Longton Primary School: Year 6: The Meerkats: Blog items

Date: 21st Mar 2018 @ 5:07pm

Today we learnt about seed dispersal - how seeds travel and are carried to different places. We also planted our seeds, please let me know how they grow! The children have been busy inventing their own new plant, designing a seed , the plant and thinking about how the seeds will be dispersed. Some creative ideas!

We have also set up an experiment with celery and white carnations put in purple water, we have predicted what we think ,we will let you know if we were right👍

Tremendous Tuesday, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 20th Mar 2018 @ 9:03pm

The Penguins finished cooking for their enterprise this morning.A big thank you to Grace's grandma who came in and helped again and a big thank you to parents and children who helped after school. All our pizza slices went and there were lots of great comments about how delicious they were - well done Penguins! Linda is counting the money for us and I will let you know our profit. I know some people are keen to have a go at making the pizzas at home, Iwill let you have a copy so you can have a go over Easter.

The Penguins enjoyed looking for the shortest and longest leaves around school and measuring them and then recording the results.The longest was actually the leaves on the spider plant in the classroom.

More science fun tomorrow 🙂

Science week, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 19th Mar 2018 @ 6:55pm

We launched our Science week with an exciting assembly delivered by Mrs Catterall, lots of things to make us think. We took one of the challenges back to the classroom ,which was to see how long we could stretch the putty before it snapped. I think we need to practise more tomorrow!

A big thank you to the helpers who came in today to help with our enterprise, the pizzas are looking yummy and the smell was delicious too, I'm sure we will be well supported tomorrow after school.

Don't forget we are potting up our seeds on Wednesday , the children will need to bring a small container to take them home, along with the grass heads.Some have started to sprout grass in some random places!!! Please keep them growing over the holidays I would love to see some funky hairstyles!

This week...., by Mrs Pratten

Date: 12th Mar 2018 @ 9:32pm

Hope you all had a great weekend and that mums were suitabley spoiled yesterday🙂

This week the Penguins 🐧 will be in...

English - planning and writing their own magic beanstalk story, persuading people to visit a farm.

Maths - finding fractions of amounts, position and direction

Science - monitoring our seeds growing , looking at how the cress in different places has grown

Jigsaw - the importance of relaxing, growth mindset work

PE - gymnastics

Another busy week🙃

We are sad to say that the cress with no water has died, which is what we predicated, we are still keeping an eye on the cress with water in different places,watch this space!

Growing success!, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 9th Mar 2018 @ 4:53pm

We were very excited today to discover that our seeds have started to germinate and grow roots. 😊

We have also set up an experiment to find out about what will happen to a plant if it doesn't have water, light or warmth.

We have put cress in different places around the classroom and outside. One has been well watered and one not, we have made predictions about what we think will happen.

Finley put his in the light in the classroom, Victoria put hers in the dark cupboard. Next Riley put his in the quad area by Year 1 outside and Poppy placed hers on the heater. We can' wait to see and find out what happen!

Happy Mothers Day, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 7th Mar 2018 @ 6:31pm

Happy Mothers Day to all the lovely ladies of Longton.

Back to normal, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 6th Mar 2018 @ 8:28pm

I had a lovely welcome back from the Penguins and it's good to be back and feeling a lot better.

Today we started to think about the setting and characters for our farm stories, tomorrow we will be talking about possible problems that might happen and they could be solved. Then on to planning and writing what I know will be some super stories.

In Maths we will be continuing with division and sharing.

In science today we talked about how plants grow and where the seeds might come from. We started to make some grass heads and plant some beans, peas and sunflowers. We need to make sure we look after them and are looking forward to seeing what will happen as they grow.

We also looked at some seeds in fruits and vegetables and discussed where the seeds can be found, then drew some excellent pictures by looking really carefully.

Jigsaw work this week is about being motivated and also how important it is to relax.

