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Swallows - Thursday 11th Feb 2021, by Miss Gillam
Date: 11th Feb 2021 @ 7:46am
Thursday 11th February 2021
Good morning and welcome back to Swallows class blog.
Please see our task list and PowerPoint presentations below to see what your home learning tasks are for today. Please also remember to take a few moments to look at the class discussion page each day where I will be available to ‘chat’ to you about the work that I have set for that day. You can just pop on there to say hi or tell have a little chat with your friends. The children can type in their own messages. It is a lovely, safe way of us staying in touch.
Maths – Can you add equal groups?
We are continuing to focus our learning on multiplication this week. Please see the talking Power point video linked below.
Here is the link to the White Rose video mentioned in the PowerPoint. You may want to use this link if you have any problems with sound today.
Times Tables
Please use Times Tables Rock Stars to continue to learn your 2 x table. If you would like your child's log in details, please contact the school office via the admin address and they will email them across to you.
Alternatively, you could have a go our Titanium Times Tables Challenge which is attached to our blog today. You have 6 minutes to complete it. Good Luck!
Writing
Can you understand the vocabulary and features used in the text?
Please see the talking PowerPoint video linked below. I have recorded the instructions so just click play and then pause when it is time to complete an activity.
Reading
Please spend some time reading either the school book you took home with you or a book you have been reading at home each day. Please also remember to use our Oxford Owl website to access reading books online. Here you can access Read Write Inc and other story books at your level.
- https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-pupils/pupil-home
- https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-pupils/pupil-home?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=&age_group=age%204-7&series=&level=¤t_page=school_ebooks
Username: starlings1 (from the last lockdown)
Password: Home
If you get an adult to sign your reading diary each time you read, you will still be able to collect your raffle tickets when we are back in school.
Read Write Inc
Instructions for how to find your RWI learning for today can be found on our English PowerPoint. Here is the link to the Read Write Inc home page on YouTube. It might help to add this as a favourite so that you can quickly find your Read Write Inc learning each day. Please remember that the website updates at 9:30 each day. You may notice that the sounds will start to repeat soon. The children revisit sounds many times when we are teaching Read Write Inc in school. We want to encourage fluency. We want the children to be able to read a text containing each sound at speed, without the need to Fred Talk. In order to achieve this, the children need to see each sound several times. Please continue to focus on the spelling, red word and hold a sentence videos.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
Spellings
Our spellings will be on our English PowerPoint each day. Please use your spelling whiteboard and roll and spell game to help you to learn them. Our quiz will be on Thursday this week.
clothes busy people
water again
Story
Please have a listen to the next chapter of our beautiful story ‘The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark’. You will find the audio at the end of our English PowerPoint. I will read a little bit of the story to you here each day.
Worship
Today’s hymn is ‘Behold our God’. The link to the video is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njYcTmkq3EE
PE –
Have a go at this Star Wars themed Cosmic Kids Yoga activity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coC0eUSm-pc
Good luck with today’s tasks and don’t forget to let me know how you are getting on with your learning today on School Spider. I will see you at 9:20 for our Zoom call this morning. We have a birthday to celebrate today! Please have a piece of work that you are proud of ready to share with your friends at the end if you would like to.
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam
Starlings Home Learning 11th February, by Mrs O'Marah
Date: 10th Feb 2021 @ 9:09pm
Thursday 11th February
Hello lovely Starlings, and welcome to your Thursday home learning blog. You have almost made it to the half term break. We are missing you so very much but are so proud of how brilliantly you are all working at home so keep it up, tomorrow we have a little surprise for you!
I am looking forward to our Zoom call this morning. We’ll be doing a pen disco so you’ll need a pen and paper. If you want to use some different colours, that is okay. Plain paper is fine.
Today’s tasks are Phonics, Maths, English and Spelling tasks. Please see the links to the day’s lesson videos and find the attached PowerPoint versions also. The PowerPoint versions I have uploaded don’t have sound so you’ll need the youtube link to hear our instructions.
Mrs. Esling will be online on the class discussion homework page today so please share your learning with her as you have been doing all week. I will be in school all day today. Any problems please let one of us know or email admin@lostockgralam.cheshire.sch.uk and we will do our very best to resolve these straight away.
Read, Write, Inc Phonics
Please follow the links provided to find your group's phonics videos online. The link is the same as yesterday but new sound videos will be uploaded by the RWI team. (Remember this is usually after 9:30am)
Red group – you need to look out for set 1 videos on the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
Green group you need to look out for set 2 videos on the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
Pink, yellow and blue groups you need to look out for set 3 videos on the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
Maths
Today you are going to compare and order objects using their weight.
The link to the youtube version of the video is: https://youtu.be/2hANqAqDQ-I
Alternatively you can find the PowerPoint version when you scroll down the page if you would prefer to download it.
English
Today you will be combining words to make sentences. I would like this to be an active learning lesson with lots of large pieces of paper and your kitchen table or living room floor! Have a look at the video.
A downloadable copy of the lesson PowerPoint can be found below, on the PowerPoint there is a word wall that you may want to print before you watch the video. You’ll need to print slide 3 and cut the words up please. You can also use pieces of paper to write your own words on if you wish.
The youtube link to today's video is: https://youtu.be/QVNkKWtCNCs
Spellings
Today’s spellings are seventeen, eighteen and nineteen. Please see the final slide of the English lesson PowerPoint below to look for how we would like you to practise these words today.
Reading
Follow the link and the instructions below to access Oxford Owl’s e-libraries.
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/login?active-tab=students
Username: starlings1
Password: Home
Story
Today’s story is ‘Superworm’ so please enjoy: Superworm
Worship- Sing and Sign
Today’s hymn is ‘Behold our God’. The link to the video is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njYcTmkq3EE
Fitness Challenge
Have a go at this Star Wars themed Cosmic Kids Yoga activity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coC0eUSm-pc
Good luck and enjoy your day!
Mrs. O'Marah
Toucans Home Learning 11.2.21, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 10th Feb 2021 @ 1:54pm
Thursday 11th February 2021
Good morning Toucans.
We hope you are all well and looking forward to the break soon. We have had such a busy term and you all have worked ever so hard and deserve some down time next week. I know it’s hard with lockdown but try and think of something nice that you can do with your family to make it a special break.
Maths
Nets – You will be examining different nets and identifying which 3D shapes they make.
Have a go at making some 3D shapes using the Nets that are attached to today’s blog.
Explore Nets of a Cube with this activity
https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-Resources/Illuminations/Interactives/Cube-Nets/
Please watch this video if you can’t access the audio on the PowerPoint. Remember to just pause it when needed and you can play back too if required.
Times Tables
There is also a Colour by Multiplication activity for you to do attached to our blog
Recap all your times tables using TTRockstars https://ttrockstars.com/ Where can you get to on the leader board today? We have been so impressed with your daily scores.
Writing
To make an informative poster which explains the problems faced by black rhinos.
See the Power point attached. Like the Maths, Mrs Downing has recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do.
Please watch this video if you can’t access the audio on the PowerPoint. Remember to just pause it when needed and you can play back too if required.
Reading
Fans of Harry Potter? Here is a quiz to try.
CWAC Libraries are running a ‘Harry Potter quiz’ which begins today until the end of half term. There’s a £10 book token as a prize.
Questions, how to enter and terms and conditions are at https://yourwestcheshire.co.uk/pages/4547/1/The_Harry_Potter_Half_Term_Quiz.html
Toucans, we would love you to read a little each day of the school book you have or a book you have been reading at home.
If you continue to record your reading in your diary and get an adult to sign your diary each time you read, you will still be able to collect your raffle tickets when we are back in school.
Spellings
This week we will be looking at the spellings – Plural Nouns
We will focus on our last word today - opportunities
Can you write a Silly Spelling Story using this word at least 5 times?
E.g. The poor country mouse came to the city to find new opportunities. He hoped the opportunities would be found on every corner. He searched high and low for opportunities to feed him, opportunities of places to stay and opportunities of employment. He finally decided that the city had no opportunities and he would return to the countryside to his old opportunities.
Spelling words: bonuses, addresses, boxes, wishes, matches, peaches, dictionaries, identities, coaches, opportunities,
Story
‘The Explorer’ by Katherine Rundell
Please follow this link to see Mrs Whittingham read some more of our new class novel.
Worship – Signing Hymns
These are the hymns that we have been learning to sign this term. Take some time today to listen to each one and sing/sign along to them. Which one is your favourite? Why?
Our God is a Great Big God
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGYVhGWlRhA
Be Still for the Presence of the Lord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDvK1u0mrZ4
I’m Gonna Jump up and down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88sMclwWqdI
This Little Light of Mine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFNzxn1rZ-
#2021FitnessChallenge – Dinosaur PE Game
This is one for all our dinosaur enthusiasts to get you active!
https://peuniverse.com/keyword/dinosaurs/
Have a great day everyone. Remember to use the Discussion page on School Spider to chat to us and upload your home learning tasks using the Upload your Homework tab.
Best wishes from Mrs Downing, Mrs Whittingham and Mr Beswick.
