We would like to say a huge thank you to our wonderful PTFA for organising our 12 days of Christmas raffle. It has been a huge success!
Our final winner!
Our head boy and head girl have delivered hampers to two local care homes.
Well done to everyone in Boston for earning the most jewels and having their jewel treat of watching a film with snacks!
Well done to all our resilient readers in our award assembly this morning!
After researching seasonal vegetables and creating our own soup recipes, year 6 became chefs for the day and made delicious homemade soup. We were taught how to peel and chop vegetables safely and hygienically and enjoyed applying these techniques during the sessions.
We now have the skills to enable us to be a great help in preparing veg for Christmas dinner – no excuses!
5/6I were cooking up a storm the other day! The children had designed their own soups so it was time to make them. The children used the skills they had been learning, washed up (evidence parents!!) and ate their soup. The children really enjoyed their handiwork and have even promised to make you some!
In science we have been investigating day and night using torches and globes. We have been able to explain why day and night occurs and why some countries experience more daylight/darkness hours than others. We have also been testing the impact of meteorites on the moon. We had fun creating our own crates and measuring the impact.
5/6I are making soup in DT this week. We started by researching soups from other countries and cultures and then evaluated a range of different soups according to their taste, texture, appearance and smell. The children learned how to peel, slice and chop vegetables safely and watched Mrs Ish make a demonstration soup – which was a hit! We then researched different seasonal fruits and vegetables before creating our own recipes for soup which we will be making later on this week. Perfect timing to warm us all up during this cold snap!
Joe Garner visited Y5/6 to talk about mental well-being as part of the HeadStart project with Fleetwood town community Trust. Rachel then followed up the session with ‘Five Ways to Well-Being’ with the Year 6 children. It was a fantastic session where the children learned about how to manage stressful situations.
Well done to the pupils in year 5 who entertained us with their trumpet performance today.
Another headteacher’s award for much improved handwriting
A huge well done to our Reception children on their first performance of their Nativity play. We look forward to their next performance this afternoon!
A headteacher’s award for super non chronological writing and super knowledge about the planets
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Christmas sing-a- long at Rossall yesterday. It was amazing to see so many families there. The children were fantastic and a massive thank you to Mr Hall and his piano playing skills. We wish everyone a very merry Christmas.
Another winner!
We are making soup in DT this week. We started by researching soups from other countries and cultures and then evaluated a range of different soups according to their taste, texture, appearance and smell. We then researched different seasonal fruits and vegetables before creating our own recipes for soup which we will be making later on this week. Perfect timing to warm us all up during this cold snap!
Our challenge today was to made a marble run with at least 4 drops using nothing but Kapla planks!
We investigated why craters are different sizes in science by dropping different weights into flour and measuring the depth and diameter for the crater created.
Another lucky winner!
Hamper number 4. Just look at all those goodies.
A few of our Y6 pupils went to Cardinal Allen school on Tuesday 6th December to represent the school in the Glow in the Dark Dodgeball competition. All of the pupils showed amazing teamwork, friendship and consideration for others and had a wonderful time. They were a credit to the school
Today’s winner! Tickets are still available and there are lots more amazing hampers to come.
Lucky winner number 2
Our first raffle winner! Tickets are still on sale and we have eleven more days to go! The hampers look amazing.(Winners will receive a text)
Today 5/6I were learning about Baptism. We re-enacted the baptisms of infants and adults. The children really enjoyed learning about the differences.
We are so grateful for all the lovely Christmas presents we have had donated. Please come and join us tomorrow from 9am for refreshments, Christmas music and a good chat.
We learnt how the rotation of the Earth causes day and night. We also looked for patterns in how much light different countries get according to where they are located in the world.
Please could we ask for some glass jars and lids to be donated to school to help with a science project. Please can they be cleaned first and sent into school as soon as possible. Thank you
Well done to all the children who have made their volcanos so far, they all look amazing! They will be judged on Thursday afternoon by 2 special guest judges! Well done again 3Y you have worked so hard on these.
