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WB 29.6.20 Starlings Weekly Blog

Date: 28th Jun 2020 @ 10:10pm

 

Good morning Starlings J

I hope that you had a lovely weekend and enjoyed some family time together. I am loving being able to see a little bit more of my most special people, even if it is from a distance. I look forward to seeing lots of you in school again this week.

Now that most of our Starlings are back in school, our home learning blog is going to look a little bit different. Each Monday you are going to get a suggested task list with lots of ideas for your home learning challenges for the whole week. We will also have a daily discussion which you can access on our school website. This week, our special whole school project will be called ‘Save Our Seas’.

SAVE OUR SEAS 

 

Ideas for activities: (Pick the ones you like or choose your own) 

           

  • Look at the Global Goals and particularly Number 14- Life Below Water 

 https://www.globalgoals.org/       https://www.globalgoals.org/14-life-below-water 

 

  • Watch the Pollution Problems clip on the https://worldoceanday.school/ website.  Go around your house and do a survey of the single use plastic you have. Can you decide as a family to ‘Save Our Seas’ ‘Make One Change’ in something you buy from now on. Please Tweet your pledge to ‘Make One Change’ and we will spread the message and give ideas to others. 

 

  • Read of the attached document First News pages 7 and 10

Who is Diego and why is he so special? How can we help to stop plastic pollution?

  

 

 

              https://world-geography-games.com/oceans/index.html  

 

  • Choose a particular ocean or sea to find out about. 

 

  • Use teddies or models you have at home to make a play or puppet show about the dangers facing the oceans. 

 

  • Find out which seas and rivers are linked with the Bible 

 

  • Go on a litter pick (with an adult from your house) in your local area. 

 

  • On your daily walk with an adult, visit a local pond, lake or river and talk about the local plants and wildlife there.  

 

  • Do a survey of the animals and wildlife you see at the local pond/river/lake. Make a pictograph or bar chart. 

 

  • Find out about an ocean animal or plant. Think about: Appearance, Habitat, Diet and whether it is endangered or not.  

 

  • Read sea poems and have a go at writing your own 

https://www.michaelrosen.co.uk/2019/04/over-my-toes/  https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/poem/over-my-toes/   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1sWlGCvcAQ  - Michael Rosen Seagulls 

 

      

  • Make an ocean biome out of an old shoe box. Or use play dough to create an ocean scene or habitat. Use the Salt dough recipe to make Salt Dough Starfish. 

 

 

   

  • Decorate a pebble with a sea theme and ‘Make One Change’ and put it outside school in front of the sharing window. 

 

  • Use your imagination to write a short story linking to the sea. Remember to use capital letters, full stops and finger spaces, and to re-read your work to check it makes sense.

 

 

  

 

 

Useful websites:  

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/nature/kids-vs-plastic/pollution/#/1470659139836 

https://www.iucnredlist.org/ 

https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/oceans.html 

https://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/ocean-facts-for-kids.html 

https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/ocean/346185 

https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/fascinating-facts 

https://www.theworldcounts.com/stories/Ocean-Facts-for-Children 

https://modestfish.com/ocean-facts/ 

https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/sea-creature-maths-worksheets 

https://conserveturtles.org/sea-turtle-tracking/   follow the migratory movements of endangered turtles 

https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/marine-habitats 

http://www.fao.org/fao-stories/article/en/c/1258376/ 

Twinkl have lots of free resources (I have downloaded most of the ocean themed ones which will be attached to the daily blogs) 

David Attenborough clips and programmes:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW3jEIYBFzg 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLx4fVsYdTI 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGfIsMMTbL4 

https://www.bbcearth.com/shows/blue-planet/ Blue Planet 1 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04tjbtx   Blue Planet 2 

Newsround programmes: 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/42810179 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/47979998 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/47445196 

 

Lovely Sea themed books and stories to share: 

            

https://vimeo.com/60259773 - watch the reading of Big Blue Whale 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jamBzIML79o - Barry the Fish with Fingers 

 

Listen to our lovely staff read some stories linked to our ‘SAVE OUR SEAS’ theme

Other stories

Listen to our staff read some wonderful stories. It was finally my turn to read a story this week. Do you notice anything about this story? Does it remind you of any stories that we have read before?

 

 

 

You can e-mail a photo or deliver any of your work to school to help us change our Sharing window into a Save Our Seas sharing window.  

If you are Tweeting your work please add the tag @LostockGralamPrimary and add  #Saveourseas and #Makeonechange  

All the work which is currently on the sharing window will be moved to be displayed in church- which we think will bring a huge smile to everyone there.  

 

 

Please continue to complete your home learning pack and use our fantastic Read Write Inc, Oak Academy and BBC Bitesize online lessons. We will also continue to set a daily discussion on our website. This will be checked throughout the day and children in school will have opportunities to respond to discussion comments. This is a lovely chance for us to be together as a class without all being in the same room. Please select ‘View all Discussions’ and click on the relevant date.

 

Have a wonderful week Starlings and please don’t hesitate to get in touch with any questions or concerns. Speak to you on our class discussion!

Miss Gillam xx

Message from Mrs Powell

This week we are celebrating our wonderful oceans.

The UK is surrounded by the sea, and our waters provide the habitat for over 44,000 different species of sea life, yet often our wonderful beaches are covered in litter.

Point out that scenes like these show us that all is not well in our oceans. Marine scientists have discovered that many plastics that find their way into the world’s oceans are toxic. This means that these plastics can damage the animals and even kill them. Another problem is that wildlife such as seabirds can get entangled in bits of plastic or even become stuck in plastic bottles. Fortunately, scientists, marine conservation societies and the UK government agree that we need to do more to protect our seas and oceans, particularly where the use of plastic is concerned. They suggest that we can all take some action – even if it is something as simple as taking home our rubbish after a day at the beach. We all need to do the following: Invest in a reusable water bottle rather than relying on single-use ones. Take a bag with you when you go to the shops, rather than paying for single-use plastic ones. Look for alternatives to plastic containers.

Time for reflection

Many world faiths believe that we all have a responsibility to look after the world in which we live.

Christians believe that God made the world and wants us all to care for it: this is known as stewardship.

The Bible says, ‘The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it . . . for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters.’ Christians believe that this means that we have no right to abuse God’s creation. Instead, we should act responsibly, realizing that we are privileged to have such a wonderful place in which to live.

Prayer Dear God, Thank you for the beautiful world in which we live. Thank you for the amazing variety of animals and plants. Thank you for the sea and the beaches. Please help us to think carefully about our responsibility in the world. Please help us to care for the environment. Please help us to think before we act. Amen

 

 

Files to Download

Colouring Coral Reef Comprehension - Text Coral Reef Comprehension - Questions Crack the Code - Maths Challenge Find, Colour and Count! First NEWS Oceans of the World PowerPoint Salt Dough Starfish Word Search Cutting Activity Writing Activity

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