Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Toucans: Blog items
Toucans 6.7.20, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 5th Jul 2020 @ 3:27pm
Toucans Blog Monday 6th July
Good morning Toucans, I hope you are all keeping well and had a lovely weekend. This week in school we will be preparing for our Leaver’s Worship and completing lots of Transition work. I have put some of the ideas/activities that we will be doing on our weekly timetable.
ENGLISH
Please follow the Diary writing lessons on the Oak Academy
https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/year-6/subjects/english
MATHS
Please follow the Maths lessons on Percentages and Statistics from the Oak Academy
https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/year-6/subjects/maths
See the attached Home Learning Timetable and choose an activity to do or choose a lesson from the Oak Academy on a subject of your choice.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/year-6/subjects/foundation
Today’s Story –
Mrs O’Marah reading The Tiger who came to tea- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-0xCovsrKA
Best wishes from Mrs Downing, Mrs Whittingham & Mr Beswick and have a fabulous day!
Toucans Signing Choir, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 3rd Jul 2020 @ 2:59pm
Hi everyone
As part of our Leavers Worship you will all be joining in with signing Million Dreams. Please see the attached document for your lines and watch the video clip to see how to sign.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peSHQeY3MBo
We will be working on this in class next week.
Thanks Mrs Whittingham
Toucans 3.7.20, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 2nd Jul 2020 @ 2:56pm
Toucans Blog Friday 3rd July
Good morning Toucans.
I hope you all got a chance to do some work on our new whole school project ‘Save Our Seas’. Here are some more ideas for today.
Keep working through the suggested ideas on the SAVE OUR SEAS document and view as many of the video clips as you can.
Here are some stories for you to listen to today.
Listen to a Snail and Whale by Mrs Powell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLqBBeLFnYs&feature=youtu.be
Listen to Mrs Powell reading Marie Curie- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VEISPlRks4
Have a lovely day.
Best wishes from Mrs Downing, Mrs Whittingham & Mr Beswick.
Toucans 2.7.20, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 2nd Jul 2020 @ 8:16am
Toucans Blog Thursday 2nd July
Good morning Toucans.
I hope you all got a chance to do some work on our new whole school project ‘Save Our Seas’. Here are some more ideas for today.
Keep working through the suggested ideas on the SAVE OUR SEAS document and view as many of the video clips as you can.
Here are some stories for you to listen to today.
Listen to a Sea Turtle Story with Miss Thwaites today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IOIi1kFHSU&feature=youtu.be
Listen to Big Blue Whale with Miss Beattie today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjS9AT2HrsQ&feature=youtu.be
Message from Mrs Powell
Georgia’s Story
Georgie is 21. She’s a scuba diver and underwater photographer.
Introduced to fishing by her dad, Georgie made her hobby into a career when she followed her obsession with the ocean all the way to the sea bed.
Georgie’s dad is a keen pike fisherman and introduced her to wildlife conservation at a young age. As she grew up she became more and more fascinated with the ocean.
Wanting to improve her diving and marine identification skills, Georgie joined a project called Seasearch which encourages divers and snorkelers to record the marine life they see during their underwater adventures. Their findings are used by the Marine Conservation Society to make important management decisions.
The ocean covers around 71% of the world’s surface, so knowing what’s going on beneath the waves is just as important as knowing what’s going on above ground. And that’s where marine conservationists come in.
Marine conservationists play a crucial role in keeping our oceans healthy. Through monitoring marine life and underwater ecosystems, they can help us make better environmental choices. They can highlight the impact of plastics on the ocean, for instance, or identify which beaches are and aren’t safe to swim at.
Their findings can help protect endangered species or habitats.
How could you help our oceans? Could this be your job? What could you do now? How could you make a change?
Prayer
Thank you, Lord, that you created such a beautiful place for us to live.
We pray, Lord, that we may live out
the trust you put in us to look after your world for you.
Help us to love and care for those around us
both near and distant.
Amen
Here is your story for today
Mrs Ahern reading The Everywhere Bear- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4Lm3RA0pFg
Have a lovely day.
Best wishes from Mrs Downing, Mrs Whittingham & Mr Beswick.
Toucans 1.7.20, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 1st Jul 2020 @ 8:26am
Toucans Blog Wednesday 1st July
Good morning Toucans.
I hope you all got a chance to do some work on our new whole school project ‘Save Our Seas’. Here are some more ideas for today.
Keep working through the suggested ideas on the SAVE OUR SEAS document and view as many of the video clips as you can.
Message from Mrs Powell
At the age of 11, Tom Gregory became the youngest person ever to swim the English Channel.
It was 05:00 on 6 September 1988 and Tom Gregory stood on the tip of France. Behind him was his coach, John Bullet. In front of him was the vast, black, English Channel. Tom, in swimming trunks, faced the water. Out there, somewhere, was home. On the water, a light appeared in the dark. A small boat came to shore. Tom put on his cap and goggles, and walked into the Channel. He followed the boat, and, when it got too deep, he started to swim. He didn't stop for 12 hours.
Tom was 11 years old, this record has never been broken!
