Advent Reflection
Throughout Advent we would like to invite all children and families to join us in the school hall for a short Advent reflection led by Father Frank.
This will be held every Tuesday morning at 8:20am and will begin from Tuesday 29th November, continuing until Tuesday 20th December 2022.
We do hope you can join us for this opportunity to gather as a faith community to reflect on the true value and meaning of Advent.
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.
With Christmas nearly here and perhaps with presents including new technology or related games being received, we thought we’d share some helpful advice in setting up appropriate parental controls. Parental controls can help to protect your child from seeing something that they shouldn’t – although it is important to emphasise that no system is effective all of the time so it is important to engage with your child and talk to them about their online life regularly.
We hope you find this Newsletter informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all.
Online Safety Newsletter December 2022
Our learning this week…
In RE, we have been reflecting further on the first Christmas story of the Nativity of Jesus. We have been exploring the importance of the Shepherds in the story and we have been considering some ways Christians can follow their example in showing their faith in God.
In English the children have been developing their use of vocabulary in describing characters from ‘The Snowman’ They were able to use their ideas to create their own Snowmen themed poems.
In Maths the children have been using a range of mathematical reasoning and problem solving skills to develop their own theme park, considering the cost of building the park and working out the profits from ticket sales.
In PE Year 3 have been using their throwing and catching skills to complete small-sided dodgeball and tag rugby games. We have also been focusing on the importance of team work whilst playing invasion games.
In Geography, the children have been
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.
KS2 ADVENT SERVICE
On Monday 19th December at 2pm, KS2 will be taking part in an Advent Service in Church. All families are invited to join us as we sing some traditional carols and listen to the Nativity story.
NON UNIFORM DAY - 20TH DECEMBER
Our Lady's PTA would like to invite all children to come to school on our last day of term - Tuesday 20th December in their Christmas clothes.
Children are welcome to wear their own clothes and include anything Christmassy they would like - for example Christmas jumper, Christmas dress, party dress or Christmas accessories.
Please don't buy anything special for the day, you can always be creative with decorations and tinsel at home to create your own accessory to wear with your own clothes!
There will be a £1 donation set up in Parentpay to raise money for PTA funds.
CLASS REMINDERS
PE days are Tuesday and Thursday
The children will have a spelling and times tables test on Monday 12th December as normal, there will be no test on 19th December.
Reading books and Reading Records to be brought in daily, Reading books changed when needed.
TTRS login to be used to access Times Tables activities
Wishing you all an enjoyable weekend
Mrs Parker
