Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Swallows - Monday 25th January 2021
Date: 25th Jan 2021 @ 7:12am
Monday 25th January 2021
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Hello and welcome back to Swallows class blog.
It is Monday again already! Did you have a nice weekend? Did you get to play in the snow this weekend?
I hope you are relaxed, rested and ready for another busy week of home learning. Please see our task list and PowerPoint presentations below to see what your home learning tasks are for today. Please also remember to take a few moments to look at the class discussion page each day where I will be available to ‘chat’ to you about the work that I have set for that day. You can just pop on there to say hi or tell have a little chat with your friends. The children can type in their own messages. It is a lovely, safe way of us staying in touch. Today, we are launching our brand new ‘Homework’ section of our School Spider website. Please have a go at uploading some of your work today. This is a private upload and it will allow me to mark your work. I will talk you through how to use this new tool during our Zoom call at 9.20am.
Maths – Maths – Can you select money? Please see the link to our talking PowerPoint below. Please pause the video to complete each activity. Just like last week, I have embedded the White Rose video onto our PowerPoint. This should mean that you do not need to leave the video. As the PowerPoints are such large documents to download, we feel it would be best for everyone to access their learning via the YouTube link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPxtPosb6Ho&feature=youtu.be
If you would rather watch our White Rose video in a separate tab or on a different device, here is a link to today’s video. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/week-10-measurement-money/ Please select lesson 4, ‘Select Money’.
Times Tables
Times Tables Rockstars
I was planning to introduce Times Tables Rock Stars to the children in the first week of January. We would have had some sessions using it in school so that I could then have sent the log in details home with the children to use as part of their weekly Maths homework, which is in line with our Key Stage Two classes. However, the National Lockdown prevented this from happening.
As we do not have a confirmed date for the children to return to school, I have set the children up on this system for them to use at home if you wish. The children can practise the times tables that I have set for them (these will predominantly be 2's, 5's and 10's in Y2) using a devise. As they play, they can earn coins and make their way up the leader board. This is a fun, engaging and interactive way for the children to learn their times tables.
If you would like your child's log in details, please contact the school office via the admin address and they will email them across to you. Ideally, I would have explained how this works with the children and they would have had time in class to navigate the game with me in the classroom. Therefore, you may wish to wait until we are back in school so that I can explain it to the children in detail.
https://play.ttrockstars.com/play
Writing
Can I plan a re-telling of the story ‘Saint George and the Dragon’?
Please see the talking PowerPoint video linked below. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click play and then pause when it is time to complete an activity.
I have attached the story of ‘Saint George and the Dragon’ to our blog so that you can remind yourself of what happened in the story if you need to.
Here is the link to the ‘Draw with Rob’ video that I mentioned on our PowerPoint today. I also found a lovely little owl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GksHARkuYEU - Dragon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta5cWmlgHBU - Owls
Reading
Please spend some time reading either the school book you took home with you or a book you have been reading at home each day. Please also remember to use our Oxford Owl website to access reading books online. Here you can access Read Write Inc and other story books at your level.
- https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-pupils/pupil-home
- https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-pupils/pupil-home?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=&age_group=age%204-7&series=&level=¤t_page=school_ebooks
Username: starlings1 (from the last lockdown)
Password: Home
If you get an adult to sign your reading diary each time you read, you will still be able to collect your raffle tickets when we are back in school.
Read Write Inc
Instructions for how to find your RWI learning for today can be found on our English PowerPoint. Here is the link to the Read Write Inc home page on YouTube. It might help to add this as a favourite so that you can quickly find your Read Write Inc learning each day. Please remember that the website updates at 9:30 each day. As it has been the weekend, there will be no video link available until 9:30.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
Spellings
Our spellings will be on our English Powerpoint each day. Please use your spelling whiteboard and roll and spell game to help you to learn them. We will complete our little spelling quiz each Friday.
Story
Please have a listen to the next chapter of our beautiful story ‘The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark’. You will find the audio at the end of our English PowerPoint. I will read a little bit of the story to you here each day.
Worship
Please click the link to Mrs Powell’s worship today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq0u-LIaDv0&feature=youtu.be
Reflection: Mrs Powell’s message today was about our Christian Value of RESPECT. Make a hand poem of your own all about respect. Who and what do you want to pray for at the moment? You could draw around your own or an adult’s hand, cut it out and write an idea on each finger like Mrs Powell shared in her worship.
PE – Please try to spend some time outside having a run around today. I have also attached a link to the 5-a-day fitness website.
https://player.5-a-day.tv/player Username: lost9261 Password: Ns9h0an6
Here is a link to some lovely yoga activities that you could also have a go at today.
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
Have a wonderful day Swallows and don’t forget to let me know how you are getting on with your learning in our new ‘Homework’ section of the School Spider website today. You will find your login details in the front of your blue reading diary.
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam