20.5.20 Starlings Class Blog - Wednesday

Date: 20th May 2020 @ 8:21am

Good morning my lovely Starlings,

WOW! It is Wednesday again already and we are half way through yet another week. How are you? I hope you are feeling happy, safe and well. I hope you had a fabulous day yesterday and managed to keep busy and enjoy the sunshine. I think it is going to be another lovely sunny day today, fingers crossed.

Guess who I got to meet in school yesterday? You are going to absolutely love him Starlings. Teddy is going to make the most wonderful member of our lovely Lostock Gralam team. He loves playing with the grass on the field, chasing balls and lots of attention.

I love this quote about kindness being contagious. Contagious means that a feeling is likely to spread to and affect other people. Have any of you made a start on any of the kindness activities for Mental Health Awareness Week? You can find out some more about what that means and the importance of kindness on Newsround. Keep sharing all of the lovely things that you are going, you never know, it might just inspire somebody else to do something kind for their loved ones.

Newsround -  https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52557800

• How did it feel when you were kind to someone else?
• Did it make you feel happy?
• Did they do something kind in return?

No Outsiders

I would also like you to explore some beautiful picture books this week that focus on our No Outsiders theme, that is so important to us in school. I have chosen a lovely story called ‘Grumpy Frog’ for you to enjoy with your family. Here is a YouTube link where you can listen to the story being read by Ed Vere, the author of the story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfRkj4pnSZM

There are a selection of activities for you to choose from once you have listened to Ed Vere reading you the story on YouTube. I would love to see some of this work from you. I really hope that you enjoy this, as this story has a really important message. I wonder if you can let me know what you think the message of this story is?

Please see the activity booklet attached below. Drawing or writing your own version of these activities into your exercise book or onto a piece of paper is just as valuable. Please do not think that you need a printer to be able to complete these activities.

Do you remember when we performed ‘Read all about it’ by Emeli Sande as part of our Christmas play last year? We all held beautifully made newspapers with special words written on them, celebrating the fact that we are all different but all equally special, important and valued. Would you like to sing with me? Here is the link to our special song, perhaps you could make your own little newspaper to dance with?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNGEsU-BbHc

Maths

Perhaps you could enjoy completing some Maths work in your garden or while out and about on your walk today? Surveys can be great fun.  You could observe cars and other traffic on a nearby road. Decide on some categories to collect data on or you could even challenge your Starling to come up with their own question to answer e.g. what is the most common colour car. The children should gather the information and could then have a go at representing it in different ways.  

Please continue to follow our class timetable and task list attached. Are you still enjoying your Oak National Academy and BBC Bitesize lessons? You might now notice that you prefer one resource to the other and choose to follow the sequence of lessons. This would be particularly useful for the writing lessons on the Oak National Academy website. If you have missed sessions, you can still go back to session one to ensure that each activity makes sense, as they do sometimes refer to learning from previous sessions.

• https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-1/english#subjects
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zjpqqp3/year-1-and-p2-lessons/1

Thank you to everyone who has been in touch with photos, messages and questions this week. Remember, if there is anything you need, I am here to help. 

Miss Gillam

Message from Mrs Powell

Today I am going to introduce you to a very special person called Theresa. She lived more than 140 years ago.  She was born on 2 January 1873 and died on 30 September 1897, at the young age of 24. Her mother died when Theresa was just four years old, leaving her father with five children to look after. One of her sisters, called Mary, took over running the household, while her eldest sister, Pauline, took charge of telling the younger children about God.  When she was 14, Theresa decided that she wanted to dedicate her life to God, so she became a nun (someone who goes to live with others who give their lives to God). Theresa was made a saint in 1925. A 'saint' is a person who is a great example to us because he or she lived a special life and/or had special gifts.  Although Theresa didn’t have a very long life, she used every minute she had to care for other people. Her best-known saying is, ‘What matters in life is not great deeds, but great love.’ Theresa became known as someone who would show love to others by doing little things. Sometimes she gave flowers, sometimes she prayed, sometimes she showed love and attention to people who struggled with problems. Theresa knew that she wasn’t physically strong enough to carry out great deeds, but she made a big difference to people’s lives by the little things she did for them. Very often, though, it's the little things that have the greatest effect on people’s lives, the little things which show them someone cares.

Time for reflection

Close your eyes and think about a little thing someone has done for you that made you feel special or happy. It may have been a kind word, asking you to play with them or even giving you a special present.

Decide to do something today that will make someone else feel special.

Dear God
Thank you for people who do things for me that make me feel happy and loved.
Please help me to do something today to show someone that I care about them.
Amen

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