Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Toucans Home Learning 20 1 21
Date: 19th Jan 2021 @ 2:59pm
Wednesday 20th January 2021
Good morning Toucans.
Maths
AREA - Please follow the attached PowerPoint and listen to Mrs Whittingham’s audio recordings to explain each slide.
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.
Here is a link for a great game to revise key arithmetic facts – Hit The Button.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
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 - Diary Writing
The English PowerPoint for today's lesson is too big to attach to our blog today. However, it has been uploaded as a video on YouTube so if you just watch this and pause/replay the video when needed. Just make sure when you click on the weblink below that you start playing the video at the beginning.
https://youtu.be/nd-BJOR-VWs
Reading
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.
Take a look at the new library resource that the Oak Academy has provided. Each week they will provide a free book for you to read.
https://library.thenational.academy/
This week the book to read is Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson.
Spellings
This week we will be looking at Silent Letters.
We will focus on the first 3 words today - knowledge, knight, solemn
Write each word out 3 times in your best handwriting.
Circle the silent letter in each word.
Can you compose a sentence with these words?
Take a look at this weblink to the BBC to find out more about Silent Letters. Watch the video clips and have a go at the activities.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zcjfhcw
Spelling words: calm, autumn, climb, guest, gnarled, talking, knowledge, knight, solemn, doubted
Story
‘The Last Post’ by Keith Campion, read by Mrs Whittingham
Please follow this link to see Mrs Whittingham read some more of this beautiful book. https://youtu.be/3s1lvAEwv8k
Worship
My Smiling Mind - https://app.smilingmind.com.au/
If you haven’t yet made an account, you can follow these instructions. First, you will need to sign up to a free account at https://app.smilingmind.com.au/ (it only takes 2 minutes!) Once you have signed up, select the age category ’12 and under’. Then you need to select which type of mindfulness activities you are interested in, I recommend choosing ‘improving wellbeing’. Finally select the resources for ’10-12 year olds’ and you will now have access to 60+ mindfulness sessions that are great to help your child relax, unwind and switch off after a busy day of home learning
#2021FitnessChallenge
Take a look at this website and join in with the moves
HARRY POTTER 'HOGWARTS' SCHOOL WORKOUT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBGOZlZ2-DY
THE DARK KNIGHT 'BATMAN' WORKOUT! PART 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU7StZxAwJ0
Have a great day everyone. Remember to use the Discussion page on School Spider to chat to us about your work today. Mrs Whittingham will be checking in on the Discussion page today.
Best wishes from Mrs Downing, Mrs Whittingham and Mr Beswick.