Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
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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
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
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
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
Swallows - Thursday 4th February, by Miss Gillam
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 7:52am
Thursday 4th 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 go outside and observe the weather? Did you spot any signs of spring?
Please spend some time looking up at the sky today. Does the sky change throughout the day? Maybe you could draw it?
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 going to be starting a brand new unit of work today focusing on multiplication and division. Please see the talking Power point video linked below. Today we will be making 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.
Writing
Can you group facts using subheadings?
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. I hope you enjoy learning facts about owls 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.
Why not have a listen to David Walliams reading some of his amazing stories today?
https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/
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
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
Please use your spelling whiteboard and roll and spell game to help you to learn our 5 spellings for this week. Remember to think of rhymes, songs and actions to help you. Tomorrow is quiz day!
would who whole any many
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. We are OVER half way through the story now.
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
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 with Mrs Southern and I yesterday, I am looking forward to seeing your work on our homework pages again. I just love being able to provide you with some feedback on your learning.
Have a brilliant day Swallows and remember that I am here if you need anything.
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam
Swallows - Wednesday 3rd February 2021, by Miss Gillam
Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 7:48am
Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Good morning and welcome back to Swallows class blog.
I hope you are all well and ready for another busy day of super learning.
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. I have a little surprise for you all today though Swallows…
Mrs Southern is back and she is going to be chatting to you all on our class discussion today. She is desperate to see all of your super learning and will be marking your home learning for you today. Let’s blow her socks off by uploading some fantastic learning to the homework section of our School Spider website. How exciting!
Maths – Can I solve 2 step problems?
Please see the talking Power point video linked below. There are some really tricky problems on your worksheet today Swallows. Please don’t worry if you don’t get through all of the question’s. Just upload what you get finished in your lesson time today.
I know that some of you like to use two devices or open separate tabs so here is a link to the White Rose video shown during our PowerPoint today for if you need it.
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 play ‘Hit the Button’. Please section the 2, 5 or 10 x table.
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
- https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/36325
Note: When you log in to TT Rock Stars, please select schools, students and then enter our school name and your login details.
Here is a brilliant song to increase your fluency when learning your 2 x table. Can you sing along?
Writing
Can you describe how a cat moves using ‘ly’ adverbs?
Please see the talking PowerPoint video linked below. Like the maths, 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.
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. We will complete our little spelling quiz each Friday.
would who whole any many
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. We are almost half way through the story now.
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.
Here is a gorgeous video you might like to watch at home. It reminds us that even though things are a bit different and strange at the minute, people around the world are finding new ways to share love, laughter and hope with each other:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl1NW7h7lrY
PE
Please spend 20 minutes outside, keeping active. Maybe we could share some ideas of different ways to keep active outdoors in our class discussion today.
ECO
We are very excited to be taking part in a fantastic award winning #EcoschoolsAtHome campaign open to 30 schools in Cheshire West! By taking part our school could win one of 3 litter picking kits worth £770. This challenge will help us to keep our Eco Green Flag Award for the coming years.
Below are ways in which you at home could help us to win this challenge.
· Draw a ‘Don’t drop litter’ poster and display in a window at school or at home
· Upcycle a plastic bottle into something new
- Deliver a short(remote) presentation on the danger of litter to wildlife to the rest of their school or family
· 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. (perhaps via video call from home and the findings put into a document)
Have a wonderful day Swallows and don’t forget to let us 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.
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam
Swallows - Tuesday 2nd February 2021, by Miss Gillam
Date: 2nd Feb 2021 @ 7:01am
Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Good morning Swallows and welcome back to our class blog.
Guess what? We have a very special birthday to celebrate today.
Gorgeous little Teddy is 1 today! Happy Birthday to our lovely Teddy Tedster.
I hope you enjoyed some mindfulness and wellbeing time yesterday. Did you go outside and close your eyes yesterday? Did you listen for the sounds of nature? I am attaching the suggested activities for you to choose from at the bottom of our blog post again. Today, I would like you to be weather watchers.
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 find the change?
We are continuing to focus our learning on money this week. Please see the talking Power point video linked below. Today we will be finding change. Tricky stuff!
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 play ‘Hit the Button’. Please section the 2, 5 or 10 x table.
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
- https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/36325
Note: When you log in to TT Rock Stars, please select schools, students and then enter our school name and your login details.
Here is a brilliant song to increase your fluency when learning your 2 x table. Can you sing along?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqbg87h/articles/zc7ygdm
Writing
Can you ask questions about cats?
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. I hope you enjoy learning how to use Kung Fu punctuation again today. SHI SHI SHI HA!
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
Please use your spelling whiteboard and roll and spell game to help you to learn our 5 spellings for this week. Remember to think of rhymes, songs and actions to help you.
would who whole any many
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. We are almost half way through the story now.
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 Two Houses’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or3Gm6I8Zy4&t=12s
This week is Children’s Mental Health Week so we have been thinking of lots of lovely activities for you to choose from to help with your wellbeing. Please have a look at the wellbeing plan which is attached at the bottom of our blog today.
PE –
For today’s fitness challenge I would like you to have a go at ‘Jack Jack’s Super Shapes’ challenge. It's your turn to shapeshift like Jack-Jack – he can transform his body! Can you lead everyone in a shapeshifting routine?
https://www.nhs.uk/10-minute-shake-up/shake-ups/jack-jacks-super-shapes
ECO
We are very excited to be taking part in a fantastic award winning #EcoschoolsAtHome campaign open to 30 schools in Cheshire West! By taking part our school could win one of 3 litter picking kits worth £770. This challenge will help us to keep our Eco Green Flag Award for the coming years.
Below are ways in which you at home could help us to win this challenge.
· Draw a ‘Don’t drop litter’ poster and display in a window at school or at home
· Upcycle a plastic bottle into something new
- Deliver a short(remote) presentation on the danger of litter to wildlife to the rest of their school or family
· 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. (perhaps via video call from home and the findings put into a document)
We hope that you have fun making these with your families.
Thank you for sharing your work with me yesterday, I am looking forward to seeing your work on our homework pages again and being able to provide you with some feedback on your learning again today.
Have a brilliant day Swallows and 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
Swallows - Monday 1st February 2021, by Miss Gillam
Date: 31st Jan 2021 @ 10:29pm
Monday 1st February 2021
Good morning SUPER Swallows and welcome back to our blog.
I hope you all had a lovely weekend. I can’t wait to show you something new and exciting on our Zoom call this morning. I hope you are ready for a bit of a giggle today. Here is a little clue….
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 find the difference?
