: Blog items
Spelling, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 27th Feb 2023 @ 8:44pm
We are learning about how root words change when we add suffixes to them. We have been playing some games to help us.
Investigating the affect of voltage on the brightness of bulbs, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 27th Feb 2023 @ 2:01pm
The Meerkats are busy investigating the affect voltage has on the brightness of bulbs. They are making a variety of circuits which include varying numbers of componenets from 1 bulb, 2 wires and 1 battery up to 3 bulbs, 6 wires and 3 batteries.
A busy first week, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 24th Feb 2023 @ 12:41pm
This week we have been busy starting our new topics. In science this half term we are finding out all about plants. We looked at different seeds, talked about where seeds come from and planted some sunflower seeds . We are going to observe how they grow each week and what they need to help them.
In History we looked at different bridges and thought about which was the oldest and which was the newest.We matched up who we thought had designed each bridge.
In computing we learnt how to use a paint programme and created some fun pictures!
Week 1 of Spring 2, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 24th Feb 2023 @ 10:56am
Welcome back to another fantastic half term.
We have kicked off this half term with a bang! Getting right into all of our topics and starting our new unit of Aladdin in English!
Below are some images of exploring our key qestions in science - which is all about sound.
Thank you for a fantastic first week back year 4 - I look forward to next week.
Next week we will be having a celebration assembly at church and visiting the library as well.
Also, don't forget to check out our gallary for some up to date images of the Koala tribe.
Have a great weekend!
Investigating Bridges, by Mr Pearson
Date: 23rd Feb 2023 @ 2:33pm
Today we have learnt about beam and arch bridges
Pancakes for our brain break!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 22nd Feb 2023 @ 7:29pm
It has been lovely to have the giraffes back! They have had lots of news to tell us along with their wonderful ‘All about me’ books to share with their friends. Thank you for helping with these books. The children are very proud of these very special books.
Please send your book back if it has not already come back this week.
We are working hard with our cursive writing and everyday we are practising different letters to ensure they all ‘swoosh up and have a flick at the end’.
Our number work has been great fun. We have been adding, counting in 2’s and counting in 10’ s this week. We have also been using our clocks to show o clock. The giraffes are experts at spotting 12 o clock - lunch time!
On Tuesday after our number work we decided to have a brain break and make pancakes.
Thank you for your support with reading. We are doing lots of reading in class, talking about the story, predicting the ending and talking about the characters and also the setting. Please continue to do this at home to ensure the children are understanding their stories as well as reading the words.
P.E., by Mrs Catterall
Date: 21st Feb 2023 @ 7:33pm
Today we started our football unit of work.
To warm up we played the bean game. Can you tell what type of bean we are acting out?
We had to practice kicking a ball straight using the inside of our foot. We practised dribbling a ball between cones trying to keep it close to our feet so we had control of the ball.
Measuring length, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 21st Feb 2023 @ 7:30pm
This week our maths lessons are all about length. Here we are using metre rulers to find things longer and shorter than a metre.
Why don’t you practise at home. Find objects, write them down then use a ruler or tape measure to find out how long they are. Remember to put the units of measure. cm or m.
Do you know how many cm are in a metre?
Sewing our waistcoats, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 20th Feb 2023 @ 10:07pm
The children have started to sew their waistcoats today.
They are doing a great job.
Spring 2nd half term Subject organiser, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 19th Feb 2023 @ 4:13pm
Welcome back to the 2nd half of the spring term.
Please see the document below which will tell you all about what we will be learning about this half term.
Mrs Catterall
Eco team swap shop, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 19th Feb 2023 @ 1:50pm
A big thank you to the Eco team for organising the swap shop, hope you are enjoying your new swaps, thank you for supporting and we are going to arrange another one in the summer term :)
Brickcroft winter walk, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 19th Feb 2023 @ 1:39pm
Apologies for the delay - the website has been down - we had a great walk to the Brickcroft at the end of last half term, spotting lots of signs of winter. We enjoyed our hot chocolate to warm us up!
Projects, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 19th Feb 2023 @ 1:03pm
We have had some amazing projects this half term. Thank you.
PE Gymnastics, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 19th Feb 2023 @ 1:00pm
RE - Hinduism, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 19th Feb 2023 @ 12:57pm
Our RE topic this half term has focused on Hinduism. We have disucssed how Hindus show their devotion to god through worshipping different deities. We learnt about Puja and read Hindu stories.
