Y2 29.04.20

Date: 29th Apr 2020 @ 9:14am

Buenas Dias lovely Swallows

This is the second time that I am writing this as I just clicked 'save' and it all disappeared! Sorry! 

How are you all today? I know that we are all missing our friends and families. I drove over to Manchester yesterday to do my Mum and Dad's shaopping for them. It was brilliant to actually see them instead of over a video call although I had to talk to them from their drive way and it felt so strange not giving them a hug. These all all things that we are having to get used to now, we are learning a new way to be which can be difficult to understand and accept for children. I know that my boys are desperate to go to the park wih their friends and Thomas says his teacher is much better than me! Cheeky!

Even though I want to be back to normal, I am apprectiating not rushing around in the mornings, spending all of this time with my boys and be able to relax in the garden and enjoy the great weather that we have had. I have also loved getting to know lots of neighbours that live on my lane. We are planning a "social distancing party" to celebrate VE day on 8th May. We are decorating our houses in red, white and blue to symbolise the colours on our Union Jack flag, having pic nics in our own gardens and listening to music from World War Two times. VE day celebrates the offical end of WW2 that lasted from 1939 - 1945. Below is a link to the Britsh Legion site that explains more about this special day in our histroy. I wonder if your neighbours have something planned?

https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/remembrance/remembrance-events/ve-day-75

Today Swallows, we carry on with our reading skills and shape/position work in Maths. Thomas and I really like these teachers, but we have a little secret giggle when the English lesson lady does funny voices in the spelling part!

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

However you spend your day, have fun, be kind, use your manners and keep being brilliant. I loved seeing one of our Swallows baking on Twitter yesterday. They made some domino biscuits from the recipe that I have put onto our website. It is called Cooking with Maths on the Home Learnig page. Maybe you could have a go? I am looking forward to a video call with all the staff later, we do this once a week so that we can plan lots of exciting activities for when we are all back together with you in school. They are really funny because we all get giddy and talk at the same time as we miss each other! Have you rang your friends or had a video call with them? It is a super way to keep in touch. 

A message from Mrs Powell

“No book ever ends when it’s full of your friends.” Roald Dahl

Do books ever end if you have really loved them? Are there books you just love and don’t want to ever end? We remember stories forever; I still remember reading The Enchanted Wood when I was little, and when I read it to my daughter Emily it felt like I was visiting friends again. What book will you read when you are older? Maybe you are being read a book that someone loved when they were little. (Like us!) 

However you spend your day, have fun, be kind, use your manners and keep being brilliant. I think that you are all amazing. 

Love Mrs Rice and Mrs Elson xxx