We are continuing to focus our learning on money 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 play ‘Hit the Button’. Please section the 2, 5 or 10 x table.
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
- https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/36325
Note: When you log in to TT Rock Stars, please select schools, students and then enter our school name and your login details.
Here is a brilliant song to increase your fluency when learning your 2 x table. Can you sing along?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqbg87h/articles/zc7ygdm
Writing
Can you write a description of a cat?
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. I hope you enjoy learning how to use Kung Fu punctuation. I wonder who will surprise their adult by using a comma in their writing 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.
would who whole any many
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
This week is Children’s Mental Health Week so we have been thinking of lots of lovely activities for you to choose from to help with your wellbeing. Please have a look at the wellbeing plan which is attached at the bottom of our blog today.
Please click the link to Mrs Powell’s worship below which is linked to Children’s Mental Health Week.
PE –
Please spend some time completing some of our 5-a-day activities today. I recommend using these activities to break up tasks throughout the day. Perhaps you could complete a little dance in between your writing tasks today? As I want you to keep calm but also keep moving, I recommend the ‘Time-2-Chill’ videos for breaks during learning time. Perhaps you could then reward yourself for completing the lesson by completing one of the more energetic ‘Fitness’ videos.
There are NEW login details for 5-a-day
Home Access Username - LGPS97
Home Access Password - LosGr9
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
Swallows - Friday 29th January 2021, by Miss Gillam
Date: 28th Jan 2021 @ 6:18pm
Friday 29th January 2021
Good morning SUPER Swallows and welcome back to our blog.
I hope you are all well and ready for another busy day of super learning. It is our last day of home learning before the weekend. Let’s make it a good one!
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.
Science – Can you identify the characteristics of living things?
SURPRISE! We thought we would mix things up a little bit today and swap our usual Maths 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 the link to the Oak Academy video mentioned in the PowerPoint. Uploading the video to the PowerPoint was interfering with the sound quality, so I thought a link might be best today.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-are-the-characteristics-of-living-things-70u30c#
Here is a fun science game which can be played to secure your knowledge of living and non-living things. Please remember to use MRS NERG to help you to give reasons.
https://www.turacogames.com/games/living-non-living/
Times Tables
Please use Times Tables Rock Stars 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 play ‘Hit the Button’. Please section the 2, 5 or 10 x table.
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
- https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/36325
Note: When you log in to TT Rock Stars, please select schools, students and then enter our school name and your login details.
Writing
Can you answer questions to show what you have found out?
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. I hope you enjoy learning all about cats 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 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. Please remember to complete your Friday Quiz today!
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
Here is a link to Mrs Powell’s Friday worship. Mrs Powell has chosen to read a fabulous story which is written by one of our favourite authors, David Walliams.
Up at the North Pole, a big furry polar bear is swimming, fishing and eating. But when she nods off and finds herself far from home, she thinks things can’t get any worse.
But they can…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYc5Xfs2_SQ&feature=youtu.be
PE - Can you complete a 1 minute challenge?
1 minute Active challenges. How many of each of these can you do in 1 minute?
Press-ups
Sit ups
Star jumps
Bounces on the spot
High knees
Socks in the box (use a pair of rolled up socks and aim in a box)
Have a fabulous Friday Swallows and don’t forget to let us 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 if you would like to.
Parents, I will be phoning to check in today and answer any questions that you may have about home learning. I look forward to catching up with you all soon.
Have a wonderful weekend Swallows.
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam
Swallows - Thursday 28th January 2021, by Miss Gillam
Date: 28th Jan 2021 @ 7:51am
Thursday 28th January 2021
Good morning SUPER Swallows and welcome back to our class blog.
I hope you are all well and ready for another busy day of super learning. I can’t quite believe that it is Thursday already.
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 I find the total? Please see the talking Power point video linked below.
I know that some of you like to use two devices or open separate tabs so here is a link to the White Rose video shown during our PowerPoint today for if you need it.
Maybe you could make your own little shop today? Can you create price tags and go shopping? How much money would you need to buy two items from your shop?
Here is a game that you could play today. You can learn how to sort coins, order coins or count amounts.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/coins-game
Times Tables
Please use Times Tables Rock Stars 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 play ‘Hit the Button’. Please section the 2, 5 or 10 x table.
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
- https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/36325
Note: When you log in to TT Rock Stars, please select schools, students and then enter our school name and your login details.
Writing
Can you understand the vocabulary used in ‘All About Cats’? Can you use our new vocabulary in your own sentences?
Please see the talking PowerPoint video linked below. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click play and then pause when it is time to complete an activity. I hope you enjoy learning all about cats 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 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. We will complete our little spelling quiz each Friday.
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 is our Praise Worship where we get to spend some time singing and signing to some of our favourite hymns. I have chosen one of my favourites today, ‘Shine Jesus Shine’.
Please click on the link to find the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgUdF8UJsrQ
PE
Please complete our ‘Healthy Hearts’ workout video today. Here, you will find some ideas for a circuit of activities to raise your heart rate. This is called circuit training.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RyFb4GQbOM
Have a fabulous day Swallows and don’t forget to let us 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 if you would like to.
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam
Swallows - Wednesday 27th January 2021, by Miss Gillam
Date: 26th Jan 2021 @ 10:54pm
Wednesday 27th January 2021
Good morning and welcome back to Swallows class blog.
I hope you are all well and ready for another busy day of super learning.
Please see our task list and PowerPoint presentation videos 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. I have a little surprise for you all today though Swallows…
Mrs Southern is going to be chatting to you all on our class discussion today as she is desperate to see the progress that you have all made since she last saw you in July. Let’s blow her socks off by uploading some fantastic learning to the homework section of our School Spider website. How exciting!
Maths – Can I compare amounts? Please see the talking Power point video linked below. I wonder who will spot ANOTHER little visitor on our Maths PowerPoint today? Let me know when you have spotted them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYwP6fVwBDk&feature=youtu.be
I know that some of you like to use two devices or open separate tabs so here is a link to the White Rose video shown during our PowerPoint today for if you need it.
As we are comparing amounts using our greater than, less than and equal to symbols today, I have attached a poster and a link to a special song that Swallows loved singing along to last year. Please use these resources to remind yourself of the symbols that we can use to compare amounts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka9zbPcqXBI
Times Tables
Please use Times Tables Rock Stars to learn your 2 x table. If you would like your child's log in details, please contact the school office via the admin email address and they will email them across to you. Alternatively, you could play ‘Hit the Button’. Please select the 2, 5 or 10 x table.
