Home Learning 12.5.20

Date: 10th May 2020 @ 9:02pm

Good morning to all my fabulous Skylarks,

Maths: https://www.thenational.academy/year-5/maths/to-convert-between-seconds-minutes-and-hours-year-5-wk3-1 Have a look at converting between seconds, minutes and hours. We have touched on this prior to learning at home and this learning platform is really helpful for you all. 

Please spend sometime joining in a virtual worship: https://www.thenational.academy/assembly

On the home learning ideas, I have put a link to Edsential music lessons. The staff who teach your children Violin and Cello have worked extremely hard to create home learning music lessons. I am aware that some of the children have left their instruments in school, however, it will still be useful if they enjoy the instrument or do have theirs at home to access these lessons. https://edsential.com/first-access-at-home/

Today's riddle: What can you hear, but not see or touch, even though you control it?

Yesterday's answer: There aren't any stairs—it's a one-story house.

Message from Mrs Powell:

Worship message from Mrs Powell

This story of Steven Bradbury highlights the benefits of sticking with it in the long run. You never know what might happen.

Steven Bradbury was an Australian speed skater. He had been to 3 Olympic games already - he hadn't won a medal. Over the past 12 years of training and racing he had suffered some horrific injuries, during which he nearly died. He was financially struggling and had to borrow money from his parents in order to survive.

In the 2002 games he was the oldest competitor in the event. People didn't think he stood a chance, including himself. He had managed to scrape through the heats but had what he describes as the best race on the way when he finished second in the semi-final. He realised he didn't have the raw speed of the younger racers so he employed a tactic of just hanging in there. This worked and got him to the Olympic final.

What can we learn from this?
- Stick with it, who knows what might happen.
- You can get a huge sense of satisfaction and a big boost from trying your best.
- Just how much we can endure and overcome if we want to.

Bradbury trained for 12 years for the Olympics We can all benefit from his approach and learn his lessons if we get in there and have a go ourselves. Go on, go for it!

Take care everyone and stay safe!

Miss Thwaites x