The Gates Primary SchoolYear 2- Owls: Blog items
Date: 6th May 2020 @ 8:47am
Good morning my little cabbages!
I hope you had a lovely day yesterday!
Today's home learning is:
IXL - Maths - Addition - D14, D15, D16
IXL - English - Articles - P1, P2
Don't forget there are 2Dos set on Purple Mash and Reading Comprehensions on Read Theory.
It was great to see some of your blog posts yesterday! We had children learning chess, going out for walks and using chopping skills to make a yummy fruit salad!
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Have a lovely day Owls Class!
Miss Whalley
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 7:52pm
Good morning my little cheeseburgers!
I hope you had a great Monday!
I've seen some excellent learning on IXL already! Well done to these children for answering more than 200 questions:
Felix 246
Eli 210
Junior 222
Max P 248
Imogen 234
Tristan 675 (!!!)
Today's home learning is:
IXL - Maths - Addition - D6, D7, D8
IXL - English - Word meanings - W4, W5, W6
It's been lovely to see what you have been up to over the weekend. We've had some people saying hello to the local horses, building a fort on their mum's bed, building train sets, learning to sew, completing their work in a tent in their living room and enjoying the great outdoors!
Have a great Tuesday Owl Class!
Miss Whalley
Date: 3rd May 2020 @ 10:11pm
Happy Star Wars day everyone!
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. At least the rain managed to hold off for most of it! I spent the weekend doing some odd jobs around the house, speaking to friends and family on FaceTime and watching some boxsets.
I've been so impressed with how hard you have been working on IXL - a big shout out to Alex, Luke and Jazmin for accessing their learning this week! Great job!
So far, since Easter you've answered 38,762 questions and spent 213 hours on your work - that's amazing!!
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Today's home learning is:
IXL - Maths - Addition - D1, D4, D5
IXL - English - Contractions - T1, T2, T3
There's a great video on BBC Bitesize and some games that you can play which may help you with contractions in grammar - they can be quite tricky! Click on the picture below to be taken to the website:
This week's writing task is all about VE Day!
On Friday we Britain will be celebrating the anniversary of VE Day, which is when World War Two ended. A blog was posted on Friday to detail some activities that you could do this week as part of the celebrations.
For this week's writing task we are asking you to make a fact file about what VE Day is and why we celebrate it. Now I know we have not really written many fact files so I have attached an example of this below as well as a success criteria.
The task is set on Purple Mash but you can present it in any way you wish, be this through a poster, a handwritten factual leaflet, a word document, a powerpoint etc. Please include any photos of your finished product so that they can be displayed on the blog.
Example
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This is also a great website to look at based on the day - click on the image of the people celebrating to be taken to the Newsround page:
Here is the success criteria to help you know what to include in your writing:
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Success Criteria – VE Day Fact file |
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I have included a title |
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I have included facts (aim for at least 5) |
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I have included sub-headings |
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I have organised my writing into paragraphs |
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My facts make sense to the reader |
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I have included good vocabulary |
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I have used capital letters and full stops |
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I look forward to seeing all of your hard work this week Owl Class as well as seeing your blog posts - they brighten up my day!
Miss Whalley
KS1 Writing Task - VE Day factfile w/c 4.5.20
Date: 3rd May 2020 @ 2:55pm
On Friday we will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of VE Day. A blog was posted on Friday to detail some activities that you could do this week as part of the celebrations.
For this week's writing task we are asking you to make a fact file about what VE Day is and why we celebrate it. Now I know we have not really written many fact files so I have, as usual, attached an example of this below and a success criteria.
The task is set on Purplemash, but you can present it in any way you wish, be this through a poster, a handwritten factual leaflet, a word document, a powerpoint etc. Please include any photos of your finished product so that they can be displayed on the blog.
