“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45)

Edina Trust Bulb project

This week we began our Edina Trust bulb project work. Year 5 will be monitoring the growth of the bulbs over the coming months and each day two children will go out to record the temperature and the rainfall to be uploaded to the Edina Trust’s website.

Our award winners: 

Golden Award (RESPECT) - Aibhin

Writing Award -  Leo

Maths Award -  Brooklyn

Our learning this week…

In English we’ve been writing in role, thinking about what the astronauts took with them to the moon and the activities they conducted whilst there. The children have also been learning to write in both the passive and active voice.

Our focus in maths has been dealing with patterns of numbers and addition of numbers with up to 6-digits.

In RE the children have been working with Mrs Mannix and learning about the covenants made with God

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Matilda and Natalia. The theme of their liturgy was Here to Serve. In this Gospel, Mark 10:35-45, we learn that to be great in God’s sight, they must put others first, we learn that through Jesus’ service and self-sacrifice, He won for them the greatest prize – the joy of eternal life with Him in Heaven! The girls’ challenged the class to think about how they would put others first today.

“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45)

In science, the children have explored the life and work of Isaac Newton, thought about the influence gravity has on the universe and investigated the relationship between mass and gravity

In geography the children have been asking geographical questions that we would like to answer about our local area. Some of the questions have formed our questionnaires sent home this week. Thank you for sending those back by today. If you haven’t yet, please send back on Monday so we can use them during our geography lesson.

In art the children have worked in the negative to create a self portrait in response to the work of Frank Auerbach.

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Charlie from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust. The unit for this half term is dance.

The BEBCMAT Rock Stars Super League has a new competition, which started on Monday and runs till the 20th December. Good luck everyone!

Our school is currently in 2nd place out of 12 schools in the trust and we have scored 742 points (school average score) so far.

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

1st Natalia Year 5 9218

2nd Aibhin Year 5 7913

3rd Olivia Year 5 6946

4th Fionn Year 3 5038

5th Matilda Year 3   3822

Well done to everyone on our leaderboard this week!👏🏻🏆

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)

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Monday 11th November - Remembrance day  Poppies will be on sale in school to support this special occasion. Children can bring in a voluntary contribution to support the Royal British Legion in preparation for this day. Thank you!

Friday 15th November KS2 Autumn disco. 6pm -7pm in school hall. Tickets available via parent pay at £2.50. Children to come in party clothes. Snack and drink included.

Friday 6th December Christmas Fair. 3.30pm -5.30pm. More details to follow on this.

Have a great weekend, Year 5!

Mrs McVey, Mrs Hodgkiss and Miss Andrew

If you need to contact me or have any questions/queries, please contact me on  year5@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk and I will try to get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks.

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“With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.” Mark 10:27

Well done Year 5, we’ve had a super half term and you’ve all worked so hard. Hope you all have a lovely well deserved rest and be proud of what you have achieved this half term!

Please remember your map of your route to school on the first day back after half term, this will support your geography work. Thank you!

Mad Science workshops

This morning we were treated to a whole school science show, called Mission to Mars, led by Erica from a company called Mad Science. The show was full of experiments to show different concepts related to travel to Mars…

Year 5 then had their own workshop called Space: The Final Frontier where they made bubble galaxies, explored how meteorites make craters and how planets are formed. We had a great Science morning …

The 'Spring Bulbs for Schools' project with the Edina Trust

This morning Year 5 planted their bulbs, daffodils and crocuses, in their own pot and placed them in one of our school garden areas. Over the next five and a half months the children will be watching over their bulbs to see when they first flower and to collect rainfall and temperature data daily to send off to the Edina Trust. Schools all over the UK are taking part and our data will be collated with theirs to contribute to finding out the effects of climate change. Take a look at our photos…

Our award winners:

Golden Award (CARE) - Willow

Writing Award -  Year 5

Maths Award -  Leo

Our Reading Champions

Well done to our reading champions this half term, who all completed bookmarks for reading regularly at home. Let’s see if next half term we can see more reading champions. Don’t forget to keep up with your reading regularly and get your diaries signed.

Our learning this week…

In English we’ve been planning and writing our own exploration narrative. The children have all worked so hard on their writing, I can’t wait to read them!

Our focus in maths has been rounding numbers to 1,000,000 and learning about negative numbers and their relationship with positive numbers.

