Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Toucans Home Learning 4.2.21
Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 2:26pm
Thursday 4th February 2021
Good morning Toucans.
Thank you to everyone who has been uploading their English and Maths tasks. It has been a pleasure to mark them and give you individual feedback. We are so proud of the quality of the work that you are completing at home. Keep up the great work and have a lovely day everyone.
As you know this week is Children’s Mental Health week where we will celebrate the theme ‘Express Yourself’. Try this activity today.
Take a look at our School Twitter page for some Problem Solving challenges that have been created by our School Sports Partnership.
Maths
FRACTIONS – Fractions of amounts – Today and tomorrow we will be working on Finding Fractions of Amounts.
I have also attached a Fraction Quiz, which will revise everything that we have covered in Fractions over the past 2 weeks. There are 3 rounds in the quiz so maybe do 2 rounds today and the final round tomorrow. The answers are included on the PowerPoint at the end of each round.
I have also made it into a video in case you can’t access the PowerPoint so just pause after it gives you the 4 multiple choice possible answers and jot down your answer before moving on to the next question.
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.
https://youtu.be/F3fMdEC8two Here is Today’s Maths lesson
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
- To be able to use modal verbs effectively within a sentence.
See the Power point attached. Like the Maths, Mrs Downing has recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do.
Take a look at this web link to revise modal verbs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znd26v4
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.
https://youtu.be/DtEj83z-xQE Here is Today’s English lesson
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.
Maybe have a listen to an audio book today
If you continue to record your reading in your diary and get an adult to sign your diary each time you read, you will still be able to collect your raffle tickets when we are back in school.
Spellings
This week we will be looking at the spellings ible and able
We will focus on our last word today - suitable
I loved reading your Silly Spelling stories on the word ‘mischief’ last week so let’s have a go today at writing one with the word suitable - aim to include it at least 5 times on your story.
e.g. The young cat believed it was a suitable candidate for the job. It had lots of experience of capturing baddies and believed this job would be a suitable choice. The uniform was also suitable and would make him look rather cool. The only suitable opportunity option is to give him the job. He would be a suitable option as the new PC.
Spelling words: reliable, terrible, comfortable, understandable, visible, possible, responsible, sensible, reasonable, suitable
Story
‘The Explorer’ by Katherine Rundell
Please follow this link to see Mrs Whittingham read some more of our new class novel.
Worship
This morning is your chance to sing these hymns aloud at home and learn to sign them. –
Our God is a Great Big God            
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGYVhGWlRhA 
Be Still for the Presence of the Lord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDvK1u0mrZ4
#2021FitnessChallenge
Let’s take a look at some workouts from 5-A-Day.
Home Access Username - LGPS97
Home Access Password - LosGr9
Eco Schools at Home Campaign
Mrs Brennan has registered our school into an #EcoSchoolsAtHome campaign and she needs your help! Have a look at the below eco-challenges that we would love you to complete before 26th March 2021:
- Draw a ‘Don’t drop litter’ poster and drop it to the school reception area to be displayed in the window
- Upcycle a plastic bottle into something new (e.g. a bird feeder)
- Carry out a 2-day single use plastic audit at home – this means keep a record of all the times you use single-use plastic that needs to be thrown away after use
- Design a new anti-littering slogan and logo for fast food, soft drinks or PPE litter
- Interview an older person to ask them about their thoughts on if the amount of litter is increasing
You can share photos of your work or you completing the eco-challenges with us on Twitter, or drop off anything you do make into the school reception area.
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.