Example
I am sure you can include more facts, each day this week I plan to post one fact about VE Day, you are welcome to use these facts to complete your fact file. This is also a great website to look at based on the day
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48201749
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I have included a title |
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I have included facts (aim for at least 5) |
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I have used capital letters and full stops |
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We look forward to seeing your finished product.
Key Stage 1 Team
VE Day celebrations EYFS and KS1
Date: 1st May 2020 @ 11:03am
VE Celebrations – WB 4.5.20
Dear Parents,
Next week marks the 75th anniversary of VE Day and despite not being in school, we would still like to be able to celebrate this with the children.
It would be brilliant if at home you could have a tea party or a picnic on Friday as a special celebration on this day. Some streets are planning a ‘Stay at home street party’.
At home, it would be great if your child could make a VE Day t shirt (decorate a plain t shirt using felt tips of fabric paint) which they can wear to their own VE Day tea party/picnic.
Here are some ideas for your child to complete at home if they would like to. If you do complete any of these activities, we would love you to share them with us on the blog.
Here are some websites which you may like to visit:
Useful websites:
Owls Friday achievement assembly
Date: 1st May 2020 @ 10:52am
Good morning Owls! Click the link below to see if you have been nominated in the Golden book this week!
Miss Whalley
Date: 30th Apr 2020 @ 9:06pm
Well done to Tristan - our first home learning star of the week! I've been so impressed with your attitude to learning at home. You can always be relied upon to complete all the tasks set, you've answered the most questions online so far and you even wear your school uniform when doing so! You're showing a really mature attitude and making everyone in Owls Class proud. Keep it up buddy!
Miss Whalley
Date: 30th Apr 2020 @ 8:49pm
Good morning Owl Class! Well, not only is it Friday, but it's the first day of May!
Yesterday was quite a soggy day in Manchester, though the plants in my garden will be enjoying a good watering I'm sure!
It was Captain Tom Moore's 100th brithday yesterday. He had an RAF flypast to celebrate and the Queen promoted him to a Colonel. I'm sure he was very proud, as he should well be.
Today's home learning is:
IXL - Maths - Counting and Number Patterns - A16, A17, A18
IXL - English - Consonants and Vowels - A1, A2
Here's a little reminder of what a vowel and consonant is:
It's been wonderful to see all of the hard work on IXL over the past couple of weeks. Here are the top 5 children in Owls and Robins class:
4 out of the top 5 are in Owls Class!! Well done my little pet pets, I'm very proud of you!!
Have a wonderful weekend all and see you back here on Monday.
Miss Whalley
Date: 29th Apr 2020 @ 7:07pm
Good morning my little green beans!
I hope you had a good Wednesday! It rained a lot here in Manchester but then suddenly the sun came out, so I grabbed my trainers and went for a walk. It was lovely to get outside and see all of the beautiful flowers on the trees.
Today's learning is:
IXL - Maths - Mixed Operations - J1, J2, J3
IXL - English - Alphabetical Order - V1, V2
Don't forget there are 2Dos on Purple Mash and reading comprehensions on Read Theory.
It was lovely to see some blog posts come through. Some of you are exercising with Joe Wicks (and Mum!), exploring new places on walks and using IQ builder puzzles to pass the time!
Keep up the wonderful work Owl Class, I'm very proud of how you're all handling this very strange situation we find ourselves in, I miss you all very much!
Miss Whalley
Date: 28th Apr 2020 @ 9:30pm
Good morning my little potatoes!
I hope you had a good Tuesday! Well the rain has come back and I already miss the sunshine. Though rain is a good excuse to go out in your wellies and splash around in the puddles!
I've been so impressed with your learning on IXL over the past few days. A special mention to these children for answering over 200 questions:
Lucy - 256
Rosie - 208
Tristan - 217
Keiji - 210
Imogen - 299
Well done my little pet pets, I'm very proud!
I've also been pleased to see how hard you are working on Read Theory! These people have earnt excellent knowledge points yesterday!
