Y2 21.05.20

Date: 20th May 2020 @ 9:18pm

Buenas Dias Swallows

Here is my little video hello https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiF_JENzqAM

Did you all enjoy the sunshine yesterday? What a beautiful day we had! William and Thomas were set sports challenges all day from their teachers so we had planking, sock throwing, 'keepie uppie' and basket ball challenges in the garden, followed by pizza for tea. It was great! I wonder what you all got up to, I hope you had fun. 

A little outdoor maths activity for you to try:

Try making a pavement trail for yourselves and others using chalk. Include some mathematical elements in this trail. For example, ‘cross the shapes grid by only stepping on shapes with less than 3 sides.’ ‘As you jump on the hands count in the sequence.’ Only count on the multiples of 10, jump on the multiples of 5, what do you notice? ‘Can you make it through the number jumble by only stepping on even numbers?

I have attached some photos of what this could look like. If you don't have any chalk, let school know and we can leave some out for you in the entrance. 

Here is the link to our Oak Academy lessons. There is a super RE lesson there that focuses on Moses. He is a very important person in Judaism, which is the religion that we will be learning about after half term. So this is a nice introduction to him.

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

Our No Outsiders story today is "The Suitcase" by Chris Naylor Ballesteros. The author reads his story to us on You Tube. 

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

 Blurb: When a weary stranger arrives one day, with only a suitcase, everyone is full of questions. Why is he here? Where has he come from? And just what is in that suitcase? A story full of heart, hope and kindness about how we treat those in need.

Swallows, I wonder what you would pack in your suitcase? The stranger carries only a suitcase as he leaves his home. In his suitcase is a cup and saucer and a picture of home. Why do you think he packed only those? Draw an outline of a suitcase. You can carry one photo and one object from your home; what will you take? Explain your choices.

A message from Mrs Powell

The definition of wise in the Oxford English Dictionary is ‘Having or showing experience, knowledge and good judgement’. When have you been wise, maybe you have been lost in a shop. This experience should have taught you always to stay near to the grown-up you are with, or should have led to you to learning exactly what to do if you got lost again. Being wise means learning from past experiences and carefully thinking about decisions that we make and things that we do now. What mistakes have you learnt from? I think we learn far more from the mistakes we make rather than the things that we get right!

Dear God Please help us to be wise. Help us to realize that there are consequences to everything that we do. Please help us to make good decisions that will work out best for ourselves and for other people. Amen

Have another great day my super Swallows. I miss you so much. Remember to use your manners and always show kindness. I am very proud of you all.

Love from Mrs Rice and Mrs Elson xxxx

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