Miss Topping – Longridge Primary School

Learning to Measure in P2/1

P2/1 are learning how to estimate and measure length this week. We’ve been measuring all sorts of things, including superhero footprints, classroom furniture, each other, and even Mrs Carty! P1s showed some brilliant counting skills as they used paper clips, pencils, cubes and their own feet to measure length. P2s learned about metres and centimetres, and searched the classroom for things that are bigger or smaller than a metre. The children showed great collaboration as they helped each other measure their items accurately from end to end, and used “White Hat Thinking” to check that their team-mates had their facts right!

P2/1 enjoy using books and stories to develop their mathematical understanding, sometimes they give us great ideas for new measuring missions!

Growing Our Garden

P2/1 continue to enjoy lots of outdoor play and learning in our fabulous garden, recently renovated with huge thanks to the parent council who arranged for artificial grass, play bark and sturdy outdoor tables to be installed in the spring.

Children absolutely love using this area, so they’ve teamed up with P3/2 for a collaborative project to continue developing and improving the outdoor space. We got started this week by clearing out the summer’s debris, and have begun planting in the remaining area to welcome more nature. The children have big ideas and we’re only just getting started – we plan to invite families, neighbours and friends to help with a ‘gardening party’ very soon… watch this space!

Planning out our ideas in the floorbook.

P2/1 are off to a great start!

Our new P1 pupils have made a fantastic start at school, learning our school rules and values from their P2 classmates and their P7 buddies. We have made the most of the lovely weather in our garden, and have already started making plans to continue to improve this amazing space. There has been lots of fun and learning inside and outside the classroom including stories, singing, painting, building campsites and trains, reading together, learning to write, balancing, throwing and catching, measuring, counting and parachute games.

This class are showing wonderful listening skills and eagerness to learn. The P2s are doing a great job of showing kindness to their new classmates and helping them settle in, and the P1s are loving all the new opportunities to explore.