Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Monday 15th June Home learning
Date: 14th Jun 2020 @ 7:56pm
Good morning Skylarks class,
I trust that you are all well and had a lovely weekend, the weather is hopefully starting to get better and improve.
Here is today’s positive thought of the day:
Today is an important week, it is Refugee week. So I thought it would be nice to ease you in to a new week through doing some activities related to it this morning instead of your usual maths and English work. This year’s theme is to look at resources and ‘imagine a kinder world’. This ties in really well to current things in the news and the current pandemic that really gets you to think about how it is important to be supportive and kind towards others. During this activity you will look through a range of different resources:
- Developing understanding and building empathy
- Adapting to challenges
- Family and community
- Sharing stories
All of these aspects really help you to develop a sense of understanding of the wider aspects of our lives and then lives of others.
The learning outcomes of these activities will be:
- Think about the meaning of and how to build empathy
- Explore how understanding people is a kind act
- Reflect on how empathy can create a kinder world.
Looking at these three outcomes there is an important word throughout ‘empathy’. If you are unsure of what this word means to begin with then here is the following definition.
Empathy- the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
To access this learning then follow the link where all the resources can be downloaded: https://www.redcross.org.uk/get-involved/teaching-resources/refugee-week-imagine-a-kinder-world## There is a PowerPoint that will guide you through the activities this can be found on the link or here I have attached it 
(just double click the icon).
For today’s special treat Mrs Downing has decided to read you a story called ’Franklin’s flying Bookshop’. To watch simply just click on the following link- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFwOWhgOB6w
Message from Mrs Powell:
Alex Staniforth
Alex has had many barriers in his young life but found that he had a passion for the outdoors at a very young age. He found that if he was outside he was happy and chose many challenges including two attempts up Everest which failed due to an earthquake and avalanche. He said that we can’t always choose our challenges but we can choose how we respond to them. He says that Everest was just one step on his journey and his mission is to help others discover their own Everest in life and go for it. Alex is an amazing person, remember you can achieve anything in life that you want to do. Many years ago Alex went to school in Cheshire just like you do, I know because I taught him. I wonder what you will achieve and what your Everest will be? He and I would both say, you can do anything! I have emailed him recently and he has promised to come and talk to you all in school when it is safe to do so.
Take care and stay safe!
Miss Thwaites and Mrs Hulse x