Skylarks Home Learning 11.02.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 10th Feb 2021 @ 11:36am
Thursday 11th February
Happy Thursday everyone 😊
How are you all today Skylarks? I know we are all feeling a bit tired and are ready for the half term break so I just want to say a big thank you to everybody for continuing to engage with our lessons, daily zoom sessions and class discussion. I love seeing all of your smiling faces each morning and feel so proud when I look at the work you have produced.
It would be lovely to see you all on this morning’s zoom – the link is in today’s class discussion!
Please see below for today’s home learning tasks and remember that I will be available on our discussion/homework area throughout the school day to help you and provide feedback on your work.
Maths
Timetables: For your maths lesson today, please see the PowerPoint attached. Just click on the little speaker icon on the PowerPoint page to listen. Today, we are going to be reading various timetables. To do this, you will need to apply your knowledge of hours, minutes and seconds from yesterday’s lesson.
If you cannot access the PowerPoint, please view the maths lesson at the following YouTube link:
If you are watching the lesson through the YouTube link, you may need to pause the video at appropriate times to give yourself time to complete the tasks.
Times Tables
This week can you practice your x12 tables? Don’t forget to practice other tables that you still find tricky too. Can you say it forwards and backwards? Can you write out the multiples of this number? Do you know the division facts? Why not use TTRS or hit the button to help you:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Writing
The Curiosity Shop: Again, please see the PowerPoint attached. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do. Today we will continue to use the image of the Curiosity Shop to inspire our writing. We will be writing diary entries based on our visit to the shop.
If you cannot access the PowerPoint, please view the writing lesson at the following YouTube link:
If you are watching the lesson through the YouTube link, you may need to pause the video at appropriate times to give yourself time to complete the tasks.
Reading
It would also be super if you could spend 10-15 minutes each day reading your school book that you have taken home or another book you have been enjoying at home.
This week’s author of the week is former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq. You can read her book ‘Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World’ at the link below:
https://library.thenational.academy/get-to-know-cookie-and-konnie-huq/
Remember to continue writing in your reading diary and get an adult to sign in, then we can collect our raffle tickets when we are back in school.
Why not tell me what book you are reading over on our discussion?
Spellings
Have a go at reading, saying in a sentence and spelling words with the suffix -ence. You could make your own spelling doodle and add to it throughout the week. I will add a new word each day and then on Thursday we can have a little quiz.
Today’s word: independence
Previous words: silence, evidence, confidence
We will have a mini quiz on these 4 words at the end of our writing lesson today.
Worship
This week for our signing worship, we will continue to learn/practice how to sing and sign ‘Be Still for the Presence of the Lord’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDvK1u0mrZ4
Have a wonderful day everyone 😊
Love from Miss Beattie x
11.02.21, by Mrs Rice
Date: 10th Feb 2021 @ 8:43am
Thursday 4th February 2021 
Good morning superstars. It’s going to be another balance of great work, fun activities and time to play and rest. You are just so amazing in everything you are doing.
Don’t forget to post your work today on our homework pages, I’d love to see your learning.
Worship
This week let’s try to learn how to sign ‘This Little Light of Mine’. Jesus is our light; he is the light that guides us.
Click the link to learn This Little Light of Mine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFNzxn1rZ-
Maths
Let’s continue our work with pounds and pence today. Follow the link to watch my lesson.
Times Tables
Have a go at times table Conga or coconut multiples– how far can you get today? Practise your 3x or 4x tables. https://www.transum.org/software/Game/TablesConga.asp
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
Writing
Today, we will be using prefixes to create new words. Please follow the link below to watch my lesson.
Reading
I really hope you are enjoying your reading time each day. You can choose to do it at the time that suits you best, but please, please, please, keep reading.
I enjoy CBBC Newsround. This is a gorgeous article about one of my favourite animals - elephants!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/45036551
Spellings
Please remember to only learn 3 or 5 of these spellings each week if they are tricky. This is what we do in school, so please do this at home too. All 9 words might be too much, you do what is right for you.
Today’s new word:
cavern (cavernous, cave, caves)
circle (circles, circled, circling, circular)
certain (certainly)
caught (catch, catching)
complete (completed, completing)
build (building, built, builder)
busy (busier, busiest)
breath (breaths)
breathe (breathing, breathed)
Story time
Time to settle down as we continue with chapter one of George’s Marvellous Medicine.
Remember Robins: Don’t make a ‘Marvellous Medicine’ at home!
Enjoy your day today and I look forward to hearing from you on our homework pages.
Love from Mrs Rice xx
Swallows - Wednesday 10th February 2021, by Miss Gillam
Date: 9th Feb 2021 @ 6:53pm
Wednesday 10th February 2021
Good morning and welcome back to our class blog.
Please see our task list and PowerPoint presentations below to see what your home learning tasks are for today. Please also remember to take a few moments to look at the class discussion page each day where I will be available to ‘chat’ to you about the work that I have set for that day. You can just pop on there to say hi or tell have a little chat with your friends. The children can type in their own messages. It is a lovely, safe way of us staying in touch.
Maths – Can you make equal groups?
We are continuing to focus our learning on multiplication this week. Please see the talking Power point video linked below.
Here is the link to the White Rose video mentioned in the PowerPoint. You may want to use this link if you have any problems with sound today.
Times Tables
Please use Times Tables Rock Stars to continue to learn your 2 x table. If you would like your child's log in details, please contact the school office via the admin address and they will email them across to you.
Alternatively, you could have a go our Titanium Times Tables Challenge which is attached to our blog today. You have 6 minutes to complete it. Good Luck!
Writing
Can you write facts about your favourite animal?
Please see the talking PowerPoint video linked below. I have recorded the instructions so just click play and then pause when it is time to complete an activity.
Reading
Please spend some time reading either the school book you took home with you or a book you have been reading at home each day. Please also remember to use our Oxford Owl website to access reading books online. Here you can access Read Write Inc and other story books at your level.
- https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-pupils/pupil-home
- https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-pupils/pupil-home?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=&age_group=age%204-7&series=&level=¤t_page=school_ebooks
Username: starlings1 (from the last lockdown)
Password: Home
If you get an adult to sign your reading diary each time you read, you will still be able to collect your raffle tickets when we are back in school.
Read Write Inc
Instructions for how to find your RWI learning for today can be found on our English PowerPoint. Here is the link to the Read Write Inc home page on YouTube. It might help to add this as a favourite so that you can quickly find your Read Write Inc learning each day. Please remember that the website updates at 9:30 each day. You may notice that the sounds will start to repeat soon. The children revisit sounds many times when we are teaching Read Write Inc in school. We want to encourage fluency. We want the children to be able to read a text containing each sound at speed, without the need to Fred Talk. In order to achieve this, the children need to see each sound several times. Please continue to focus on the spelling, red word and hold a sentence videos.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
Spellings
Our spellings will be on our English PowerPoint each day. Please use your spelling whiteboard and roll and spell game to help you to learn them. Our quiz will be on Thursday this week.
clothes busy people
water again
Story
Please have a listen to the next chapter of our beautiful story ‘The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark’. You will find the audio at the end of our English PowerPoint. I will read a little bit of the story to you here each day.
Worship
Mindfulness
In our worship time on Wednesdays we are going to enjoy a mindfulness activity. Please visit the ‘My Smiling Mind’ website and enjoy completing a meditation activity today. We love completing these activities in school.
https://www.smilingmind.com.au/
Note: This is a FREE App. You can sign up through social media or with an e-mail account.
All you need to do is create a new account with an adult’s e-mail address. Follow the quick question survey and click the ‘I’m a parent’ tab. Finally, choose the 3-6 Year Olds or 7-9 Year Olds tab and there will be lots of different mindfulness activities to complete together. We have done some in class and it really doesn’t matter if they are repeated.
PE – I think you are going to like this Swallows…
Can you complete some teddy challenges in your active time today? All you need is some teddy bears and a clear space that you can jump in.
Have a WONDERFUL Wednesday and don’t forget to let me know how you are getting on with your learning today on School Spider. I will see you at 9:20 for our Zoom call this morning. Please have a piece of work that you are proud of ready to share with your friends at the end if you would like to.
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam
Toucans Home Learning 10.2.21, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 9th Feb 2021 @ 3:02pm
Wednesday 10th February 2021
Good morning Toucans.
Nearly at the end of this very busy and strange term. You have truly made us proud of all your hard work and we know you are all tired and looking forward to a break now. Not long to go, so let’s cross that finishing line on Friday with one last spurt to produce fantastic home learning.
Maths
Volume of a Cuboid – This is a Year 6 objective so you won’t have come across it before. Just listen carefully to the audio on each slide and look carefully at the diagrams to help you today.
Have fun with this interactive game to create cubes and to find volume.
https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-Resources/Illuminations/Interactives/Cubes/
Please watch this video if you can’t access the audio on the PowerPoint. Remember to just pause it when needed and you can play back too if required.
If you have your Maths CGP book please complete pages 64 and 65 on Volume or see the Word document attached to the blog, including the answers for you to self-check.
Times Tables
Recap all your times tables using TTRockstars https://ttrockstars.com/ Where can you get to on the leader board today? We have been so impressed with your daily scores.
