Latest News from Long Row Primary School

• Stunning Starfish History Showcase Autumn Term 2021

  Mon 13 Dec 2021

  This term the Stunning Starfish have been taking a journey back through time to lots of different periods of history to look at where, when and how people lived.

  It has been a topic we have all thoroughly enjoyed.

   

  We hope you enjoy looking at some of the work that we have been doing.

   

  Stone Age

  We started looking at how people lived in the Stone Age and what early settlements might have looked like. We discovered that houses changed quite a lot during this period from first living in caves to building one room stone houses with thatched roofs.

   

  We enjoyed creating out own cave art using chalks (it was extremely messy….but fun! ) and tried to reproduce Stone Henge using only biscuits!

   

   

  Iron age and the Roman Invasion of Britain  

  Next we moved forward through time to learn about Iron Age Hill forts and the cities that the Romans built. We compared the two settlements and thought which time in history it might be been better to live in.

   

  We had to learn some new words to describe some of the buildings found in Roman towns and cities such as the Forum, the bathhouse, aqueduct and amphitheatre.

   

   

  The Aztecs and The Mayans

  Next, we travelled to a different part of the world to find out about other ancient civilisations and how people lived there.

   

  We made fact files to describe who the Aztecs were, when they lived, where they settled and what their cities looked like.

   

  We created some fabulous art work that would have been used to decorate temples and other buildings and were offered to the Gods.

   

   

   

  

• Super Seahorse Curriculum Update

  Mon 13 Dec 2021

   

  What a busy term we have had! Based on the theme of ‘settlement’, our history work has covered several different time periods, from the Stone Age to the Ancient Maya civilisation. We learnt how settlements had changed, including the development of larger towns, such as in the Roman times with more sophisticated buildings including amphitheatres, temples and bath houses.  

   

  As part of the topic, we also built Aztec temples out of sugar cubes, created Stone Age style cave paintings, replicated Stone Henge using biscuits, and we’re currently producing travel brochures about Chichen Itza. 

   

  We also worked on chronology (timelines), sources of evidence, and comparing and contrasting (including when looking at Iron Age hillforts). 

   

  In other lessons, we have produce impressive work too. These include fabulously detailed instructions for ‘How to catch an Iron Man’ (in English), beautiful Rangoli patterns (in R.E.) and a slick dance (in P.E.). Our handball teacher has been so pleased with our progress in our Thursday P.E. lessons; the growth in skills and real sense of teamwork has been super to see. We have also enjoyed our Forest Schools sessions. 

   

  Please have a look at the photos to see just a small selection of our learning this term.  

  

• Delightful Dolphins - History Showcase

  Mon 13 Dec 2021

  The Delightful Dolphins have been super historians this half-term and have enjoyed finding out about Florence Nightingale, Rosa Parks and Neil Armstrong. Take a look at some of their fabulous work!  

  

• EYFS - Latest News

  Thu 09 Dec 2021

  Our EYFS children have been very busy over the last week, learning, exploring and having fun with friends!  

   

  Here's some of the topics that your child/ren have been covering and we have included some lovely pictures for you too.

   

  Investigation

  Our story this week is ‘The Gingerbread Man’. We have enjoyed learning to retell the story using lots of expressive story language and story actions. In our story, the gingerbread man didn’t want to get his feet wet in the river so we decided to find out why. We put some gingerbread biscuits in water and predicted what we thought might happen:

  “He might sink.”

  “He might get soggy and mushy.”

  “He might get frozen today.”

  “I think he will get drained down to sea.”

   “He will get washed up on an island.”

  Some children suggested that we put one gingerbread man in hot water and one in cold water. This is what we discovered:

   “He’s going soggy quickly in the hot water.”

  “The cold water reached his neck.”

  The children checked the gingerbread biscuits over a few days and decided that the biscuits were beginning to disappear. A few days later they noticed that they were going mouldy and this created lots of interesting discussions.

   

  Snow Play

  It snowed this week!! We had lots of fun playing in, and exploring the snow. The children recognised that the sun would come out and melt the snow soon.

