Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Y2 05.06.20
Date: 4th Jun 2020 @ 9:29pm
Buenas Dias Swallows children
How are you all today? Happy Friday! I know that Monday may feel strange for some of you as our Owls children are returning to school. We all wish that everyone was coming back together again. Mrs Elson and I were saying yesterday how much we wished that we could see you on Monday. However, you have to stay at home where you are safe with your families. One day, we will be able to see each other again and I am looking forward to that day so much.
I am so proud of how well you have been getting on at home. You have impresed me with the amount of work and learning that you have all done. The photographs that your grown ups send me really cheer me up when I am missing you. Well done to all of you. It will be strange for me too on Monday as Thomas has been my little shadow during this time away from school!
Our lessons today can be found here. There is a lovely Science lesson on making a habitat for plants at home.
https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-2/#schedule
Each year, we listen to this three times tables song in Swallows class. It is a really catchy tune and will help you to remember the multiples of 3. Take a listen!
Here is another active maths challenge that helps you with your number work.
Using chalk, draw the numbers 1-10 in circles on the ground. Roll one or two dice and add them together. Now jump on as many circles as you need to make the total on the dice by adding the numbers together as you go. How many ways can you do it? Instead of adding the dice together, make a two-digit number and then jump on as many circles so when the numbers are added together, they make the two-digit number.
From Monday, I will be opening a daily "discussion" on School Spider where you and your parents can chat to me, it will be a little bit like sending each other text messages. You can just send me a message or upload work on there for me to look at. I am really looking forward to this. I'm attaching a parent guide so that your grown ups know how to find our class discussion.
Here is the link to part 2 of our Lostock Lockdown Story video. It is just brilliant to see you all having so much fun with your families. You will have so many stories to tell me when I see you again!
A message from Mrs Powell
Smile, it’s Summer
Scientists have discovered that colours can make us feel certain emotions:
· White makes us feel cold.
· Red makes us feel warm or angry.
· Blue makes us feel cool or peaceful.
· Orange makes us feel warm or happy.
· Green makes us feel calm and peaceful.
· Black makes us feel sad.
· Yellow makes us feel happy and full of laughter.
When the sun comes out, people often say that they feel happier. Whatever the weather is like, though, we can all make people feel happy by the way we look at them. An unknown poet said, ‘There are hundreds of languages around the world, but a smile speaks them all.’ In other words, even if we can’t speak someone’s language, we can still let them know that we care by ‘speaking’ to them with a smile.
Think about people who make you happy. Think about their faces. When you think about them, do they look sad, angry or happy? If they make us happy, they will probably be smiling in our thoughts.
How does it make you feel if someone looks angry? How does it make you feel when someone smiles at you?
Today, why not decide to smile at people so that you can bring sunshine to their lives and make them feel happy? Remember: ‘There are hundreds of languages around the world, but a smile speaks them all.’
Dear God,
Thank you for all the people who bring me happiness.
I think especially of… (pause for the children to fill in the names).
Please help me to bring happiness to others, too.
Thank you that I can create happiness by something as simple as a smile.
Amen.
I am making another home learning pack on Monday so please let the office know if you would like one and they will be ready from Tuesday onwards.
Have a wonderful weekend Swallows and I look forward to "chatting" to you on School Spider each day next week.
Love from Mrs Rice and Mrs Elson xxx