Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Toucans: Blog items
Toucans Home Learning Fri 26th February, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 25th Feb 2021 @ 2:20pm
Friday 26th February 2021
Good morning Toucans.
I don’t know about each of you but I have found that this week has gone by ever so quickly! Hopefully next week goes by as quick and we will soon be all back together in Toucans Class.
Worship – Hot Chocolate Friday!
Story Time with Mrs Powell
Maths
Understanding Thousandths – Listen carefully to the audio on each slide and look carefully at the images to help you solve today’s questions.
Please watch this video if you can’t access the audio on the PowerPoint. Remember to just pause it when needed and you can play back too if required.
There is also the CGP page 88 on Statistics (Data Handling) attached to the blog for you to do today
Please visit the Topmarks website for some great games focusing on Data Handling.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/data-handling
Don’t forget to work on the The Mystery of the Missing Knight
Times Tables
Recap all your times tables using TTRockstars https://ttrockstars.com/ Where can you get to on the leader board today? We have been so impressed with your daily scores.
Where can you get to on the leader board today?
Science – Diet and Lifestyle – lesson 5
What are medicinal drugs?
See the Science Power point attached. Remember to click on the audio button to hear Mrs Downing guide you through the lesson.
Click on the link below if you can’t access the audio on the PowerPoint.
Today’s Science lesson
Start with the quiz and the recap of last lesson’s learning.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-are-medicinal-drugs-68vk0e?activity=video&step=2&view=1
Click on the following link to complete the activities for today’s lesson:
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-are-medicinal-drugs-68vk0e?step=3&activity=worksheet
Reading
Toucans, we would love you to read a little each day of the school book you have or a book you have been reading at home.
If you continue to record your reading in your diary and get an adult to sign your diary each time you read, you will still be able to collect your raffle tickets when we are back in school.
Spellings
This week we will be looking at the spellings – Plural Nouns
Test yourself on today’s spellings – Remember to use Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check
Spelling words: yourselves, knives, bookshelves, loaves, potatoes, volcanoes, geese, women, wolves, deer,
Story
‘The Explorer’ by Katherine Rundell, read by Mrs Whittingham
Please follow this link to see Mrs Whittingham read some more of our new class novel.
#2021FitnessChallenge – Core Workout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSGtKItrkX4
Meet Daniela, a gym coach at Brio Leisure, who will guide you through a Core Workout.
I did this workout yesterday and found some of the moves quite hard. My balance is not great and I definitely need to work on my core strength! See how you get on with this today.
Eco-Campaign #EcoschoolsAtHome
Reminder to please complete one of these tasks if you have not done so already.
Task 1: Carry out a 2-day single use plastic audit at home
Task 2: Interview an older person to ask them about their thoughts on if the amount of litter is increasing?
Please drop of these tasks at school when completed.
Have a great day everyone. Remember to use the Discussion page on School Spider to chat to us and upload your home learning tasks using the Upload your Homework tab.
Best wishes from Mrs Downing, Mrs Whittingham and Mr Beswick.
Toucans Home Learning Thurs 25.02.21, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 24th Feb 2021 @ 3:19pm
Thursday 25th February 2021
Good morning Toucans.
Worship - Signing
This Little Light of Mine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFNzxn1rZ-
Maths
Decimals as Fractions – Listen carefully to the audio on each slide and look carefully at the images to help you solve today’s questions.
Please watch this video if you can’t access the audio on the PowerPoint. Remember to just pause it when needed and you can play back too if required.
There is also the CGP page 87 on The Mean attached to the blog for you to do today
Please visit the Topmarks website for some great games focusing on Data Handling.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/data-handling
Don’t forget to work on the The Mystery of the Missing Knight – Maths Mystery Game (attached to today’s blog)
Times Tables
Recap all your times tables using TTRockstars https://ttrockstars.com/ Where can you get to on the leader board today? We have been so impressed with your daily scores.
Writing
To write informative paragraphs about an endangered animal of your choice.