Thank you again to Reverend Katie for coming in and leading an excellent assembly. The children loved acting out the story.
Well done to our school council who have raised £70 with their biscuit sale. The proceeds will be used to buy toys for our Christmas appeal.
Thank you to Mrs Lyth for coming in and leading brilliant British Values workshops to the school on Thursday. The children all really enjoyed this and have done some brilliant writing based on it!
Head teacher message for two amazing writers!
As part of our community links for Christmas we will be donating hampers to our local residential care home. We would like to add some letters, pictures and cards to the hampers from our pupils to the residents. Over the next few weeks, we would love it if you could make something to add to the hamper. It could be a letter describing your favourite hobby or a picture or piece of art work or by making a Christmas card. Please can you hand your work into Mrs Sims by Monday 12th December.
I am the Chairman & Girls lead at Fleetwood Town Juniors FC. I know many of you from my time at Fleetwood Town Community Trust and I used to organise the Girls tournaments at Poolfoot Farm.
I attended the Wyre & Fylde YEar 5/6 event yesterday and was approached by a number of parents and teachers about extra-curricular football for their daughters. We run a fantastic development centre at Poolfoot Farm on a Wednesday evening for girls in Year 1 to Year 6 and we look to create new teams for girls from this. We have created 17 all female teams already in the last five years. It runs from 17:00 – 18:00 and is £5.00 per session.
Please, could you forward this information to all your parents, if possible, alongside the link to our booking app (included below) for any that may be interested? The link is here – https://group.spond.com/LGTXN
Science Club
We dropped coloured water into baby oil and observed what happened. We then added effervescent tablets to create lava lamps. You can try this at home with vegetable oil if you don’t have any baby oil.
We then made ice cream using milk, cream, sugar, ice, salt and flavouring. See the full instructions on how to do this at home on the science sheet.
Willow carried out her our research to find out why coke and mentos creates a mini eruption! See the photo of her work to find out more.
We have already had lots of lovely gifts donated ready for our coffee morning. We know there are more gifts on the way and we are so grateful for all the kind donations. Please come along and join us on Thursday 1st December from 9am as we will have refreshments, gifts, preloved coats and advice on additional support for over Christmas. If you can’t make the event please contact us and we will make arrangements for you.
An update on the Movember Challenge!
https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/cost-of-living/
Rossall Observatory
We had an amazing time at Rossall Observatory today. We learnt about planets in our Solar System and had a virtual tour of the night’s sky in the Starlab Planetarium.
We even got to hold a piece of rock from the moon!
The children asked lots of questions and learnt many mind-blowing facts about space to support their learning in class. We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and will be on the look out for Jupiter as it will be visible in the sky over the next few nights – look south and see if you can spot it!
Today the Reception children have been creepy crawly hunting. They explored the area looking for specific creepy crawlies and collected what they found. Once collected they looked through the magnifying glasses to discuss what they could see with their partner. We found lots of worms! The children then ended their session with a delicious hot chocolate.
Ensuring even our youngest children remember. A lovely display.
Headteacher’s message for amazing writing in year 1. Fantastic!
Today we learnt about reversible changes and learnt that when chocolate melts, it is a reversible change. We melted chocolate and stuck them together to create a chocolate sculpture. We had a competition to see who could build the tallest! Congratulations to Darcie, Martha and Irissa who built a sculpture that was 9.5cm tall. Why don’t you have a go at home – if you can resist the temptation to eat the chocolate!
A massive well done to all our children who took part in the dance festival at the Winter Gardens on Tuesday. They are all stars!
Our children had a great time at the hockey festival today!
We would like to say a massive thank you to Nick from Rossall Observatory for a fantastic morning! Year 5 loved learning about our solar system and getting to hold a piece of the moon.
We would like to say a big thank you to Fleetwood council who awarded us some grant money to buy some loose part equipment for Lucy’s Area. The shed has now been built and the reading teepees and planters are on their way. Once these are in place we will be holding a special opening ceremony.