Writing
To be able to understand the information in the text and answer key questions.
On-line dictionary
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/online-dictionary
See the Power point attached. Like the Maths, Mrs Downing has recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do.
Please watch this video if you can’t access the audio on the PowerPoint. Remember to just pause it when needed and you can play back too if required.
Reading
Fans of Harry Potter? Here is a quiz to try.
CWAC Libraries are running a ‘Harry Potter quiz’ which begins today until the end of half term. There’s a £10 book token as a prize.
Questions, how to enter and terms and conditions are at https://yourwestcheshire.co.uk/pages/4547/1/The_Harry_Potter_Half_Term_Quiz.html
Toucans, we would love you to read a little each day of the school book you have or a book you have been reading at home.
Spellings
This week we will be looking at the spellings – Plural Nouns
We will focus on the next 3 words today - dictionaries, identities, coaches
Write down the singular form for each of these words - dictionaries, identities, coaches
Then write down the plural form and explain how they have been made plural. What was the change?
Put each plural word in a sentence to explain its meaning.
Take a look at this lesson from Oak National Academy which will explain all the spelling rules for plurals
Spelling words: bonuses, addresses, boxes, wishes, matches, peaches, dictionaries, identities, coaches, opportunities,
Story
‘The Explorer’ by Katherine Rundell
Please follow this link to see Mrs Whittingham read some more of our new class novel.
Worship
My Smiling Mind - https://app.smilingmind.com.au/
#2021FitnessChallenge – Bingo Cards
Can you complete all the moves on the bingo cards?
Have a go at playing Action Bingo using the attached cards on the blog.
Have a great day everyone. Remember to use the Discussion page on School Spider to chat to us and upload your home learning tasks using the Upload your Homework tab.
Best wishes from Mrs Downing, Mrs Whittingham and Mr Beswick.
Y3 10.02.21, by Mrs Rice
Date: 9th Feb 2021 @ 12:21pm
Wednesday 10th February 2021
Good morning my lovely Robins. I'm looking forward to us all seeing each other on Zoom again today at 9am.
Don’t forget to upload your work on our homework pages today if you would like me to see your hard work. It really does make me smile.
Mindfulness
In our worship time on Wednesdays we are going to enjoy a mindfulness activity https://www.smilingmind.com.au/
Parents: This is a FREE App that you just need to sign in with an e-mail account.
Create a new account with an adult’s e-mail address.
Follow the quick question survey (which takes about 10 seconds)
Click the ‘I’m a parent’ 
tab and the next page
Choose the 
tab and there will be lots of different mindfulness activities to do together. We have done some in class and it really doesn’t matter if they are repeated.
Maths
Let’s count in pounds today. Can we use the < > = signs to compare amounts?
Please follow this you tube link to watch my lesson.
Times Tables
Robins, play Hit the Button today and practise your 4x and 3x table. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Writing
Join me as we read the next entry in Marcel’s diary. Will the boys discover the treasure?
Please follow this you tube link to watch my lesson.
Reading
Did you enjoy your reading yesterday? What is going to happen in your story today? Curl up in a cosy spot and find out.
Spellings
Today’s new words:
disappear (disappeared, disappearing, disappearance)
early (earlier)
describe (describes, described, describing)
different (difference, differently)
difficult (difficulty)
continue (continued, continuing, continues)
consider (considered, considering)
decide (decision, deciding, decided)
PE
Why not try this Jurassic Chase game in our PE time today?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDg7QIVhv4Y&feature=youtu.be
Can you run, slide and freeze to avoid the obstacles?
Enjoy your lessons, fitness and play time today Robins- stay motivated and feel proud of all of the great work you are doing because I am extremely proud of you all.
Love from Mrs Rice xx
Skylarks Home Learning 10.02.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 9th Feb 2021 @ 9:23am
Wednesday 10th February
Good morning Skylarks and Happy Wednesday 😊
I hope you are all well today and are ready for another super day of remote learning. Please don’t forget to join our zoom session this morning at 8.40am. I can’t wait to see you all!
Please see below for today’s home learning tasks and remember that I will be available on our discussion/homework area throughout the school day to help you and provide feedback on your work.
Maths
Time: For your maths lesson today, please see the PowerPoint attached. Just click on the little speaker icon on the PowerPoint page to listen. Today, we are going to be thinking about time. We will be converting between years, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds.
If you cannot access the PowerPoint, please view the maths lesson at the following YouTube link:
If you are watching the lesson through the YouTube link, you may need to pause the video at appropriate times to give yourself time to complete the tasks.
Times Tables
This week can you practice your x12 tables? Don’t forget to practice other tables that you still find tricky too. Can you say it forwards and backwards? Can you write out the multiples of this number? Do you know the division facts? Why not use TTRS or hit the button to help you:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Writing
The Curiosity Shop: Again, please see the PowerPoint attached. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do. As we only have a couple of days left before half term, we are not going to start a new literacy book/topic. Instead, we are going to spend a few days using an intriguing image as a stimulus for our writing. Today we will look at the image of ‘The Curiosity Shop’ and work on some descriptive writing based on it.
If you cannot access the PowerPoint, please view the writing lesson at the following YouTube link:
If you are watching the lesson through the YouTube link, you may need to pause the video at appropriate times to give yourself time to complete the tasks.
Reading
It would also be super if you could spend 10-15 minutes each day reading your school book that you have taken home or another book you have been enjoying at home.
This week’s author of the week is former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq. You can read her book ‘Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World’ at the link below:
https://library.thenational.academy/get-to-know-cookie-and-konnie-huq/
Remember to continue writing in your reading diary and get an adult to sign in, then we can collect our raffle tickets when we are back in school.
Why not tell me what book you are reading over on our discussion?
Spellings
Have a go at reading, saying in a sentence and spelling words with the suffix -ence. You could make your own spelling doodle and add to it throughout the week. I will add a new word each day and then on Thursday we can have a little quiz.
This week’s spelling quiz will take place on Thursday due to a change in the remote learning timetable on Friday (you will find out more about this later in the week).
Today’s word: confidence
Previous words: silence, evidence
Story: You will find our story embedded into our Writing PowerPoint.
Worship
Today for our worship I would like you to take part in a guided meditation on My Smiling Mind, just like we do in school.
Most of you will already have made an account, if so just login and take part in session 5: https://app.smilingmind.com.au/
If you are still having trouble accessing these resources, please don’t hesitate to get in contact.
Have a wonderful day everyone 😊
Love from Miss Beattie x
Swallows - Tuesday 9th February 2021, by Miss Gillam
Date: 8th Feb 2021 @ 5:28pm
Tuesday 9th February 2021
Good morning SUPER Swallows. Welcome back to our blog.
Please see our task list and PowerPoint presentations below to see what your home learning tasks are for today. Please also remember to take a few moments to look at the class discussion page each day where I will be available to ‘chat’ to you about the work that I have set for that day. You can just pop on there to say hi or tell have a little chat with your friends. The children can type in their own messages. It is a lovely, safe way of us staying in touch.
Maths – Can you recognise equal groups?
We are continuing to focus our learning on multiplication this week. Please see the talking Power point video linked below.
Here is the link to the White Rose video mentioned in the PowerPoint. You may want to use this link if you have any problems with sound today.
Times Tables
Please use Times Tables Rock Stars to continue to learn your 2 x table. If you would like your child's log in details, please contact the school office via the admin address and they will email them across to you.
Alternatively, you could have a go at singing and dancing along to the 2 x table stomp. This would make a great active break today.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-the-2-times-table-with-bridget-the-lioness/zrrx92p
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-the-10-times-table-with-webster-the-spider/zm32cqt
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-the-5-times-table/zhbm47h
Writing
Can you plan a new fact sheet?
Please see the talking PowerPoint video linked below. I have recorded the instructions so just click play and then pause when it is time to complete an activity.
Reading
Please spend some time reading either the school book you took home with you or a book you have been reading at home each day. Please also remember to use our Oxford Owl website to access reading books online. Here you can access Read Write Inc and other story books at your level.
- https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-pupils/pupil-home
- https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-pupils/pupil-home?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=&age_group=age%204-7&series=&level=¤t_page=school_ebooks
Username: starlings1 (from the last lockdown)
Password: Home
If you get an adult to sign your reading diary each time you read, you will still be able to collect your raffle tickets when we are back in school.
Here is another great resource to access lots of brilliant reading books online.
Children use a QR code to access a range of stories being read by their authors. The link is: https://www.booksfortopics.com/storytime-online To scan the codes, please download the posters attached at the bottom of today’s blog.
Read Write Inc
Instructions for how to find your RWI learning for today can be found on our English PowerPoint. Here is the link to the Read Write Inc home page on YouTube. It might help to add this as a favourite so that you can quickly find your Read Write Inc learning each day. Please remember that the website updates at 9:30 each day. You may notice that the sounds will start to repeat soon. The children revisit sounds many times when we are teaching Read Write Inc in school. We want to encourage fluency. We want the children to be able to read a text containing each sound at speed, without the need to Fred Talk. In order to achieve this, the children need to see each sound several times. Please continue to focus on the spelling, red word and hold a sentence videos.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
Spellings
Our sparkly new spellings will be on our English PowerPoint each day. Please use your spelling whiteboard and roll and spell game to help you to learn them.
clothes busy people
water again
Story
Please have a listen to the next chapter of our beautiful story ‘The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark’. You will find the audio at the end of our English PowerPoint. I will read a little bit of the story to you here each day.