Ethan - 144
Tristan - 153
Jack - 118
Callum - 108
I'm really impressed boys - keep up the hard work!
Today's home learning is:
IXL - Maths - Comparing - K2, K3, K5
IXL - English - Transitions and sequence - S1, S3
Don't forget there are 2Dos on Purple Mash and comprehensions on Read Theory.
I've had a look at some of your 2Dos on Purple Mash - I really liked the portraits of yourselves. They really do look like you and it really made me smile 
These are my favourites:
Emmy: 
Ethan: 
Freya: 
Imogen: 
Jack: 
Keiji: 
Oliver: 
Stephanie: 
There were no blog posts yesterday so nothing to share here. Remember to try and upload one blog post a week to share what you have been up to at home.
Miss Whalley
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 10:03pm
Good morning my little onions!
I hope you're all well and had a happy Monday!
A lot of you had a great start to IXL yesterday - a special mention to Felix, Max P and Freya who answered nearly 200 questions!
Today's home learning is:
IXL - Maths - Patterns - T4, T5, T6
IXL - English - Adjectives - Q4,Q5, Q8
It was great to see some of your blog posts yesterday! We had a sign made for the class and two people reading the same book at bedtime! Why don't you make a sign for the class and post it on your blog with a message for your friends?
Don't forget there are 2Dos set on Purple Mash! I'll post some of my favourites later in the week.
I'm impressed with the amount of children accessing Read Theory! Well done to Imogen who is in the lead with 4,016 knowledge points! Wow, that's very impressive!
Have a great Tuesday Owl Class, I look forward to seeing your blog posts!
Miss Whalley
Date: 26th Apr 2020 @ 10:00pm
Good morning my little tomatoes!
I hope you all had a lovely weekend! Wasn't it lovely weather? I spent most of my weekend in my garden - doing some planting and reading a book in the sunshine. I've read three books since we've been off - how many have you managed to read?
This weekend we've have children making pizzas and using telscopes! Why don't you post a blog and show everyone what you've been up to?
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I was very impressed with your spellings this week Owls Class! It's great to see you all working so hard at home - I'm very proud! Remember to check your blog dashboard for this week's spellings.
Look at all the learning that you have done on IXL last week - 22,717 questions! I am completely blown away by your dedication to your learning! Keep up the hard work - I can't wait to see how many questions you answer this week!
Today's learning is:
IXL - Maths - Patterns - T1, T2, T3
IXL English - Adjectives - Q1, Q2, Q3
Don't forget there are reading comprehensions on Read Theory and 2DOs set on Purple Mash.
This week’s writing task is to write a letter. We would like you to write a letter to Captain Tom Moore about his most recent achievements. The task is set on Purple Mash. We have done letter writing once before, remember when we wrote to Father Christmas? You all did a fantastic job and even recorded your letters on the ipads. Here is an artiicle on Newsround for you to look at and learn about Captain Tom Moore's achievements:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52423703
I have created a letter template for you with his address already included but to get to you will need to click some buttons
First click 
next 
Then either 
Or 
And 
in there you will find a file called
finally, click 
If you can’t quite remember all the points about letter writing, don’t worry. Here is a WAGOLL to help you
I have attached a success criteria below so you know what you need to include. I can’t wait to see the letters that you write.
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I have written my address |
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I have written the date in full |
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I have written the address of who I am writing to |
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I have written a greeting and who I am writing to (e.g. Dear ____) |
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I have said why I am writing |
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I have signed off appropriately |
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I have written in paragraphs |
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I have used capital letters and full stops |
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Miss Whalley
Date: 23rd Apr 2020 @ 10:03pm
Good morning my little carrots!
I hope you're all well! I can't believe it's Friday again - this week has really flown by!
Today's home learning is:
IXL - Maths - Subtractions strategies I4, Counting and number patterns - A8, A9
IXL - English - Verbs - O6, O8, O9
A big shout out to Tristan who has answered 1136 questions so far this week on IXL!