Hope all the visitors to school today enjoyed being " ladies who lunch" , the children were certainly very excited 😊More tomorrow!

Writing Challenge, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 2nd Mar 2018 @ 6:57pm

Thank you to all of the children and teachers for creating such a magnificent story.

World Book Day Writing Challenge

Finding out about plants, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 20th Feb 2018 @ 5:01pm

This afternoon we started our Science topic on plants, we drew what we thought a plant was and then went outside to take photos withour iPads to find plants around school. We learnt that there are lots of other plants like trees and hedges and bushes.

In Maths we have been learning about multiplication linking it to arrays and repeated addition.

in English we are reading all about stories set on farms we looked at different types of farms and what buildings there are on farms.We enjoyed the story of Farmer Duck.

Friday news, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 9th Feb 2018 @ 3:48pm

The Penguins worked really well together to create their dream birds for the garden of dreams display.They had to make sure everybody's ideas were on the bird and then had fun painting and decorating. They look brilliant!

We had our last orienteering looking for markers around school and on the field (sorry for the muddy shoes). They were all really good at using the maps and working together to find the right markers.

This afternoon they enjoyed showing off their space buggies to Reception, Mrs Hathersall was very impressed with their knowledge and of courses their fabulous buggies.

We have earned lots of class compliments this week so well done Penguins, have a fab holiday and see you all soon.

Mrs Pratten and Mrs Regan

Sporting fun, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 6th Feb 2018 @ 6:34pm

A big well done to those children who braved the snow this morning and went off to All Hallows for some sporting fun. Looks like they all had fun and they said it was fantastic

Garden of dreams, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 2nd Feb 2018 @ 5:01pm

We are having fun designing our birds for the garden of dreams. We are working in small groups and each designed a bird. We the decided which part of everybody's bird would go in the group design. We are looking forward to decorating them next week , there are some interesting birds!!

Creating our models, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 31st Jan 2018 @ 5:53pm

The Penguins had fun this afternoon creating their space buggies. They really did use their imaginations and their buggies look amazing.

They now need spraying and the finishing touches put on - watch this space!

Space buggy time!, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 29th Jan 2018 @ 7:03pm

Hope everyone had a great weekend - what are we learning this week?

English - fact finding about our 2 explorers ready to write our fantastic reports

Maths - adding up coins, working out change

DT - we are making our models on Wednesday, a big thank you to those who have sent in small bits and bobs, still time!

PE - orienteering

Jigsaw - working to achieve our goals, working together to create 'a garden of dreams'

A busy week🙃

Jigsaw Afternoon Tea, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 28th Jan 2018 @ 11:51pm

Thank you to all who came to our Information Afternoon Tea, all about Jigsaw.

If you were unable to attend and wish to know more you can find the Powerpoint on the PSHE page of the website in the section 'Parent Information Page'. There are also further documents under PSHE curriculum.

Mrs Catterall

Designing buggies!, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 26th Jan 2018 @ 3:42pm

The children enjoyed exploring their vehicles and discussing what a space buggy might need. The drew some fantastic designs. Don't forget to bring in your bits and bobs to make them next week.

This morning they had some fabulous ideas about what might be in the city of Atlantis , they worked in small groups and came up with some amazing ideas and super descriptions.

Have a great weekend

Mrs Pratten😊

Week beginning 22nd January, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 21st Jan 2018 @ 6:33pm

Hope you have all had a great weekend if a somewhat cold one!

This Week in the Penguins we are:

English - writing our own version of The Tunnel by Anthony Browne

Maths - adding one digit to a number, using place value counters and recording pictorially , applying to problems

PE - dance, space theme and orienteering

Jigsaw - setting goals and how we can achieve them, keeping going when it is a challenge

DT - designing a space buggy, the children may bring in a toy vehicle to look at , preferably one which is for rough terrain (don't worry if you you don't have one a normal car will be fine - we can discuss if it would be a good vehicle to explore the moon - this is for Wednesday )Please can you also start collecting small cardboard boxes, plastic bottles, lids etc anything which would be appropriate for a moon buggy (not needed until next week)

Dont forget parents evening is next week, if you need to make an appointment at another time, please see me and we can sort something out.

I look forward to listening to the children sharing their projects, some have come in already and look very exciting, thank you for your support.

Mrs Pratten

SATs Meeting 17th January 2018, by Mrs Fletcher

Date: 18th Jan 2018 @ 2:32pm

SATs Meeting 17th January 2018

Second week back, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 15th Jan 2018 @ 7:06pm

Hope everyone had a good weekend, what are we up to this week?

English - reading more Anthony Browne books, Silly Billy and The Tunnel. Discussing how charac feel and making worry dolls

Maths - time, learning to tell the time, o' clock, half past, quarter to and past, then to 5 minute intervals

PE - space dance, looking at clips of space men walking on the moon, zooming off in to space and partner work walking on the moon. Thursday - orienteering

Jigsaw - looking st successes and making treasure boxes, seeking goals

ICT - key board skills, typing names and alphabet, using space bar and shift key

History - looking at Atlases for the places famous explorers explored and recapping continents and oceans

Keep practising x10 tables , we are learning x 2 this week🙃

Second week back, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 15th Jan 2018 @ 7:05pm

Hope everyone had a good weekend, what are we up to this week?

English - reading more Anthony Browne books, Silly Billy and The Tunnel. Discussing how charac feel and making worry dolls

Maths - time, learning to tell the time, o' clock, half past, quarter to and past, then to 5 minute intervals

PE - space dance, looking at clips of space men walking on the moon, zooming off in to space and partner work walking on the moon. Thursday - orienteering

Jigsaw - looking st successes and making treasure boxes, seeking goals

ICT - key board skills, typing names and alphabet, using space bar and shift key

History - looking at Atlases for the places famous explorers explored and recapping continents and oceans

Keep practising x10 tables , we are learning x 2 this week🙃

Expedition fun, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 12th Jan 2018 @ 3:56pm

Yesterday as part of our PE for this half term, we had our first orienteering session. The children learnt about symbols on maps and started to use a key. This afternoon we took out bears 🐻 on an expedition, we talked about what would be useful equipment to take and what wouldn't. The children used their maps well to find hidden objects around the playground. We discussed how exciting it was to discover something and that must be how explorers felt. We then looked at some famous explorers and talked about what they achieved.

Have a great weekend

Mrs Pratten

Tuesday news, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 9th Jan 2018 @ 5:24pm

Today the Penguins enjoyed a taster of Sreet dance.They should have bought a flyer home tonight about an after school club.It is always popular so first , come first served.

This afternoon we were practising our key board skills with Mrs Atkinson , we had to try to type the alphabet and our name.

I am not in tomorrow, Mrs. Robinson will be taking the class. I will see you all on Thursday😀

Welcome back and Happy New Year!, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 8th Jan 2018 @ 5:12pm

Welcome back to all the Penguins, sounds like they have all had a great Christmas and some were up to let in the New Year too, all good fun!

This Week in our learning we are thinking about:

English - stories by Anthony Browne great stories but brilliant illustrations

Maths - place value - writing numbers, estimating numbers on a numberline

Jigsaw - setting goals and looking at successes

History - finding out what an explorer does and learning about some famous explorers

PE - team games and orienteering

Project theme is Explorers

We will be finding out about Neil Armstrong , anything related to space, space ships, rockets,other Space explorers planets etc

We will also be learning about Christopher Columbus and his discoveries.

The projects do not have to relate to our topics , choose something that interests the children , a favourite author, hobbies, sports clubs, rainbows etc

We hope you enjoy spending time with your child creating something together, remember it does not have to be a model it can be a poster, small booklet, photos, a story, feel free to use your imagination🙂