It seemed really appropriate that we started our final half term ‘Service with a Smile,’ that we focused on saying thank you and looking at our ‘everyday heroes’ who are currently serving our communities during the pandemic. It is so important to often stop in our tracks and just reflect on what this period of time at home has brought us. Over the next few weeks I will be asking the children to reflect on this time and to think about the positives that have come from it.
Read moreReception Photos of your Home Learning 12th June
We hope that you have had a lovely week and enjoyed your learning at home. You have made us all so proud, with all of your super photos from your home learning. Please remember to say a big “Thank you” to all of your family for all of their help and support. You are all doing a fabulous job!
You have sent me lots of photos this week of what you have been up to and I have made them into a little movie for you. I hope that you like it. Just click on the movie below.
Have a lovely weekend. I look forward to seeing you all again on Monday morning for another super week of Learning from Home.
Keep smiling and being kind to each other at home.
Take care and stay safe
Miss Brisco and the Reception Team
"When we have each other. we have everything!"
Well, as always, each and everyone of you have bounced straight back into your learning. Your determination and resilience never seizes to amaze me and I am so proud of all of your achievements during home learning. Let’s keep this up right until the end of term. I know it’s not the end of term we would have wanted, but we are still a class team and we will continue to support and help each other until you are ready to start your new class adventures.
Read moreYear 3 photos of home learning week beginning 8th June
What a great week, you seem to have got straight back into your home learning after the holiday. Well done children. We love seeing how you have tackled your work each week and we love seeing you!
Please make sure you scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page, there is lots to see.
As part of our health and happiness week Steph got busy making PowerPoints to share her learning with you all, great work!
Here are your photography skills photos that you took for your computing work. Can you guess where the locations are and what the close up photos are of?
"The moment we decide to fulfil something, we can do anything." Greta Thunberg
Dear Year 4 parents and children,
Thank you for all your super efforts this week. It has been lovely to see how inspired many of you have been by Greta Thunberg and many others that we have learned about. Many of your words and thoughts this week have inspired me - there has been some excellent work on Purple Mash.
I am a little sad that I will not get to teach you ‘live’ in the classroom before the end of the year. However, I have lots of exciting things planned over the next few weeks to teach you from afar! I miss you all but I am so proud of you children - you are striving to do your best!
Make sure you keep up with that reading - try to challenge yourself to read books which are more suited to the upper juniors - now you are nearly year 5!
Here is a little film of some of your work this week.
Please do keep sending me your work and pictures of you - I do love to see you and your efforts.
God bless and have a lovely weekend all of you,
Mrs Lyons
Story time with Barbara
This weeks story is call ‘Call me Gorgeous’. I hope you all enjoy it!
Watch out for next weeks story ‘There’s a Lion in my Cornflakes’; one of my favourite stories.
Some of our families have been asking how to access previous stories and blogs, it can be done!
If you open the last blog and then scroll down to the bottom of the page you will see the words ‘In Nursery’. If you click on the the words all previous posts will come up.
One of our friends has sent in her wonderful colouring of a butterfly. I am sure you will agree it is beautiful, well done!
Please keep your ‘learning at home photos coming.
Year 5 Friday June 12th Learning from Home
Friday! Today we move onto multiplying fractions and recreating that fateful night in 1912 using animation!
Read moreHome Learning - Friday 12th June 2020
Good morning Year 6 welcome to Thursday’s learning. There are some lessons here that are over two days!
Have a fun day.
Read moreYear 3 Friday 12th June home learning
Reading
Where have you curled up to read this week? It might have been indoors this week as it’s been a little cooler. I like reading on my bed.
English
Task 1
Please ask a grown up to quiz you on your spellings today.
Task 2
Please complete these challenges using the suffix - ian.
Task 3
Go on to this website and login (it is a free website) the username for everyone in our class is ourladyyear3 and the password is year3 to play the spelling game for today. There are further instructions here on how to find the game, I will be setting a new game each week so please write down these login details and the website link.
Maths
Keep up the great work with your maths.
RE
Today we are going to look at the story of Pentecost, please watch the video and discuss it with your grown up.
Questions to discuss
How would you have felt if you were one of the disciples in the upper room?
How would you have reacted?
What would you have told others?
How did it change your life for the better?
Task
Please make a model, paint a picture or make puppets and act out what happened to show your understanding of the Pentecost story.
Reception Home Learning Friday 12th June
Good morning everyone. It’s Fabulous Friday again!
Can you think of something fabulous about 4 people you know?
I hope that you are all ready for another fun day of learning.
Thank you for all of the photos of your learning that you have sent me so far this week. Please make sure that I have them by lunchtime today so that I can make them into a little movie to post later today.
