Tuesday 7th January
English
Maths Lesson 1
Maths Lesson 2
R.E.
LC: Know what people might mean when they use the word 'miracle'.
What is a miracle?
Do you think you have ever witnessed a miracle?
Miracle definition class non-negotiable list
Read and discuss with your talk partner the events below.
Which would you classify as miracles? Which would you classify as non-miracles?
Event 1
Event 2
Event 3
Event 4
Event 5
Event 6
Event 7
Do you need to see something to believe it?
Can you believe everything that you see?
How do we decide who or what to believe?
Reading
RIC
Main
LC: Scan for key words to locate information.
From ‘A Boy called M.O.U.S.E’ by Penny Dolan
(Mouse is a young boy who lives a privileged life in Epton Hall, which he will eventually inherit. His parents were lost at sea so he is an orphan, looked after by Hanny, the nursery maid)
The fourth-floor window was wide open, and there, on the sill, stood a very young boy. Little Mouse laughed and reached his arms out towards the birds in the treetops and the clouds blowing across the sky, as if he longed to be flying with them.
Hanny, the nursery maid, saw all this. She also saw Uncle Scrope with one hand raised behind the small boy’s back, waiting. One strong hand, one quick push, and what then?
Hanny rushed forward. With a quick sweep of her arm, she gathered the child back into her apron and lifted him down to the floor.
Scrope blinked. The strange light in his pale eyes died away, as if some wild urge had been halted. He slipped his hand, the one that had been poised behind Mouse’s back, casually back into his own pocket.
“Oh,” Scrope drawled, “It’s you. The nursery maid.” He stared at the gravel path far below. “Long way down, isn’t it?”
“Yes sir, it is.” Hanny replied, trying to calm the fear in her heart. “I’ll take Mouse safely back to the nursery now, sir. I was surprised to find him gone.”
“Good girl. Children do wander so, I hear.” Scrope did not even look at Hanny. “And get someone to close this window properly. It seems to have become unlatched.”
By the time Hanny reached the nursery, she was shaking all over. She pointed towards the supper tray,
“Eat, please, Mouse.”
The boy peeped up at Hanny out of the corner of his eye. He studied her round, pleasant face and her rosy cheeks. Then, smiling mischievously, he carefully picked up a triangle of buttered bread in his fingers and popped it into his mouth. Then he opened wide to show he was doing what she had asked.
Only when Mouse was safe in his cot did Hanny dare to think about what she had witnessed. A child like Mouse could fall down a flight of steep marble stairs, or topple from a balcony, or drop from a window so, so quickly. A child like Mouse could slip and trip and crash to his doom so, so easily. A man like Scrope would find it very, very useful if such an accident happened to happen.
What did Mouse have for supper?
What time of day did the events in the story happen?
What colour were Mouse’s eyes?
Assembly
31st December is the last day of the year on the Gregorian Calendar. On this day many people reflect on their behaviour and actions over the past year, and may make resolutions to help them be better people in the years ahead.
