Every year the country comes together for Remembrance Sunday.

A period of silence is held at 11am to remember the people who have died in wars around the world.

Remembrance Day - is on Monday this year - and marks the day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918.

Remembrance Sunday is also marked each year, and falls on the second Sunday in November.

The royal family will lay wreaths at the Cenotaph and the UK will have a moment of silence at 11 o'clock on Remembrance Sunday as part of the commemorations.

In School, we will be commemorating Remembrance Day with class prayer and liturgy. We will also come together in the school hall to hold a minutes silence, and to share a visual reflection of our poppies.

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

Parent Newsletter

Please follow this link below for more information on this week’s Gospel and to share some interesting activities at home.

Wednesday Word

Our learning this week…

In RE, we have been continuing to develop our understanding within the topic ‘Creation and Covenant’. This week we have explored the canticle of St Francis, considering the wonder and awe of God’s creation.

In English we have begun our new topic based on fables. We have read and explored our main class text ‘Fox’ considering the actions of the characters, particularly using the words ‘betrayal’ and ‘loyalty’. The children have also worked hard to use dictionaries to find definitions for new words within the text.

In Maths we have been exploring addition and subtraction of 3-digit numbers. We have been continuing to build our understanding in using the column method and the children are showing increasing confidence in making exchanges into the tens and hundreds columns.

In History, we have started our new topic on ‘Stone Age Britain’. This week we investigated the settlement of Skara Brae, considering clues we can learn about the ways Stone Age people would have lived.

In Science, we have been completing our investigation to discover whether the length of femur bones effects the length of jump. The children were able to use measuring tapes and we discussed the importance of a fair test.

Wild Animals – VR Experience! Supporting Science at Our Lady’s MONDAY 18th NOVEMBER

We will welcome into school a Wild Animals VR workshop from Education Group to work with Year 1, 2 and 3. (Each of these classes is learning about Animals this term, including Humans, so is fits beautifully with our curriculum.) We are really excited to bring to life our Science work with such a wonderful experience for the children. We are keen to bring as many learning opportunities as possible to Our Lady’s to widen the children’s knowledge, deepen their understanding and bring the world of learning to life in a way that will excite and engage them. To support us with this we are asking for a voluntary contribution of £3 per child from parents. If you are able to contribute, please go to your Parent Pay account where this donation will be added. Many thanks for your support. (The rest of the cost of the visit will be met by school.