Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Toucans Home Learning 2.2.21
Date: 1st Feb 2021 @ 5:43pm
Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Good morning Toucans.
I hope you are all keeping well and had a good day yesterday. It was great to see your achievements being shared on our Discussion and Homework pages. You are all working extremely hard and we are very proud of you. Keep up the great work.
We must wish Teddy a very Happy Birthday today!
As you know this week is Children’s Mental Health week where we will celebrate the theme ‘Express Yourself’. Try this activity today.
We have attached lots of ‘Well-Being Ideas’ for you to try out this week on our blog. Have a go at the activity - How well do you know each other?
Also take a look at this video - Creativity goes on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl1NW7h7lrY
Maths
FRACTIONS - Multiplying – This week we are continuing to work on Fractions before we move onto Shape and Geometry next week.
Have a go at playing some of these Fraction Games from the Topmarks website.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/fractions-and-decimals
Please watch this video if you can’t access the audio on the PowerPoint. Remember to just pause it when needed and you can play back too if required.
If you have your Maths CGP book complete pages 32 and 33 on multiplying fractions or see the Word document attached to the blog, including the answers for you to self-check.
Times Tables
Recap all your times tables using TTRockstars https://ttrockstars.com/ Where can you get to on the leader board today? We have been so impressed with your daily scores.
Writing – Journal Writing
- To produce a piece of writing about a day trip or holiday that you have been on.
- Practise using punctuation ( )
Please watch this video - the PowerPoint is too large for us to attach to the blog today. Remember to just pause it when needed and you can play back too if required.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45Z8GBIRNnY&feature=youtu.be
Reading
New edition of First News for you to read today
- See page 28 find out what happened to a young girl who kicked her football into the Irish Sea
- Have a go at the Puzzles on page 23
Toucans, we would love you to read a little each day of the school book you have or a book you have been reading at home.
Spellings
This week we will be looking at the spellings ible and able
We will focus on the first 3 words today - understandable, visible, possible Write each word out 3 times in your best handwriting.
Circle the ible and able in each word.
Can you write an explanation for each word, maybe put the word in a sentence to explain its meaning?
Take a look at this second lesson from Oak National Academy on investigating the suffixes ible and able
Spelling words: reliable, terrible, comfortable, understandable, visible, possible, responsible, sensible, reliable, suitable
Story
‘The Explorer’ by Katherine Rundell
Please follow this link to see Mrs Whittingham read some more of our new class novel.
Worship
Open the Book – have a listen to the following story
The Two Houses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or3Gm6I8Zy4&t=12s
#2021FitnessChallenge – 10 Yoga poses for self-love
https://cosmickids.com/10-kids-yoga-poses-for-self-love/
Have a great day everyone. Remember to use the Discussion page on School Spider to chat to us and upload your home learning tasks using the Upload your Homework tab.
Best wishes from Mrs Downing, Mrs Whittingham and Mr Beswick.