Eagles - Star of the Week

Date: 8th May 2020 @ 8:46am

Well done to Elisha -  You've put in an absolutely outstanding effort since we've been away from school and showed great maturity and resilience! Keep it up!

Mr Simpson

Doves - Star of the Week

Date: 8th May 2020 @ 8:38am

Well done to Olly -  I have been been so impressed with your attitude, enthusiasm and engagement towards all of your home learning. You produced a great Newspaper reports detailing VE Day and have excelled with your reading, having read 50 quizzes in 4 days! Super work ethic Olly, Keep it up :) 

Miss Fairhurst

Star of the Week

Date: 8th May 2020 @ 8:19am

Good Morning Penguins,

Well done to everyone who has completed their challenges this week. Its VE day today and our party day! I hope you have a lovely day in the sunshine.

Don't forget to send pictures of your tea party!

Our star of the week is Kelby this week.
Well done Kelby for completing all the challenges this week and being very creative at home. You have been practising your cutting skills, writing, and making lots of fun things with your grown-ups. You are blogging your work lots so we can see your learning journey at home and I really look forward to seeing what you get up to. We are very proud of you so keep it up!

Robins Star of the Week!

Date: 8th May 2020 @ 8:08am

This week I have chosen Amelia, I have been super impressed with your attitude towards your home learning, Amelia. I don't think you have had a day off IXL yet! You always complete both English and Maths tasks set. You complete the tasks on purplemash and think about the content that goes into them and I always enjoy marking them. Well done! 

Swallows Star of the Week!

Date: 8th May 2020 @ 8:06am

Star of the Week – Swallows

Good Morning you lovely people!

Well done Viyan! This is for outstanding learning recently and it has been a long time coming. Like Jenson last week, just a shame that we weren’t in school to see your happy and proud face!I promise we will have a special celebration when we are back in. Lots of tea drank! You have been dedicated to your learning and it has been astonishing how much you have been contributing to our class total on IXL! Keep up that level of effort and your pilots wings will not be long away young man!

 I know it will mean the world to all of you to receive this certificate at home. There have honestly been some unique feats on LBQ this week with some really tricky tasks with fractions. I can see how hard you are all working, but remember your time WILL come! Be thankful to your adults at home for the support they are giving you,  you will benefit greatly from this time spent with them, even though it is different.

Enjoy the Bank Holiday weekend all!

Puffin Home Activities Celebration Post 07.05.20

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 11:36pm

Hello Puffins!

I don't usually post two times in a day, but there have been so many wonderful activities happening and being shared on the pupil blog that I just had to share it here too. It's great to see how well you are doing with your home learning  and I'm so happy to see the other activities that will support positive mental health too. We have done lots of learning about this in school and about the importance of this.

Finally, a special mention to one of our Puffins because he became a big brother yesterday! Huge congratulations to all the family from all of Puffins.

Have a great Bank Holiday and weekend, 

Mrs Lenagan and Miss Thompson 

Owls Class Star of the Week!

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 10:15pm

Well done Keiji! I've been so impressed with how hard you've been working over the past few weeks. You're so committed to your learning and do all work which is set. I also enjoy seeing your regular blog posts showing what you are getting up to at home - keep them up buddy, they put a real smile on my face! Miss Whalley

Puffins Star of the Week!

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 9:06pm

Well done Jack! We are so impressed with how much you have engaged with home learning and blogging. You attempt every task set on PurpleMash and ixl, and we love seeing your photographs enjoying your learning on the blogs! Amazing work, Mrs Lenagan and I are super proud to be your teachers!

Robins Class - Learning Overview 7.5.20

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 8:28pm

Readtheory

The children who have accessed readtheory today for daily comprehension(s) were Henry, Bea, Hope, Amelia, Emily, Zara, Chloe, Harris, Harry, Isabelle, Lola T and Ruby W. Well done!

IXL

The children who accessed both their Maths and English challenges today were Alex, Amelia, Bea, Chloe, Emily, Ethan F, Harris, Harry, Henry, Hope, Isabelle, Ruby, Zak and Zara. Well done!