Year 6 have done some lovely work around Remembrance Day.
Thank you to everyone who attended the Year 2 story workshop. We had a great time. Please keep an eye out for further events
To help raise extra money for the toy collection, the school council will be running a biscuit stand from the 21st- 25th November, APART FROM THE 23rd.These ‘melted snowman’ biscuits will be on sale in the playground every lunchtime, or in classrooms if poor weather, and will cost 20p each. Any monies raised will be put together and used to buy any extra toys if needed for the toy collection and coffee morning on December 1st.Thank you for your continued support, Mrs Young.
Head teacher’s message for amazing work on Remembrance Sunday.
Year 1 really enjoyed their trip to Rossall to see the chapel on Tuesday. They were all brilliantly well-behaved! We would like to say a huge thank you to Mr Bradley at Rossall for organising our visit.
We have taken time this week to remember those who have given their lives in service to their country. We took part in the Royal British Legion Zoom assembly today with other schools from across the country. We would like to say a very special to Jimi and John who came in to do workshops with the children.
Reception have been learning about Remembrance Day and have a great visit from John who talked about his experiences.
Well done to our Head boy and Head girl who went to the Marine Hall to take part in the Remembrance Day Service.
5/6I have started their new science topic – Earth and Space and we were exploring the sizes of the planets in relation to one another. We also learnt the mnemonic My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets.
Jimi came in to speak to the 5/6I about the meaning of remembrance and the groups of people we remember, including members of the armed forces, members of uniformed services such as police and fire, working animals and civilians.
Jimi told us about his life in the army including the countries he has served in and the challenges he has faced. We also learnt about different roles in the army and how important education is helping members of the army progress in their careers.
Class 5/6I have been investigating different mechanisms in science. We explored the effects of levers and pulleys and learnt how they can help us lift heavy objects.
Remembrance
Jimi came in to speak to the children about the meaning of remembrance and the groups of people we remember, including members of the armed forces, members of uniformed services such as police and fire, working animals and civilians.
Jimi told us about his life in the army including the countries he has served in and the challenges he has faced. We also learnt about different roles in the army and how important education is helping members of the army progress in their careers.
Great fun at Science club this week making raisins dance and building structures with marshmallows and cocktail sticks. Have a go at home!
To start off Anti-Bullying Week we are asking the children to wear odd socks on Monday 14th November and celebrate what makes us all unique. Teachers will also have various activities planned in lessons throughout the week.
On Friday 25th November it is the Fleetwood Lights Parade and switch on of the Christmas lights. We would like as many people as possible to join our school on the parade. Larkholme will be meeting outside the Premier shop (near the Clock Tower) at 5:30pm, so we can all walk down together. All children must be accompanied by an adult. If you have a lantern, please bring it along but we will also be providing materials to make some.
This year we are aware that Christmas is going to be challenging for many families and for some it may be the first time they have faced anything like this. At Larkholme, we want to support as many families as we can to have Christmas presents and access to support for the festive period. Therefore, on Thursday 1st December at 9am we will be holding a Christmas Coffee Morning where parents can pop in and collect gifts as well as find out about additional support for Christmas. Please come along and join us even if you just want a brew and a chat and to get into the Christmas spirit
If you are unable to join us on that day but would like support please contact us and we will make arrangements.If anyone would like donate a gift please drop them off at the office- any support is greatly appreciated.
Year 2 were testing out their predictions today with their investigation into which materials would best protect their eggs. It was very eggciting!
Year 4 had a great time at Rossall making their pizzas and taking part in team building challenges. The children were brilliant! A massive thank you to the staff at Rossall for putting this event on for us.
https://www.fleetwoodtowncouncil.org.uk/free-swimming.php
Today the Reception children have been exploring the outdoor area looking for spiders and their webs. They explored their surroundings looking for resources they could use to create their own web and worked as a team to make them!
Year 5 are enjoying their trumpet sessions.