In RE the children have been working with Mrs Mannix on the Creation story.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Conleth and William. The theme of their liturgy was For us. In this week’s Gospel story of the rich young man, Jesus tells us how difficult it is to enter the Kingdom of Heaven when we have many possessions. In this liturgy, the children were encouraged to think about what is, and what is not, truly valuable in their lives.

“With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.” Mark 10:27

In geography the children have been learning to use and identify six-figure grid references on an ordnance survey map of Blackpool.

In art the children have been experimenting by working in the negative by using rubbers to remove graphite work.

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Charlie from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust. The focus of their lessons this half term is all about leadership and being a good buddy to develop their skills for their role as play leader.

Well done Year 5 for all your efforts in swimming, you’re all doing really well. The swimming teachers all encourage you to get to the swimming pool over half term, which is free at Palatine, and at Moor Park Bispham, Monday to Friday (see below).

Our school is currently in 3rd place out of 12 schools in the trust. Well done Our Lady’s, an amazing effort! Overall, we have scored 178,994 and the competition will end at 4pm today.

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

1st     Aibhin              Year 5.              26,207 points. 🏆⭐️ School Champion 🏆⭐️

2nd   Alexander             Year 5               21,332 points

3rd    Olivia                    Year 5               19,610  points

4th    Conleth        Year 5               15,604 points

5th    Natalia                 Year 5              14,666 points

Well done to everyone on our leaderboard this week!👏🏻🏆

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.

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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

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Tuesday 29th October Back to school

Friday 15th November KS2 Autumn disco

Friday 6th December Christmas Fayre

Thursday 19th December Festive party clothes day

Well done for all your hard work this half term, you’ve made a great start to Year 5 - well done! Have a great half term everyone and we’ll see you all back in school on Tuesday 29th October!.

Mrs McVey, Mrs Hodgkiss and Miss Andrew

If you need to contact me or have any questions/queries, please contact me on  year5@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk and I will try to get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks.



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“For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me,” Mark 9:39

On Thursday we had a wellbeing day - thank you for helping to support this day by wearing odd socks. Year 4, our new Resilience team, led the day by doing activities to support well being with each class. After break, a few children from Year 4 worked with Year 5 on the KS2 playground and encouraged them to build their resilience and well being by engaging in physical activity (running around the playground) and with some gentle exercises including breathing exercises. It certainly put a smile on everyone’s faces and we continued into the next lesson in a positive way. Thank you, Year 4!

Our award winners:

Golden Award (RESPECT) - Martha

Writing Award - Beaux

Maths Award -  Stephen

Our learning this week…

In English we’ve been looking at using modal verbs and parenthesis in our writing. We then identified the features of our modelled text.

Our focus in maths has been identifying numbers on different number lines and comparing and ordering numbers up to 1,000,000.

In RE the children have been working with Mrs Mannix on the Creation story.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Olivia and Jacob. The theme of their liturgy was For us. In this week’s Gospel, we learnt how the disciples jealously wanted to keep the power to heal to themselves. The children’s liturgy explored Jesus’ response to our envious tendencies and challenges us to celebrate the abilities and character of others. Jesus is calling for unity amongst His followers and reminds them that those who are working His name all belong to His Kingdom. Olivia and Jacob asked Year 5 to think how they would follow Jesus this week by being friendly, forgiving, fair and generous.

“For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me,” Mark 9:39

In science we have been learning about the movement of the planets relative to the Earth and the sun. The children have learnt facts about the different planets and their order within the solar system.

In geography the children have been learning to use and identify four-figure and six-figure grid references on ordnance survey maps.

In Spanish the children used their developing knowledge on greeting each other to write a role play script between two people.

In art the children have been experimenting by working in the negative by using rubbers to remove graphite work.

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Charlie from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust. The focus of their lessons this half term is all about leadership and being a good buddy to develop their skills for their role as play leader.

Our school is currently in 6th place out of 12 schools in the trust. We have 1035 points.

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

1st     Aibhin              Year 5.              18,004 points

2nd   Alexander             Year 5               12,256 points

3rd    Olivia                    Year 5               11,823  points

4th    Conleth        Year 5               10,107 points

5th    Natalia                 Year 5              9,920 points

Well done to everyone on our leaderboard this week!

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Monday 14th October Parents meetings for every class – in school from 1pm 

Wednesday 16th October Whole school Harvest Celebration Assembly

Friday 18th October Whole School Science workshop followed by Year 5 and 6 separate workshops.