  The children searched the playground for ice and found lots and lots! We discussed that the ice started as water in the trays, tubs and tyres and because it had got very cold the water had turned into ice. In some places the ice was very thick and incredibly heavy to move. We looked at the thickness of the ice, patterns that we could see in the ice and the different shapes of the ice. The children investigated what happened when we dropped the ice and spent time digging and transferring the snow around the playground using wheelbarrows.

  “It’s too cold to hold.”

  “This ice is very slippy.”

  “It’s making my hands wet.”

  “Ice can be sharp so we need to be careful.”

  “I am making footprints in the snow.”

  “This ice is really heavy.”

  “It is really hard to break.”

  We really enjoyed making snow castles and rolled the snow into large balls so we could build snow people together. Super teamwork!!

   

  Which part of the gingerbread man did we eat first?

  We all love eating gingerbread men and we wanted to find out how we all eat them! We all had a gingerbread man to eat but we didn’t want to eat them all in one go like the fox did! We were very careful, just taking one bite and then finding out which part we tasted first….was it the head, the leg or the arm?

  We went around the circle and asked which part each person had eaten first and recorded their answer on a tally chart. The children were able to talk about which part of the gingerbread man was most popular to eat first by looking at the number of tally marks on each part of the chart.

  After we had filled in our tally chart, we were able to gobble down the rest of our gingerbread men! Yummy!

   

  History this term

  This term our history has been learning about how we have grown and changed from babies into toddlers and then into the children we are today. We had lots of fun ordering our photos, talking about how we have changed and what we did then and what we can do now.

  

• Celebration assembly and fantastic work

  Fri 19 Nov 2021

  We are very pleased share some of the fantastic work our children have been doing this week for  'One Kind Word.' We will be sending this work out into the local community and from next week you will be able to view this in Belper Library and Morrisons. 

   

  In our celebration assembly today we have celebrated our Hero's of the week. We are very proud, all of our children have shown kind and respectful behaviour. 

  

• PTA Autumn 2021 Newsletter is live

  Fri 19 Nov 2021

  Good afternoon,

   

  The PTA Autumn 2021 Newsletter is now available on the school's website please take a look! The annual AGM will be held on Friday 3rd December at Dott Teas at 9am - an open invitation to all parents/carers of Children at Long Row.

  

• Parent Governor Vacancies 2021

  Fri 12 Nov 2021

  Dear Parents and Carers, 

   

  We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our Governing Body.  We are seeking 2 Parent Governors to join us with immediate effect.  All information has been emailed and is also available    on our school website under the Governor section. 

  

• Anti Bullying week and Children in Need

  Wed 10 Nov 2021

  Dear Parents/Carers,

   

  It is Anti-Bullying week next week and on Monday 15th November children will be taking part in activities around this year's theme 'One kind Word'. Children are to come in their normal uniform or PE uniform (if it is their PE day) and are invited to wear odd socks to mark our school's zero tolerance to bullying.  The children will also be involved in updating our children's version of the anti-bullying policy.

   

  On Friday 19th November, it is Children in Need and across school we will continue our work on 'One Kind Word'. Children will be working together to spread the message of kindness across the community of Belper. We are looking at different venues to display their work and we will keep you updated as to where their work will be headed!

   

  Donations for this year's Children in Need can be made via ParentPay. There is now an active payment item marked 'BBC Children in Need' for any donations you wish to make. 

   

  We will not be accepting cash payments this year.

  

• The Great British Roast Dinner 10.11.21

  Mon 08 Nov 2021

  Please note we have an exciting menu theme day this week.

   

  Menu theme day on Wednesday 10.11.21 - The Great British Roast Dinner.

  This day will help children discover their new favourite vegetable with lots of different types to choose from alongside their traditional favourites. 

   

  Please see the newsletter section for the full menu. 

• Christmas Card Orders

  Mon 08 Nov 2021

  Please note all orders for your child's Christmas Cards need to be returned to school by the morning of FRIDAY 12TH NOVEMBER. (Order form with payment in a sealed envelope. If you wish to pay by cheque please make them payable to Long Row Primary School.) 

   

  We have two collection boxes to hand over your orders - one box on the main school gate (top playground) and one on the office gate. 

   

  Thank you