Year 6: The Koalas: Blog items
Koalas adventure in Blackpool Panto, by Mr Pearson
Date: 13th Dec 2023 @ 4:48pm
An excellent time at the panto in Blackpool
A visit from Santa, by Mr Pearson
Date: 13th Dec 2023 @ 4:45pm
Some of the Koalas had breakfast with Santa today.
Great Longton Bake Off, by Mr Pearson
Date: 5th Dec 2023 @ 11:20am
On Friday the great Longton bake off took place. The Koala tribe entered the most cakes and were successful in winning and coming second in the in KS2 competition. Well done to all especially Amelia, Georgie and Rebecca.
Knowledge harvest, by Mr Pearson
Date: 5th Dec 2023 @ 11:14am
Today we have been harvesting our knowledge of what we have learnt this term and what we have remembered.
Sporting events in the Koalas, by Mr Pearson
Date: 17th Nov 2023 @ 2:35pm
Honing our basketball skills and learning to ride our bikes safely.
Koala enterprise event, by Mr Pearson
Date: 17th Nov 2023 @ 2:29pm
The Koala tribe had a fantastic time making chocolate snowball truffles. The children made a profit of over £60. Huge thanks to chef Jackson who organised and supported the children in production of the truffles.
Trip back on time to WW2, by Mr Pearson
Date: 17th Nov 2023 @ 2:20pm
Today we visited Lancashire Museum in Preston to experience life in WW2.
Top Secret Mission!, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 17th Nov 2023 @ 7:56am
The Y4 & Y5 tribe visited the Lancashire History Museum yesterday, where we were on a top secret mission!
Year 4 & year 5
- Spies in the skies – The tribes met a representative from RAF Medmenham and learned about aerial reconnaissance during WWII. The children used photographic interpretation using genuine WWII images to discover enemy secrets.
- D-Day – It's 1944 and rumours of invasion are in the air! The tribes had the important task of sifting through information gathered behind enemy lines to prepare a document for a top-secret briefing. They needed good attention to detail, good teamwork and decisive action to ensure success of their mission.
- SOE Agents – The children discovered the role of the WWII secret agents, and the huge impact they had on the course of the war. Pupils forged their ID papers, made gadgets and learned the tricks of the wartime spy.
- Code breakers – We met a code breaker from Bletchley Park and discovered the secret war they waged that hugely impacted WWII. They discovered and practiced codes and ciphers including Morse code.
Eco Halloween, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 2nd Nov 2023 @ 8:19am
A big thank you to some of the Eco team who helped Kelly create some funky Halloween decorations out of milk cartons They looked fab..and the team enjoyed helping out!
Apple picking, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 5th Oct 2023 @ 5:33pm
Thank you Eco team and Mrs Jackson who stayed behind after school to help pick the apples and pears. There are a lot ...so bring a bag and help yourself after school tomorrow by the tuck shop, donations welcome!
A sunny first week back!, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 16th Jun 2023 @ 7:49am
Welcome back!
We have had such a lovely first week back and although it's been a very warm first week back, the children have kickstarted their final term of year 4 with a bang!
The tribe have kickstarted most of their final topics for year 4, including a comparison study of Italy in Geography alongside exploring a range of habitats in science and the living things that may live there. We danced with some Disney passion in Dance With The Heart.
They have shown resillience to working on time in maths, reading clock faces and converting to 12-hour and 24-hour, please keep practicing this at home! Reading clocks, both digital and analogue.
Thank you for a lovely first week back and have a lovely weekend.
Mr Kennedy & Mrs Jackson
Timetable competition!, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 26th May 2023 @ 2:53pm
Hello!
Over the break, Mr Kennedy has set up a healthy competitive tournament on Timetables Rockstar.
The children are very excited to explore TTRS even more and push their multiplications futher.
The winning tribe will be awarded a class compliment & 10 minutes extra break!
The tournament will also track effort - which a small prize will also be awarded.
