Good morning everyone!

Today is Tuesday 19th May and the forecast is predicting a sunny day!

Q: What type of room does not have doors?

A: A mushroom!

I hope you enjoy the activities that I have set for you today.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

It's time for a workout

Activity 1 - Mathematics

Go to Lesson 2 - Use arrays

1.  Listen to the video and answer the questions.

2. Open the worksheet below and answer the questions.

3.  Check your answers below.  How well did you do?

Activity 2 - English

1. Story time 

Re-read the story, Wild Pets. 

2. Using apostrophes to show possession 

Find the following phrases in the story and carefully copy them down onto a piece of paper: Bella’s cat and Sunil’s dog. 

• Can you name the punctuation mark used in each one? 
• Can you say why it is there? 
• Together with a grown-up, read the information on Using an apostrophe to show possession. 
• Complete the exercises on Possessive Apostrophes. 

3. Writing time 

Today you are going to write out the wild pet story that you planned yesterday. 

• Begin by make your own Mini Story Book ready for writing in. 
• Continue by using your planner from yesterday and the instructions on Writing a story below. 

Challenge:  Decorate your story and read it aloud to your family. REMEMBER TO READ WITH EXPRESSION!  Check out this Supermovers video for help:  

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-english-reading-aloud-with-the-worst-witch/zh6cpg8

Take a musical Break

Go to Ms Hume's Music Page and have fun joining in with her latest music session:  

https://www.st-marys.lambeth.sch.uk/music-ms-hume/

Activity 3 - RE

Please read the text from 1 Thessalonians 4 13-14 18 and the page from God's Story 2 and answer the following questions:

• What has Jesus promised?
• What might the Holy Spirit do for people? 
• What is the Good News that we are asked to pass on?
• Why does St Paul tell us not to be sad?

Talk about how we can spread the important Good News that Jesus gave. Choose a way to communicate how the Good News can be used to help others. E.g. email or blog or tweet etc

Challenge:

Choose a suitable picture or image, and some of the words or ideas from God’s Story 2 page 89, I Thessalonians 4: 13-14, 18.  Design a card that could bring comfort to someone whose loved one has died. 

I hope you have enjoyed completing the activities today.

Best wishes,

Mr Griffin