PE Paralympic event, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 19th Feb 2023 @ 12:53pm
The zebras had a fantastic time learning all about how people with disabilities can compete in sporting activities.
Science -, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 19th Feb 2023 @ 12:26pm
In science we have been learning about life cycles. We read through statements and matched them to the correct stage of the life cycle.
We have explored how exercise affects our bodies. Inreasing our rate of breathing and our heart rate/pulse.
We have looked at what makes a healthy diet and the different food groups we should be eating.
DT chairs for Baby bear / zebra, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 19th Feb 2023 @ 12:22pm
We have used our research into structures to work as a team to create a stable chair for our class zebra to sit on.
3D Shape, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 19th Feb 2023 @ 12:19pm
We have been exploring the properties of 3D shape to identify the number of vertices, edges and faces they each have.
Winter walks., by Mrs Thomson
Date: 20th Jan 2023 @ 2:41pm
A busy Week where we have enjoyed several morning winter walks.
A picture below shows the children couldn’t wait to get started on one of their challenges and got busy before they had taken their coats off!
We have enjoyed learning about the Chinese New Year celebrations and traditions. We had a lovely lunch to help celebrate. We have practised writing our numbers in Chinese and had good fun making our own class dragon to use in our dancing.
The giraffes have made kites this week after one of our giraffes made one at home to show everyone.
We are learning about different people who help us and we had a visit from PC Paul and Sergeant Joanne who came with their police van. The children asked super questions, enjoyed using the equipment and dressed up whilst being outside in the snow! A great morning with lots of learning.
Next Friday morning we will be watching the short film and interactive game called ‘Pantosaurus’ which is on the NSPCC website. This will be part of our PSED learning. On the website there is more information and guidance for parents. If you have any questions please feel free to come and speak to Mrs. Morrison or myself next week.
Projects, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 17th Jan 2023 @ 12:31pm
Children can choose to make a project linked to something which are are lensring about in class or something they are interested about.
These will be put on display in the hall for everyone to have a look at during our parent''s evenings.
Reminder of topics we are currently leanring about
Science - Healthy Eating, how to be healthy in general - exercise, drinking water, good night sleep, having fun with friends etc.
Geography. Different human and physical features of the UK.
RE - Devotion - Hindu deities.
PSHE - Goals and Dreams
PE - Gymnastics
We can't wait to see what you do.
Lots of splashing in puddles!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 15th Jan 2023 @ 9:28pm
We have had a wet week but this hasn’t stopped us from bike riding, creating boats to hold our penguins, doing our number work in the outdoor shed and having a great time at forest school with Mrs.Jackson on Friday.
At our creation station we have been making winter colours and experimenting using white and black paint to make our colours lighter and darker.
We have started new morning challenges in our teams. The children have embraced these new activities and some pictures below show the giraffes being busy. On Friday morning we didn’t have a challenge but did dancing to start our day. We did a penguin dance, the morning wake up shake up and our favourite banana meatball dance. A great way to start a Friday!
The children looked at the South Pole on the map during the week and we talked about animals, the weather and explorers. The giraffes had a go at building their own sled using the bricks and crates in the outdoor building area.
Busy, busy!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 13th Jan 2023 @ 4:26pm
This week the lions enjoyed working with a friend to design a wellie boot. They had to talk to each other, share ideas and take turns.
In maths we have been using the tens and ones to help us to understand place value. We had to make numbers from 11 - 20 with the tens and ones and record what number we had made.
In Geography we learnt about the Equator and it affects how hot and cold places are, as well as reminding ourselves of the 7 continents.
Have a lovely weekend, don’t forget projects and badges , especially if it is a wet weekend!
Trait of the week, by Mr Pearson
Date: 13th Jan 2023 @ 11:28am
Each week the pupil's of Longton Primary School will discuss a positive quality or characteristic trait.
Please share as a family.
Week beginning 16th Jan
Trait 1: Be honest. Don’t lie. Be a person people can depend upon. Think of the people we admire in books, movies and real life. Don’t they act with honesty and integrity? Aren’t they generous with others? Doesn’t everyone look up to them?
Subject organiser Spring term, by Mr Pearson
Date: 11th Jan 2023 @ 1:52pm
Please find beolw this 1/2 terms subject organiser