Author: Mrs Murray

It has been a pleasure to have our first Celebration Assembly of the school year and what a talent bunch of learners we have here at Longridge Primary.

First up were our very special Head Teacher Awards, these children were nominated by their class teachers to receive awards and were invited enjoy a hot chocolate with Mr McNaughton & Mrs Murray.

Next we had our wider achievement awards. Thank you to the parents and carers who completed the form to let us know about these wonderful achievements, we had awards for effort and achievement in horse riding, dancing, swimming and football as well as talents in music amongst other amazing achievements!

Next our golden coins were awarded to two learners. Our P6 learner was awarded this for promoting a love for reading and our P2 learner was awarded this for progress in writing! They enjoyed spending their golden on a book of their choice at our vending machine.

Finally our monthly Languagenut Champions were awarded their certificates.

Congratulations to all of our learners on another wonderful week at Longridge Primary and an extra special well done to our award winners!

P6/5 have been exploring the health and wellbeing indicator ‘Safe’.  We have been looking at how to spot peer pressure and different ways we can stay safe from peer pressure. We used our communication and collaboration skills to work together to create posters sharing information about peer pressure and staying safe. The pupils came up with some great ways to avoid peer pressure including “always be yourself”. 

P6/5 have started their first genre of writing this year. Learners will read and write descriptive pieces this term. This week the children wrote their ‘cold piece,’ (a chance to demonstrate what they know already about writing descriptions). This is a great way to identify strengths and areas for improvement and to track progress over the next few weeks. The children are looking forward to ‘bumping up’ their work as they learn how to include more descriptive words and phrases in their pieces. This week they enjoyed writing about a popular film character.

It wasn’t quite the outdoor event we had planned but we had a great afternoon regardless of the weather! The children had fun competing for house points, their enthusiasm and sportsmanship was outstanding as always. Thank you to our wonderful teachers and parent volunteers who helped to make this event a success.

This year our pupils voted to spend our Participatory Budget on Wellbeing Training for children. Our pupils have completed the training and are now Wellbeing Ambassadors. The first role for Wellbeing Ambassadors was to create a plan to ensure all children learned about The Five Ways To Wellbeing. They planned a Wellbeing Week for all children to enjoy. Each activity linked to one of The Five Ways To Wellbeing below.

CONNECT – Children were given a ‘connect’ pack to take home to promote discussion with parents. We hope you enjoyed this opportunity to relax and chat!

Keep Learning – Children had the opportunity to learn a new skill this week during Hobby Time and had opportunities to book into two hobbies including singing, dancing, painting, clay, bracelet making and baking.

Active – There were lots of opportunities to be active this week. Each class enjoyed a Gymnastics lesson as well as have a go on the smoothie bike! The silent disco and outdoor learning opportunities were enjoyed by lots of children as fun ways to keep active.

Take Notice – All children had an opportunity to develop mindfulness during a yoga workshop. Taking notice of nature was a real highlight during our Forest Schools Sessions. Children practised mindfulness outside too.

Give – Children had opportunities to make something to give to someone else. These children made kindness boxes full of lovely messages for someone else. How thoughtful!

We hope all of our pupils have enjoyed their Wellbeing Week and have developed their understanding of how to look after their Wellbeing.