To apply all of the grammar skills practised throughout this unit.
Please watch this video as the PowerPoint is too big to upload. Remember to just pause it when needed and you can play back too if required.
Reading
Toucans I have included on the blog a short Reading Task on Volcanoes for you to complete today.
Toucans, we would love you to read a little each day of the school book you have or a book you have been reading at home.
If you continue to record your reading in your diary and get an adult to sign your diary each time you read, you will still be able to collect your raffle tickets when we are back in school.
Spellings
This week we will be looking at the spellings – Plural Nouns
We will focus on the last word today - deer
Write a silly short story using this word at least 5 times.
E.g. Wandering along the path to Asda, I suddenly stopped! There in the distance were some deer wearing Santa hats. The deer were laughing and jostling with each other. Each of the deer also had a tutu on. Where did these deer come from? What were the deer doing her?
Create a graffiti wall to practise spelling all of today’s spellings so you are ready for our test tomorrow.
Spelling words: yourselves, knives, bookshelves, loaves, potatoes, volcanoes, geese, women, wolves, deer,
Story
‘The Explorer’ by Katherine Rundell, read by Mrs Whittingham
Please follow this link to see Mrs Whittingham read some more of our new class novel.
#2021FitnessChallenge – 5 – A - Day
Home Access Username - LGPS97
Home Access Password - LosGr9
Eco-Campaign #EcoschoolsAtHome
Please help out by completing one of the activities that were mentioned in yesterday’s blog. I will attach them gain today for anyone who didn’t get a chance to do one. Remember you don’t have to use these templates to present your work you can create your own at home.
Task 1: Carry out a 2-day single use plastic audit at home
Task 2: Interview an older person to ask them about their thoughts on if the amount of litter is increasing?
Please drop of these tasks at school when completed.
Have a great day everyone. Remember to use the Discussion page on School Spider to chat to us and upload your home learning tasks using the Upload your Homework tab.
Best wishes from Mrs Downing, Mrs Whittingham and Mr Beswick.
Toucans Home Learning Wed 24.2.21, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 23rd Feb 2021 @ 3:29pm
Wednesday 24th February 2021
Good morning Toucans.
Worship
My Smiling Mind - https://app.smilingmind.com.au/
Maths
Calculating the Mean – Listen carefully to the audio on each slide and look carefully at the images to help you solve today’s questions.
Please watch this video if you can’t access the audio on the PowerPoint. Remember to just pause it when needed and you can play back too if required.
There is also the CGP page 86 on Pie Charts attached to the blog for you to do today
Please visit the Topmarks website for some great games focusing on Data Handling.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/data-handling
The Mystery of the Missing Knight – Maths Mystery Game (attached to today’s blog)
Maths activity to test your knowledge of the Four Rules of Number, Fractions, Shape and Space, Pie Charts and Equations
Try and complete a clue each day, there are 5 altogether, the answers are also included at the end for you to check.
Times Tables
Recap all your times tables using TTRockstars https://ttrockstars.com/ Where can you get to on the leader board today? We have been so impressed with your daily scores.
Writing
To write informative paragraphs about an endangered animal of your choice.
To apply all of the grammar skills practised throughout this unit.
The Power Point is too big to be attached today
Please watch this video and remember to just pause it when needed and you can play back too if required.
Reading
Toucans, we would love you to read a little each day of the school book you have or a book you have been reading at home.
Spellings
This week we will be looking at the spellings – Plural Nouns
We will focus on the first 3 words today - geese, women, wolves
Write down the singular form for each of these words - geese, women, wolves Then write down the plural form and explain how they have been made plural. What was the change/rule?
Put each plural word in a sentence to explain its meaning.
Spelling words: yourselves, knives, bookshelves, loaves, potatoes, volcanoes, geese, women, wolves, deer,
Story
‘The Explorer’ by Katherine Rundell, read by Mrs Whittingham
Please follow this link to see Mrs Whittingham read some more of our new class novel.
