Good morning everyone and well done for all of your hard work this week. Mrs Rogers and I have nearly been blown away to Kenya in amazement at your creativity and enthusiasm this week. 

***A little reminder that we have our Zoom meeting today at 10am. The link to this is on my (Mrs Davies) blogging page from yesterday afternoon.  We hope to see you there!***I have set a pre Zoom meeting task for you below!!! Just before our writing task!

I cannot tell you how happy I was to see so many examples of your work this week via the emails yesterday. I apologise that I haven't responded to them all yet; my internet connection kept crashing last night which made it a very slow process trying to download the wonderful photographs you have sent in. I will include a couple I have downloaded below but will prepare a celebratory slide show ready for Monday. Don't ever worry if your work isn't there on a particular day; it's not that we don't think it fabulous; we just try to cover a range of work over different days. 

Aren't these great? Lots more to follow on Monday! 

Our learning today...

Today we will be;

• A message to prepare for our Zoom meeting! Details below...
• Writing about the contrasting pictures we drew yesterday of Lila's life compared to our own. The pictures you drew will be your inspiration!
• Speed sounds with Rosie - available for 24 hours from 9.30am each day
• 10 am our Zoom meeting. 
• Maths - will be set via 'My Maths' today. I don't want to overload everyone on a Friday when our Zoom will take up some of your time too!
• PE - after a wet couple of days, the weather today looks brighter so enjoy some fresh air or join Joe Wicks at any point in the day for a work out. I will also post the link to the sessions posted by our after school sports providers, PAS. 
• Our afternoon learning; Religion - where we hear the story of when Jesus was taken to the temple as a baby and why this was a special celebration.

Message to prepare before our Zoom meeting...

 We all know it isn't quite the same not being in school together and we know you are doing your very best to keep happy, positive and to do your school work at home. I am sure we all have days however (mums and dads too!) where we might find it harder to keep going, keep smiling and do what we need to do. 

So, I wonder if we could all take a piece of A4 paper and write a message of love, hope,  encouragement or just a happy message to keep going, to keep strong and to know that we will all be back together again soon. 

Our message will be to everyone; not just to one friend. I don't want to do too many examples because it's nice for you message to come from your heart , but it might be along the lines of...

Keep smiling... we will be back together again soon!

Your work is amazing - keep going!

Be creative and you can decorate it if you like too. We will share our messages in our Zoom meeting. You can read it out or just hold it up!

Speed sounds with Rosie

If everyone follows the set 3 sound today which is 'ew.'

The longer words today (year 2 and any eager year 1's) are based on the sound 'ear.' Just follow the link below...

Our Maths Learning Today

It's been a busy week and you have had a busy line up today too, so I am just setting the 'My Maths' as your work today. This will be an opportunity to catch up on any my maths you haven't yet completed. I will also put a few extra games on to practice your skills. If you collected a worksheet pack from school, your remaining sheet will be needed for Monday.

Follow the link below to your 'My Maths' page. If anyone has lost their log in details just let us know and we will resend them. 

Log on to Espresso to practice these games...

To login our details are; 

Enter username;  student6922 and password;  pauls321

PE

Join Joe, take some outdoor exercise or join Mark and the team from PAS for some fun activites!

I know some of you may have your own sports activities to practice so do take the time to do these too! I'm going to head towards the airport for a walk later. I'm usually there when the sun goes down!

Religion - To know that Mary and Joseph took Jesus to the Temple as a baby and that this was a special occasion.

I wonder if any of you think you recognise this story? It is not long after Jesus was born...

Some questions to think about...

Who do you think is in the picture?

What do you think is happening?

Who is the baby?

Why is the baby being held up?

Where are this taking place?

Why do you think we can see a candle?

Let's now listen to the story and see how many predictions you got right!..