Y2 02.06.20

Date: 2nd Jun 2020 @ 8:21am

Buenas Dias Swallows

How are you all today? It looks like it is gloing to be another sunny day, I have just been out into the garden to hang out my washing and the sky is a beautiful, clear blue colour with only a few clouds. I imagine you are all so tanned because of this lovely weather, I won't recognise you when I see you again. Plus, I bet you have all grown taller! 

It was lovely to see some photos of people learning about Rosa Parks yesterday. If you didn't mange to, look back at yesterday's blog for the link or visit the BBC home learning page for Y2. 

How did you get on with the 10 spellings that I gave you before the holidays? I bet you were great! This week, let's look at words that end with the suffix "ness". 

quietness, calmness, laziness, brightness, kindness, happiness, loneliness, forgiveness

Remember the rule of changing the y to an i when adding a suffix like in happiness. 

Our maths learning today focuses on reading scales again, this time in litres. This is the unit that we measure liquid in. We also look at how to say the colours in Spanish as well continuing to find information in our reading lessons. 

https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-2/#schedule

I would like to intoruduce you to a research project based on Judaism that can last for the rest of this week. This is the religion that we would be learning about if we were at school. Jesus was born as a Jewish person as that was the religion at that time. It is a very old, fascinating religion and there are many Jewish people all over the world, in England too. 

I would like you to find out the Jewish holy book called "The Torah". It was originally a scroll and so in many synagogues today, the words are written onto a scroll, not printed in a book. What is the Torah? What is it written on? How is it looked after? Where does it live in the Synaggoue? Who is allowed to read it? Can you touch it with your finger in the Synagogue? Do Jewish people have a copy of The Torah at home? 

This website might help you https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/what-is-the-torah/zhs2t39

There is also a video on there about a little Jewish boy, Charlie, from Manchester who talks about his life as a Jewish person. The Synagogue in that video, is the one that Y2 visit each summer. It is beautiful. I will show you photographs when we are back together again. I have attached a Power Point explaining a little bit more for you as well. Maybe you could make a poster of what you have found out, label a picture, video yourself explaining what you have learnt and send it to me or bring your work into school. 

A message from Mrs Powell 

Pause for Thought: Be Kind Click here to watch the following video: https://youtu.be/Qcyc68d6OAk

We should be kind because we care about other people. However, the video that we just watched suggests that kindness is also good for us. Ask the children to think about why this might be. You might like to start by revisiting the ideas suggested in the video (go to 0.20 minutes and play the following ten seconds).

Can you make a list of something kind that you could do each day of the week?

Dear God,

Please help us to be kind to those around us.

Please help us to think about the needs of other people.

Please help us to seek to live in peace.

Amen.

Have a wonderful Swallows, we miss you.

Love from Mrs Rice and Mrs Elson xxx

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