Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
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5.6.20 Starlings Class Blog - FRIDAY, by Miss Gillam
Date: 5th Jun 2020 @ 9:02am
Good morning Starlings,
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I am totally blown away by your surprise birthday messages. I can’t tell you how much it means to me. Thank you!
I will be celebrating by having a special tea with my family in the garden this evening. Fingers crossed the rain disappears by then or it is going to be a very soggy one. It will be worth it to get to see my amazing big sister and brother-in-law though. I haven’t opened my presents yet… that will be my next job after posting this. HOORAY.
Please continue to follow our attached timetable today. I have also listed some additional activities that you might enjoy having a go at below. Enjoy!
Art/DT Lesson
- In our Oak Academy lesson for today we are going to be making a terrarium. A terrarium is like an aquarium, but for plants instead of fish. We will be making a simplified version of this terrarium, including items we may have readily available in our homes and gardens.
https://www.thenational.academy/year-1/foundation/to-build-a-terrarium-year-1-wk6-5
- There is also a lovely DT lesson on the BBC Bitesize website today. Follow the link below to learn the basics of product packaging design and production.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zk9xhbk
Computing – How Games Work?
Learn all about what goes into making a computer game and how algorithms work.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkxybdm
History
Look at some photos of when you were younger. What things have stayed the same? What things are different now? Now see if you can look at some photos of when your parents or grandparents were little. What things have stayed the same from then until now? What things are different?
Reading
Practise reading more words with your set 2 and set 3 sounds using the booklet attached below. Try to read at least two pages a day over the next few weeks. Don’t worry if you find these works tricky to read, practise makes perfect.
- Say the sounds you can see
- Say the sounds faster and listen – Can you hear a work?
- Say the word
- Check for meaning
Well done for asking working so hard, Mrs Southern and I are so proud of you all.
Lots of love
Miss Gillam
Message from Mrs Powell
Smile, it’s Summer
Scientists have discovered that colours can make us feel certain emotions:
- White makes us feel cold.
- Red makes us feel warm or angry.
- Blue makes us feel cool or peaceful.
- Orange makes us feel warm or happy.
- Green makes us feel calm and peaceful.
- Black makes us feel sad.
- Yellow makes us feel happy and full of laughter.
When the sun comes out, people often say that they feel happier. Whatever the weather is like, though, we can all make people feel happy by the way we look at them. An unknown poet said, ‘There are hundreds of languages around the world, but a smile speaks them all.’ In other words, even if we can’t speak someone’s language, we can still let them know that we care by ‘speaking’ to them with a smile.
Think about people who make you happy. Think about their faces. When you think about them, do they look sad, angry or happy? If they make us happy, they will probably be smiling in our thoughts.
How does it make you feel if someone looks angry? How does it make you feel when someone smiles at you?
Today, why not decide to smile at people so that you can bring sunshine to their lives and make them feel happy? Remember: ‘There are hundreds of languages around the world, but a smile speaks them all.’
Dear God,
Thank you for all the people who bring me happiness.
I think especially of… (pause for the children to fill in the names).
Please help me to bring happiness to others, too.
Thank you that I can create happiness by something as simple as a smile.
Amen.
4.6.20 Starlings Class Blog - Thursday, by Miss Gillam
Date: 4th Jun 2020 @ 8:29am
Good morning Starlings
I hope you are all well and looking forward to another day of home learning. I have been very busy in school this week, it still feels strange to be there and not see your little faces. I have them all in my mind though. Our bubble classrooms are nearly ready and I can’t wait to welcome you all into our new zones soon. It won’t be long now.
There are the four adults who will be working with our two Year One bubbles. Mrs Elson will be working with Miss Gillam in one bubble and Mrs Rice will be working with Mrs Southern in the other. We have chosen to work like this to ensure that you ALL have an adult that you know really well to help you to settle back into school. Working and playing in a bubble just means that we are working with a smaller group of our friends, a smaller Starlings team. There will be no more than 15 children in each Starling bubble. We have made a lovely video to share with you soon where Teddy shows you exactly what our school looks like now that there have been a few little changes. I will keep telling you little bits about our return so that you know exactly what to expect when we get to see each other again in a couple of weeks’ time.
Please continue to follow our attached timetable today. I have also listed some additional activities that you might enjoy having a go at below. Enjoy!
Maths
A few weeks ago, our Maths work focused on Volume and Capacity. I wonder if you could solve some problems on the BBC Bitesize website today? In today's lesson, learn how to solve some farmyard problems about capacity and volume.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhgsy9q
Writing
Today I would like you to learn how to correctly write the days of the week in order and use them in writing. Remember that the days of the week always start with a capital letter and all end in 'day'.
You need to remember the sequence for the days of the week - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Please follow the link below to see a lovely BBC Bitesize lesson with a video and activities to help you to learn the days of the week.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zm9hscw
History
Who is Valentina Tereshkova?
In today’s History lesson we are going to be learning all about Valentina Tereshkova. She was the first woman to go into space! We will be listening to and drawing the story of her phenomenal life. Get your space suit ready so we can blast off into space!
https://www.thenational.academy/year-1/foundation/who-is-valentina-tereshkova-year-1-wk6-4
Have a lovely day Starlings, fingers crossed the rain will stop soon so you can enjoy spending some more time outdoors.
With lots of love
Miss Gillam
Message from Mrs Powell
Pause for Thought: Being Grateful
Click here to watch the following video: https://youtu.be/dilMMKU762g
Lucky showed his gratitude to Jack by saving his life, and Jack did not abandon his faithful friend. He, too, showed gratitude in return.
Think about and discuss the following questions:
- Who are we grateful to?
- Who has helped us recently?
- Are we people who say ‘thank you’ often?
- Is there someone to whom we should show gratitude today?
Dear God,
Teach us to show our gratitude for what we have
By caring for those around us,
And for the wonderful world in which we live.
Amen.
3.6.20 Starlings Class Blog - Wednesday, by Miss Gillam
Date: 3rd Jun 2020 @ 6:51am
Hello my SUPER Starlings,
It is Wednesday again already, the middle of the week. How did the new week start for you? Did you complete any of our ‘Boredom Buster’ activities yesterday? I have attached some more for you to have a go at today too.
Please continue to follow our attached timetable and task list for today. Below are some other activities that you might like to try today.
Music
Follow the link and watch the videos https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkgkwty. Complete the activity to make a musical jam jar. Please send me your photographs for the website. Have fun!