Blog Updates

Some fabulous, patriotic bunting here I am very impressed, well done!!

Writing Task

I am so impressed with the fact files I have received this week, you have all found out so much about VE Day and why we celebrate it. Well done. (Click on the pictures to make them larger) 

Woodpeckers Star of the Week

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 6:15pm

This week's star in the Woodpecker class is ...

Heidi.

Well done Heidi, you have impressed me with your work on LBQ since the first day of school being closed, I don't think that you have missed a day!! I have also been blown away by your rainbows and pebble art, simply beautiful and you brightened my day. Well done Heidi!

Woodpeckers Star Work

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 6:10pm

Hi Woodpeckers

Another fantastic day today and once again you have completed some amazing work. I have seen some fantastic spelling scores, writng and topic work. It looks like lots of you are ready for VE Day tomorrow and I hope that you all have a great time celebrating.

Look at this bunting made by Luca.

And Lyndon's rocks which he then hid around the community.

I have seen some fantatsic t shirts. Brilliant stuff!!

I hope that you all have a fantatsic bank holiday weekend and enjoy the VE Day celebrations tomorrow.

Look out for the Star of the Week being announced later tonight and also Mrs Forshaw will be sharing the Golden Book nominations and the head teachers award tomorrow. Once again its been a difficult decision but the winners are well deserved.

Take care children

Mrs Latham

Doves - 7th May - Learning Overview

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 4:15pm

Some more great work completed today! Well done Doves :)

Here is a summary of the fabulous work I've seen today: 

LBQ: 

SPAG - We had 22 out of 27 children complete their SPAG tasks. 

Please try to complete both your SPAG and Maths tasks. 

Well done to the following children for full marks on their tasks:

Leon, Arwen and Askay- SPAG - Task 1  

Leon and Amber - SPAG Task 2 

Amber, Jessica S, Ellis, Martha, Leon, Akshay and Oscar -  Maths - Starter 

Leon  - Maths - Mr S Group

Martha, Amber, Nathan and Leon - Science - Task 3 

I am so proud of the engagement, resilience and work ethic shown by ALL children who accessed their LBQ work.

Read Theory: 

Well done to the following children: Jessica B, Parthiv,  Akshay, Oscar, Gracie, Oliver, Olly, Ava, Martha and Leon for logging on and accessing your daily reading. Between the 10 of you, you have read 28 additional quizzes, collectively! Amazing work - Keep it up!  

Special mention today to Olly who read 7 quizzes today. Well Done! 

Reading Solutions: 

Well done to the following children for accessing Reading Solutions. 

Noah (4), Summer (3), Amber (6), Ellis (4), Alfie (1), Adam (3), Nathan (5) and Thomas (4). 

Please make sure all children who have access to Reading Solutions are completing at least 1 comprehension a day!

Special mention today to Noah who has completed Level A - Well done!

Writing: 

Well done to those children who have posted their writing today! I am loving reading these and I am so impressed with all the hard work that is going into them all! They look like real newspapers!

Make sure you all have a read of each others! :) 

Blogs: 

Here is some pictures of children at home and the activities they have been doing! 

Star of the week

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 4:10pm

Well done to Oliver on being our star of the week this week.  Oliver works so hard during the day in school and then continues his learning at home. He has shown real resilience and I am really proud of him! Well done Oliver!

Guess Who - The Reveal

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 3:46pm

Hi everyone, 

Thanks to those who commented on who they thought the Throwback Thursday picture was. 

Next time, it would be great for even more replies and next week I will post more instructions to remind you of how to do this. 

The Reveal: 

This little person grew up to be....

Miss Altham :) 

Well done to those who correctly guessed this. I will post another Throwback next Thursday so make sure you're ready! 

Penguins learning today

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 3:24pm

Well that’s the end of another learning week! The weeks seem to be going really quickly here. 

I hope you have had a really good day and have enjoyed your learning.  It looks like lots of your VE party celebrations are coming along nicely.  I have seen some lovely decorations being made.

I won’t be setting any home learning tomorrow as it’s the Bank Holiday but do check the blog tomorrow as I will be sharing my star of the week, I wonder who it is going to be?