Worship
It is time for an ‘Open the Book’ worship again today. We love singing along to their special song in school, don’t we Swallows? Please sing along and listen to the story of ‘The Long Journey’. There are some lovely 'spot the difference' and 'crack the code' activities in today’s worship.
PE –
I think you are going to like this Swallows…
Please spend some time chasing dinosaurs today. Today we are going to complete the Ice Age challenge. Can you run and dodge to escape the dinosaurs?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDg7QIVhv4Y
Safer Internet Day
Today we are going to celebrate #SaferInternetDay which aims to raise awareness and make the internet a safer and better place for all.
As we are all on this remote learning journey, we are probably spending a lot more time on the internet and so knowing how to keep ourselves safe is more important than ever!
Here are some internet safety tasks that you may wish to complete today:
- Watch Detective Digiduck as he discovers that the information he finds on the internet might not always be true.
https://www.childnet.com/resources/digiduck-stories/detective-digiduck
- Make your own Digiduck poster explaining how you can stay safe online – you can use the template attached to our blog or design your own.
- Sometimes being online becomes too much and it is important to take a minute, switch devices off and talk to a grown up or do something calming and relaxing. This video might help you:
Please share your posters and storyboards with us on Twitter using the hashtag #SaferInternetDay
Have a brilliant day Swallows and don’t forget to let me know how you are getting on with your learning today on School Spider. I will see you at 9:20 for our Zoom call this morning. Please have a piece of work that you are proud of ready to share with your friends at the end if you would like to.
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam
Toucans Home Learning 9.2.21, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 8th Feb 2021 @ 3:51pm
Tuesday 9th February 2021
Good morning Toucans.
I hope you are all keeping well and had a good day yesterday. It was great to see your achievements being shared on our Discussion and Homework pages. You are all working extremely hard and we are very proud of you. Keep up the great work.
Today we are going to celebrate #SaferInternetDay which aims to raise awareness and make the internet a safer and better place for all.
As we are all on this remote learning journey, we are probably spending a lot more time on the internet and so knowing how to keep ourselves safe is more important than ever!
Here are some internet safety tasks that you may wish to complete today:
- Watch the Safer Internet Day lesson using the link below which will go live this morning at 11am, however you can watch it any time after this too. In this lesson we will learn about how we can stay safe, responsible and wise in an increasingly digital world, with tips and advice from some of the biggest personalities on the internet:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-lessons/safer-internet-day-live-lesson/zdh2wnb
- Using what you have learnt in the lesson above, create a story board or poster to show how to stay safe when online. You could use the templates attached to today’s blog or simply design your own.
- Join Dr Chips and Ms Lieghio for a Safer Internet Day live special! They’ll be launching a brand new online game about phishing scams,‘ The Phisherman’, for KS2 children. Join live at 1.30pm today or watch again at this link at a time to suit you: https://youtu.be/lHbRiFmUFkw
- Sometimes being online becomes too much and it is important to take a minute, switch devices off and talk to a grown up. The following videos help to explain how we might feel online and explain that we may need to take a minute away from devices to focus our minds on something calming and relaxing:
Please share your posters and storyboards with us on Twitter using the hashtag #SaferInternetDay
Maths
Area of a Parallogram – This is a Year 6 objective so you won’t have come across it before. Just listen carefully to the audio on each slide and look carefully at the diagrams to help you today.
Please revise the names and properties of 2D shapes with this game.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/carroll-diagrams/2d-shapes
Please watch this video if you can’t access the audio on the PowerPoint. Remember to just pause it when needed and you can play back too if required.
If you have your Maths CGP book complete page 63 on Areas of Triangles and Parallelograms or see the Word document attached to the blog, including the answers for you to self-check.
Times Tables
Recap all your times tables using TTRockstars https://ttrockstars.com/ Where can you get to on the leader board today? We have been so impressed with your daily scores.
Writing
To improve spelling of words from the Year 5/6 spelling list
See the Power point attached. Like the Maths, Mrs Downing has recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do.
Please watch this video if you can’t access the audio on the PowerPoint. Remember to just pause it when needed and you can play back too if required.
Reading
Toucans, we would love you to read a little each day of the school book you have or a book you have been reading at home.
Spellings
This week we will be looking at the spellings – Plural Nouns
We will focus on the first 3 words today - wishes, matches, peaches,
Write down the singular form for each of these words - wishes, matches, peaches,
Then write down the plural form and explain how they have been made plural. What was the change?
Put each plural word in a sentence to explain its meaning.
Take a look at this lesson from Oak National Academy which will explain all the spelling rules for plurals
Spelling words: bonuses, addresses, boxes, wishes, matches, peaches, dictionaries, identities, coaches, opportunities,
Story
‘The Explorer’ by Katherine Rundell
Please follow this link to see Mrs Whittingham read some more of our new class novel.
Worship
Open the Book – have a listen to the following story
The Long Journey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHu_5K9M2SQ&feature=emb_title
#2021FitnessChallenge – 10 Yoga poses for self-love
Can you improve your poses from the last time we tried this?
https://cosmickids.com/10-kids-yoga-poses-for-self-love/
Have a great day everyone. Remember to use the Discussion page on School Spider to chat to us and upload your home learning tasks using the Upload your Homework tab.
Best wishes from Mrs Downing, Mrs Whittingham and Mr Beswick.
Wednesday 10th February, by Mrs Judge
Date: 8th Feb 2021 @ 2:57pm
Wednesday 10th February
Good Moring Starlings,
I hope you’re all keeping warm in this cold weather – the best way to do this is keep moving which will also help keep you fit and healthy. We’re going to play ‘balance scales’ on our Zoom call today so if you made one yesterday then bring them along, if not then you just need your hands. I’ll also be available for a ‘chat’ on the Class Discussion and Homework page.
As usual, please do your home learning on maths, writing, phonics, spellings and a fitness activity. For Worship, please do a MySmilingMind Meditation and enjoy my story.
Maths
We are continuing to weigh objects today so have lots of fun using objects around the house and remember you can easily make your own balance scales with a coat hanger, pegs/string and some containers. Please see the PowerPoint attached or follow the link to the YouTube video:
Writing
Today, you are going to practise using question and exclamation marks in your writing. Please see the PowerPoint attached or you can follow the link to the YouTube version:
Read, Write, Inc Phonics
Please follow the YouTube links provided to find your group's phonics videos online. The link is the same as last week but new sound videos will be uploaded by the RWI team. (Remember this is after 9:30am)
Red group – you need to look out for set 1 videos on the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
Green group you need to look out for set 2 videos on the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
Pink, yellow and blue groups you need to look out for set 3 videos on the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
The links are also at the end of the English PowerPoint if you need them or the video version of instructions can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRNrR2TuHO0&feature=youtu.be
Spellings
The final slide of the English PowerPoint has today’s spellings. Please have a break after completing your work and come back to the spellings later on.
Story
I've read you a lovely story today all about patience and kindness called 'Christopher Nibble':
Worship
Today for our worship, we would like you to take part in a guided meditation on My Smiling Mind, just like we do in school. I hope you managed to set up an account last week. Follow the link: https://app.smilingmind.com.au/
Fitness Challenge
Have some fun keeping fit doing trying this Just Dance ‘Blue’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFIqSaZM2D0
Reading
Follow the link and the instructions below to access Oxford Owl’s e-libraries:
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/login?active-tab=students
Username: starlings1
Password: Home
We hope you have a wonderful day – keep up with the good work!!
Mrs. Judge, Mrs. O’Marah, Mrs. Esling and Mrs. Southern
Tuesday 9th February, by Mrs Judge
Date: 8th Feb 2021 @ 2:49pm
Tuesday 9th February
Good Moring Starlings.
Today we are going to celebrate #SaferInternetDay which aims to raise awareness and make the internet a safer and better place for all.
As we are all on this remote learning journey, we are probably spending a lot more time on the internet and so knowing how to keep ourselves safe is more important than ever!
Here are some internet safety tasks that you may wish to complete today:
- Watch Detective Digiduck as he discovers that the information he finds on the internet might not always be true.
https://www.childnet.com/resources/digiduck-stories/detective-digiduck
- Make your own Digiduck poster explaining how you can stay safe online – you can use the template attached to our blog or design your own.
- Sometimes being online becomes too much and it is important to take a minute, switch devices off and talk to a grown up or do something calming and relaxing. This video might help you:
I’ll also be available for a ‘chat’ on the Class Discussion and Homework page. Please continue with your home learning on maths, writing, phonics, spellings and a fitness activity. There’s also Open The Book for Worship and a story for you to enjoy.