Here are the learning activities for today. Enjoy!!
Everyday activities:
1. Phonics:
Today I would like you to watch the set 1 and set 2 speed sounds, by clicking on the button:
2. Oxford Owl:
Login to Oxford Owl and read your next book. Remember to discuss the story throughout, checking your child’s understanding. Please make a note of any sounds or tricky words that your child struggles with and focus on these throughout the next few days/until they know them.
3. PE:
Please see this week’s set of new lessons and activities (click on week 7 for this week’s timetable)
Today’s specific activities:
1. Owl Babies
Where do you think the little owls will go when they learn to fly?
Today I would like you to think about where they will go and draw a picture and write a sentence or a few sentences to say where they go and what they will do there or what they saw on the way.
Try to use exciting words in your sentences and remember to use your phonics carefully as you write.
2. Maths: The Snail and the Whale - Lesson 5
White Rose: Please go onto the White Rose website and begin on Summer term Week 6
Watch the short video/ presentation and have a go at the activities.
3. Sumdog:
Have a go at some of the spelling and maths challenges that I have put on the Sumdog website for you.
I hope that you have a lovely day!
Take care and stay safe
Miss Brisco
Don’t forget to send photos of your learning to me and I will share them on Friday.
l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk
Please send any photos by lunchtime today if you want them to be included in this week’s movie. Thank you.
Year 4 Home Learning Friday 12th June
English
My Inspiration Book. Today you are going to take all the information that you have researched this week and present it in a book of inspiration.
Include information you have read about this week - some of the inspirational women you read about on Monday, Martin Luther King, Greta Thunberg, Captain Tom and the person/people who inspire you. You can add some pictures/drawings too.
You may like to add some inspirational quotes which mean something to you or your family.
Maths
Today please watch Week 1 (not Summer) Lesson 5 Dividing one digit by 10 then complete the sheets below it. Finally, mark it using the answer sheet. Ask a grown up if stuck.
Science
Complete the Purple Mash 2 do ‘Sources of Light’ after watching the little video on the site with Professor Gubbins! Do your best work!
Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Friday 12th June
It’s Friday! Have a super day of learning - you’ve all worked so hard this week!
Reading
Continue reading and quizzing on books using the Accelerated Reading and Epic Reading resources. Help can be found in the ‘How to help your child’ section of my page if you need it.
Remember, you should be reading for at least half an hour each day. Also try to read both a range of fiction and non-fiction books.
English
Day 5
Listen to the story of The Bird King:
Listen again and pause to make a list of all the birds who want to be ‘the bird king.’
Retell the story orally to each other. Use time sequencing words and phrases to help organise your retelling, e.g. Once upon a time …, first, next, after that, later that day, eventually, finally.
Your challenge today is to write your own version of The Bird King! Replace the parakeet, toucan, macaw etc. with your choice of birds. Perhaps you could include some birds that you have researched earlier this week!
Points to consider:
Why might each bird think that they should be the bird king? You could use this to highlight some of the birds’ special features, just as the birds do in the original (0:24 – 0:45 mins).
Think carefully about the bird which might replace the eagle. Which other large bird or bird of prey might fly so high?
Think carefully about which bird might replace the sparrow. Which other small bird could fly under the larger bird’s wing?
Talk about your ideas and your plan with an adult. Practise each of your sentences out loud before you write. Remember to keep reading through your writing to check it makes sense and to check for spelling and punctuation.
SumDog
Complete the grammar competition
Oxford Owl Spelling
Choose a spelling rule to work on today.
Maths
Click the link below and access ‘Summer Term, Week 6 (w/c 1st June)’
Have a go at completing the Friday Family Challenge.
SumDog
10 x tables
IXL
Which sections do you have left to complete? Have a look and see how many you can get through.
Times tables
Click below for a website which will help you to practise your times tables even more. You can create a free account which will enable you to see which medals you have collected along the way. Remember in Year 2, our main tables to focus on are 2, 5 and 10, but you could have a go at 3s too for an extra challenge.
Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for more learning!
And …. as promised, here is the first chapter of ‘The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark’. I hope you enjoy it!
I hope you have a lovely weekend with your families,
Miss Woodend
Year 1 - Friday 12th June Home Learning Challenges
Happy Friday Year 1!
Read more8.6.20 Home Learning Photos and Story Time with Miss Lane
Take a look at what your class friends have been up to this week.
Read moreYear 3 Thursday 11th June home learning
Reading
How are you finding your latest book? My new one is a nice summery one which I hope will bring some sunshine back!
