Congratulations to the children who represented our football team at the Whitburn Academy Cluster football event. The Longridge team were told that the priority was representing the school with positive behaviour and attitude which they absolutely did. They were a credit to the school and their families!

Officially, the games were all friendlies with no scores being counted but… if they were, Longridge won 4 out of 5 games, only conceding 1 goal! This was a great achievement for our players, each game up against bigger local schools. Our players will remember their success for a long time to come!

PS a special thank you to Mrs Sneddon who not only organises the bus and letters for these events but offered to wash the strips. Over and above!!

Our extra curricular opportunities started this week with our first science club. In our first experiment, we created a chemical reaction which produced a gas, causing the test tube lid to pop right off!

Afterwards we learned about the science of bubbles. We had so much fun creating giant bubbles!

We were able to do some cool tricks with bubbles. Have you ever seen bubbles inside other bubbles? Did you know you can put your hand inside a bubble without popping it? You’ll have to ask our little scientists how it’s done!

The oldest and youngest pupils at Longridge enjoyed the chance to learn together during an outdoor PE session. They were challenged to make up new playground games with a spooky theme. Children showed lots of great creativity in their ideas, and we saw competitive and fun games involving zombies, skeletons, ghosts, wolves and lava. There were fantastic communication skills developed as children explained the rules to their games and gave each other feedback using a star and a wish.

P7/6 loved their second outdoor learning session with Rob (and Jax!) from Kids Gone Wild. We developed our independence and problem solving skills when building a zip line and setting up hammocks. We are developing our teamworking skills and showed this when working with a partner in the bouncy net. We are also learning about assessing risk and challenging ourselves in ways we feel comfortable while staying safe.