The children in Year 3 had an amazing time at Rossall cooking amazing pizza and completing complicated team building games. Well done to all that went and thank you to all the staff who helped out to make the event possible!
The children in 3Y worked really hard on creating their own cave paintings as part of their stone age history topic. Well done 3Y.
Our young scientists created magic stars in science club today using cocktail sticks and water.
They also used salt to create crystal decorations – we are hoping they will be ready in time for Christmas!
Yesterday Year 3 went to Rossall to make pizzas and take part in some team challenges. They had an amazing time and were a credit to Larkholme. We would like to say a huge thank you to Rossall for inviting us.
The children in Reception have been so busy today! They have been ghost number hunting, pumpkin carving and also on a spooky trail looking for treats… with the occasional trick from Miss Howell!
Lots going on in school already!
Before half term our play leaders completed their training and are ready to put their new skills into action!
A headteacher’s message for fabulous work!
We would like to say a big thank you to Sangeetha who came in yesterday to talk to our children about Diwali.
We would like to thank everyone for a wonderful parents evening last night. It was lovely to see so many of our families.
Class 5/6O have been investigating different mechanisms in science. We explored the effects of levers and pulleys and learnt how they can help us lift heavy objects.
For our History topic we are looking at the stone age. The children had to work together to complete an archaeological dig to find some stone age artefacts and decode what they may be and what they would have been used for. Well done 3Y you had some great ideas!
Reception have also had some special guinea pig visitors this morning as well!
Reception would like to say a huge thank you to Ross who came in today to show them some Judo moves and read a story with them
Classes 3 / 4 PG and 3 / 4 SG had a fun afternoon using the indoor climbing equipment while they worked on their core strength and gross motor skills.
To complete our topic on the Stone Age and Stonehenge, class 3/ 4PG built their own versions of Stonehenge using different types of biscuits to represent the different stones that were used.
6I and 6O set up the classroom as a boat from a scene in ‘The Arrival’ by Shaun Tan. We then played a game called ‘Thought Tapping’ – “When I tap you on the shoulder, tell me your name/give me one word to describe how you are feeling/tell me why you had to leave your home country”.
The children loved this lesson and were brilliant with their responses. Here is the original picture and the class recreations.
We are all enjoying our yoga sessions today
Lunchtime Vacancy A vacancy has arisen for a Welfare Assistant to work as part of our lunchtime team. We are looking for someone who will work within a team to supervise our children both inside and outside, promoting good table manners, ensuring the safety of the children and encouraging good behaviour. The post is for 6.25 hours per week starting at 11:45 and finishing at 1:00 each day. The salary will be FLW which is currently £9.90 per hour. If you are interested in the post, please contact the school office for an application form. The closing date for applications is 12noon on Monday 31st October 2022.
Today in geography we explored an ordnance survey map of Fleetwood and discussed scale, symbols and grid references. We also used ICT research to deepen our understanding.
The children all had a great time cutting, peeling and mashing avacado to make their own guacamole. Well done 3Y you all had a great time and worked really well.
Such an exciting day in Reception! The children created their own magic wands this morning. They used their imagination to discuss what their wand would allow them to do. We then used the afternoon to explore our outdoor area and to toast marshmallows on a fire!
Today 5/6I used six figure coordinates, used a wide range of Ordnance Survey symbols including 1:50K symbols. We explored an ordnance survey map of Fleetwood and discussed scale, symbols and six-figure coordinates. We then searched the site below.
https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/map-skills
As part of their topic on Stone Age, 3/4PG have created their own cave paintings.
On Monday, 3Y worked together to work out which foods go where on a healthy eating plate. They also tasted some dips ready to choose which one we should make as part of our DT project. Well done 3Y!
Well done to our fabulous new school council.
A huge well done to our Year 5 children for their lovely Harvest Celebration today. It was lovely to see so many parents/carers and family members there. Thank you to everyone who has donated to our harvest collection.
