In RE this week we started the lesson reflecting on the words from Gensis, 'God created mankind in His image'. We understand that this means that God loves us all the same and knows us all by name. He wants us all to live our lives living out the values of the Kingdom of God. We then went on to looking at the Fall of humankind, and the origin of sin. We analysed the actions of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and how they reflect the actions of all humanity. We then likened these actions to our own lives and when we may have been tempted to do wrong, and perhaps struggled to take accountability.

A group of 8 pupils from Year 6, along with Mrs Owen, went to conference at BFC 'Show Racism the Red Card'. This was an educational event aimed at encouraging pupils to address race, equality and stereotyping. This campaign also provided a vital opportunity to encourage understanding, challenge prejudice, and promote unity. The representatives from our class did us proud and fed back to the class this afternoon. This linked in beautifully with what we had discussed in RE that 'God created us in His image'...regardless of skin colour, God love us ALL!

 

Here is what we have been up to this week…

In Maths we have been looking at fractions, fractions and more fractions! We started the week finding equivalent fractions and simplifying fractions and we ended the week comparing and ordering fractions.

In English we have written our independent biographies. We spent our English lessons planning, drafting and editing our writes. Some of us started to copy up our final drafts, ready to be displayed. 

In History our focus was on using historic censuses to see how they changed and evolved over time. We used a case study of Evelyn Dover, and compared her 1911 census to her 1921 census...what was different? What was the same?

In Science we write up our analysis and conclusions for our gummy bear investigations. We explained, using scientific vocabulary, why the gummy bear in the tap water absorbed the most water and why the one in the salt water absorbed the least. 

In HRSE the children who went on the anti-racism conference had the opportunity to feed back to the class on what lessons then had taken away from the day-they did a superb job of this. We then linked this in with our RE and how everyone is deserving of love and to be treated fairly. We wrote a refelction on this for our Worship display.

Shared Worship..

Thank you to Leo, Stephen and Natalia for leading our class shared worship this week. They reflected on the Gospel reading this week about the mustard seed. It link with our faith and no matter how big or small it is, God works through us and wants our faith to grow.

Mini Vinnies

This week the Mini Vinnies from St. John Vianney come to our school to talk to a group of children from Year 6, who have shown an interest in joining Our Lady's Mini Vinnies. This is a religious group that will contribute heavily to the Catholic ethos of our school and this of ways to help not only our school, but the wider community. They will meet weekly with Mrs Allen. Those who have shown interest have come hom with a letter of application form that they will need to write to Mrs Allen, to detail why they think they would make a good Mini Vinnie. Please return these to Mrs Allen ASAP.

AWARD WINNERS!

Golden Award: this week’s Golden Award went to Shakeela for being an incredibly respectful member of Year 6. 

Writing Award: this week’s Writing Award went to Leo for his cohesive and well-presented biography.

Maths Award: this week’s Maths Award went to Hallie for showcasing what a capable mathemetician she is!

TTRS Leader Board 

The new BEBCMAT Rock Stars Super League competition started this 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 1033 points (school average score) so far.

This week’s Our Lady’s Top of the Rock’s Leaderboard:  

1st.                   Fionn                 Year 4           12080  

2nd                   Matilda              Year 4           8363

3rd                    Luke                  Year 4           7572

4th                    Freddie              Year 4           7409

5th                    Matilda              Year 5           4500

Well done to everyone on our leaderboard this week!

Dates For Your Diary

  • 10th October 6pm-7pm: KS2 Autumn disco The PTFA are running this event. The tickets cost £2.50 and you pay on ParentPay now.

  • FRIDAY 24.10.25 - school closes for half term. Children return Tuesday 4.11.25

  • 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

  • PE days- Wednesdays this half term.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • For those who could not attend the Meet the Teacher meeting, here is the PowerPoint:

    Meet the Teacher PowerPoint

  • Harvest Festival donations - please can you bring in any Harvest donations by Monday 13th October. Year 6 have been allocated toiletries. 

Our Lady's Online Safety

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…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

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.

Wednesday Word

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Murphy, Mrs Owen & Miss Andrew