I hope you all have a lovely long weekend and don’t forget to send me pictures of your VE Day celebrations.

School Activities

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 2:52pm

This morning, in school we continued with our home learning. In the afternoon, we made some VE Day medals. 
 

Throwback Thursday - Guess Who

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 9:35am

Good Morning everyone!

We have something super exciting today that we would like you all to take part in!

It’s called – GUESS WHO!

Every Thursday, I will post a picture of a member of staff as a child, your job – simple! Guess who the little person grew up to be.

The member of staff can be anyone working in school: Office, Teaching Assistant, Teacher. It could even be a member of staff who is currently off at the minute! (so, make sure you switch your brains on).

Here’s the picture you’re guessing at today:

To have your guess (staff and children!), make sure you add a comment as to who you think this is

I will reveal who it is by the end of today (P.S. Its only me – Miss Fairhurst- who knows the answer).

Happy Guessing

Just a reminder how to blog a comment: 

- Click on the title of the blog (Throwback Thursday - Guess Who). 

- Scroll down and click Pupil Login

- Type in your Username and Password (These have been emailed out previously - they are used to access your own pupil blogs). 

- Vote for who you think this is :) 

Kingfishers Home Learning 7th May

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 8:45am

Good morning everyone, what a beautiful morning outside.

I've managed to upload the spellings to SeeSaw however the writing task keeps disappearing. I have emailed support about this so hopefully should be up for submission tomorrow.

Some excellent work again yesterday, here is a quick summary:

Maths LBQ = 22/27

Todays tasks

1) Read theory

2) Times tables rockstars

3) LBQ code - nut

English - 

Non-standard and standard English 

Non-standard English is language which vairies depending on accent/location. For example, here in Westhoughton we will have some examples of phrases/saying which would be different from other areas. This would be non-standard.

Maths - Solve two step problems involving multiplying and addition.

This will be the last lesson on multi-step problems this week. 

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/arith-review-multiply-divide/arith-review-multi-digit-mult/v/multiplying-2-digit-numbers 

These lessons may be useful for any of you who might need a reminder on multiplying 2 digit numbers - we have done this a lot this year so hopefully you won't need too much time on this.

4) Written task - 

Today would be a good day to write your final newspaper report, hopefully the submission link will be up later today.

Your report will need:

· A headline

· An introduction for the first paragraph (When it happened, what happened, where did it happen, what did people do, and why did it happen)

· Quotes and reactions from people (this will be your second paragraph)

· What will the country do next (this will be your final paragraph)

· Pictures

5) Afternoon topic web work - You can choose any topic from any any of the previous terms. Choose something that you are interested in and want to learn more about. 

I hope you are all keeping active and making the most of the amazign weather.

Keep up the gard work,

Mr Horsley

Woodpeckers Home Learning 7.5.20

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 8:31am

Starlings Home Learning 7.5.20

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 8:31am

Good morning!

We are getting very lucky with the weather at the moment, I hope you're making the most of it!

Don't forget about the class discussion pages for your 3 ongoing tasks. You should also be practicing your multiplications on TTRockstars too!

Your LBQ code for the day is:qke

The maths learning is slightly new, but if you apply your previous knowledge of rounding you will be okay. Take your time and read the feedback given to you. Please answer every question it allows you to on all 3 tasks.

Have a great day Starlings, 

Mr Dean

Nursery Home Learning 7th May

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 8:19am

Good Morning Penguins!

What a lovely sunny day we had yesterday. I hope the weather stays nice for our parties tomorrow!

You have all done a great job with making your sweet treats. This one is a chocolate beanstalk! How creative.

I made some little chocolate cakes and I think I will have to go on an extra-long walk tomorrow after I've eaten them.

I am very impressed with your drawings of Daisy the cow too. Take a look at this one.

Here are today's challenges:

Challenge 1

Can you retell the story of Jack and the Jelly Beanstalk to someone at your house?
What is your favourite part of the story?
What does the beanstalk look like?

Challenge 2

We need one more thing for our tea party tomorrow. Can you make some sandwiches with your favourite filling?
Can you help your grown-up and tell them how to make a sandwich?
 