Friday 18th October 3.15pm close for end of half term

Friday 15th November KS2 Autumn disco

Friday 6th December Christmas Fayre

Thursday 19th December Festive party clothes day

Have a lovely weekend, Year 5.

Mrs McVey, Mrs Hodgkiss and Miss Andrew

If you need to contact me or have any questions/queries, please contact me on  year5@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk and I will try to get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks.

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Our week...

Our award winners:

Golden Award (LEARN) - Olivia

Writing Award - Emily

Maths Award - Conleth

Our learning this week…

In English we’ve been looking at an exploration narrative, which the children will use as a model for their own writing. The children have investigated new vocabulary and they’ve also been looking at descriptive phrases to describe the moon and the Earth to write their own contrast poem.

Our focus in maths has been exploring Roman numerals and we’ve now started on working with numbers up to 1,000,000.

In RE the children have been working with Mrs Mannix on the Creation story.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Aibhin and Alexander. The theme of their liturgy was I will trust. In this week’s Gospel, Jesus welcomes children despite others trying to keep them away. Jesus commends the open-heartedness of children and we learn how trusting God completely, at all times and without fail, can lead to peaceful, loving decisions. Aibhin and Alexander then asked the children to think about how they will show their trust in Jesus.

“Let the little children come to me” Mark 10:14

In science we have been learning about the movement of the moon relative to the Earth. The children have learnt about the phases of the moon and have made a moon dial to help them with their moon watch over the next month.

In geography the children have been using an atlas to identify where Blackpool is in the World, in Europe and in the United Kingdom. The children have also been identifying European countries.

In Spanish we are continuing to focus on greeting each other and developing our knowledge of counting.

In art we continued to develop our work on Hundertwasser .

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Charlie from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust. The focus of their lessons this half term is all about leadership and being a good buddy to develop their skills for their role as play leader.

Our school is currently in 6th place out of 12 schools in the trust. We have 711 points.

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

1st Aibhin Year 5. 13,098 points

2nd Natalia Year 5 9,250 points

3rd Ava Year 4 7,316 points

4th Alexander Year 5 5,426 points

5th Olivia Year 5 4,590 points

Well done to everyone on our leaderboard this week!

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 In-game chat This free guide details the online safety concerns associated with in-game chat functionality, and lets you know how to protect young players from these risks.

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.

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Thursday 10th October Whole School Wellbeing Day – we ecourage you to wear odd socks this day. The day will be lead by Year 4 who have taken on the new role as our Resilience Team this year.

Monday 14th October Parents meetings for every class – in school from 1pm (electronic appointment will be sent out separately)

Wednesday 16th October Whole school Harvest Celebration Assembly

Friday 18th October Whole School Science workshop followed by Year 5 and 6 separate workshops.

Friday 18th October 3.15pm close for end of half term

Have a great weekend, Year 5.

Mrs McVey, Mrs Hodgkiss and Miss Andrew

If you need to contact me or have any questions/queries, please contact me on  year5@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk and I will try to get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks.




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“Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom” Roger Bacon.

This week we had our first class mass on the theme of Creation, which is also the theme of our RE lessons this half term. On Wednesday, Father came into class to ask the children to think about the answers to some questions, What is Creation? What is the difference between creation and construction? Father also challenged the children to create something. It was lovely to see the children’s thoughtful responses and thank you to all the children who were able to create something and brought it to mass with them. During Father’s time with us on Wednesday, he also taught us a song to sing at the end of mass, “If I were a butterfly” - one I remember and loved from my primary school days. Well done Year 5, you all listened well throughout mass and behaved with reverence and our readers read beautifully. Thank you also to the parents who were able to join us in mass yesterday.

European Day of Languages is held every year on 26th September to celebrate the different languages spoken in Europe. The first European Day of Languages was held in 2001. It was started by the European Commission and Council of Europe to show the importance of language learning. In class we have talked about the importance of learning a new language and the children were given the opportunity to share languages that they speak at home or have a connection with. We then learnt more about Spain, its culture and practised using the language.

School are inviting children to bring in tins for our food collection to celebrate Harvest this year. We are asking children to do tasks at home in order to earn food items to contribute to the collection, which is highly valued by Blackpool Foodbank. Thank you in advance for your support with this. From all at Our Lady’s.

