Monday 6th April

Date: 1st Apr 2020 @ 9:40am

Hello Goldfinches, 

I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful weekend. In my house we began to start thinking about Easter and talked about the Easter story together whilst some Easter decorations and deciding who to make cards for this year as we won't be seeing anyone. I followed Mrs Brennan's link (last fri Blog)  How to Blow Eggs guide and managed to successfully blow some eggs ready for decorating for the first time ever! We've been out in the garden lots again and finding quiet places with not many people for walks and bikerides.  We have been listening to audible stories (which are free while schools are shut) for a bit of chill out time. Amelie is getting in to 'The Girl Who Walked on Air' Do you remember doing a little extract of this during guided reading one week? Check out Mrs O'Marah's book reccomendations thiw week on Twitter too.

Our seeds are rapidly growing now and are looking like they are ready to plant outside soon. Which of you green fingered Goldfinches can help me to work out which seeling is which? I will add these photos to Twitter and you can tell me what you think on there please! Remember I planted Pumpkins, Peas and Beans.

Over the next 2 weeks we are going to be focussing as a whole school on Easter and, very importantly, having the chance to relax.

If you still would like things to do and have been enjoying the projects I have set for you then please continue to work on your volcanoes, river research and artwork, habitats and food chains, webs and work in your Home Learning Pack. I have added resources and links to the Week 3 timetable and to the Goldfinch Class Page in case you need any of them. I have loved seeing all of the things you have been doing at home over the last few weeks. Please keep posting on Twitter if you would like to share any of the things you are enjoying doing/have achieved. 

Remember the Lego and Drawing challenges are on the Goldfinch class page too!

Much love to you all- keep up the great work and have fun, be polite and resepectful and stay safe at home. I will Blog again next week so bye for now.

Mrs Evans  xx

Easter Break Home Learning- message from the Lostock Team

As a school, we have decided that the daily blogs will not continue through the Easter holidays. We think it’s important you all have a break from this kind of learning and instead play, bake, garden, spend time together and relax!

Here are some ideas for home learning ideas that you could do over the two week break, if you’d like!

Week 1

Reading

Continue with some form of daily reading – you reading to your child, your child reading to you or whole-family reading time! Maybe you could try listening to some audio books on https://stories.audible.com/start-listen. They are free for as long as schools are closed!

Zoo Visit

Go on a virtual visit to Chester Zoo with your family. On 27th March, Chester Zoo held a virtual zoo day where the live streamed footage from different enclosures around the zoo. Relive this experience by visiting the Chester Zoo YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ9UagJLiMdBIFOHYwT7eLA

Easter Project

Remind yourself of the Easter story on YouTube using the following links:

What is Easter? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK2o-mhBfuc&list=PLcvEcrsF_9zK0q_Ey3yl7k5LA5v1M7NNs&index=28&t=0s

The Easter Story https://www.topmarks.co.uk/easter/easterstory.aspx

Events of Good Friday https://www.truetube.co.uk/film/last-supper-2014

Easter Project: Activities you could have a go at this week:

Make an Easter card for your family or friends using colour to show the symbolic meaning of the story. Use bright, happy colours to represent the happiness that Jesus came back to life and a small amount of dark colour (a cross possibly) to show the sadness from the story too.

Enjoy! 

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