Like so many people this week, I have been BURSTING with pride at the achievements and efforts of the children at Our Lady’s.
Across school this week our amazing children have been expressing their unique talents and, most importantly, using them to serve, support and delight others’!
The week began with our Year 5 class who gave the most outstanding performance of Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado about Nothing’ on the Grand theatre stage on Tuesday 15th March. To say they were phenomenal was an understatement. They absolutely rose to the ocassion and both performances at 1pm and 6pm were outstanding.
Have a look at some more pictures on Y5 class news page
We then our fabulous Year 3 children who began their ‘Bits & Bobs’ pop up sale to raise money for Ukraine. Following a brainstorm with their teacher, the children had tried to think of ways they could try to help the poor families they had heard about on the news. Together they came up with an idea to make various items to sell to the rest of the school during the week and send whatever they raised to the Ukrainian Appeal.
None of us quite imagined how this would capture everyone’s hearts… and the children raised an incredible £655 by Friday.
We were so amazed at the children’s efforts we asked the Gazette to come and talk to the children about what they had done. They arrived on Friday and wrote a lovely and well deserved piece in the newspaper.
Read the whole article HERE.
And as if ALL of that wasn’t enough… we then had a wonderful treat on Saturday afternoon when many children from Our Lady of the Assumption performed together with Blackpool Symphony Orchestra at a spectacular concert at The Marine Hall in Fleetwood.
This was part of the Symphony Orchestra’s Centenery celebrations and they decided to showcase the wonderful musical talents of Our Lady’s children by a concert which highlighted a taste of the musical abilities of the children.
Our Year 2 children played glockenspiels beautifully to Ponchielli’s ‘Dance of the Hours’; Year 5 & Year 6 choir then sang the sea shanty “Wellerman” with the most amazing diction. The concert concluded with the school band playing alongside the orchestra to Copland’s ‘Hoe-down’ from ‘Rodeo’. The children were absolutely incredible and an absolute credit to their families and to our school. I must also give my heartfelt thanks to Miss Benson who rehearsed the children wonderfully for their performance - even writing the musical score for the whole orchestra for Wellerman. You are a star Miss B!
Thank you to all of the parents and families who came along to support them. It was a fantastic experience for all involved!