Linked HERE is a video explaining TTRS.
Please be mindful of screen time with your child, I have limited the tournament to a maximum of 90 minutes per day, anything more than 90 minutes will not contribute to the overall competition.
Mr Kennedy.
The end of art week & the end of half term, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 26th May 2023 @ 2:48pm
What a lovely end to the week, the children have worked incredibly hard this week and this term. I hope you all have a lovely break. Let's also hope we are blessed with the continued lovely weather.
Have a look at some of the images from the end of arts week below! You can also have a look at even more arts day photos HERE.
Hickory's Brunch for lucky readers!, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 26th May 2023 @ 2:44pm
Big well done to all the children who attended Hickory's brunch today! The children won this lovely rewards from being in the lucky draw for reading every day. A big thank you to Hickorys Hutton for looking after us.
Football Tournament, by Mr Pearson
Date: 17th May 2023 @ 3:07pm
A group of Y4 & Y5 children took part in a football tournament organised by Blackburn Football Club.
Mad Science Assembly, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 13th May 2023 @ 1:32pm
We enjoyed a visit from Mad Science. The assembly was full of excitement, fascinating facts and lots of wow moments.
A spooky mathematical coincidence, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 21st Apr 2023 @ 12:12pm
The Koala tribe also wanted me to share on the blog that during one of our maths warm ups, the time on the warm up matched to the exact time as I revealed the answer to the questions!
Spooky, spooky.
A sunny first week, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 21st Apr 2023 @ 12:08pm
The end of the first week back!
What a great week it has been. This children have experienced so much learning. In maths, we used abacuses resources to gain a deeper understanding of hundredth as decimals and fractions. In science, we explored our school grounds for different living things, specifically plants. We recorded our observations on tables. In music, the tribe explored Samba, make sure to listen to some of our tribes performances below!
Have a happy ans safe weekend,
Mr Kennedy & Mrs Jackson.
First week back!, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 18th Apr 2023 @ 4:28pm
Welcome back to a fab new term!
Hope you have had a lovely break and it has been great to look over some of the holiday passports and explore your adventures over the holidays.
In the first few days back, we have began all of our new topics, including Islam in RE, exploring modern courts in History for our crime and punishment since 1066 and today we began our cricket unit 2.
Happy Easter!, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 31st Mar 2023 @ 9:30am
It's the end of another term!
Thank you for joining us at the school Easter service yesterday, it was a lovely service. Also a huge congratulation to all the choir who achieved their medals and certificates, you did Longton very proud.
This week, we have been completing out DT projects (due to drying time, some children may not bring their projects home today and they may bring them home the holidays).
We have had a lovely term and I hope you and your families have a lovely break.
Please don't forget to complete your holiday passports, so we can share our adventures when we return for Summer term.
Happy Easter,
Mr Kennedy & Mrs Jackson.
Hickory's Brunch, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 30th Mar 2023 @ 9:12pm
Today 10 children from Year 2 to Year 6 had an amazing time at Hickory's. The group all earned the reward by reading every day. Names were drawn in each class from a lucky dip of all the children who have read every day . The children had an amazing time, making milkshakes, eating popcorn and pancakes. They also spent some time in the cinema, read their books, chatted, laughed and had fun.
Will you be in the next group of children who go for brunch? Read every day each week and yoyr name will get entered into the draw.
The beginning of our last week of Spring 2, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 28th Mar 2023 @ 3:44pm
A great beginning to the start of our last week of Spring 2. The tribe have wrote their own Kenning poems, as well as rehearsing and performing unseen poetry!
In tennis we have been in the hall and had a few healthy compeitions and giving each other constructive feedback to help develop each others skills.
Red Nose Day, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 21st Mar 2023 @ 6:39pm
Congratulations to our Red Nose Day competition winners.
Their positive character trait Mr Men/Little Miss characters were put on a t.shirt for them to wear with pride.
Thank you to everyone who entered. Certificates are on there way to each of you.
