Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Swallows - Thursday 4th February
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 7:52am
Thursday 4th February 2021
Good morning super Swallows and welcome back to our class blog.
I hope you enjoyed some mindfulness and wellbeing time again yesterday. Did you go outside and observe the weather? Did you spot any signs of spring?
Please spend some time looking up at the sky today. Does the sky change throughout the day? Maybe you could draw it?
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.
Maths – Can you make equal groups?
We are going to be starting a brand new unit of work today focusing on multiplication and division. Please see the talking Power point video linked below. Today we will be making equal groups.
Here is the link to the White Rose video mentioned in the PowerPoint. You may want to use this link if you have any problems with sound today.
Times Tables
Please use Times Tables Rock Stars to continue to learn your 2 x table. Remember to email our admin team if you would like your child's log in details.
Writing
Can you group facts using subheadings?
Please see the talking PowerPoint video linked below. I have recorded the instructions so just click play and then pause when it is time to complete an activity. I hope you enjoy learning facts about owls today.
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.
Why not have a listen to David Walliams reading some of his amazing stories today?
https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/
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. You may notice that the sounds will start to repeat soon. The children revisit sounds many times when we are teaching Read Write Inc in school. We want to encourage fluency. We want the children to be able to read a text containing each sound at speed, without the need to Fred Talk. In order to achieve this, the children need to see each sound several times. Please continue to focus on the spelling, red word and hold a sentence videos.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
Here is a link to the Phonics Play website. This is a fantastic resource which is currently free for parents and children to use while learning from home. Here you can access lots of fun Phonics games to help you to revisit your sounds. In Year Two, we are focusing on phase 5 and 6. Please log in and select resources. You will then find lots of fun games to play.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources
username: jan21
password: home
Spellings
Please use your spelling whiteboard and roll and spell game to help you to learn our 5 spellings for this week. Remember to think of rhymes, songs and actions to help you. Tomorrow is quiz day!
would who whole any many
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. We are OVER half way through the story now.
Worship
This week for our signing worship, we will continue to learn/practice how to sing and sign ‘Be Still for the Presence of the Lord’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDvK1u0mrZ4
Can you create your own feelings chart? Maybe you could refer to it each day to tell your adults how you are feeling.
PE
Please have a look at this Go Noodle video during your active time today. It is all about being kind to yourself. If you are struggling to focus today, this video might help to refocus your mind, enabling you to prepare your mind and body for your learning time. Please then try to spend 20 active minutes outdoors.
https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/be-kind-to-yourself
Thank you for sharing your work with Mrs Southern and I yesterday, I am looking forward to seeing your work on our homework pages again. I just love being able to provide you with some feedback on your learning.
Have a brilliant day Swallows and remember that I am here if you need anything.
Lots of love from
Miss Gillam