Thank you!
Let me begin by thanking all of my class for a successful first half term in Year 6. You have all shown dedication to your learning and I have been so pleased to see what each of you have achieved so far. This gives me so much hope for the year ahead!
This Week's Learning...
In RE this week we have been focused on the Sacrament of Baptism. We watched a video detailing what happens during Baptism, noting any symbols and gestures. We then used the information we had gathered to create a 'lift the flap' information sheet all about Baptism.
Practice SATs papers- Last week the class sat their first practice SATs papers, and I was so impressed with their attitude towards these. This week, they received their scores and feedback. I have sent each child home with their scores just so you have an idea where they are currently at. Please do not worry if your child is not yet at the expected score. These first papers tend to be most children's lower scores as it is the first time they have sat these type of papers. They are used predominantly to identify any gaps so we can plug these moving forward.
In Maths our focus has been on fractions (again!), but this time focusing on dividing fractions by integers (whole numbers) and solving mixed fraction problems. We have also used our maths lessons this week to go over questions from the arithmetic and reasoning papers that we did last week.
In English we started our new unit, 'Classic Fiction'. These week we debated the question 'Can modern fiction be classified as classic? Each child then wrote a balanced argument up in their books, outlining the arguments for, against and their own opinion.
In Science we wrote up a conclusion based on the investigation we did last week: How does exercise affect our heart rate? As our unit on 'Animals, Including Humans' came to an end this week, we also completed our end of unit topic test.
In History we have been looking at some Blackpool censuses from 1891. We have used these to make comparisons with Blackpool today and Blackpool during the Victorian times. It was so interesting to look at the occupations of people now and then to help get a picture of how times have changed! I also explain to the class how I searched some archives to find the Blackpool census from 1891 and many showed an interest in searching the archives themselves. I said I would share the website on here, so the following link should take you to that page:
https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_queries?locale=en
TTRS Day!
Today we celebrated Times Tables Rockstars day! Everyone in school dressed as either a rockstar or a number to mark the occassion. In Year 6 we had a TTRS competition, Yr 3 & 4 vs Yr 5 & 6. Each of us spent half an hour on TTRS as our effort to get to the top of the leaderboard! We had a lot of fun celebrating maths...
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Mini Vinnies
Mrs Allen now has her group of Mini Vinnies established. After half term, they will have their first meeting (this week's meeting had to be cancelled due to Shakespeare rehearsals!)
AWARD WINNERS!
Golden Award: this week’s Golden Award went to Ellenie for always aiming high and giving her work all her efforts!
Writing Award: this week’s Writing Award went to Kourtney for her cohesive discussion text.
Maths Award: this week’s Maths Award went to Alexander for trying extra hard in his maths this week.
Our first reading awards...
Well done to Aibhin and Eleena for being the first in the class to fill their bookmark and receive their first certifcate!
TTRS Leader Board
The BEBCMAT Rock Stars Super League competition concludes today at 3pm
Our school is currently in 6th place out of 15 schools in the trust and we have scored 1349 points (school average score) so far.
This week’s Our Lady’s Top of the Rock’s Leaderboard:
1st. Fionn Year 4 13362 WINNER!
2nd Matilda Year 4 10726
3rd Freddie Year 4 9022
4th Matilda Year 5 8556
5th Luke Year 4 8136
Well done to Fionn, who is our Rockstar champion this half term, and everyone on our leaderboard this week! Top scorers across Year groups will be announced in assembly after half term.
Dates For Your Diary
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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 and Fridays next 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 - the children will take another STAR Reading test when they return to school after half term. They will receive their new ZPD, which hopefully will have gone up from the first test they took. If you do ever feel like the books your child is taking home are too challenging or not challenging enough, please do let me know.
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Homework- I have not set homework over half term-enjoy the break! I do ask that you do keep up with home reading, however.
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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.
Our Lady's Online Safety
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 Fortnite. This online safety guide explores Fortnite’s newest updates, outlining potential concerns, including spending pressure, screen time increases, and unfiltered voice chat with other players.
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 wonderful half term break and we look forward to seeing you in November!
Mrs Murphy, Mrs Owen & Miss Andrew
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