Maths
Today, we are starting a new topic of Weight and Volume and we are comparing the weights of objects. If you like, you could make your own balance scales out of a coat hanger, some pegs/string and pots – see instructions attached. Please see the PowerPoint attached or follow the link to the YouTube video:
Writing
Today you are going to be revising capital letters. Have some fun matching up lower and upper case letters – I have attached some if you’d like to print them off and play. Please see the PowerPoint attached or you can follow the link to the YouTube version:
Read, Write, Inc Phonics
Please follow the YouTube links provided to find your group's phonics videos online. The link is the same as last week but new sound videos will be uploaded by the RWI team. (Remember this is after 9:30am)
Red group – you need to look out for set 1 videos on the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
Green group you need to look out for set 2 videos on the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
Pink, yellow and blue groups you need to look out for set 3 videos on the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
The links are also at the end of the English PowerPoint if you need them or the video version of instructions can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRNrR2TuHO0&feature=youtu.be
Spellings
The final slide of the English PowerPoint has today’s spellings. Please have a break after completing your work and come back to the spellings later on.
Story
Please enjoy Mrs Southern’s story ‘What’s The Time Mr Wolf’:
Worship
Please enjoy Open The Book’s performance of ‘The Long Journey’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHu_5K9M2SQ
Fitness Challenge
Can you be a superhero today and try The Wonder Woman Workout?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enI5HT_4sbM
Reading
Follow the link and the instructions below to access Oxford Owl’s e-libraries:
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/login?active-tab=students
Username: starlings1
Password: Home
Have a lovely day and don’t get too cold in this freezing weather!
Mrs. Judge, Mrs. O’Marah, Mrs. Esling and Mrs. Southern
Skylarks Home Learning 09.02.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 8th Feb 2021 @ 1:22pm
Tuesday 9th February
Good morning Skylarks 😊
Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope you are all well today and had a great Monday. Please don’t forget to join our zoom session this morning at 8.40am. I can’t wait to see you all!
Please see below for today’s home learning tasks and remember that I will be available on our discussion/homework area throughout the school day to help you and provide feedback on your work.
Today we are going to celebrate #SaferInternetDay which aims to raise awareness and make the internet a safer and better place for all.
As we are all on this remote learning journey, we are probably spending a lot more time on the internet and so knowing how to keep ourselves safe is more important than ever!
Here are some internet safety tasks that you may wish to complete today:
- Watch the Safer Internet Day lesson using the link below which will go live this morning at 11am, however you can watch it any time after this too. In this lesson we will learn about how we can stay safe, responsible and wise in an increasingly digital world, with tips and advice from some of the biggest personalities on the internet: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-lessons/safer-internet-day-live-lesson/zdh2wnb
- Using what you have learnt in the lesson above, create a story board or poster to show how to stay safe when online. You could use the templates attached to today’s blog or simply design your own.
- Join Dr Chips and Ms Lieghio for a Safer Internet Day live special! They’ll be launching a brand new online game about phishing scams,‘ The Phisherman’, for KS2 children. Join live at 1.30pm today or watch again at this link at a time to suit you: https://youtu.be/lHbRiFmUFkw
- Sometimes being online becomes too much and it is important to take a minute, switch devices off and talk to a grown up. The following videos help to explain how we might feel online and explain that we may need to take a minute away from devices to focus our minds on something calming and relaxing: https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/2018/sid-tv-2018/sid-tv-2018-how-i-feel-online-film-7-11-year-olds
Please share your posters and storyboards with us on Twitter using the hashtag #SaferInternetDay
Maths
Metric Units: For your maths lesson today, please see the PowerPoint attached. Just click on the little speaker icon on the PowerPoint page to listen. Today, we are going to continue to look at metric units of measure. We will learn how to convert between metres (m), centimetres (cm) and millimetres (mm), as well as litres (l) and millilitres (ml).
To do this we will need to apply our knowledge of multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 so I have attached a place value grid which you may find useful to print or have open in front of you during the lesson.
If you cannot access the PowerPoint, please view the maths lesson at the following YouTube link:
If you are watching the lesson through the YouTube link, you may need to pause the video at appropriate times to give yourself time to complete the tasks.
Times Tables
This week can you practice your x12 tables? Don’t forget to practice other tables that you still find tricky too. Can you say it forwards and backwards? Can you write out the multiples of this number? Do you know the division facts? Why not use TTRS or hit the button to help you:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Writing
Hansel and Gretel: Again, please see the PowerPoint attached. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do. Today will be our final lesson on the book ‘Hansel and Gretel’. We will be focussing on our use of punctuation today and will become punctuation detectives to spot the mistakes.
If you cannot access the PowerPoint, please view the writing lesson at the following YouTube link:
If you are watching the lesson through the YouTube link, you may need to pause the video at appropriate times to give yourself time to complete the tasks.
Reading
It would also be super if you could spend 10-15 minutes each day reading your school book that you have taken home or another book you have been enjoying at home.
This week’s author of the week is former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq. You can read her book ‘Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World’ at the link below:
https://library.thenational.academy/get-to-know-cookie-and-konnie-huq/
I have also attached issue 5 of ‘First News’ for you to enjoy throughout the week!
Remember to continue writing in your reading diary and get an adult to sign in, then we can collect our raffle tickets when we are back in school.
Why not tell me what book you are reading over on our discussion?
Spellings
Have a go at reading, saying in a sentence and spelling words with the suffix -ence. You could make your own spelling doodle and add to it throughout the week. I will add a new word each day and then on Thursday we can have a little quiz.
This week’s spelling quiz will take place on Thursday due to a change in the remote learning timetable on Friday (you will find out more about this later in the week).
Today’s word: silence
Previous words: evidence
Story: You will find our story embedded into our Writing PowerPoint.
Worship
Today we will take part in an Open the Book worship where we will listen to the story of ‘The Long Journey’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHu_5K9M2SQ&feature=emb_title
Have a wonderful day everyone 😊
Love from Miss Beattie x
Swallows - Monday 8th February 2021, by Miss Gillam
Date: 7th Feb 2021 @ 10:22pm
Monday 8th February 2021
Good morning SUPER Swallows and welcome back to our blog.
It is Monday again! I hope you all had a lovely weekend.
Please see our task list and PowerPoint presentations below to see what your home learning tasks are for today. Please also remember to take a few moments to look at the class discussion page each day where I will be available to ‘chat’ to you about the work that I have set for that day. You can just pop on there to say hi or tell have a little chat with your friends. The children can type in their own messages. It is a lovely, safe way of us staying in touch.
Maths – Can you make arrays?
We are continuing to focus our learning on multiplication this week. Please see the talking Power point video linked below.
Here is the link to the White Rose video mentioned in the PowerPoint. You may want to use this link if you have any problems with sound today.
Times Tables
Please use Times Tables Rock Stars to continue to learn your 2 x table. If you would like your child's log in details, please contact the school office via the admin address and they will email them across to you.
Alternatively, you could have a go at singing and dancing along to the 2 x table stomp. This would make a great active break today.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-the-2-times-table-with-bridget-the-lioness/zrrx92p
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-the-10-times-table-with-webster-the-spider/zm32cqt
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-the-5-times-table/zhbm47h
Writing
Can you write sentences about cats which have been joined using and/but?
Please see the talking PowerPoint video linked below. I have recorded the instructions so just click play and then pause when it is time to complete an activity. Maybe you could use Kung Fu punctuation to check your sentences today.
Reading
Please spend some time reading either the school book you took home with you or a book you have been reading at home each day. Please also remember to use our Oxford Owl website to access reading books online. Here you can access Read Write Inc and other story books at your level.
- https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-pupils/pupil-home
- https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-pupils/pupil-home?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=&age_group=age%204-7&series=&level=¤t_page=school_ebooks
Username: starlings1 (from the last lockdown)
Password: Home
If you get an adult to sign your reading diary each time you read, you will still be able to collect your raffle tickets when we are back in school.
Here is another great resource to access lots of brilliant reading books online.
Children use a QR code to access a range of stories being read by their authors. The link is: https://www.booksfortopics.com/storytime-online To scan the codes, please download the posters attached at the bottom of today’s blog.
Read Write Inc
Instructions for how to find your RWI learning for today can be found on our English PowerPoint. Here is the link to the Read Write Inc home page on YouTube. It might help to add this as a favourite so that you can quickly find your Read Write Inc learning each day. Please remember that the website updates at 9:30 each day. You may notice that the sounds will start to repeat soon. The children revisit sounds many times when we are teaching Read Write Inc in school. We want to encourage fluency. We want the children to be able to read a text containing each sound at speed, without the need to Fred Talk. In order to achieve this, the children need to see each sound several times. Please continue to focus on the spelling, red word and hold a sentence videos.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
Spellings
Our sparkly new spellings will be on our English PowerPoint each day. Please use your spelling whiteboard and roll and spell game to help you to learn them.
clothes busy people
water again
Story
Please have a listen to the next chapter of our beautiful story ‘The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark’. You will find the audio at the end of our English PowerPoint. I will read a little bit of the story to you here each day.
Worship
Please click the link to Mrs Powell’s worship for today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzhHnSOuuQo&feature=youtu.be
Here is a link to ‘The Great Realisation’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA7fGLK35wQ
PE –
I think you are going to like this Swallows…
Please spend some time chasing dinosaurs today. Can you run and dodge to escape the dinosaurs?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uuq6Bky0Dc&t=5sUuq6Bky0Dc&t=5s 
Have a brilliant day Swallows and don’t forget to let me know how you are getting on with your learning today on School Spider. I will see you at 9:20 for our Zoom call this morning. Please have a piece of work that you are proud of ready to share with your friends at the end if you would like to.
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam
Monday 8th February, by Mrs Judge
Date: 7th Feb 2021 @ 8:56pm
Monday 8th February
Good Moring Starlings.
WOW – this is our last week of this half term and hasn’t it gone quickly! We really are missing you and are so proud of all you have achieved. I’m really looking forward to having a catch up on Zoom at 9.20 - bring a pen and paper so we can play our shape game. I’ll also be available for a ‘chat’ on the Class Discussion and Homework page.
As usual, please do your home learning on maths, writing, phonics, spellings and a fitness activity. Mrs Powell has a worship to watch and I’ve read a story for you to relax and listen to.
Maths
This is our last lesson on Length and Height so, as usual, there are some tricky word problems for you to complete. Please see the PowerPoint attached or follow the link to the YouTube video:
Writing
This week for English, we are practising our basic skills and today’s focus will be on singular and plural nouns:
Please see the PowerPoint attached or you can follow the link to the YouTube version:
Read, Write, Inc Phonics
Please follow the YouTube links provided to find your group's phonics videos online. The link is the same as last week but new sound videos will be uploaded by the RWI team. (Remember this is after 9:30am)
Red group – you need to look out for set 1 videos on the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
Green group you need to look out for set 2 videos on the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
Pink, yellow and blue groups you need to look out for set 3 videos on the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
The links are also at the end of the English PowerPoint if you need them or the video version of instructions can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRNrR2TuHO0&feature=youtu.be
Spellings
The final slide of the English PowerPoint has today’s spellings – the numbers eight, nine and ten. Please have a break after completing your writing and come back to the spellings later on.
Story
I’ve read you a story by one of my favourite authors Julia Donaldson -‘Monkey Puzzle’:
Worship
Please click the link to Mrs Powell’s worship today (don’t worry about the date on it – we added a special one in last week for Children’s Mental Health Week):
Fitness Challenge
In Starlings, we always have lots of fun doing Kidz Bop so try their ‘Dance Monkey’ one today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHscaKsr0IU
Reading
Follow the link and the instructions below to access Oxford Owl’s
e-library:
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/login?active-tab=students
Username: starlings1
Password: Home
Keep up your hard work for the last week of this half term!
Mrs. Judge, Mrs. O’Marah, Mrs. Esling and Mrs. Southern
Owls Class Home Learning Monday 8th February, by Mrs O'Marah
Date: 6th Feb 2021 @ 11:50am
Monday 8th February
Good morning Owls class and welcome back to another week of home learning. I hope you had a lovely weekend. Mrs. Campion, Mrs. Hoskins and I are so proud of how hard you are all working at home and in school so keep it up.
Today I have a phonics task, a handwriting task and an e-safety task for you.
There is also a link for today’s Worship and a fitness challenge for you to try.
As always, please post an observation linked to today’s activities to show me how you have got on with your learning today. Any questions please ask and I will try my very best to answer and help you.
Read, Write, Inc.
Just like you did last week, I would like you to follow the link to the main RWI channel to access your phonics videos for today. Please note that because there are no lessons saved on the site over the weekend, the site will not be active and new lessons will not be uploaded until after 9:30am.
Set 1 please follow the link below and access 3 videos: speed sounds, word time and spelling. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
The powerpoint lesson is available to download below or in video format if you would prefer .
Set 3 please follow the link below and access 3 videos: speed sounds, spelling, and longer words https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
E-Safety
An important part of our learning in school is learning all about technology and how to use technology safely. Tomorrow is national internet safety day and so we will be learning about how to stay safe when using the internet today. After you have watched the video I would like you to try and make an e-safety poster or record a message. Have a go at making a penguin mask using a paper plate or perhaps drawing or painting a penguin for a poster. You will need some craft materials if you have them. If not, pencil and paper is absolutely fine.
Handwriting
Today we are going to continue with our Handwriting work. We will be learning how to write the next three letters from the ‘down letters’ family. The letters we will learn and practise today are p, h, i
Don’t forget to hold your pencil properly, just like I showed you last week in our Zoom call.
Please see the lesson video or alternatively see the PowerPoint.
Worship
Here is the link to Mrs. Powell’s worship video today: https://youtu.be/SzhHnSOuuQo
Fitness Challenge:
Have a go at this Dance challenge and dance along to ‘I wanna be like you’ from The Jungle Book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0OMDUJEK1I&feature=emb_title
As always, please post examples of your work and let me know how you are getting on using tapestry. Remember, if you experience technical issues with the tapestry app, please use the school spider blog if you have any difficulty accessing lesson materials. If you have any problems please send a message on tapestry or email the school office at admin@lostockgralam.cheshire.sch.uk and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
Have fun!
Mrs. O’Marah
Toucans Home Learning 8.2.21, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 5th Feb 2021 @ 3:06pm
Monday 8th February 2021
Good morning Toucans.
I hope you all had a lovely restful weekend with your families and are ready for another week of home learning. Last week before you have a nice long rest over half-term.
Worship - Christian Value - RESPECT
"The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it."  
(Genesis 2:15) 
Respect Worship with Mrs Powell – please watch the video below to hear Mrs Powell share this beautiful book with you
Maths
Area of a Triangle – This is a Year 6 objective so you won’t have come across it before. Just listen carefully to the audio on each slide and look carefully at the diagrams and I’m sure you will be able to master this today!
Please watch this video if you can’t access the audio on the PowerPoint. Remember to just pause it when needed and you can play back too if required.
Times Tables
Recap all your times tables using TTRockstars https://ttrockstars.com/ Where can you get to on the leader board today? We have been so impressed with your daily scores.
Writing
To write a paragraph to explain what is special about these animals and why humans should protect them.
See the Power point attached. Like the Maths, Mrs Downing has recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do.
Please watch this video if you can’t access the audio on the PowerPoint. Remember to just pause it when needed and you can play back too if required.
On-line stopwatch –
https://www.online-stopwatch.com/full-screen-stopwatch/
Reading
Toucans, we would love you to read a little each day of the school book you have or a book you have been reading at home.
New edition of First News is on the blog today. I would recommend reading the following articles.
- Animal News page 10 especially ‘Dogs learn new words’.
- Interview with Francesca Simon about her new book Two Terrible Vikings p. 13
Spellings
This week we will be looking at the spellings – Plural Nouns
We will focus on the first 3 words today - bonuses, addresses, boxes
Write down the singular form for each of these words - bonuses, addresses, boxes
Then write down the plural form and explain how they have been made plural. What was the change?
Put each plural word in a sentence to explain its meaning.
Take a look at this lesson from Oak National Academy which will explain all the spelling rules for plurals
Spelling words: bonuses, addresses, boxes, wishes, matches, peaches, dictionaries, identities, coaches, opportunities,
Story
‘The Explorer’ by Katherine Rundell, read by Mrs Whittingham
Please follow this link to see Mrs Whittingham read some more of our new class novel.
Eco Schools at Home Campaign
Mrs Brennan has registered our school into an #EcoSchoolsAtHome campaign and she needs your help! Have a look at the below eco-challenges that we would love you to complete before 26th March 2021:
- Draw a ‘Don’t drop litter’ poster and drop it to the school reception area to be displayed in the window
- Upcycle a plastic bottle into something new (e.g. a bird feeder)
- Carry out a 2-day single use plastic audit at home – this means keep a record of all the times you use single-use plastic that needs to be thrown away after use
- Design a new anti-littering slogan and logo for fast food, soft drinks or PPE litter
- Interview an older person to ask them about their thoughts on if the amount of litter is increasing
You can share photos of your work or you completing the eco-challenges with us on Twitter, or drop off anything you do make into the school reception area. A big thank you to everyone who has done this so far. Our window is beginning to take shape!
#2021FitnessChallenge
Jump Start Jonny - https://www.jumpstartjonny.co.uk/free-stuff
Click on the tab saying ‘Workouts’ and try some of the Chillouts today.
Have a great day everyone. Remember to use the Discussion page on School Spider to chat to us and upload your home learning tasks using the Upload your Homework tab.
Best wishes from Mrs Downing, Mrs Whittingham and Mr Beswick.
Skylarks Home Learning 08.02.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 5th Feb 2021 @ 10:52am
Monday 8th February
Good morning Skylarks and Happy Monday 😊
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and are feeling eager to carry on with our remote learning this week. Thank you to those of you who continue to engage with our daily zoom sessions and class discussion. It would be amazing to see you all on our zoom this morning. You will find our new meeting link and passcode in your emails or on our class discussion this morning.
See below for today’s home learning tasks and remember that I will be available on our discussion/homework area throughout the school day to help you and provide feedback on your work.