There are also reading comprehensions on Read Theory and 2Dos on Purple Mash.
I've loved seeing your blog posts - here are some photos of your learning from home:
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Miss Whalley
Date: 22nd Apr 2020 @ 7:21pm
Good morning my little pineapples!
I hope you're all well and enjoyed the sun yesterday! I spent a bit of time in the garden - weeding and mowing the lawn and it now looks a lot better!
Today's learning is:
IXL Maths - Subtraction Srategies - I1, I2, I3
IXL English - O18, O19, O20
Here is a little poster to help you with today's grammar work on tenses:
Keep up with your super work on Purple Mash and Read Theory and have a wonderful Thursday!
Miss Whalley
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 9:59pm
Good morning my little cucumbers!
I hope you had a great Tuesday! Once again I've been impressed with your learning on IXL! A special shoutout to Max P who has answered 1104 questions so far this week!!
Today's learning is:
IXL - Maths - Subtraction - H2, H3, H4
IXL English - Verbs - O15, O16, O17
Don't forget there are reading comprehensions on Read Theory and 2Dos set on Purple Mash.
I've been having a nosy at your Purple Mash activities and I think they're wonderful! Have a look at some of your excellent work below:
Ethan has written some excellent instructions on how to make a Mexican wrap:
I really like how you used imperative (bossy) verbs and time conjunctions such as 'finally', and 'then'. Great job Ethan!
Abby was able to accurately label parts of a plant, Tristan drew a picture of a garden and Eli created his own plants - they look great!
On the blogs today, Keiji showed off some of his writing about volcanoes and Max P found a ladybird whilst helping his dad in the garden!
Have a great day everyone and keep up with your great blog posts!
Miss Whalley
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 8:33am
With all the amount of time that we are spending online at the moment, it is important to remember just how we can stay safe online. I know all of you got really involved with this subject when we learnt about it in school but I have attached a few documents that you can read with your grown-ups to refresh your memory - a poster and a story about 'Smartie the Penguin'
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 8:23am
Writing Task - w/c 20.4.20
As mentioned in yesterday’s blog, teachers will now be setting up a writing task every Monday. This week we have set you an instruction based task created on Purple Mash, using the programme ‘2create a story’. You will be writing about ‘How to Make a Healthy Wrap’, your wraps turned out so well when you created them in school it would be great to see how much you remember about making them and what you included in yours. Maybe you could even recreate it at home. Can you remember how instructions should look?
If you can’t quite remember all the points about instruction writing, don’t worry. Here is a reminder to help you
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zhj9wmn
I hope that has refreshed your memory, an example of my first sentence to create my healthy wrap after my ‘You will need’ list might be
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I have attached a success criteria below to hopefully help you out, I can’t wait to see the instructions that you write. It might even inspire me to create some healthy wraps at home, I remember being extremely jealous of the ones that you came up with in class!
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I have numbered my instructions |
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I have included imperative (bossy) verbs (put, place, cut) |
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Date: 20th Apr 2020 @ 9:52pm
Good morning my little cabbages! I hope you had a great day yesterday. I can't believe how many questions you've answered on IXL so far, you're all working so hard whilst at home and I'm so proud of you!
It's been really lovely seeing your blog posts come through today. I love seeing your smiling faces and I'm so pleased to see that you're able to keep busy whilst school is closed. I may even steal some of your ideas to try at home! Here are some of photos from the blogs today: we've had people looking at plants and minibeasts, junk modelling, digging and planting flowers, making food for birds and hedgehogs, making space suits and rainbows and doing practical maths learning outside. Junior made yummy looking chocolate brownies and scientist Max M made a volcanic reaction! Well done all!