#2021FitnessChallenge
https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/activities
Take a look at this websites for lots of ideas to stay active and healthy
Eco-Campaign #EcoschoolsAtHome
We still need to have 2 tasks to be completed by as many children as possible please.
Please see the attachments on the blog which you can print off at home or to use as a template to record your work.
Task 1: Carry out a 2-day single use plastic audit at home
Task 2: Interview an older person to ask them about their thoughts on if the amount of litter is increasing?
Please drop of these tasks at school when completed.
Have a great day everyone. Remember to use the Discussion page on School Spider to chat to us and upload your home learning tasks using the Upload your Homework tab.
Best wishes from Mrs Downing, Mrs Whittingham and Mr Beswick.
Toucans Home Learning Tues 23.2.21, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 22nd Feb 2021 @ 3:56pm
Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Good morning Toucans.
We hope you all enjoyed listening to your audio feedback yesterday. Like all of you, us teachers are constantly learning something new every day. Glad to hear that you enjoyed the clubs we have offered this week. Plenty of options for all of you to take part in after your morning lessons.
Worship – Open the Book
The Two Sons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZyOuwQoWWw&feature=youtu.be
Maths
Pie Charts – Listen carefully to the audio on each slide and look carefully at the diagrams to help you solve today’s data handling work.
Please watch this video if you can’t access the audio on the PowerPoint. Remember to just pause it when needed and you can play back too if required.
Please visit the Topmarks website for some great games focusing on Data Handling.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/data-handling
Times Tables
Recap all your times tables using TTRockstars https://ttrockstars.com/ Where can you get to on the leader board today? We have been so impressed with your daily scores.
Writing
To write informative paragraphs about an endangered animal of your choice.
To apply all of the grammar skills practised throughout this unit.
See the Power point attached. Like the Maths, Mrs Downing has recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do.
Please watch this video if you can’t access the audio on the PowerPoint. Remember to just pause it when needed and you can play back too if required.
Reading
Toucans, we would love you to read a little each day of the school book you have or a book you have been reading at home.
Another new edition of First News is on the blog today. I would recommend reading the following articles.
Page 3 Top Mental Health Tips from Dr Alex
Page 10 Zoos Under Threat
Spellings
This week we will be looking at the spellings – Plural Nouns
We will focus on the first 3 words today - loaves, potatoes, volcanoes
Write down the singular form for each of these words - loaves, potatoes, volcanoes
Then write down the plural form and explain how they have been made plural. What was the change/rule?
Put each plural word in a sentence to explain its meaning.
Spelling words: yourselves, knives, bookshelves, loaves, potatoes, volcanoes, geese, women, wolves, deer,
Story
‘The Explorer’ by Katherine Rundell, read by Mrs Whittingham
Please follow this link to see Mrs Whittingham read some more of our new class novel.
#2021FitnessChallenge
Take a look at Mr Ault’s PE club if you didn’t yesterday
Also have you taken a look at the Family Walks that can be done around Northwich? There is even one around Lostock for you to enjoy.
https://valeroyalschoolsport.org/family-photo-trails/
Don’t forget to check out our Clubs for this week
This week we are introducing weekly foundation subject clubs that you can take part in during the afternoons, after completing your maths and English lessons.
Please find the links below for this week’s clubs. You may choose which club you take part in each day.
Geography
Here is the link to this week’s club: 1 22 2 21 Geography Club
PE
Here is the link to this week’s club:
Computing (KS2)
Here is the link to this week’s club:
Here is the link to the coding task you are asked to complete:
https://studio.code.org/s/mc/stage/1/puzzle/1
German
Please follow this link for German club:
Craft Club
What could you create using a cereal box? Follow the link to our craft club activities for this week. Will you make a puppet theatre, a toy car, a marble run or your own musical instrument?
Here are the music suggestion links referred to in our PowerPoint today.