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
- https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/36325
Note: When you log in to TT Rock Stars, please select schools, students and then enter our school name and your login details.
Writing
Can I re-tell the story of Saint George and the Dragon? OR Can I use my body and my voice to bring a story to life?
Please see the talking PowerPoint video linked below. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click play and then pause when it is time to complete an activity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRtvCzXy78I
Here is a link to the nursery rhyme mentioned on today’s PowerPoint. Can you sing along to ‘The Queen of Hearts’ today?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XkV2WOEuUA
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.
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. We will complete our little spelling quiz each Friday.
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
Please spend 20 minutes outside, keeping active. Maybe we could share some ideas of different ways to keep active outdoors in our class discussion today.
Have a wonderful day Swallows and don’t forget to let us 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 hold in the air and show your friends. Don’t worry, you don’t need to speak about it unless you want to at the end of the meeting.
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam
Swallows - Tuesday 26th January 2021, by Miss Gillam
Date: 26th Jan 2021 @ 7:54am
Tuesday 26th January 2021
Hello and welcome back to Swallows class blog.
Did you have that special proud feeling yesterday? Were you able to orally re-tell the story of Saint George and the Dragon? Did you log in to Times Tables Rock Stars and choose your rock star name? Did you create a special poem thinking about our Christian value of respect? I just loved seeing what you have been getting up to on School Spider. Thank you for sharing your work with me, Swallows.
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 I make the same amount? Please see the talking Power point video linked below. Please don’t worry that the videos appear to be a little bit longer. This is because the White Rose video is now embedded onto the PowerPoint. I hope this helps by having it all in one place. In case you want to open the video on a separate device or in a new tab, I have also put the link to this video below.
Here is a link to the video shown during our PowerPoint today:
Times Tables
I was planning to introduce Times Tables Rock Stars to the children in the first week of January. We would have had some sessions using it in school so that I could then have sent the log in details home with the children to use as part of their weekly Maths homework, which is in line with our Key Stage Two classes. However, the National Lockdown prevented this from happening.
As we do not have a confirmed date for the children to return to school, I have set the children up on this system for them to use at home if you wish. The children can practise the times tables that I have set for them (these will predominantly be 2's, 5's and 10's in Y2) using a devise. As they play, they can earn coins and make their way up the leader board. This is a fun, engaging and interactive way for the children to learn their times tables.
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. Ideally, I would have explained how this works with the children and they would have had time in class to navigate the game with me in the classroom. Therefore, you may wish to wait until we are back in school so that I can explain it to the children in detail.
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/36325
Note: When you log in, please select schools, students and then enter our school name and your login details.
Writing
Can I re-tell the story of Saint George and the Dragon?
Please see the talking PowerPoint video linked below. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click play and then pause when it is time to complete an activity.
I have attached the story of ‘Saint George and the Dragon’ to our blog so that you can remind yourself of what happened in the story if you need to. Please do remember to use your story plan or the plan provided on the slides to help you.
Please don't worry about the date being wrong. It is the correct video PowerPoint, I have just named the YouTube video incorrectly. I am all confused with the days! Apologies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIBboPwumKQ&feature=youtu.be
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.
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. We will complete our little spelling quiz each Friday.
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
Here is a link to our Open the Book worship today. Can you sing the song with me?
‘David and The Giant’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXlaryAGOFA&feature=youtu.be
Have a BRILLIANT day Swallows and don’t forget to let me know how you are getting on with your learning today. I would love to see even more learning uploaded to the homework section of school spider today. Please remember that if you want to privately upload your work, you need to select the green ‘Upload your homework’ button which is located in the top right hand corner of the screen on most devices. The orange buttons which say ‘Add image’, ‘Add a file’ and ‘Add a YouTube video’ are for posting to the homework discussion. All of Swallows class can see this. When you upload your work, you can only attach 1 file to each home work task set. For this reason, you will need to photograph both pages of your maths work together and upload as one attachment. I will still be able to see your work, don't worry. I will explain all of this during our Zoom call this morning.
See you on Zoom at 9:20.
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam
Swallows - Monday 25th January 2021, by Miss Gillam
Date: 25th Jan 2021 @ 7:12am
Monday 25th January 2021
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Hello and welcome back to Swallows class blog.
It is Monday again already! Did you have a nice weekend? Did you get to play in the snow this weekend?
I hope you are relaxed, rested and ready for another busy week of home learning. 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. Today, we are launching our brand new ‘Homework’ section of our School Spider website. Please have a go at uploading some of your work today. This is a private upload and it will allow me to mark your work. I will talk you through how to use this new tool during our Zoom call at 9.20am.
Maths – Maths – Can you select money? Please see the link to our talking PowerPoint below. Please pause the video to complete each activity. Just like last week, I have embedded the White Rose video onto our PowerPoint. This should mean that you do not need to leave the video. As the PowerPoints are such large documents to download, we feel it would be best for everyone to access their learning via the YouTube link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPxtPosb6Ho&feature=youtu.be
If you would rather watch our White Rose video in a separate tab or on a different device, here is a link to today’s video. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/week-10-measurement-money/ Please select lesson 4, ‘Select Money’.
Times Tables
Times Tables Rockstars
I was planning to introduce Times Tables Rock Stars to the children in the first week of January. We would have had some sessions using it in school so that I could then have sent the log in details home with the children to use as part of their weekly Maths homework, which is in line with our Key Stage Two classes. However, the National Lockdown prevented this from happening.
As we do not have a confirmed date for the children to return to school, I have set the children up on this system for them to use at home if you wish. The children can practise the times tables that I have set for them (these will predominantly be 2's, 5's and 10's in Y2) using a devise. As they play, they can earn coins and make their way up the leader board. This is a fun, engaging and interactive way for the children to learn their times tables.
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. Ideally, I would have explained how this works with the children and they would have had time in class to navigate the game with me in the classroom. Therefore, you may wish to wait until we are back in school so that I can explain it to the children in detail.
https://play.ttrockstars.com/play
Writing
Can I plan a re-telling of the story ‘Saint George and the Dragon’?
Please see the talking PowerPoint video linked below. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click play and then pause when it is time to complete an activity.
I have attached the story of ‘Saint George and the Dragon’ to our blog so that you can remind yourself of what happened in the story if you need to.
Here is the link to the ‘Draw with Rob’ video that I mentioned on our PowerPoint today. I also found a lovely little owl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GksHARkuYEU - Dragon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta5cWmlgHBU - Owls
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. As it has been the weekend, there will be no video link available until 9:30.
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. We will complete our little spelling quiz each Friday.
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 today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq0u-LIaDv0&feature=youtu.be
Reflection: Mrs Powell’s message today was about our Christian Value of RESPECT. Make a hand poem of your own all about respect. Who and what do you want to pray for at the moment? You could draw around your own or an adult’s hand, cut it out and write an idea on each finger like Mrs Powell shared in her worship.
PE – Please try to spend some time outside having a run around today. I have also attached a link to the 5-a-day fitness website.
https://player.5-a-day.tv/player Username: lost9261 Password: Ns9h0an6
Here is a link to some lovely yoga activities that you could also have a go at today.
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
Have a wonderful day Swallows and don’t forget to let me know how you are getting on with your learning in our new ‘Homework’ section of the School Spider website today. You will find your login details in the front of your blue reading diary.
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam
Swallows - Friday 22nd January 2021, by Miss Gillam
Date: 22nd Jan 2021 @ 7:28am
Friday 22nd January 2021
Hello Swallows!
You made it to Friday! Well done for another brilliant week of home learning. I have been amazed by the enthusiasm and determination shown by so many Swallows this week. I am so incredibly proud of every single one of you.
I would love to hear about the super learning that you complete at home today on our class discussion. Perhaps you could tell me your highlight of the week? What has been your favourite activity? Alternatively, you could send me an email with some of your work attached to it.
As always, please do let me know if you have any questions about today’s learning. I will be available on our discussion for the duration of the school day.
It was fantastic to see so many of you on our zoom meeting yesterday! Today’s meeting will start at 9:20 am again – please see your emails or our class discussion for the meeting link and password.
Please see below for today’s home learning tasks.
Maths – Can you count money? Today we are going to be learning how to count money with a focus on pounds AND pence. We will be using the part-whole and bar model to help us. Please see the link to our talking PowerPoint below. Please pause the video to complete each activity. Just like yesterday, I have embedded the White Rose video onto our PowerPoint. This should mean that you do not need to leave the video. As the PowerPoints are such large documents to download, we feel it would be best for everyone to access their learning via the YouTube link. We hope that this will make accessing your home learning even easier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19ydtrB6YXQ&feature=youtu.be
Times Tables
Today we are going to continue to learn our 5 x table. Here is a link to a game that you can play online. Coconut Multiples is a tablet-friendly maths game which can reinforce your knowledge of times tables by helping you to recognise the multiples from each table. I want you to think to yourself, will I say this number if I am counting in 5s? Please select multiples of 5 first. You could then have a go at spotting multiples of 2 and 10 if you wanted to.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
I have also attached a ‘Multiplication Muddle’ board game to the blog which you could choose to play if you wanted some time away from the screen.
Writing
Can you write a letter as one of the villagers to a friend/family member?
Please see the talking PowerPoint video linked below. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click play and then pause when it is time to complete an activity.
I have attached the story of ‘Saint George and the Dragon’ to our blog so that you can remind yourself of what happened in the story if you need to. Having your emotions graph out might help you with today’s lesson too.
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.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
Spellings
It is time for our Friday quiz! Please ask an adult or sibling to read aloud each of our 5 spellings. Your job is to then record each spellings and say it in a sentence. I want to see if you can get 5/5 today. Alternatively, complete your spelling quiz with me at the end of our English PowerPoint today.
bath hour move prove improve
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
"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) 
Please click on the link for Mrs Powell’s Monday worship.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXAJvJZHekE&feature=youtu.be (Please don’t worry about the incorrect date!!)
Our new Christian Value is RESPECT. Look again at the 17 Global Goals below and think about how we can respect our own homes, gardens, parks and local area.
Reflection
Talk to your family about the Global Goals and think about what small actions you could take at home. Make a pledge on the blank puzzle piece attached to today’s Blog about what you and your family could do.
For example: Mrs Evans’ family are no longer using plastic food bags and cling film. They are on a mission to make sure they turn off the lights in the rooms they are not using and they go for walks and runs locally so they don’t use the car as much.
PE
Do you remember how much we enjoyed our gymnastics learning last year? In the game linked below, you get the chance to revisit all of the jumps that we learnt with Laura in our gymnastics lessons. You will need a large, clear space and please make you that you either have bare feet or trainers on. Warning…. This game might get tiring VERY quickly. Who is up for the challenge?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p6L7vObWgI
Have a brilliant day Swallows and don’t forget to let me know how you are getting on with your learning in our class discussion today. I can’t wait to see you all on our Zoom call today at 9:20!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam
Swallows - Thursday 21st January 2021, by Miss Gillam
Date: 21st Jan 2021 @ 6:55am
Thursday 21st January 2021
Good morning
Happy Thursday Swallows!
How are you this morning? It was fantastic to see so many of you on our zoom meeting yesterday! Today’s meeting will start at 9:20 am again – please see your emails or our class discussion for the meeting link and password.
Please see below for today’s home learning tasks.
Maths – Can I count money? Today we are going to be learning how to count money with a focus on pounds. Please see the link to our talking PowerPoint below. Please pause the video to complete each activity. Just like yesterday, I have embedded the White Rose video onto our PowerPoint. This should mean that you do not need to leave the video. As the PowerPoints are such large documents to download, we feel it would be best for everyone to access their learning via the YouTube link. We hope that this will make accessing your home learning even easier. Fingers crossed Miss Gillam’s new trick works…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhEXYw4ISWs&feature=youtu.be
Times Tables
Today we are going to continue to learn our 5 x table. Here is a link to a game that you can play online. Coconut Multiples is a tablet-friendly maths game which can reinforce your knowledge of times tables by helping you to recognise the multiples from each table. I want you to think to yourself, will I say this number if I am counting in 5s? Please select multiples of 5 first. You could then have a go at spotting multiples of 2 and 10 if you wanted to.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
I have also attached a ‘Multiplication Muddle’ board game to the blog which you could choose to play if you wanted some time away from the screen.
Writing - Can I add –ed to the end of a present tense verb?
Please see the talking PowerPoint video linked below. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click play and then pause when it is time to complete an activity.
I have attached the story of ‘Saint George and the Dragon’ to our blog so that you can make reference to the text throughout today’s lesson. You do not need to print this to be successful in today’s lesson as I have also copied the text onto our slides.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMadZgJM76E&feature=youtu.be
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.
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. We will complete our little spelling quiz each Friday.
Here are some little games which might make learning your spellings more fun today. I have attached the full document at the bottom of our blog today.