Maths
Metric Units: For your maths lesson today, please see the PowerPoint attached. Just click on the little speaker icon on the PowerPoint page to listen. Today, we are moving on to look at metric units of measure. We will learn how to convert between kilometres (km) and metres (m), as well as kilograms (kg) and grams (g).
To do this we will need to apply our knowledge of multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 so I have attached a place value grid which you may find useful to print or have open in front of you during the lesson.
If you cannot access the PowerPoint, please view the maths lesson at the following YouTube link:
If you are watching the lesson through the YouTube link, you may need to pause the video at appropriate times to give yourself time to complete the tasks.
Times Tables
This week can you practice your x12 tables? Don’t forget to practice other tables that you still find tricky too. Can you say it forwards and backwards? Can you write out the multiples of this number? Do you know the division facts? Why not use TTRS or hit the button to help you:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Writing
Hansel and Gretel: Again, please see the PowerPoint attached. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do. Today, we will continue to look at the book ‘Hansel and Gretel’ by Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm. We will read to the end of the story and create a timeline or journey map summarising the main events in the story.
I have attached the whole text below which you will need to print or have opened for our lesson today.
If you cannot access the PowerPoint, please view the writing lesson at the following YouTube link:
If you are watching the lesson through the YouTube link, you may need to pause the video at appropriate times to give yourself time to complete the tasks.
Reading
It would also be super if you could spend 10-15 minutes each day reading your school book that you have taken home or another book you have been enjoying at home.
I have attached issue 5 of ‘First News’ for you to enjoy throughout the week!
Remember to continue writing in your reading diary and get an adult to sign in, then we can collect our raffle tickets when we are back in school.
Why not tell me what book you are reading over on our discussion?
Spellings
Have a go at reading, saying in a sentence and spelling words with the suffix -ence. You could make your own spelling doodle and add to it throughout the week. I will add a new word each day and then on Friday we can have a little quiz.
Today’s word: evidence
Story: You will find our story embedded into our Writing PowerPoint.
Worship
Today Mrs Powell has recorded a worship for you which you can watch here:
Please don’t worry about the incorrect date in the title of the video.
Have a wonderful Monday everyone 😊
Love from Miss Beattie x
Y3 08.02.21, by Mrs Rice
Date: 5th Feb 2021 @ 8:54am
Monday 8th February 2021
Good morning Robins and welcome to the final week of this half term and what an unusual six weeks we have had!
Worship
Please click the link to Mrs Powell’s worship today as she explores our Christian Value of Respect with us.
Maths – Statistics time, let’s explore how data can be represented in a table! Follow the link to watch my lesson.
Times Tables
TTRock Stars today. https://ttrockstars.com/ Have a look at the leader board
Reading
Please enjoy reading the next addition of our First News newspaper which I have attached. Can you tell me what your favourite article was?
Writing
Please follow this link to watch my lesson as we begin our new text “The Treasure of Lascaux”.
Spellings
Let’s continue with our Y3/4 words from the National Curriculum.
Today’s words are:
continue (continued, continuing, continues)
consider (considered, considering)
decide (decision, deciding, decided)
How are you going to learn this week’s words? I loved Lily’s example of a spelling flower J
Roll n Spell/Spelling Doodle/Post It Notes/Look Say Cover Write Check…?
PE
Today have a go at Go-Noodle so you can add some activities to your challenge record. This one is funny! Let’s do “The Syd”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMuJxd2Gpxo
Have a super day at home Robins. Keep going, remember how proud I am of you all.
Love from Mrs Rice xx
Starlings Home Learning 5th February, by Mrs O'Marah
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 7:54pm
Friday 5th February
Hello lovely Starlings, and welcome to another Friday! You have made it to the end of another week and we could not be more proud of you, well done!
I am looking forward to our Zoom call this morning. Today I would like you all to share something you are proud of, or something that has made you smile this week in well-being week.
Today’s tasks are Phonics Science, English and Spelling tasks. Please see the links to the day’s lesson videos and find the attached PowerPoint versions also. Your Read Write Inc videos are as normal using the same link.
Mrs. Esling will be online on the class discussion homework page today so please share your learning with her as you have been doing all week. I will be in school all day today. Any problems please let one of us know or email admin@lostockgralam.cheshire.sch.uk and we will do our very best to resolve these straight away.
Read, Write, Inc Phonics
Please follow the links provided to find your group's phonics videos online. The link is the same as yesterday but new sound videos will be uploaded by the RWI team. (Remember this is usually after 9:30am)
Red group – you need to look out for set 1 videos on the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
Green group you need to look out for set 2 videos on the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
Pink, yellow and blue groups you need to look out for set 3 videos on the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
Science
Instead of Maths, today you have a Science task. You will be continuing your learning about the senses and today we will be learning all about hearing.
The link to the video version of the lesson is: https://youtu.be/zB-zgL0obvQ
Or you can download the PowerPoint below.
For an extra, fun challenge, why not have a look at who can make the best model of an (outer) ear? You can use playdoh or you can draw it or maybe make a lego ear? Show me on the discussion page when you are done. I’ll be having a go too!
English
Today is the last lesson of our unit of work on the fable ‘Tortoise and Hare’. You will be writing the end of your story today.
A downloadable copy of the lesson PowerPoint can be found below, and the youtube link to today's video is: https://youtu.be/U5cwqnO-ALQ
Spellings
Today’s spellings are five, six and seven. Please see the final slide of the English lesson PowerPoint below to look for how we would like you to practise these words today.
Reading
Follow the link and the instructions below to access Oxford Owl’s e-libraries.
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/login?active-tab=students
Username: starlings1
Password: Home
Story
Today’s story is ‘The Heart and the Bottle’ so please enjoy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ0s-mgPDjA
Worship-
Here’s the link to Mrs. Powell’s worship today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IriMTHdfPAM&feature=youtu.be
Fitness Challenge
Have a go at this Dance challenge and dance along to ‘I wanna be like you’ from The Jungle Book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0OMDUJEK1I&feature=emb_title
Finally, your Friday activity for well-being week is:
Good luck, have a lovely day and a fun weekend.
Mrs. O'Marah, Mrs. Judge, Mrs. Esling and Mrs. Southern
Swallows - Friday 5th February, by Miss Gillam
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 6:11pm
Friday 5th February 2021
Good morning super Swallows and welcome back to our class blog.
I hope you enjoyed some mindfulness and wellbeing time again yesterday. Did you make your own feelings scale? Did you spend some time looking up at the sky? I would like you to spend some time having fun outdoors doing whatever makes you happiest today.
Please see our task list and PowerPoint presentations below to see what your home learning tasks are for today. Please also remember to take a few moments to look at the class discussion page each day where I will be available to ‘chat’ to you about the work that I have set for that day. You can just pop on there to say hi or tell have a little chat with your friends. The children can type in their own messages. It is a lovely, safe way of us staying in touch.
Maths – Can you add equal groups?
We are going continue with our brand new unit of work today focusing on multiplication. Please see the talking Power point video linked below. Today we will be adding equal groups.
Here is the link to the White Rose video mentioned in the PowerPoint. You may want to use this link if you have any problems with sound today.
Times Tables
Please use Times Tables Rock Stars to continue to learn your 2 x table. Remember to email our admin team if you would like your child's log in details.
Science – Can I identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats?
SURPRISE! We thought we would mix things up a little bit today and swap our usual English lesson for a Science lesson. You have all worked SO hard and deserve a bit of a change.
Please see the talking Power point video linked below.
Here is a fun science game which can be played to secure your knowledge of food chains.
Chester Zoo Virtual Visit
To link with our learning about animals, why not take a virtual trip to Chester Zoo today? How exciting!
Reading
Please spend some time reading either the school book you took home with you or a book you have been reading at home each day. Please also remember to use our Oxford Owl website to access reading books online. Here you can access Read Write Inc and other story books at your level.
- https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-pupils/pupil-home
- https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-pupils/pupil-home?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=&age_group=age%204-7&series=&level=¤t_page=school_ebooks
Username: starlings1 (from the last lockdown)
Password: Home
If you get an adult to sign your reading diary each time you read, you will still be able to collect your raffle tickets when we are back in school.
Why not have a listen to David Walliams reading some of his amazing stories today?
https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/
Read Write Inc
Please follow the link below to your Read Write Inc learning today.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
Here is a link to the Phonics Play website. This is a fantastic resource which is currently free for parents and children to use while learning from home. Here you can access lots of fun Phonics games to help you to revisit your sounds. In Year Two, we are focusing on phase 5 and 6. Please log in and select resources. You will then find lots of fun games to play.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources
username: jan21
password: home
Spellings
It is quiz day! Don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten. Your spelling quiz is at the end of your Maths PowerPoint today. I wonder who is going to get 5/5 today.
would who whole any many
Worship
Here is a link to Mrs Powell’s Friday worship. Mrs Powell has chosen to read a beautiful story called ‘Kindness Grows’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IriMTHdfPAM&feature=youtu.be
Can you create your own feelings chart? Maybe you could refer to it each day to tell your adults how you are feeling.
