In RE this week we focused on the purpose of the second account of creation, from Genesis. We used Pope Francis' words from Laudato Si to support our explanations that the creation story is there to reveal the truth about why God created the world and to show us what our relationship should be like with God, each other and the world around us. This led us to relect on Pope Francis' plea for us to be stewards of His creation and how can we play a part in protecting our earth.
Here is what we have been up to this week…
In Maths we focused on long division and the order of operations. We were using BIDMAS (brackets, indices, division, multiplication, addition and subtraction) to help us to undertand what order we need to complete mixed calculations in-I was so impressed with how quickly the class picked this up!
In English we did a shared write biography on Usain Bolt. I was so pleased with the contributions from the class and together we managed to write a high-quality biogrpahy. I will give each child personal feedback on this piece of writing and how to uplevel and make improvements. After the editing process, they will then have a great example of biography wriitng in their books that they can use to write their independent one. Everyone has already chosen their person and started to plan this!
In History our focus this lesson was on what we can learn about women's lives from looking at some 1911 censuses. This then led us to look at the suffragette movement and the 1911 boycott, when many women refused to take part in the cenus as they did not have the right to vote. In small groups, the class then ordered a timeline of events around the suffragette movement and wrote a speech to deliver to a younger year group all about the movement from women to get the right to vote.
In Science we studied two processes: osmosis and diffusion. This is how our bodies absorb and transfer nutrients and water around our bodies via our blood. We then did an investigation to explain the process of osmosis, using gummy bears. We place three gummy bears in different solutions (tap water, salt water and sugar water) and left them over night to see which absorbed the most least water. Next week, we will write up our conclusions and findings.
year 6 science
AWARD WINNERS!
Golden Award: this week’s Golden Award went to Florence for the effort she has put into her learning this week.
Writing Award: this week’s Writing Award went to Olivia for her great innovating of our guided write.
Maths Award: this week’s Maths Award went to Martha for her superb morning maths.
This week’s Our Lady’s Top of the Rock’s Leaderboard:
The new BEBCMAT Rock Stars Super League competition started last week and runs till the 24th October Good luck everyone!
Our school is currently in 4th place out of 15 schools in the trust and we have scored 570 points (school average score) so far.
1st Fionn Year 4 11642
2nd Luke Year 4 7386
3rd Matilda Year 4 6821
4th Freddie Year 4 5755
5th Matilda Year 5 4187
Well done to everyone on our leaderboard this week!
Dates For Your Diary
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10th October 6pm-7pm: KS2 Autumn disco The PTFA are running this event. The tickets cost £2.50 and you pay on ParentPay now.
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FRIDAY 24.10.25 - school closes for half term. Children return Tuesday 4.11.25
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Thursday 13th November Year 5 & 6 Class Liturgy (9am) Next half term Year 5 & 6 will be leading an assembly for parents to attend. I know this is a while away but you might want to pop the date in your diary now.
Please take a look at what else the PTFA have planned this term….Family bingo night: 14th November
Christmas movie nights: KS1 - 28th November, KS2 - 5th December
Christmas Fair: 12th December (after school)
Notices
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PE days- Wednesdays this half term.
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Water bottles-these need to be filled and brought in each day and taken home to be cleaned at the end of each day. Each child in the class was provided with a school water bottle-please can you ensure these are the bottles that are brought in daily and not their own water bottle from home.
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Reading books - we have now completed our STAR Reading tests and each child has been given their ZPD range. I have mentioned to the children that I would like them to be challenged by their home reading books, so to focus on the upper end of their ZPD range. If they do find any of these books too tricky and it takes away the pleasure, they just need to tell me and we will find a more suited text.
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Homework- Please find details on this week’s homework here. If your child very finds any of the homework challenging, please remind them to mention it to me in school and we can go over it together.
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Contact information- We no longer access the year group email (year6@…) If you need to contact me for any reason, and cannot catch me at the door, feel free to either pop an email to the admin address (with Year 6 in the subject box) or give the school a ring.
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For those who could not attend the Meet the Teacher meeting, here is the PowerPoint:
At Our Lady's we like to support our parents/carers in Online Safety matters.
Keeping children and young people safe online is one of the biggest challenges facing society today and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that children are educated to make positive, informed choices when they are online.
This month’s online safety guide gives helpful advice about…
What Parents & Educators Need to Know about FC26. This online safety guide explores EA FC 26 – the latest edition of the immensely popular football game. It flags potential risks, including in-game purchases, scams, and exposure to strangers via voice chat.
We hope you find these guides informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all. Thank you.
✝Wednesday Word and TenTen Newsletter
Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…
WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.
We hope you have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Murphy, Mrs Owen & Miss Andrew