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
This week for our signing worship, we are going to start to learn ‘Our God is a Great Big God’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGYVhGWlRhA
This is a brand new hymn. I hope you enjoy it. J
PE –
Keeping active is so important for our physical and mental health.
Remember you can take part in our fitness challenge to help you stay active! Don’t forget to log your activity on the record sheet and share photos of yourself taking part in the challenge on Twitter using #2021FitnessChallenge and tag @ValeRoyalSSP.
Here are some great resources you can use at home to stay active:
- https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBodyCoachTV/videos
- https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
- https://www.gonoodle.com/
- https://www.nhs.uk/10-minute-shake-up/shake-ups
Have a brilliant day Swallows and don’t forget to let me know how you are getting on with your learning in our class discussion today. I loved seeing all of your super learning yesterday. I can’t wait to see you all on our Zoom call today. See you at 9:20!
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam
Swallows - Wednesday 20th January 2021, by Miss Gillam
Date: 19th Jan 2021 @ 11:31pm
Wednesday 20th January 2021
Hello and welcome back to Swallows class blog.
Are you excited for our first ever Zoom call this morning? I cannot wait to see your smiling faces. Don’t worry if you are feeling a little bit nervous, I am too. You don’t have to speak unless you want to.
Did you enjoy writing sentences about the dragon yesterday? I loved seeing so many AMAZING dragon drawings and super sentences. It was lovely to hear that so many of you managed to complete my special challenge at the end of our maths PowerPoint too, well done Swallows.
Please see our task list and PowerPoint video 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 I count money? Please see the link to our talking PowerPoint below. Please pause the video to complete each activity. I have tried something new today and embedded the White Rose video onto our PowerPoint. This should mean that you do not need to leave the video. As the PowerPoints are such large documents to download, we feel it would be best for everyone to access their learning via the YouTube link. We hope that this will make accessing your home learning even easier. Fingers crossed Miss Gillam’s new trick works…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRHT9np8ZoA&feature=youtu.be
Times Tables
Today we are going to continue to learn our 5 x table. Please write the numbers 1 – 10 down the side of your page. Use your knowledge of counting in multiples of 5 to complete each number sentence. Can you use a timer to see how quickly you can record your number sentences? Can you beat yesterday’s time?
Writing
Can I create an emotion graph for Saint George?
Please see the talking PowerPoint video linked below. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click play and then pause when it is time to complete an activity.
I have attached the story of ‘Saint George and the Dragon’ to our blog so that you can make reference to the text throughout today’s lesson. I have also attached a copy of an emotions grid for you to print out if you would like to. You do not need to print this to be successful in today’s lesson. I have also shown you a quick, easy and tidy way of presenting your work in your notebook on our PowerPoint.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GpRnlqnyyM&feature=youtu.be
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.
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. We will complete our little spelling quiz each Friday.
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
Enjoy some mindfulness meditations today about The Gratitude Tree. It is important to find time in our day to stop, have some quiet time and reflect on all the good things that we have in our lives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64QzBuhsyuk
PE –
Please have a go at one of our Go-Noodle videos so you can add some activities to your challenge record. Here are some links to three of my favourites. I think some of your adults might enjoy joining in with these workouts too! 10 points if you can get your adult dancing!
https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/footloose
https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/fresh-prince-theme-song
https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/bye-bye-bye
Have a wonderful day Swallows and don’t forget to let me know how you are getting on with your learning in our class discussion today. I can’t wait to see you all on our first ever Zoom call. See you at 9:20!
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam
Swallows - Tuesday 19th January, by Miss Gillam
Date: 18th Jan 2021 @ 5:01pm
Tuesday 19th January 2021
Hello and welcome back to Swallows class blog.
Did you have that special proud feeling yesterday? Did you write some questions about Saint George? Did you learn how to add three numbers? Did you record your 5 x table? I just loved receiving all your comments and emails to show me what you have been getting up to. Thank you, Swallows.
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 I recognise coins and notes? Please see the talking Power point attached at the bottom of the page. You will see a little icon on each page which needs to be clicked on in order to hear my voice. If you are struggling to hear the sound on the PowerPoint, here is a video of the full PowerPoint. You may need to come out of this to watch the White Rose video mentioned and linked below.
Here is a link to the video shown during our PowerPoint today:
Times Tables
Today we are going to continue to learn our 5 x table. Please write the numbers 1 – 10 down the side of your page. Please then use your counting in 5s to help you to complete each number sentence. Can you use a timer to see how quickly you can record your number sentences?
1 x 5 = 5
2 x 5 = 10
3 x 5 = 15
4 x 5 = 20
5 x 5 = ____
6 x 5 = ____
7 x 5 = ____
8 x 5 = ____
9 x 5 = ____
10 x 5 = ____
Writing
Can I write sentences about dragons using because/when?
- See the Power point attached at the bottom on this blog post. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do.
Again, here is a link to the video for if you are struggling to access the sound on your device.
Here is a link to the BBC Bitesize Video mentioned in our English PowerPoint today.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zqk37p3
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.
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. We will complete our little spelling quiz each Friday.
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
Here is a link to our Open the Book worship today. Can you sing the song with me?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTw0cvR7iUI
PE – Please try to spend some time outside having a run around today. I have also attached a link to the 5-a-day fitness website.
https://player.5-a-day.tv/player Username: lost9261 Password: Ns9h0an6
Here is a link to some lovely yoga activities that you could also have a go at today.
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
Maybe you would like to try a Harry Potter, Marvel or Star Wars workout today?
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokO71NW3TgndaSNyHIqwtQ
Have a BRILLIANT day Swallows and don’t forget to let me know how you are getting on with your learning in our class discussion today. I can’t wait to see you all on our first ever Zoom call tomorrow.
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam
Swallows - Monday 18th January 2021, by Miss Gillam
Date: 15th Jan 2021 @ 3:46pm
Monday 18th January 2021
Hello and welcome back to Swallows class blog.
It is Monday again already! Did you have a nice weekend? I hope you are relaxed, rested and ready for another busy week of home learning.
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 I add three 1 digit numbers? Please see the talking Power point attached at the bottom of the page. You will see a little icon on each page which needs to be clicked on in order to hear my voice. If you are struggling to hear the sound on the PowerPoint, here is a video of the full PowerPoint. You may need to come out of this to watch the White Rose video mentioned and linked below.
Here is a link to the video shown during our PowerPoint today:
https://vimeo.com/470178269
Times Tables
Today we are going to start learning our 5 x table. Please write the numbers 1 – 10 down the side of your page. Please then use your counting in 5s to help you to complete each number sentence.