PE
Please have a look at this Go Noodle video during your active time today. It is all about being kind to yourself. If you are struggling to focus today, this video might help to refocus your mind, enabling you to prepare your mind and body for your learning time. Please then try to spend 20 active minutes outdoors.
https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/be-kind-to-yourself
Thank you for sharing your work me yesterday, I am looking forward to seeing your work on our homework pages again.
Have a brilliant day and a wonderful weekend. Please remember that I am here if you need anything.
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam
12.2.21, by Mrs Evans
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 5:43pm
Friday 12th February 
Gung hay fat choy is how Cantonese speakers wish you a happy new year—literally "wishing you great happiness and prosperity."
In China, the official language is Mandarin. Gong xi fa cai is how Mandarin-speakers wish you a happy new year—literally "wishing you to be prosperous in the coming year."
Hello everyone. We think you have worked so hard with your remote learning this half term so as a little treat and a big thank you here are some lovely activities for you to choose from today.
We would like you to start with Mrs Powell’s worship then complete your Science lesson.
Then the choice is yours! Perhaps these will give you some nice ideas to do over the half term holiday too.
Worship
Please click on the link for Mrs Powell’s worship today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuv5szIn6AI&feature=youtu.be
Science
Please click here for the link to today’s science lesson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w-vCxMdJ2c
If you also wanted to watch the next BBC Teach video all about stringed instruments, then click on the link here.
Please click here for the link to a video of all of the teachers explaining the fun activities below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNh6KS0A38E
Build a den either inside (or even outdoors if we are lucky enough to have a warm, dry day) You could use blankets, sheets, cushions, old boxes, chairs. Could you put your teddy bear in there and a book?
http://www.robbiddulph.com/draw-with-rob
While you are out on your daily walk, why not look out for the following things and tick them off when you see them. There is a large copy of the sheet attached to the blog.
Puppet show
•Make up your own story to act out or you could use one of your favourite stories instead
•Make your own puppet characters – these could be sock, stick or finger puppets
•You could even make your own puppet theatre out of a cereal box
•Perform your story using your puppets for your family
Obstacle course. You don’t need any fancy equipment. Just get creative with the things you have already got at home or in your garden. E.g.
- Balance a potato on a spoon
- Balance a cushion on your head
- Jump over a skipping rope/piece of string, pair of tights
- Use rolled up socks as cones and run in and out of them
- Keepie uppies with rolled up socks
Lego building challenge
How many of these objects could you make using your Lego?
Don’t worry if you don’t have any Lego, could you make these using different materials that you could find around your house e.g. Empty toilet roll holders, cereal boxes, plastic bottles etc.
Make A Glitter Jar
Have some fun creating your very own glitter jar – fill it with water and whatever you have around the house then shake it and let your mind calm as you watch everything float to the bottom.
Art – Can you make your own view finder?
Are you feeling creative and outdoorsy today? Why not have a go at creating your own view finder with Miss Gillam today. Use your view finder to help you to bite off a measurable chunk of a landscape to draw. This can be anywhere from your back yard to your garden or even the view from your balcony. All you will need is a piece of paper, a pencil and some string. Don’t forget to share your masterpiece with your family, our school Twitter page and in your next class Zoom call.
Maths
Let’s make our walk today a little more interesting, time to play ‘Walking Bingo!’
Visit https://www.template.net/design-templates/free-printable-bingo-card/
And print off a bingo card to take with you on your next walk. Search for the numbers on your card on houses, signs, bus stops....If you find a number on you card, you can cross it off. I wonder if you can get a line or even a full house?
Or, perhaps you could make your own number pavement trail using chalk?
Build a structure using marshmallows and spaghetti
Art
Drawing 
Story - ‘One Hundred Steps’ by Sir Captain Tom Moore
This is a beautiful story written by Captain Sir Tom Moore, who we remember for raising money for charity in the run-up to his 100th birthday during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is an important message of resilience and optimism, just when we need it most. It’s a book about adventure, family, hope and what we can achieve when we work together. This will help to remind us of Sir Tom, who sadly passed away last week, and of the kindness and courage we require in these unprecedented times. Please follow the link to ‘One Hundred Steps'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgZZ1SbOSxM&t=2s
Have fun and Happy Half Term,
Love from the whole Lostock Gralam Team xxx
11.2.21, by Mrs Evans
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 5:42pm
Thursday 11th February 2021 
Good morning my Superstars. We are really, nearly at half term. Well done and I know you can keep going for just a little longer. Then you will really appreciate a lovely rest at half term.
Worship
Tomorrow is the start of the special festival of Chinese New Year when we say goodbye to the Year of the Rat and welcome the Year of the Ox.
Here are some links to follow if you want to find out more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/Km8DJ5w9Rmw03ds4gp7Hz8/chinese-new-year
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/event/chinese-new-year-2021-year-of-the-ox-2021
Today’s sing and sign is Our God is a Great Big God.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGYVhGWlRhA
Maths
Can I find perimeter using a grid? Click this link for Mrs Evans’ lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9K4lIQ2joE
If you want to print the worksheets or squared paper for today, they are attached below.
Times Tables
Have a go at times table pairs. Have a go with the 7x 9x table or 11x table. https://www.timestables.co.uk/times-tables-memory.html
Writing
Can compare texts? Click the link for today’s lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLIO-ulJVB4
For some reason Spider wouldn't let me upload the Ancient Greek texts. If you printed yesterday or Tuesday, this is the same text. The texts are also on screen today or linked to yesterday's blog.
Reading
Enjoy your reading time each day. Just 20 minutes a day can make such a difference.
Here is a link to Newsround again. What articles will you choose to read about today? https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround
Click on the link if you are a Harry Potter fan and want to have a go at a quiz. (Please note, this video has no sound) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-tJzASHfkc
Spellings
We are learning words from the Y3/4 Statutory word list.
This week, choose 2 or 3 of these words each day and add them to your own spelling doodle.
You can also play games with these words. Choose the games with the FREE red star 
https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/44/26-Word-list-years-3-and-4---br--to-ce-
https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/45/27-Word-list-years-3-and-4---ci--to-ea-
Use the dictionary to find out the meanings of your spellings then write them in a sentence
Story
Charlotte’s Web: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEXqO6jAZS4
PE
Try and use these PE ideas for mini brain breaks in between your lessons. Like we do in school with playtime and track time.
Fabio’s meatball run made me laugh…a lot! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU0ETGd5dgk&list=PLvOM63VL7J_f3KKLwCe3UlbElFp-_iwC8&index=3&t=0s
And brush up on your dance moves with the Cha Cha slide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1gMUbEAUFw
Here is the 5 a day Jubilee dance that lots of you love doing in class https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBTvnJpwcKw
Enjoy your day today and I look forward to seeing your wonderful work.
Love from Mrs Evans and Miss Randles xx
10.2.21, by Mrs Evans
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 5:42pm
Wednesday 10th February 2021
Good morning Team Goldfinch and I hope you are all ready for another day. Do something today to make yourself feel proud- I wonder if you could do something the first time you are asked. Could you help tidy a room? Could you send a message or have a call with a relative or friend who you don't live with?
Mindfulness
In our worship time on Wednesdays we are going to enjoy a mindfulness activity: https://www.smilingmind.com.au/
If you prefer the other mindfulness sessions here is a link to the New Horizon Meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNZhLXx8rOI
Maths
Can I measure perimeter? Click the link for today’s lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77doC2vU1Z4
Today you will need a piece of string or wool and a ruler or tape measure.
If you want to print the worksheet, the resources page is attached below.
Times Tables
Goldfinches play Hit the Button today and practise your 11x table. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Times Tables Rally- see if you can get any further. I’m going to persevere for longer today! https://www.timestables.co.uk/rally.html
Writing
Can I use the dictionary efficiently? Can I use past tense verbs? Click the link for today’s lesson with Mrs Evans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkbndeXkBsQ
I have also attached the Ancient Greek Text – This is the same as yesterday so you don’t need to re-print it if you already have a copy.
Here are the links to the Greek alphabet pages: https://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_greece/greek_alphabet.php
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/history/ancient-greece/greek-alphabet/
Reading
Did you enjoy your reading yesterday? What is going to happen in your story today? Curl up in a cosy spot and find out.
Click on the link if you are a Harry Potter fan and want to have a go at a quiz. (Please note, this video has no sound) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-tJzASHfkc
Spellings
We are learning words from the Y3/4 Statutory word list.
This week, choose 2 or 3 of these words each day and add them to your own spelling doodle.
You can also play games with these words. Choose the games with the FREE red star
https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/45/27-Word-list-years-3-and-4---ci--to-ea-
https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/44/26-Word-list-years-3-and-4---br--to-ce-
Story
Charlotte’s Web: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdRl1a8d5CI
PE
Here are the Marvel, Star Wars and Harry Potter workouts in this link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokO71NW3TgndaSNyHIqwtQ
Here is a different link for Kidzbop if you fancy a dance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYPNrg-s-NI
We are so nearly at the end of such a strange half term and you just continue to impress me every day. Be proud of your achievements today. You are all wonderful.
Love from Mrs Evans and Miss Randles xx