ï‚· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LR5n6QYRPU - Piano Covers Popular Songs 2020
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8NVwN0_mks – Disney Piano Covers
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dswwenF67GM – The Greatest Showman Piano Covers
Cave Gallery - Children’s Art in a Virtual Environment
Would you like to see your art work in an online art gallery?
The Cave is an online gallery for children and young people in and around Northwich to exhibit their Art work. The gallery is being developed for children to express their response of their experience in lockdown. The Cave hope to encourage young artists to set up their own galleries in a window of their home to curate and show their work in the local community.
The first online show will be for Easter 2021. The theme for the exhibition is ‘Hunker’. Many animals hunker down, hibernate and keep to their nests in winter and this winter we have joined them! We have been hunkering down since March and the experience has been very different for each of us. Please see the attached poster or visit the website linked below for more information on this exciting project. Please remember to submit your work before the end of March.
https://sites.google.com/kingsmead.cheshire.sch.uk/cavegallery/home
Have a great day everyone. Remember to use the Discussion page on School Spider to chat to us and upload your home learning tasks using the Upload your Homework tab.
Best wishes from Mrs Downing, Mrs Whittingham and Mr Beswick.
Toucans Home Learning Mon 22.2.21, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 21st Feb 2021 @ 4:22pm
Monday 22nd February 2021
Good morning Toucans!
We hope you all had a lovely half-term and got the chance to complete some of the creative activities that the teachers suggested for you. We would love to hear about what you did on our Zoom call this morning or let us know on our Discussion on School Spider.
Worship - Christian Value – RESPECT
Click on this link to hear Mrs Powell’s 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) 
Maths
Parts of a Circle – This is a Year 6 objective so you won’t have come across it before. Just listen carefully to the audio on each slide and look carefully at the diagrams and I’m sure you will be able to master this today!
Please watch this video if you can’t access the audio on the PowerPoint. Remember to just pause it when needed and you can play back too if required.
Times Tables
Recap all your times tables using TTRockstars https://ttrockstars.com/
Where can you get to on the leader board today? We have been so impressed with your daily scores.
Writing
To write informative paragraphs about an endangered animal of your choice.
To apply all of the grammar skills practised throughout this unit
See the Power point attached. Like the Maths, Mrs Downing has recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do.
What animals are currently on the endangered species list?
Here’s some really useful websites that you can use to do your research:
https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/directory?page=2
https://www.britannica.com/list/10-of-the-most-famous-endangered-species
https://onekindplanet.org/top-10/top-10-worlds-most-endangered-animals/
Please watch this video if you can’t access the audio on the PowerPoint. Remember to just pause it when needed and you can play back too if required.
Reading
Toucans, we would love you to read a little each day of the school book you have or a book you have been reading at home.
New edition of First News is on the blog today. I would recommend reading the following articles.
Page 12 Beirut Six Months after the Explosion
Page 16 Get your Bake On
Spellings
This week we will be looking at the spellings – Plural Nouns
We will focus on the first 3 words today - yourselves, knives, bookshelves
Write down the singular form for each of these words - yourselves, knives, bookshelves
Then write down the plural form and explain how they have been made plural. What was the change/rule?
Put each plural word in a sentence to explain its meaning.
Spelling words: yourselves, knives, bookshelves, loaves, potatoes, volcanoes, geese, women, wolves, deer,
Story
‘The Explorer’ by Katherine Rundell, read by Mrs Whittingham
Please follow this link to see Mrs Whittingham read some more of our new class novel.
#2021FitnessChallenge
Jump Start Jonny - https://www.jumpstartjonny.co.uk/free-stuff
Click on the tab saying ‘Workouts’ and try some of the Chillouts or Challenges today.
Clubs for week beginning 22.02.21
This week we are introducing weekly foundation subject clubs that you can take part in during the afternoons, after completing your Maths and English lessons.
Please find the links below for this week’s clubs. You may choose which club you take part in each day.