1 x 5 = 5
2 x 5 = 10
3 x 5 = 15
4 x 5 = 20
5 x 5 = ____
6 x 5 = ____
7 x 5 = ____
8 x 5 = ____
9 x 5 = ____
10 x 5 = ____
Writing
Can I write questions to find out more about Saint George? - See the Power point attached at the bottom on this blog post. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do.
Again, here is a link to the video for if you are struggling to access the sound on your device.
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.
Spellings
Are you ready for our brand new spellings today? 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. We will complete our little spelling quiz each Friday.
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
Here is a link to our Monday worship with Mrs Powell. Mrs Powell will read the beautiful story ‘The Feather’ in our No Outsiders worship today. Please don’t worry about the incorrect date on the worship/link today. The date is wrong; the worship is correct. Hehe! Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5ZbQyPFjNY&feature=youtu.be
PE – Please try to spend some time outside having a run around today. Fingers crossed for some sunshine. I have also attached a link to the 5-a-day fitness website.
https://player.5-a-day.tv/player Username: lost9261 Password: Ns9h0an6
Here is a link to some lovely yoga activities that you could also have a go at today.
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
Have a wonderful day Swallows and don’t forget to let me know how you are getting on with your learning in our class discussion today.
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam
Swallows - Friday 15th January 2021, by Miss Gillam
Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 4:57pm
Friday 15th January 2021
Hello and welcome back to Swallows class blog.
You made it to Friday! Well done for a super week of home learning. I have been amazed by the enthusiasm and determination shown by so many Swallows this week. I am so incredibly proud of every single one of you.
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 I subtract 2 digit numbers crossing ten? Please see the talking Power point attached at the bottom of the page. You will see a little icon on each page which needs to be clicked on in order to hear my voice. If you are struggling to hear the sound on the PowerPoint, here is a video of the full PowerPoint. You may need to come out of this to watch the White Rose video mentioned and linked below.
Here is a link to the video shown during our PowerPoint today:
Times Tables
Can you play ‘Hit the Button’? Please follow the link below and select times tables. You can then choose either 2 or 10 x. Have fun!
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Writing
Can I write statements and exclamations about Saint George? - See the Power point attached at the bottom on this blog post. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do.
Again, here is a link to the video for if you are struggling to access the sound on your device.
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.
Spellings
It is time for a spelling quiz! How many of our 5 words will you spell correctly this week? Please tick or fix your answers.
Story
Please have a listen to our brand new exciting story. Today we will be reading the very first chapter of a brand new story book. Can you guess what it will be? You will find the audio at the end of our English PowerPoint. I will read a little bit of the story to you each day.
Worship
Here is a link to our Friday worship with Mrs Powell today. Mrs Powell will be sharing a beautiful story with you about a wolf. What is the message in the story?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxbSE3iJRPg&feature=youtu.be
PE – Please try to spend some time outside having a run around today. I have also attached a link to the 5-a-day fitness website.
https://player.5-a-day.tv/player
Username: lost9261 Password: Ns9h0an6
Why not take part in our fitness challenge which started on Tuesday? Can you do 20 minutes or more of continuous movement AND 21 minutes or more of continuous exercise every day? Please see the attached poster and record sheet for details. Please share your pictures on Twitter and use #2021FitnessChallenge and tag @ValeRoyalSSP.
Have a great day Swallows and don’t forget to let me know how you are getting on with your learning in our class discussion today. I hope that you enjoy a well-deserved, restful weekend.
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam
Swallows - Thursday 13th January 2021, by Miss Gillam
Date: 13th Jan 2021 @ 4:50pm
Thursday 14th January 2021
Hello and welcome back to Swallows class blog.
The weekend is in sight! Keep working hard Swallows, you are nearly there. Did you enjoy reading our special new story ‘George and the Dragon’ yesterday? Isn’t the vocabulary fantastic? Did you complete any of our 5-a-day dance videos?
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 I subtract 2 digit numbers? Please see the talking Power point attached at the bottom of the page. You will see a little icon on each page which needs to be clicked on in order to hear my voice. If you are struggling to hear the sound on the PowerPoint, here is a video of the full PowerPoint. You may need to come out of this to watch the White Rose video mentioned and linked below.
Here is a link to the video shown during our PowerPoint today:
Times Tables
Please have another go at playing the 10 x table game linked below.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqbg87h/articles/zq3rk2p
Writing
Can I read and understand the text, answering questions to show what I have found out? - See the Power point attached at the bottom on this blog post. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do.
Again, here is a link to the video for if you are struggling to access the sound on your device.
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
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.
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. We will complete our little spelling quiz each Friday.
Why not take your spelling work outside with you today? Yesterday wasn't a very good day for outdoor learning, was it? Hopefully today will be better! Can you use a paintbrush or your finger to write your spellings on the ground using water? Can you use leaves or twigs to create your spellings?
Story
Please have a listen to our exciting story ‘WE ARE NOT FROGS’. You will find the audio at the end of our English PowerPoint. I will read a little bit of the story to you each day. We are almost half way through our story now!
We are now on chapter 7 of 7! I wonder what will happen at the end of our story? I wonder what our BRAND NEW story is going to be on Friday?
Worship
Please spend some time singing along to some of our beautiful hymns today. I have given you two to choose from.
Shine Jesus Shine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3iB30gCqAc
One more step along the world I go - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jhAzbdKq6U
Here are some links to some of our other favourite school songs. I had lots of fun singing along to these today!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96JDkI2tBhI - Matilda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i66p0_wZ9F0 – Moana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25QyCxVkXwQ - The Lion King
PE – Please try to spend some time outside having a run around today. I have also attached a link to the 5-a-day fitness website. Swallows, you are going to LOVE the new dances! We love dancing along to these videos in school. Please let me know if you try a new dance in our class discussion today. Username: lost9261 Password: Ns9h0an6
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Why not take part in our fitness challenge which started yesterday? Can you do 20 minutes or more of continuous movement AND 21 minutes or more of continuous exercise every day? Please see the attached poster and record sheet for details. Please share your pictures on Twitter and use #2021FitnessChallenge and tag @ValeRoyalSSP.
Have a great day Swallows and don’t forget to let me know how you are getting on with your learning in our class discussion today.
Keep making me proud!
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam
Swallows - Wednesday 13th January 2021, by Miss Gillam
Date: 12th Jan 2021 @ 10:24pm
Wednesday 13th January 2021
Hello and welcome back to Swallows class blog.
Can you believe that it is the middle of the week already? Did you enjoy writing your little quiz yesterday? I hope you learnt lots about your lovely families. I loved reading the many examples that were sent in via our class discussion and via email.