Today's home learning is:
IXL: Maths - Measurement - R10, R11
Remember, when answering words problems, you need to think about how you can work it out. A good idea is to use the bar model. Here's my example of using the bar model to work out the answer:
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IXL English - Verbs - O12, O13, O14
Don't forget your writing task to be completed on Purple Mash this week and practise your spellings on the class discussion (found on your own blog!).
Have a wonderful Tuesday all and keep those blog posts coming in.
Miss Whalley
Date: 19th Apr 2020 @ 9:24pm
Good morning my little pickles! I hope you’re all well and have had a lovely weekend!
It was my niece Erin’s 8th birthday yesterday and whilst I couldn’t be with her to celebrate, it was lovely to talk to her on FaceTime so she could show me all of the presents she received. I bought her the illustrated version of Harry Potter which she is very excited to start reading! Here is my favourite photo and me and Erin when she was a baby - I am, of course, reading to her!
Have you seen the news about Captain Tom Moore? He has raised over £25 million for NHS charities by walking laps round his care home. What a wonderful achievement!
It is his 100th birthday on 30th April - why don’t you make him a card to say happy birthday? Here is a picture of my niece creating hers to send him.
Today’s home learning is:
IXL maths - measurement - R7, R8, R9
IXL English - verbs - O9, O10, O11
We have set new 2Dos on Purple Mash and there are comprehensions in Read Theory,
Have any of you read any of the online books on Oxford Owls? Let me know on your blogs if you have.
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We are starting a new way of looking at spellings. If you log onto your own pupil blog, you will see a discussion that I have set. Here you will find 10 spellings for the week. Please practise them this week and then get your mum or dad to test you on Friday. Then you can respond to the discussion with your score. I’m sure you’ll all do a wonderful job if you practose as much as you do when we’re usually in school.
Finally, there’s a great website that I’d like to share with you that has lots of fun science: https://drchips.weebly.com
Don't forget to blog this week and show me what you have been up to. It’s a lovely way to keep in contact!
Miss Whalley
Owls Class Home Learning – 17.04.20
Date: 17th Apr 2020 @ 8:54am
Hello my little pineapples!
I hope you all had a good Thursday! Did any if you go outside to clap for our carers? I did and saw lots of people outside their front doors clapping, banging pots and pans and blowing whistles. I could also hea fireworks and car horns. It’s great that we can all come together and show our appreciation for those who are looking after us during this time.
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So we sent out new usernames and passwords for IXL yesterday, which unfortunately means we’ve lost all of the points we scored last time. However when I logged on, children in Robins and Owls managed to answer 5216 questions in one day! That’s amazing! Well done my little pepperoni pizzas!
A big shout out to Callum who answered 314 questions and Layton who answered 276 – I’m very impressed boys!!
Oxford Owl, the company that we use for our home reader books have made a number of books available online whilst schools are closed. Please follow the link below. https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/
Children can then chose which book band colour they are on using the ‘levels’ tab.
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Then click on ‘book band’.
You may need to sign up to the website to access some of the books.
This is a great opportunity for children to continue their reading journey with books that are age and topic appropriate.
Today’s home learning is:
IXL:
Maths – Year 2 – Measurement – R4, R5, R6
English – Year 2 – Verbs – O4, O5, O6
Don’t forget there are 2Dos set on Purple Mash and Read Theory has some reading comprehensions available too.
Have a wonderful Friday and enjoy your weekend – let’s hope the sun stays out!
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Miss Whalley
Owls Class Home Learning – 16.04.20
Date: 16th Apr 2020 @ 8:51am
Good morning my little carrots!
I hope you’re having a good week so far!
Today’s home learning is:
IXL:
Maths – Year 2 – Measurement - R1, R2, R3
English – Year 2 – Verbs – O1, O2, O3
Don’t forget there are 2Dos set on Purple Mash and Read Theory has some reading comprehensions
available too.
I’ve been so impressed with the learning on Purple Mash – here are some wonderful examples!
