There's always a chance to grow in any situation - Week Beginning 18th May 2020

Good morning. I hope that you all enjoy the work that Miss Bassett has set you for this week. Please keep sending me your photos to:

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Last week I did quite a bit of learning too - I was learning all about how to make movies out of your pictures, so this week I’m going to be putting the photos on at the end of the week having made them into a movie for you. Please send me you photos as normal - I’ll just save them until the end of the week and then I will make the movie available on Friday.

Enjoy your learning and have a lovely week.

Reception Home Learning - Monday 18th May

Everyday activities:

1. Phonics: Today I would like you to watch the set 1 and set 2 speed sounds, by clicking on the link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ?fbclid=IwAR3Ls7yR6-0ebguznW0u_pCJYHWG3LFra3fS7C_PxZ03XibY2toSLrutI4g                                                

Set 1 Speed Sounds at 9.30 am and again at 12.30 pm
Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10.00 am and again at 1.00 pm

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 weeks set of new lessons and activities (click week 3 for this weeks timetable):

https://lancashireschoolgames.co.uk/year-1-2-stay-at-home-programme/

Today’s specific activities:

1. Talk for Writing: This week we have another story from Talk for Writing, “The Amazing Adventures of Max”. Max is a dog who needs Reception’s help to complete different reading and writing challenges. I hope you find these fun!

2.  Sum Dog: This weeks activity is a little tricky! I know that you will love the challenge, Can you count more and less within 20? Good luck earning those coins! You are all doing a great job!

3. RE: As we reach the end of the half term, I would like to see what you can remember about the Easter celebration. Please log into your Purple Mash account and complete this weeks 2do. You will find a booklet with five pages; Palm Sunday, the last supper, the crucifixion and the resurrection. Can you draw a picture on each page to show me what you can remember about each part of the Easter story. On the final page I would like you to think about the disciples and the special job that Jesus gave them. Can you draw a picture to show different ways that the disciples have taught us to be followers of Christ?

I hope that you enjoy your day!

Miss Bassett.

Year 2 Weekly Home Learning Challenges - Week Beginning 18th May 2020

Good morning Year 2 and welcome to a brand new week of learning. Can you believe that this is the final week of learning before the half term holidays? I certainly can’t!

This week is going to be slightly different. I will be posting learning as normal for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Then on Friday, look out for something a little different to start the half term holidays.

Here are this week’s extra learning challenges to access throughout the week. As usual, anything you will need is attached below the picture, as well as a PDF version of the challenges to enable you to open links.

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Have a wonderful week!

Miss Woodend

Year 5 Monday May 18th Learning from home

Good morning Year 5 and welcome to the final week of learning for this half term. You have succeeded in learning independently at home for eight weeks!!!!! I’m sure you are missing all your friends but meeting up online. Make sure you all stay save online- tell your trusted adult if you see, hear or read anything that you feel uncomfortable with. I have again created an overview of this weeks learning- there is a theme this week: DEADLY CREATURES!!

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Year 2 Home Learning Challenges - Monday 18th May

Welcome to Monday’s learning Year 2. I hope that you all had a great sleep and are ready for the day ahead.

Phonics

I understand that the phonics videos are now repeating themselves because all of the sounds have been taught. If you feel that revisiting these sounds is worthwhile for your child, please do keep accessing the videos using the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ?fbclid=IwAR3Ls7yR6-0ebguznW0u_pCJYHWG3LFra3fS7C_PxZ03XibY2toSLrutI4g

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.

It also isn’t too late to sign up for the Epic Reading resource. If you would like access to a huge range of books, some with quizzes, please send an email to l.woodend@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk. This will enable me to send you an invite to create an account.

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English

Amazing birds! Prepare to be amazed! Over the next couple of weeks, enjoy finding out all about our amazing feathered friends, using a range of texts, online resources and articles.

Day 1

Discuss with your child: What do you already know about birds? What questions might you have about birds? E.g. Can all birds fly? What is the smallest/ biggest bird in the world? Where do birds live? Over the next two weeks, your research will hopefully help you in answering some of your questions! Ask your child to write down any questions they may have, reminding them to use question marks.

Watch What are Birds? https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6882hv/articles/zyd6hyc

Ask, what do you know about birds now? Watch the clip a few times, each time pausing to allow your child to record key facts. Perhaps you could record different facts on sticky notes and make a fact poster.

Now watch All About Birds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF0Id-hH9y4

Record more key facts on sticky notes. Have any of your questions been answered already? Begin to pick out some new words and talk about their meaning, e.g. vertebrates, bill, habitat, camouflage.

Use Word Hippo: https://www.wordhippo.com/ to look up new words and find out what they mean. Practise putting any new words into new sentences.

SumDog

Complete today’s grammar challenge

Oxford Owl Spelling

Choose a spelling rule to work on today.

Maths

Click the link https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/ and access ‘Summer Term, Week 5’.

Watch the video ‘Lesson 1- Multiplication sentences using the x symbol’ and complete the work below.

SumDog

x 2 facts

IXL

Which sections do you have left to complete? Have a look and see how many you can get through.

Times tables

Click here 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!

Enjoy your day,

Miss Woodend

'Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.'

Each week, I am trying to create virtual experiences of the things that you may be missing from your final term at Our Ladys. You are a wonderfully talented class and at the end of this week, you should have been sharing your talents with each other at Water Parks. I am really proud that I can share your talents, not only with our class mates, but with our whole school community. For those children who didn’t manage to send me anything, you are all talented. Listen carefully…your voice is there for all to hear!

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Every day, in every way.. I'm getting better and better!

Each week Year 4, I will collate photos and videos and put them into a movie so we can celebrate our week.

It has been a week, where we have learned about a character Lila and the three gifts she possessed to meet her goal. It fills my heart with joy seeing so many of you each day striving to improve and having the determination like Lila to never give in - persevere and believe you can do it!

At the very end of the story, she realises that all the Firework Makers love what they create and that is why they do it. That is why I teach and it is why you learn too! You must feel such pride in what you have created this week - and in previous weeks. Enjoy watching this video and keep striving to improve like Lizzie Ladybird!

A big hello from the Year 3 team

Today some other familiar and very friendly faces wanted to say hello. Now that I have mastered videos I will be editing all your photos and videos in to one big video at the end of each week, so each Friday make sure you log on to see the Year 3 movie of the week. Grown ups please let us know if you do not want photos or videos of your child to be used, thank you.

Have a lovely weekend, the Year 3 team.

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Story time with Barbara

May I start this blog by saying a massive thank you to the children and families who compiled and sent such a lovely video to all the nursery team. Believe me when I say it brought tears to our eyes. We are missing you all so much.

I hope you enjoy this weeks story. It has been chosen by our friend Phoebe.

Let me know what you would like me to read next week and keep your ‘learning at home’ photos coming!

If you click here Bea it will take you to Little Rabbit Foo Foo. Enjoy!





A happy 4th birthday to our nursery friend. Look at all those lovely balloons!

A happy 4th birthday to our nursery friend. Look at all those lovely balloons!

Now for this weeks ‘learning at home’ photos.

I hope the sunshine comes back for the weekend. We may be able to enjoy some extra time outdoors, maybe even a picnic?

Barbara