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 I find 10 more and 10 less? Please see the talking Power point attached at the bottom of the page. You will see a little icon on each page which needs to be clicked on in order to hear my voice. If you are struggling to hear the sound on the PowerPoint, here is a video of the full PowerPoint. You may need to come out of this to watch the White Rose video mentioned and linked below.
Here is a link to the video shown during our PowerPoint today:
Times Tables
Please have a go at playing the 10 x table game linked below.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqbg87h/articles/zq3rk2p
Writing
Can I explore the vocabulary used in the text ‘Saint George and the Dragon’? - See the Power point attached at the bottom on this blog post. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do.
Again, here is a link to the video for if you are struggling to access the sound on your device.
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
I have also attached a document at the bottom of our blog which gives you links to all of our Read Write Inc books. I hope this will provide you with quick and easy access to high quality, online reading materials. Just click on the book title and the link will take your directly to the page on the Oxford Owl website.
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.
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. We will complete our little spelling quiz each Friday.
Why not take your spelling work outside with you today? Can you use a paintbrush or your finger to write your spellings on the ground using water? Can you use leaves or twigs to create your spellings?
Story
Please have a listen to our exciting story ‘WE ARE NOT FROGS’. You will find the audio at the end of our English PowerPoint. I will read a little bit of the story to you each day. We are now on chapter 6 of 7! I wonder what will happen at the end of our story?
Worship
We love completing our weekly ‘My Smiling Mind’ worship when we are in school. This is a time when we can meditate and think about ways to look after our mind. It is quick, free and easy to sign up. Why not have a go at home?
https://app.smilingmind.com.au/
PE – Please try to spend some time outside having a run around today. I have also attached a link to the 5-a-day fitness website. Swallows, you are going to LOVE the new dances! We love dancing along to these videos in school. Please let me know if you try a new dance in our class discussion today. Username: lost9261 Password: Ns9h0an6
Have a great day Swallows and don’t forget to let me know how you are getting on with your learning in our class discussion today. I would love it if lots of you popped on to say hello and let me know what you have been getting up to. Maybe you have a question you would like to ask one of your friends today?
Thank you for always working so hard.
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam
Swallows - Tuesday 12th January 2021, by Miss Gillam
Date: 12th Jan 2021 @ 7:49am
Tuesday 12th January 2021
Good morning and welcome back to Swallows class blog.
Did you enjoy writing your diary yesterday? I loved reading the many examples that were sent in via our class discussion and via email. You should all be so proud of yourselves. I hope you are ready for another busy day of home learning.
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 – 1 more and 1 less. Please see the talking Power point attached at the bottom of the page. You will see a little icon on each page which needs to be clicked on in order to hear my voice. If you are struggling to hear the sound on the PowerPoint, here is a video of the full PowerPoint. You may need to come out of this to watch the White Rose video mentioned and linked below.
Here is a link to the video shown during our PowerPoint today:
- https://vimeo.com/463031310
Times Tables
I hope you had lots of fun learning your 2 x tables last week. This week, I would like you to focus on learning the ten times tables.
Please write the numbers 1 – 10 in a list going down your page. Now we are going to multiply each number by 10. Look at the example below. Then go through in order, starting by counting in 10s one time. What is the total? Now put 2 fingers up and count in 10s. What is the total? Now put 3 fingers up and count in 10s. What is the total? Continue until you get to 10 lots of 10. Did you notice a pattern? Can you write your ten times table quicker than yesterday? Why don’t you put a timer on and see how speedy you can be?
1 x 10 = 10
2 x 10 = 20
3 x 10 =
Writing
Can I ask questions? Can I create my own quiz? - See the Power point attached at the bottom on this blog post. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do.
Again, here is a link to the video for if you are struggling to access the sound on your device.
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
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.
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. We will complete our little spelling quiz each Friday.
Story
Please have a listen to our exciting story ‘WE ARE NOT FROGS’. You will find the audio at the end of our English PowerPoint. I will read a little bit of the story to you each day. We are almost half way through our story now!
Worship
Here is a to one of our special ‘Open the Book’ stories that we love so much in school. Can you sing along to the song at the beginning?
The Storm on the Lake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRd7-PaoUaI&feature=youtu.be
PE – Please try to spend some time outside having a run around today. I have also attached a link to the 5-a-day fitness website. Swallows, you are going to LOVE the new dances! We love dancing along to these videos in school. Please let me know if you try a new dance in our class discussion today. Username: lost9261 Password: Ns9h0an6
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Have a fantastic day Swallows and don’t forget to let me know how you are getting on with your learning in our class discussion today. I would love it if lots of you popped on to say hello and let me know what you have been getting up to.
Keep making me proud, Swallows!
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam
Swallows - Monday 11th January 2021, by Miss Gillam
Date: 10th Jan 2021 @ 8:53pm
Monday 11th January 2021
Good morning super Swallows!
How are you? Did you have a nice weekend? I hope you are ready for another busy day of home learning.
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 – 10 more and 10 less. Please see the talking Power point attached at the bottom of the page. You will see a little icon on each page which needs to be clicked on in order to hear my voice. If you are struggling to hear the sound on the PowerPoint, here is a video of the full PowerPoint. You may need to come out of this to watch the White Rose video mentioned and linked below.
Here is a link to the video shown during our PowerPoint today:
Times Tables
I hope you had lots of fun learning your 2 x tables last week. This week, I would like you to focus on learning the ten times tables.
Please write the numbers 1 – 10 in a list going down your page. Now we are going to multiply each number by 10. Look at the example below. Then go through in order, starting by counting in 10s one time. What is the total? Now put 2 fingers up and count in 10s. What is the total? Now put 3 fingers up and count in 10s. What is the total? Continue until you get to 10 lots of 10. Did you notice a pattern?
1 x 10 = 10
2 x 10 = 20
3 x 10 =
4 x 10 =
5 x 10 =
6 x 10 =
7 x 10 =
8 x 10 =
9 x 10 =
10 x 10 =
Writing
Can I write a diary? - See the Power point attached at the bottom on this blog post. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do.
Again, here is a link to the video for if you are struggling to access the sound on your device.
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
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.
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. We will complete our little spelling quiz each Friday.
Story
Please have a listen to our exciting story ‘WE ARE NOT FROGS’. You will find the audio at the end of our English PowerPoint. I will read a little bit of the story to you each day. We are almost half way through our story now!
Worship
Here is a link to Mrs Powell’s worship today.