Geography with Mrs Evans
Here is the link to this week’s club: 1 22 2 21 Geography Club
PE with Mr Ault
Here is the link to this week’s club:
Computing (KS2) with Miss Beattie
Here is the link to this week’s club:
Here is the link to the coding task you are asked to complete:
https://studio.code.org/s/mc/stage/1/puzzle/1
German with Mrs Judge
Please follow this link for German club:
Craft Club with Miss Gillam
What could you create using a cereal box? Follow the link to our craft club activities for this week. Will you make a puppet theatre, a toy car, a marble run or your own musical instrument?
Here are the music suggestion links referred to in our PowerPoint today.
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LR5n6QYRPU - Piano Covers Popular Songs 2020
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8NVwN0_mks – Disney Piano Covers
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dswwenF67GM – The Greatest Showman Piano Covers
Cave Gallery - Children’s Art in a Virtual Environment
Would you like to see your art work in an online art gallery?
The Cave is an online gallery for children and young people in and around Northwich to exhibit their Art work. The gallery is being developed for children to express their response of their experience in lockdown. The Cave hope to encourage young artists to set up their own galleries in a window of their home to curate and show their work in the local community.
The first online show will be for Easter 2021. The theme for the exhibition is ‘Hunker’. Many animals hunker down, hibernate and keep to their nests in winter and this winter we have joined them! We have been hunkering down since March and the experience has been very different for each of us. Please see the attached poster or visit the website linked below for more information on this exciting project. Please remember to submit your work before the end of March.
https://sites.google.com/kingsmead.cheshire.sch.uk/cavegallery/home
Have a great day everyone. Remember to use the Discussion page on School Spider to chat to us and upload your home learning tasks using the Upload your Homework tab.
Best wishes from Mrs Downing, Mrs Whittingham and Mr Beswick.
Toucans Home Learning 12.2.21, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 11th Feb 2021 @ 12:44pm
Friday 12th February 
Gung hay fat choy is how Cantonese speakers wish you a happy new year—literally "wishing you great happiness and prosperity."
In China, the official language is Mandarin. Gong xi fa cai is how Mandarin-speakers wish you a happy new year—literally "wishing you to be prosperous in the coming year."
Hello everyone. We think you have worked so hard with your remote learning this half term so as a little treat and a big thank you here are some lovely activities for you to choose from today.
We would like you to start with Mrs Powell’s worship then complete your Science lesson.
Then the choice is yours! Perhaps these will give you some nice ideas to do over the half term holiday too.
Worship
Please click on the link for Mrs Powell’s worship today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuv5szIn6AI&feature=youtu.be
Science – Diet and Lifestyle lesson 4
What happens to the circulatory system during exercise?
Please click here for the link to today’s science lesson.
Please click here for the link to a video of all of the teachers explaining the fun activities below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNh6KS0A38E
Build a den either inside (or even outdoors if we are lucky enough to have a warm, dry day) You could use blankets, sheets, cushions, old boxes, chairs. Could you put your teddy bear in there and a book?
http://www.robbiddulph.com/draw-with-rob
While you are out on your daily walk, why not look out for the following things and tick them off when you see them. There is a large copy of the sheet attached to the blog.
Puppet show
•Make up your own story to act out or you could use one of your favourite stories instead
•Make your own puppet characters – these could be sock, stick or finger puppets
•You could even make your own puppet theatre out of a cereal box
•Perform your story using your puppets for your family
Obstacle course
You don’t need any fancy equipment. Just get creative with the things you have already got at home or in your garden. E.g.
- Balance a potato on a spoon
- Balance a cushion on your head
- Jump over a skipping rope/piece of string, pair of tights
- Use rolled up socks as cones and run in and out of them
- Keepie uppies with rolled up socks
Lego building challenge
How many of these objects could you make using your Lego?
Don’t worry if you don’t have any Lego, could you make these using different materials that you could find around your house e.g. Empty toilet roll holders, cereal boxes, plastic bottles etc.
Make A Glitter Jar