English
Make sure you have a little look at your spellings again if you haven’t already.
See here for today’s journey into Narnia.
Maths
How did yesterday’s maths go? Here’s our lesson for today.
Art
Another Thursday, which means another art task. Have fun!
Home Learning - Thursday 11th June 2020
Good morning Year 6 welcome to Thursday’s learning. There are some lessons here that are over two days!
Have a fun day.
Read moreYear 4 Home Learning Thursday 11th June
English
Today you are going to think about who inspires you.
Maybe Captain Tom has inspired you.
Maybe a family member inspires you, or maybe a member of your local community. Perhaps you have more than one person that inspires you. Think about who inspires you and write a paragraph about who they are and why they inspire you.
After researching the inspirational people this week, how do you feel? Have you been inspired? Write another paragraph to explain who and what has inspired you this week and how this might influence your actions in the future, e.g. After reading about Greta Thunberg, it has made me consider how everybody’s actions affect the environment. From now on, I will consider how I can help my family to be more environmentally friendly.
Maths
Today, I would like you to watch White Rose Week 1 Lesson 4 Tenths on a Number Line.
Geography
Follow the link below to find out about different jobs then test what you have learned by the ‘cut and match’ activity below:
Reception Home Learning Thursday 11th June
Good morning everyone. Today is Terrific Thursday!
Can you think of 3 things that are terrific about today?
I hope that you are all ready for another fun day of learning.
Thank you for all of the photos of your learning that you have sent me so far this week. I will make them into a little video tomorrow for you all to watch.
Here are the learning activities for today. Have fun!!
Everyday activities:
1. Phonics:
Today I would like you to watch the set 1 and set 2 speed sounds, by clicking on the link:
2. Oxford Owl:
Login to Oxford Owl and read your next book. Remember to discuss the story throughout, checking your child’s understanding. Please make a note of any sounds or tricky words that your child struggles with and focus on these throughout the next few days/until they know them.
3. PE:
Please see this week’s set of new lessons and activities (click on week 7 for this week’s timetable)
Today’s specific activities:
1. Owl Babies
Find out all about where different types of owl live by watching Habitats – where do different owls live?
Discuss what you have learnt about owls.
Tell people in your house a new fact(s) you have learnt! Have any of your questions been answered? If you can, write a/some sentences about what you have learned.
Say your sentence out loud before you write and use your phonics to help you with your spelling.
Can you draw a picture of an owl and label it? Include some of the information you have learned, e.g. big eyes, a head that turns all the way round!
2. Maths: The Snail and the Whale - Lesson 4
White Rose: Please go onto the White Rose website and begin on Summer term Week 6
Watch the short video/ presentation and have a go at the activities.
3. Purple Mash
Don’t forget to complete this weeks purple mash activity. Make sure that you save it so that I can see it.
I hope that you have a lovely day!
Take care and stay safe,
Miss Brisco
Don’t forget to send photos of your learning to me and I will share them on Friday.
Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Thursday 11th June
You’re nearly at the end of your first week of learning for this term, just 2 days left! Keep working hard Year 2! Here are today’s home learning activities.
Reading
Continue reading and quizzing on books using the Accelerated Reading and Epic Reading resources. Help can be found in the ‘How to help your child’ section of my page if you need it.
Remember, you should be reading for at least half an hour each day. Also try to read both a range of fiction and non-fiction books.
English
Day 4
Quizzes are very popular at the moment – amongst family and groups online. Today you are going to use your research to write your own bird quiz!
Take a look at the sample quiz cards below:
Using your research from yesterday, write a quiz similar to that shown in the extract above.
Try to include a variety of questions, including multiple choice and true/false questions. You may even notice the last question is a riddle! Test out your quiz on your family taking on the role of quiz master yourself! Perhaps you could even send your quiz to your friends or me!
SumDog
Spellings - ‘Contractions’
Oxford Owl Spelling
Choose a spelling rule to work on today.
Maths
Click the link below and access ‘Summer Term, Week 6 (w/c 1st June)’
Watch the video ‘Lesson 4- Odd and Even Numbers’ and complete the work below.
SumDog
Interpret and compare charts and graphs
IXL
Which sections do you have left to complete? Have a look and see how many you can get through.
Times tables
Click below for a website which will help you to practise your times tables even more. You can create a free account which will enable you to see which medals you have collected along the way. Remember in Year 2, our main tables to focus on are 2, 5 and 10, but you could have a go at 3s too for an extra challenge.
Don’t forget to check the weekly challenges for more learning!
Have a brilliant day,
Miss Woodend
Year 1 - Thursday 11th June Home Learning Challenges
Happy Thursday Year 1!
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