Y2 12.05.20

Date: 12th May 2020 @ 6:59am

Buenas Dias Swallows

Happy Tuesday morning. The sun is shining, I can hear the birds singing and the sky looks beautiful, fingers crossed that we have a lovely day. 

I know that some of you will have listened to the news recently and have heard our Prime Minister, Borris, saying that maybe Reception, Y1 and Y6 can come back to school on June 1st. I was hoping that he would say Y2 so that I can see you all again however we have to do what he says as he has lots of scientists working with him, telling him the best way to keep us all safe. Hopefully, get your fingers and toes crossed, we can be together again for a short time in July. We will have to see what he says. I am not going anywhere though, so whenever we all come back together, I will be waiting to see your lovely, smiley faces. I have missed you so much.

Remember this week I am asking you to think about the Christian Value of FRIENDSHIP. Thank you to Isla who has written a gorgeous poem about what Friendship means to her for our sharing window. Could you show Friendship to somebody today? How? A smile, a cuddle (only people who live in your house!), a little job are all ways of showing that you care. Perhaps you could take a photo of this act of Friendship or design a poster showing what this Christian Value means to you? I listened to "You've Got A Friend In Me" from Toy Story yesterday to help me think about this, as all the toys in that film show lots of Friendship to each other, even Woody and Buz in the end! Maybe you could watch the film soon?

I have discovered that David Walliams, the famous children's author and judge on Britain's Got Talent, is reading his books on line each day at 11am. It is always a pleasure and a treat to listen to the actual author's voice as they read exactly as they intended the words to sound. Have a listen, it will be a lovely way to relax. 

It is called DavidWalliamsElevenses.  https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/

Our Oak Academy lessons today are https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-2/#schedule. You can also learn the days of the week in Spanish today. Remember that you have work packs in school if you need them and our Home Learning page has lots of fabulous ideas on for you. 

A message from Mrs Powell

This story of Steven Bradbury highlights the benefits of sticking with it in the long run. You never know what might happen.

Steven Bradbury was an Australian speed skater. He had been to 3 Olympic games already - he hadn't won a medal. Over the past 12 years of training and racing he had suffered some horrific injuries, during which he nearly died. He was financially struggling and had to borrow money from his parents in order to survive.

In the 2002 games he was the oldest competitor in the event. People didn't think he stood a chance, including himself. He had managed to scrape through the heats but had what he describes as the best race on the way when he finished second in the semi-final. He realised he didn't have the raw speed of the younger racers so he employed a tactic of just hanging in there. This worked and got him to the Olympic final.

What can we learn from this? - Stick with it, who knows what might happen. - You can get a huge sense of satisfaction and a big boost from trying your best. - Just how much we can endure and overcome if we want to.

Bradbury trained for 12 years for the Olympics We can all benefit from his approach and learn his lessons if we get in there and have a go ourselves. Go on, go for it!

Follow this link below to see Mrs Powell's video. 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scxc9RKJ2vM

Have a wonderful day my super fantastic Swallows. Keep showing everyone in your home what a lovely friend you are and remember just how special you all are to Mrs Elson and to me. Follow this link to see a little Tuesday morning hello from me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMSCTEhYSfo

Love from Mrs Rice and our magic fairy xxx