A Head teacher’s message
Year 3 and Year 4 have been busy learning about Stonehenge, French phrases and creating fabulous portraits.
Year 1 have been busy learning about computers and making levers.
Year 2 have been doing some great art and DT work.
Today in science, class 5/6I investigated the effects of air resistance on different spinners. We changed the length of the propellers and correctly predicted that the spinners with the longest propellers would fall the slowest. We learnt that air pushes against the propellers as the spinners fall, creating more air resistance.
As part of our geography curriculum we need to develop views and attitudes to critically evaluate responses to issues or events in the news. This afternoon 5/6I took part in the geographical debate: Should Wales sell water to England amid the heatwave? This was a real issue in august of this year. The children worked in teams, researched, came up with arguments and then gave speeches to the rest of the class. I was really impressed with the quality of ideas and the passion when debating.
Head teacher’s message for improved handwriting and super attitudes to learning!
Today in science, class 5/6O investigated the effects of air resistance on different spinners. We changed the length of the propellers and correctly predicted that the spinners with the longest propellers would fall the slowest. We learnt that air pushes against the propellers as the spinners fall, creating more air resistance. Today in science, class 5/6O investigated the effects of air resistance on different spinners. We changed the length of the propellers and correctly predicted that the spinners with the longest propellers would fall the slowest. We learnt that air pushes against the propellers as the spinners fall, creating more air resistance.
Year 1 have been busy labelling parts of the computer today
Super work on making healthy choices
An ambassador from BAE Systems worked with us today and we learnt about how rockets are launched into space. We made stomp rockets and were split into two teams to see who could launch their rocket the furthest. Well done to Harry on the red team whose rocket went the furthest!
This morning 5/6I were treated to a science lesson by Steve from BAE systems. The children learned all about rockets and made their own. There was the red team and the blue team. Each team’s rockets had different fins on them… and of course – the competition began!!! Which team could fly their rockets the furthest? Red team won. The children then discussed why more of the red rockets went the furthest (the science bit). They also discussed things that could change (variables) and things that could be improved. Steve than attached a paper plane to the fuselage of one of the rockets and the children predicted what would happen – no one quite expected it to fly up and then back in a loop. If you’re wondering where the pictures of the rockets are in flight – they were so fast that I couldn’t capture them! The children in my class can sure STOMP. Back in class Steve talked about forces (which links to our science topic) and challenged the children’s thinking. A fab morning
Today Reception have been on an adventure. They were turned into Kings and Queens of the forest! We explored our field looking for mini beasts and collected a selection of things to make our very own nature crowns. What a brilliant day we have had!
A few more of our children receiving their headteacher award this week
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our UKS2 reading workshop yesterday. Today at 2:15pm is the workshop for Y3 and Y4 and tomorrow at 2:15pm we have the workshop for Rec, Y1 and Y2.
Class 5/6O learnt about the importance of pilgrimage to Muslims. We used the school grounds to set up learning stations to represent the experiences of different aspects of Hajj.
As usual we are collecting donations as part of our Harvest celebration. These donations will be given to local charities to support food banks in Fleetwood. If you are able to send your child in with an item from the list below it would be greatly appreciated. Suggested donations: • Tinned foods• Packet foods • Unused toiletries• New children’s clothing items• Unused baby items e.g. nappies
Parents are invited to attend our reading workshops. No booking is required just come to the office and we will direct you to the right class. Year 5 and 6 Monday 26th September at 2:15Year 3 and 4 Tuesday 27th September at 2:15Rec, Year 1 and Year 2 Wednesday 28th September at 2:15
Year 4 have had an amazing time on their overnight residential despite the rain! The children were fantastic, very well behaved and very brave. A huge thank you to commando Dave and his team (especially Chats and Dan) for our adventure. Also a huge thank you to all the staff for their time and help especially Miss Gardner, Mr Gawthorpe, Mr Griffiths, Mrs Sims and Miss Mitchell who all enjoyed the camping experience with the children.
