygiene.
Research - What types of food do different animals eat?
Happy New Year, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 3rd Jan 2021 @ 4:14pm
Happy New Year to all the Elephants and your families. I hope you have had a lovely Christmas. I'm looking foward to hearing all your news when we return back to school tomorrow.
Please remember your pencil cases and your PE kits.
Mrs Atkinson and I have lots of exciting things planned for you this half term and we can't wait to tell you all about it this week.
See you tomorrow
Christmas thank you, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 31st Dec 2020 @ 7:39pm
Thank you all so much for the lovely gifts I received for Christmas, it was a wonderful surprise. I know lots of you donated to the Rosemere Cancer Foundation, thank you so much, this is such a fabulous charity.
I hope you have all had a lovely Christmas with your families whether that was in person or virtually. I’m looking forward to hearing all about it in the new year.
Hockey Stars training session., by Mrs Catterall
Date: 31st Dec 2020 @ 7:31pm
We are very lucky to have 2 brilliant hockey players in our class. We ended our term with a demo and a quick training session from them. We hope to learn more next term.
DT Magnet games, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 31st Dec 2020 @ 7:27pm
Elephants you are amazing. I am so proud of your magnet games. They look fantastic, are fun to play and you did brilliantly sewing your own shape.
I hope you have had fun playing them at home with your family during Christmas.
Party Afternoon, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 31st Dec 2020 @ 7:22pm
We had a great time at our Christmas party. Games and dancing throughout the afternoon.
Christmas cards, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 31st Dec 2020 @ 7:18pm
Well done Elephants you made great snowman Christmas cards for your family. I also dropped off the cards you made for the residents of Longton Nursing home, thank you.
School Parliament., by Mrs Catterall
Date: 4th Dec 2020 @ 7:41am
We will be voting for our new school parliament representatives on the 14th December. If you would like to put yourself forward please make a poster, letter, PowerPoint and be ready to present it to the class on this day.
Art - painting - Stonehenge, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 4th Dec 2020 @ 7:38am
We have continued to develop our colour mixing skills to create an image of Stonehenge.
Science - Magnets, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 4th Dec 2020 @ 7:36am
We have been continuing our learning about magnets this week. Which materials are magnetic? Are all metals magnetic? Are all magnets the same strength?
Birthday Party Fun, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 24th Nov 2020 @ 7:46pm
We have had a fabulous birthday afternoon today to celebrate the birthdays of 10 members of our tribe.
Just dance disco moves, balloon under and over, teaching me some dance moves of there own and I got to show off my floss move, extra outdoor playtime, birthday singing, birthday cake, pass the parcel and we finished off the day with a Tom and Jerry cartoon.
We had a fabulous time.
