And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.’”
Luke 4:8

Key Messages for Whole School Worship

Children will understand that:

The Year of Jubilee is an opportunity to draw closer to God.
During Lent God calls us to free ourselves from things that get in the way of our friendship with Him.
We can be ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ by experiencing God through prayer, fasting and almsgiving.

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

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

Wednesday Word

ASH WEDNESDAY (5th March 2025)

On Wednesday the whole school celebrated Mass together in Church to mark the beginning of Lent. The children received ashes and were led in reflection of how they might grow on their own journey during Lent as we wait in hope for Easter.

WORLD BOOK DAY

Well done to all of Year 3 for their fantastic world book day costumes, we really did bring the characters of our favourite stories alive! The children enjoyed a day of exploring the importance of reading and sharing ideas about different types of books, a fun day was had by all!

YOUNG SEASIDERS EXHIBITION…

I am delighted to announce that Our Lady’s are taking part in the Young Seasiders Blackpool Art Competition! Each teacher was asked to put forward two pieces of work from their class into the exhibition which will take place at Blackpool and the Fylde College from 4-28th March. From others pieces of work one KS1 and one KS2 winner which chosen. In Year 3 Josiah and Sofia’s work was selected to be in the exhibition! Please support them by going to see the exhibition - see flier on the link below for details.

Young Seasiders Exhibition Letter

The BEBCMAT Rock Stars Super League competition runs till the 11th April. Good luck everyone!

Our school is currently in 4th place out of 12 schools in the trust and we have scored 1130 points (school average score) so far.

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

1st Matilda Year 4 14280

2nd Elsie Year 4 10585

3rd Ava Year 4 6714

4th Annie Year 4 5944

5th Frazer Year 4 5703

Well done to those on our leaderboard!

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 TikTok. This free guide explores the potential online safety risks of TikTok, letting you know how to safeguard children and young people who use the platform.

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.

Our learning this week…

In English, the children have been using illustrations from our new class text ‘Into the Woods’.. to create their own descriptions, using a range of nouns, adjectives and personification. We have been working hard to edit our sentences to ensure we have used all the correct punctuation.

In Maths we have started our new topic on fractions. This week we have developed understanding of unit and non unit fractions. We have been ordering and comparing fractions using the greater than, less than and equals to symbols.

In History, we have been learning about Ancient Egypt, we have been asking questions linked to a range of artefacts. We have also been thinking carefully about the key vocabulary, ‘Ancient’ and ‘Civilisation’.

In Science, we have been completing our investigation on how the size of shadows can change. The children worked hard to draw conclusions and explain their knowledge.