Please click here to watch a little video about God’s Creation.
PE – Please try to spend some time outside having a run around today. I have also attached a link to the 5-a-day fitness website. Swallows, you are going to LOVE the new dances! We love dancing along to these videos in school. Please let me know if you try a new dance in our class discussion today. Username: lost9261 Password: Ns9h0an6
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Have a fantastic day Swallows and don’t forget to let me know how you are getting on with your learning in our class discussion today. I would love it if lots of you popped on to say hello and let me know what you have been getting up to.
Keep making me proud, Swallows! I can’t wait to hear from you in our class discussion today. I will also be phoning adults to discuss how you are getting on with your home learning today. I am really looking forward to catching up with you all very soon.
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam
Edit: From Class Discussion this afternoon
Hello everyone!
I just wanted to say a huge thank you to those that I managed to speak to on the phone today, it was so lovely hearing from you all. To those that I didn't manage to catch, please don't worry at all. I understand that lots of you are in work, working from home or busy home schooling. Please do email any questions or concerns any time and I will get back to you as soon as possible. If there is anything that you would like to discuss over the phone, please email our Admin team and I will get back to you.
Miss Gillam
Swallows - Friday 8th January 2021, by Miss Gillam
Date: 7th Jan 2021 @ 3:20pm
Friday 8th January 2021
Good morning super Swallows!
How are you today? Did you enjoy describing the seasons yesterday? I hope you are ready for another fun filled day of home learning.
Please see our task list and PowerPoint presentations below to find out 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 have a little chat with your friends. The children can type in their own messages as it is a lovely, safe way of us staying in touch. To access this you will need to login to school spider. Your login details are stuck inside the front cover of your reading diary. We already have some Swallows talking about their favourite animals today.
Maths – Adding a 2-digit number and a 1-digit number - crossing 10. Please see the talking Power point attached at the bottom of the page. You will see a little icon on each page which needs to be clicked on in order to hear my voice. If you are struggling to hear the sound on the PowerPoint, I have also attached a video of the full PowerPoint. via a YouTuve link. You may need to oress pause and come out of this to watch the White Rose video mentioned and linked below.
Note: Please do excuse my 'singing' today!
Here is a link to the White Rose video shown during our PowerPoint today:
One of our SUPER Swallows spotted that Miss Gillam needs to complete a fix-it today. Can you spot where Miss Gillam went wrong?
'Hi Miss Gillam the answer to the 70+14 is 84 not 74 😊'. It is a good job I have you to help me!
Times Tables
Swallows have really enjoyed learning how to count in multiples of 2, 5 and 10 over the past few months. We have now started to answer multiplication and division number sentences for the 2, 5 and 10 times table. Can your Swallow write out the 2 x table? Can you write it even quicker than yesterday? This is our last day on our 2 x table. Perhaps you could use an online timer to see how quickly you can write them down?
2 x 2 =
3 x 2 =
Here are some lovely little 2 x table game where you can apply your skills. The games get harder as you progress down the page.
https://www.timestables.co.uk/2-times-table.html
Writing
Can you write a fact file? - See the Power point attached at the bottom of this blog post. You will need to do some research today to help you with your writing. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do.
Again, here is a link to the video for if you are struggling to access the sound on your device.
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
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.
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. We will complete our little spelling quiz each Friday.
Excuse the (sort of) singing.... again! Sorry adults!
Story
Please have a listen to our exciting story ‘WE ARE NOT FROGS’. I wonder if you can recognise who is reading our story today? You will find the audio at the end of our English PowerPoint. I will read a little bit of the story to you each day. We are almost half way through our story now!
Have a fantastic day Swallows and don’t forget to let me know how you are getting on with your learning in our class discussion today. I would love it if lots of you popped on to say hello and let me know what you have been getting up to. To see my replies, you might need to refresh the page.
It has been a busy week for everyone and I think we are all ready for the weekend. Have a good rest and I will speak to you again on Monday. Parents, I will be phoning to check in with you all on Monday too.
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam
Swallows - Thursday 7th January, by Miss Gillam
Date: 6th Jan 2021 @ 4:55pm
Thursday 7th January 2021
Good morning super Swallows! Happy Thursday!
I hope you are all well and ready for another busy day of home learning. Thank you so much for your outstanding efforts and patience yesterday. I am so proud of you all already. We understand that technical difficulties can be frustrating but we are doing all that we can do fix them as soon as possible.
Please see our task list and PowerPoint presentations below to see what your home learning tasks will be 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. This is a fantastic way that we can keep in touch and I will be on the class discussion throughout the school day.
Maths – Bonds to 100
Addition and Subtraction- Please see the talking Power point attached at the bottom of the page. You will see a little icon on each page which needs to be clicked on in order to hear my voice. Our home learning maths lessons will be guided by a recording of my voice which will explain what to do (like I do each day in class). Just click on the little speaker icon on the power point page). If you are struggling to hear the sound on the PowerPoint, here is a video of the full PowerPoint. You may need to come out of this to watch the White Rose video mentioned and linked below. Just press pause and continue whenever you are ready.
Here is a link to the video shown during our PowerPoint today:
https://vimeo.com/463016488 if this does not work. Please follow this link and select ‘Bonds to 100’.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/week-6-number-addition-subtraction/
You will find the corresponding worksheet attached at the bottom of the blog. You not not need to print this. Recording your answers on a piece of paper will be absolutely fine.
Times Tables
Swallows have really enjoyed learning how to count in multiples of 2, 5 and 10 over the past few months. We have now started to answer multiplication and division number sentences for the 2, 5- and 10-times table. Can your Swallow write out the 2 x table? Can you write it quicker than yesterday? When writing each number sentence, please encourage your Swallow to say ‘ 1 lot of 2’ ‘2 lots of 2’ ‘3 lots of 2’.
1 x 2 =
2 x 2 =
3 x 2 =
Writing
Can you describe the seasons? - See the Power point attached at the bottom on this blog post. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do.
Again, here is a link to the video for if you are struggling to access the sound on your device.
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
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.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
NOTE: The videos get changed by Ruth Miskin and her team at 9:30 each day. So our sounds from yesterday will still be live until 9:30 today before chaging to a new sound. Enjoy!
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. We will complete our little spelling quiz each Friday.
Story
Please have a listen to our exciting story ‘WE ARE NOT FROGS’. You will find the audio at the end of our English PowerPoint. I will read a little bit of the story to you each day.
Have a wonderful day Swallows and don’t forget to let me know how you are getting on with your learning in our class discussion today. I would LOVE to see what you have been up to.
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam