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.
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.
It has been brought to our attention by the Blackpool safeguarding team of an application called Kinemaster. It is similar to Youtube whereby pupils can upload videos and images but also has an editing facility. Though there are no safeguarding concerns with the application directly, it is known that children have been using this to upload images of other children which are then free for people to use on the internet. Please be aware of the potential for misusing this and continue to monitor your children's online activity.
Monitoring tips and strategies for parents of young children (Ages 5-10)
Keep children’s devices in shared spaces: Children should use the internet and social media in common areas, such as the living room, where parents can easily keep an eye on their activities. To that end, set family ground rules that prohibit device usage in bedrooms and bathrooms, which allow opportunities to engage in risky behaviors.
Establish clear rules and communication: Set clear expectations about appropriate online behaviour, time limits, and the types of websites or apps they can access. Maintain open lines of communication, so your child feels comfortable discussing any concerns or encounters they may have had.
Parental controls and filtering: Make use of the parental control settings available on devices, web browsers, games and apps to restrict access to inappropriate content. Install child-friendly search engines and age-appropriate apps that offer a safer online experience.
Top Tips for Using & Reviewing Parental Controls. This free guide provides expert advice on how to effectively activate and maintain parental controls on children’s devices.
What Parents Need to Know about Sharing photos online. This free online safety guide explores sharing photos on social media – and what we should consider in avoiding possible harm.
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.
We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year FOUR this week. Here’s what we have been up to…
Today, Leanne from Ribble River Trust came with us to Highfield Park in the morning, then we completed a classroom based session with her this afternoon. Lots of great learning and good fun!
Things we covered included: tree and plant identification, bird spotting, mindfullness, pollution, how humans can have a positive or negative impact on our rivers, river vocabulary!
See the album below for a selection of photos.
In English, the children have investigated the features of the story Leaf and wrote fantastic short narratives.
In Maths, the children have been solving problems using addition and subtraction, they have also started the measurement unit. We’ve also continued working on times tables and fluency.
In Music, the children have continued playing their cornets. Keep playing at home! The hard work now will be worth it
In PE, the children have played cricket, basketball and dodgeball
In RE, the children continued learning about Elijah, and how others may attempt to influence us to make poor choices..
In Art, the children completed beautiful watercolour poppies for the display in the hall.
Fit2Go
Fit2Go is a curriculum based healthy lifestyle programme where the children will receive a one-hour classroom based lesson, as well as one hour multi sports physical activity session.
The session this week was assessing what they already knew about healthy lifestyle choices. Then lots of dodgeball!
Resilience team!
Wellbeing Wednesday has continued! This week, the children got a bit silly with bouncy balls!
The children also considered their Mood Boosting Moves! Ways to get active and improve their emotional state.
🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟
The Golden Award went to Willow for being a respect role model.
The Maths award went to Eddie for his skills in addition and subtraction
The Writing award went to Cameron, for his effort in writing a narrative which shows his writing skills.
📌NOTICES 📌:
Reading records, reading books and water bottles need to be in school every day, please.
Y4’s PE days are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Earrings should not be worn on PE days.
Remember cornets on a Tuesday! If you don’t practice, you won’t improve.
Homework is available on the Y4 Homework section of the website, times tables and spellings will be tested next Friday.
Please keep sending your child in with their red water bottles. Air-Up and similar bottles are not appropriate for school, we have had a few issues with them leaking.
Catholic life
The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.
https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6
http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/
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 Horror films and Age Ratings. This free guide explores the risks of children being exposed to horror films and other age-inappropriate content – letting you know how to safeguard young people against this material.
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.
We hope you have a lovely weekend,
Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford
