Year 5: The Pandas: Blog items
First day back, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 8th Mar 2021 @ 5:04pm
Lovely to have all the lovely Pandas back together again 😊🌟
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/
Happy Christmas wishes!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 18th Dec 2020 @ 5:50pm
Many thanks for all our lovely cards and gifts. Not expected but much appreciated.Thank you too if you donated to the suggested charity, you are all very kind.
We have had a great term with the lovely Pandas and wish them all a very happy Christmas and a well earned rest.
Keep safe, enjoy and have a lovely time however you manage to celebrate , we look forward to seeing you all in the New Year , lets hope 2021 is more normal for us all.🌟😍🌟
Sweetie treats!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 17th Dec 2020 @ 5:36pm
The Pandas enjoyed making peppermint polar bears to put in their special boxes, all good fun!
Santa’s Grotto and a surprise visit, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 16th Dec 2020 @ 4:30pm
Lots of Christmassy fun!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 16th Dec 2020 @ 4:26pm
Yesterday we had a lovely Christmas party , dancing , games and food. Today breakfast with Santa , Santa’s grotto and another surprise visit this afternoon. Definitely a busy day for Santa today !
Looking good in Christmas jumpers!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 10th Dec 2020 @ 6:06pm
Pandas enjoyed their Christmas dinner today and looked very cute in their jumpers! We especially liked pulling the crackers🙃
Winter warmer fun, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 9th Dec 2020 @ 4:05pm
We had a fun time in the hall at the winter warmer this afternoon,we had a go on the stalls and it was all very lovely!
Thank you to all who made it possible😍
Week beginning 9th December, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 9th Dec 2020 @ 4:02pm
This week we have enjoyed being Geographers, we recapped human and physical features and then visited the park to see what we could find on our way and at the park . We were good spotters and also had a sneaky play too !
Back at school we looked at maps and plotted our route and labelled what we saw.
A sneaky preview..., by Mrs Pratten
Date: 2nd Dec 2020 @ 4:13pm
Yesterday we performed our play to our buddies and were amazing!😊
Tomorrow it is being filmed and will be sent out to you at some point, here is a sneaky preview of the children in their costumes.
Today we had fun thinking about the different characters in stories, we had to choose who we thought was the greediest,sneakiest, kindest etc.What do you think?
costumes
School parliament, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 29th Nov 2020 @ 10:16am
We are starting our school parliament up again and need 2 children to represent our class. Please create a poster or be able to talk about why you think you would be a good person to represent our class. The children will need to be reliable , attending meetings , be confident to speak and have some ideas about how we can improve school.
Please be ready to share by the end of the week, 4th December,🙂
Celebration assembly, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 27th Nov 2020 @ 4:18pm
Well done to all the children who were awarded certificates in today’s special celebration assembly, all were well deserved 🙂
This afternoon we enjoyed art , creating lovely Christmas baubles with ripped paper.
Have a lovely weekend, keep safe we will see you all next week ready for our big production!!
Don't forget to hear the children read , books are changed on Mondays and Thursdays.
Party party!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 24th Nov 2020 @ 3:18pm
We had a fab party,played pass the parcel, corners did the Hokey Cokey and the conga all good fun!
Thank you for all your contributions 😁
Designing rockets, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 20th Nov 2020 @ 8:33pm
The Pandas had a fun afternoon creating some fantastic rockets, some brilliant designs ready to blast off!
Well done!
Next week we will practising our play, thank you for helping children by reading through words. Don’t worry about costumes school will provide all!
Hope you all have a restful weekend and thank you for your continued support🙂
Remembrance Day, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 12th Nov 2020 @ 4:41pm
Thank you for making the effort with costumes for Remembrance Day, the children all looked fantastic and it definitely helped with their learning. We enjoyed listening to Mr Turner via zoom, visited the peace garden and learnt a little more about why we wear poppies.
A great week back, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 6th Nov 2020 @ 4:54pm
The Pandas have enjoyed learning about part part whole to help them with their addition. In English and History they enjoyed learning about rockets and space, finding about Robert Goddard.Ask them what he did! They were also interested to find out about Guy Fawkes and the gun powder plot. We discussed how we know about things in the past, some great ideas.
Have a good weekend, keep safe see you on Monday 🙂🙃🙂
Marshmallows everywhere., by Mrs Catterall
Date: 1st Nov 2020 @ 7:27pm
Thank you to everyone who supported our enterprise. We made over 230 marshmallow kebabs for you all to enjoy.
The children get to decide what to do with their profit. Half will go to charity (exact one yet to be decided) the rest has been spent on Christmas sewing kits and magnets for a Christmas science and DT project. If there is any left we are going to buy more books for our class library.
Last day PE fun!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 23rd Oct 2020 @ 6:40pm
A great last day morning for the Pandas, using their gymnastic skills on the apparatus. Lots of terrific travelling, amazing rolling and super jumping - well done Pandas.
Have a lovely break , keep safe - see you all soon🌟😆
Happy Halloween!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 21st Oct 2020 @ 4:46pm
The children had a great time at the disco this afternoon. A big thank you to Kelly and the Y6 DJs.
The children all looked amazing, so thank you to you all for making the effort.👍🌟🙂🙃
More senses work, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 16th Oct 2020 @ 4:32pm
We have loved finding out about and using our senses this week. We played a smelly game , guess the smell, chopped and peeled vegetables to make a curry ...which tasted lovely! We also had to guess the flavour crisp and choose our favourite.Pandas favourite was prawn cocktail. Today we put blind folds on to feel what it would be like for those people who can’t see as well us. We realised you have to talk to to your partner to help them and not go to fast!!!!
Have a lovely weekend 👍🌟🙂
Amazing senses, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 13th Oct 2020 @ 3:58pm
This week we are learning all about our different senses.So far we have played a guess the sound listening game and learnt a little sign language to I can sing a rainbow.
This afternoon was fun we used our hands to touch different objects and describe them . Then we got to put our hands in shaving foam, gloop ( cornflour and water paste) and last of all jelly - awesome!!!
Marvellous measuring, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 7th Oct 2020 @ 3:59pm
This week we have been busy measuring. We have compared lengths and heights to find the tallest, longest and shortest. We discovered by comparing heights that Harriet was the tallest and Lacey the shortest.We have also used our hands, feet and cubes to help us measure and count.
In art we used our drawing skills to create fabulous portraits of our friends.
DT this week found us learning all about how to make pictures move.We made sliders and impressed Mrs Pratten with our lovely sliding pictures.
How to access parents evening appointments, by Mr Pearson
Date: 7th Oct 2020 @ 2:43pm
Please find a short PowerPoint below demonstrating how to access your child's parents evening appointment using Google Classroom. I would suggest you check if your appoinment works on your device over the weekend by accessing your child's Google account. Any questions please ask your class teacher or ring Anna.
Year 3 Enterprise, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 5th Oct 2020 @ 9:40pm
Year 3 are going to be holding their enterprise activity on Friday 16th October.
This year we will be doing things a bit differently as we can't all gather to buy our marshmallows from the quad.
We have decided to use an ordering system. Your child will bring home an order slip. If you wish to order any marshmallow kebabs please complete the slip and return with the money in a sealed envelope to your class teacher by this Friday, 9th October.
Next Friday the children will make the kebabs and put them in named bags and deliver them to your child's class ready for them to take home.
Thank you
The Elephants