Alex’s Easter egg and postcard from space:
Ethan's postcard from space:
Jack's space story:
Junior's healthy Mexican plate:
Olivers rocket:
Stephanie's Easter poem:
Tristan's Easter egg:
Luke's Aztec design:
Have a wonderful Thursday Owl Class and I look forward to seeing all of your hard work on IXL.
Miss Whalley
Owls Class Home Learning 15.04.20
Date: 15th Apr 2020 @ 4:27pm
Hello my little munchkins!
How are you all? I hope you had a wonderful Easter break and are now fully rested! Well it was a quiet Easter for me, which was very different. I’m usually catching up with friends and family, but seeing them on video calls was just as fun (especially when my mum is often upside down!).
It’s been lovely seeing spring arrive and I’ve managed to spend a lot of time in my garden. I planted a new tree last summer and it’s starting to flower for the first time. Doesn’t it look pretty?
I’ve not been able to see my niece Erin and nephew Theo for a long time now, but I’ve been entertained by lots of
photos and videos sent to me. They were also kind enough to send me some Easter brownies through the post. I
certainly enjoyed them with a cup of tea!
It was lovely to speak to most of Owl Class families last week and to hear that you’re all doing well. I know a lot of
you are missing your friends in school and it is strange being at home all day, but this will end eventually and we’ll be back in school with our friends soon enough! In the meantime, why don’t you post a blog update and show everyone what you have been up to over the past couple of weeks?
Today’s home learning is:
IXL:
Maths – Year 2 – Measurement - R1, R2, R3
English – Year 2 – Verbs – O1, O2, O3
Don’t forget there are 2Dos set on Purple Mash and Read Theory has some reading comprehensions available too.
There has been some super learning of Purple Mash – I will be posting some of my favourite examples later today –
why don’t you leave a comment for your friend to show them how impressed you are?
You have all done a wonderful job on IXL so far – we’ve now received a certificate for answer 40,000 questions.
Wow!!
Have a wonderful day everyone! I’ll look forward to seeing all of your hard work online and some blog updates.
Miss Whalley
Date: 30th Mar 2020 @ 10:09am
Good morning my little pumpkins! Today is the first day of the Easter holidays. I think you all deserve a good rest and so I won't be setting any home learning for the next two weeks. I've been so impressed with how much work you've completed on IXL - look at our newest certificate this morning!
I hope you all had a lovely weekend! I made the most of being able to go out of the house once a day and went on some long walks round a park near where I live. I saw some beautiful flowers along the way! I then made some banana bread - it is delicious!
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It's been really lovely to see your blog posts - I miss you all and so it's great to still be able to see you via your photos and videos! Here are some from the past few days - lots of fun is being had!
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Keep your blog posts coming - did you know that you can comment on each other's posts to say hello?
Have a great Monday!
Miss Whalley
Date: 27th Mar 2020 @ 10:16am
We've had some super blog posts about home learning this week - it's great to see you accessing the online learning and enjoying yourselves while you do it! Keep up your hard work!
Owl Class Home Learning 27.03.20
Date: 27th Mar 2020 @ 8:43am
Good morning my little pineapples! I hope you're all well and still enjoying learning from home! Did any of you go outside last night to clap for the NHS and to show how thankful you are? I did and there was lots of people doing the same on my street. I could hear people cheering and car horns being beeped from far away and there were even fireworks! I live really close to Salford Royal Hospital and I hope they could hear how much everyone appreciates them
As you all know from my autobiography this year, I have a cat called Boo Radley. Here he is enjoying being outside in the sunshine yesterday!
Today’s tasks will be as follows:
IXL:
Maths – S8, S9
English – Topics – Sentences – Year 2 L5, L6, L7
Please also complete activities on:
Read Theory
Times Tables Rockstars
Purple Mash
We are seeing some excellent blog posts! It's lovely to still be in contact with you all and see what you have been up to. I'll post some of my favourites on here later. Have a great day everyone! Miss Whalley