This week has been the final week of a very long half term! The children have had so many wonderful chances to shine and to keep working hard!
CULTUREFEST 2025
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In Maths, the children have been using their addition and subtraction skills with check strategies, choosing efficient methods and problem solving. Today was dress like a rock star day! I loved seeing the outfits and celebrating multiplication with them!
In English, the children finished writing a newspaper article about sighting a sea creature. They've shown off their writing and editing skills brilliantly! They also wrote their approaching danger narrative in their most beautiful handwriting for display on the board.
In Science, the children started their experiment: submerging eggs in a range of liquids to simulate the effect of different drinks on teeth.
In art, the combined their Jeffrey the Maggot artwork with their zoomed in artwork and were incredibly creative. They also drew the school in the style of John Brunsdon.
In PE, the children played speed stacking, due to the inclement weather, they also played benchball inside.
In Music, the children continued their cornet playing. It is sounding brilliant! Keep up the effort at home too!
I am pleased to tell you that we will be using a website called IXL in our
classroom this year. IXL is a comprehensive learning program offering
unlimited maths and English practice across thousands of skills—all of which
are aligned to the national curriculum. One of the best things about IXL is that
your child can access it from home, so you have a chance to see their
progress!
Every child logged into IXL today. They have a letter with their log in details and have a copy stuck into the front of their reading record.
AWARD WINNERS
Golden Award: William - for really showing his have a go attitude this week!
Writing Award: Coric, for the thoughtful, independent editing of his newspaper report
Maths award: Marianna for your enthusiasm in Maths.
Golden Ticket!
Well done to Oscar!
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.
Friday 24.10.25 - school closes for half term. Children return Tuesday 4.11.25
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- Tuesdays and Fridays 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
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.
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…
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 Ormerod, Mrs Dunford and Mr Bourn