Wow! What do you think he saw? How do you think he felt? What would have been his biggest challenges?
Here is your story for today
Miss Gillam reading How to catch a star- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_lDCNQfwBo
Have a lovely day.
Best wishes from Mrs Downing, Mrs Whittingham & Mr Beswick.
Toucans 30.6.20, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 30th Jun 2020 @ 8:04am
Good morning Toucans.
I hope you all got a chance to do some work on our new whole school project ‘Save Our Seas’. Yesterday in school we found out more about the damage that plastics do to our rivers, lakes, seas and oceans.
Keep working through the suggested ideas on the SAVE OUR SEAS document and view as many of the video clips as you can.
Message form Mrs Powell
The Story of Jesus Calming the Sea of Galilee:
One night after a long day of preaching to the people, Jesus decided to get into a fishing boat with his disciples and go across a sea to the other side. Leaving the crowd behind, Jesus and his friends got into the boat. When they had sailed to the middle of the sea, a storm began to kick up waves. The boat rocked back and forth and up and down over the waves. The storm grew stronger and more furious.
Jesus had fallen asleep almost as soon as the boat left the shore. Even though the sea was tossing the boat around, he was still asleep. But his disciples were beginning to get really afraid. They tried lowering the sail and throwing out the anchor, but nothing worked. They bailed out the water, but still the storm raged. The boat was close to sinking.
Finally, they couldn’t stand it any longer. Jesus was still sound asleep, so they woke him up. They said, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”
With that, Jesus stood up in the boat and shouted out, “Quiet! Be still!” The storm died down, the waves grew calm, and the boat Jesus was on stopped sinking.
Jesus looked at his disciples, who were now soaking wet and shaking with fear. He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Didn’t you believe that I would take care of you?” The disciples were no longer afraid, but they were amazed. They turned to each other and asked, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”
Jesus is the Son of God, creator of the universe. We can count on him to calm the storms in our lives. When a fear seems to take hold of us, we can call out to Jesus in prayer and know that he hears us just as he heard the disciples’ cries for help.
Dear God,
Please accept these gifts.
We know that you can do all things, including taking away our fears.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
You will enjoy listening to this story today - Mrs Judge reading The Worrysaurus- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odHMuoH6yws
Have a great day everyone and best wishes from Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing and Mr Beswick.
Toucans week beg. 29.6.19, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 29th Jun 2020 @ 8:14am
Good morning Toucans.
This week is a special week for us as we come together (virtually) as a whole school for our whole school topic SAVE OUR SEAS. See the attached letter that has been emailed to your parents.
As most of our Toucans are back in school I will set out the list of activities for this week on today’s blog. However, I will still check in daily on the blog and you will have an ocean themed story or link on your blog, as well as a message from Mrs Powell.
Today- find out about the problems in our seas and oceans with Sir David Attenborough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLx4fVsYdTI .
Also take a look at this website https://www.skyoceanrescue.com/
SAVE OUR SEAS: I have attached a page with a list of ideas for programmes to watch, websites to use and activities to choose from.
Message form Mrs Powell
This week we are celebrating our wonderful oceans.
The UK is surrounded by the sea, and our waters provide the habitat for over 44,000 different species of sea life, yet often our wonderful beaches are covered in litter.
Point out that scenes like these show us that all is not well in our oceans. Marine scientists have discovered that many plastics that find their way into the world’s oceans are toxic. This means that these plastics can damage the animals and even kill them. Another problem is that wildlife such as seabirds can get entangled in bits of plastic or even become stuck in plastic bottles.
Fortunately, scientists, marine conservation societies and the UK government agree that we need to do more to protect our seas and oceans, particularly where the use of plastic is concerned. They suggest that we can all take some action – even if it is something as simple as taking home our rubbish after a day at the beach. We all need to do the following:
Invest in a reusable water bottle rather than relying on single-use ones.
Take a bag with you when you go to the shops, rather than paying for single-use plastic ones.
Look for alternatives to plastic containers.
Time for reflection
Many world faiths believe that we all have a responsibility to look after the world in which we live.
Christians believe that God made the world and wants us all to care for it: this is known as stewardship.
The Bible says, ‘The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it . . . for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters.’ Christians believe that this means that we have no right to abuse God’s creation. Instead, we should act responsibly, realizing that we are privileged to have such a wonderful place in which to live.
Prayer
Dear God,
Thank you for the beautiful world in which we live.
Thank you for the amazing variety of animals and plants.
Thank you for the sea and the beaches.
Please help us to think carefully about our responsibility in the world.
Please help us to care for the environment.
Please help us to think before we act.
Amen
You will enjoy listening to this story today - Mrs Esling reading The Invisible String- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlwgA17RaWw
Have a great day everyone and best wishes from Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing and Mr Beswick.
Toucans 26.6.20, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 25th Jun 2020 @ 3:37pm
Toucans Blog Friday 25th June
Here is our fifth and final sporting challenge for this week – Tap Up Tennis – Mrs Rice
Have you got a tennis racquet and ball? If not, what could you use? How many taps could you do? How many did Mrs Rice do? Can you beat her score?