Have a great day!

Miss Altham

Penguins 7th May Home Learning

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 8:05am

Good morning penguins! 

It’s party day!  You have worked hard on planning you VE Day party.  Can you have your party today that you planned. 

Take lots of pictures and add them to your blog.

Maths

Have another try at doubling numbers 1 – 10 using pictures today.  Are you able to use the correct language to describe what you have done, just as I do in the video?

Challenge: Can you have a go at some these word problems?

Remember you can use objects or drawings to help you find the answers.   

Literacy

  Ask your grownups to quiz you on your spellings this week.

Can you choose at least 2 of your spellings and put them into sentences using an adjective?

Your choice again today.  Choose an activity that will help you practise the sounds that you are not sure on.

Daily reminders:

• Oxford owl reading
• Purple Mash 
• VE day activities

Don’t forget to upload your pictures on the blog so I can see what you have been doing. 

Have a great day!

Swallows 7th May 2020 - Home Learning

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 7:44am

Good Morning Swallows!!!

Many thanks to all who have been keeping up with some tricky learning with fractions. Take a look at the blogs later on today – there will be a round-up with some house points thrown in for good measure! Take care and have a smashing day in the sunshine!

Here are today’s learning tasks:

LBQ – Code: zbi (all lowercase)

There are 3 tasks, please complete all 3 tasks. If you get stuck, read the feedback – remember it is ok to get it wrong, as long as you give the feedback a go Swallows. How else do we learn?

Also, have a look at the video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slnc11A_LiU

Remember that a tenth is one whole split into ten parts, look at the diagrams to try and visualise what one tenth looks like. Remember that pizza works the best and that Mr Pryle loves a pepperoni pizza most of all! 😊

Spelling/ Writing / Afternoon Task

Check out the discussion blog on your school spider logins – Some of you are masters at this now! Here you will find the weekly spellings, writing and afternoon task for this week. We are remembering VE Day (Victory in Europe) as a theme and hope you could all join in with these tasks as well as you have been doing recently.

REMEMBER: Pupil verification code is 956789

Ciao all, take care today!

Mr P 🌈🌈🌈

Doves - 7th May - Home Learning

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 6:59am

Good Morning Doves! Hope you are all okay and safe!

Today we have something exciting for you to all take part in! A game of Guess Who! Make sure you keep an eye out on the Whole School Blog and take part 😊  

 Today's Home Learning:

1. English and Science- cno  
2. Maths - bog  (Also post your answer to the RAR on yesterdays blog)
3. Reading Solutions / Read Theory (Y5)- 1 comprehension (minimum)
4. Writing/Spellings – I have posted two new discussions with your weekly spellings and your writing task. Remember these are both due in on Friday. (I have only received two so far, just one more day until hand in day)
5. VE Day – Try to complete as many VE Day activities as possible. It is a great day to celebrate . (I have seen one child learn about Morse code and another make a VE day medal – I would love to see more blog posts about this).

SPAG Support - Task 1:

Your SPAG activity is a pick and mix (a range of questions from ALL of this weeks learning) for support, please refer to the videos posted earlier this week.

Tomorrow: 

Tomorrow is a bank holiday to celebrate VE Day. There will be no home learning set, but I will be revealing who is Doves Class star of the week!

Have a lovely day!

Miss Fairhurst :) 

Puffin Class Home Learning 07.05.20

Date: 6th May 2020 @ 10:30pm

Hello Puffins!

We went on another walk yesterday and spotted a row of Union Flags. We thought they were  such lovely handmade  decorations to celebrate VE Day.

Special Mentions

 I’m incredibly proud of all the hard work happening at home! Just look at all of thes pictures below. I said I wanted a surprise... and I got one! 😊 Well done superstars.

Today's Learning

IXL:
Maths Year 1 Z.1, X.1, M.14

English Year 2 H.7, O.2, J.3

Please also complete activities on:
Read Theory success 

Writing task

Purple Mash

Spellings for the week in the discussion section (these link to the online phonics)

Phonics 'oe'

Have a great day,

Mrs Lenagan and Miss Thompson