Our award winners:

Golden Award (CARE) - Oscar

Writing Award - Florence

Maths Award - Zachary

Our learning this week…

In English the children have put themselves in the moon boots of Neil Armstrong and have written their own reflection in his voice using first person. They’ve also been thinking about how to describe the moon, what the astronauts must have seen, what they were thinking and how they must have felt.

Our focus in maths has been comparing, ordering and rounding numbers to 100,000. We’ve also been exploring Roman numerals.

In RE the children have been working with Mrs Mannix on the Creation story.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Eleena and Leo. The theme of their liturgy was Servant of All. In this week’s Gospel, Jesus’ disciples argue about who is the ‘greatest’. It teaches us that the most important things in life are not winning, being the best or most beautiful. Instead, Jesus taught His disciples that true greatness in God’s sight means putting others first. Eleena and Leo then asked the class to write their own prayer.

“Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.” Mark 9:35

In science we have been learning about the movement of the Earth relative to the sun.

In geography the children have used an 8 point compass to describe the location of counties in England.

In Spanish we are continuing to focus on greeting each other and developing our knowledge of counting.

In art we continued to develop our work on Hundertwasser .

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Charlie from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust. The focus of their lessons this half term is all about leadership and being a good buddy to develop their skills for their role as play leader.

Our school is currently in 5th place out of 12 schools in the trust. We have 596 points.

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

1st Aibhin Year 5. 12,082 points

2nd Natalia Year 5 9,072 points

3rd Ava Year 4 5,457 points

4th Alexander Year 5 4,646 points

5th Conleth Year 5 3,958 points

Well done to everyone on our leaderboard this week!

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 Instagram  This free guide tells you all you need to know about the social media platform Instagram, breaking down its associated risks and how best to mitigate them.

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.

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Thursday 10th October Whole School Wellbeing Day – we ecourage you to wear odd socks this day. The day will be lead by Year 4 who have taken on the new role as our Resilience Team this year.

Monday 14th October Parents meetings for every class – in school from 1pm (electronic appointment will be sent out separately)

Wednesday 16th October Whole school Harvest Celebration Assembly

Friday 18th October Whole School Science workshop followed by Year 5 and 6 separate workshops.

Friday 18th October 3.15pm close for end of half term

Keep up the great work Year 5. Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs McVey, Mrs Hodgkiss and Miss Andrew

If you need to contact me or have any questions/queries, please contact me on  year5@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk and I will try to get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks.

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Our week...

Our award winners:

Golden Award (RESPECT) - Beaux

Writing Award - Eleena

Maths Award - Jackson

Our learning this week…

In English the children have improved their 1969 lunar landing paragraphs. They’ve also been identifying tense and changing our writing between present and past tense. We’ve also been reading about Neil Armstrong and thinking about his character.

Our focus in maths has been partitioning 5-digit numbers and then placing numbers on a number line.

In RE the children have been working with Mrs Mannix on the Creation story.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Ellenie and Gabriel. The theme of their liturgy was Walk in His presence. In the Gospel (Mark 8:27 - 35) , Jesus confounded the expectations of His disciples. It helps us learn that God’s plans can be surprising and that following Jesus involves expecting the unexpected. The children challenged the children to think about how they can walk with Jesus this week.

“You are the Messiah" Mark 8:29

In science we have been learning about how day and night occur.

In Spanish we have focused on greeting each otherand developing our knowledge of counting in Spanish.

In art we continued to develop our work on Hundertwasser .

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Charlie from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust. The focus of their lessons this half term is all about leadership and being a good buddy to develop their skills for their role as play leader.

Homework 

A reminder that a summary of this week’s homework can be found on the Year 5 homework page. Please make sure homework is completed by Tuesday, ready for spelling and times table tests. Don’t forget that we are also part of the BEBCMAT Rock Stars Super League.

Each half term, the schools within the trust compete with each other on TTRS. This half term’s competition is already underway but we can still do our best to get as many points as we can from now till the 18th October. In addition to this, during our Celebration assembly on a Friday, our leaderboard will be announced. Please see the poster. Good luck everyone! See poster

Our school is currently in 4th place out of 12 schools in the trust. We have 414 points.

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

1st Aibhin Year 5. 9,194 points

2nd Natalia Year 5 9,042 points

3rd Ava Year 4 4,242 points

4th Ellenie Year 5 1,528 points

5th Alexander Year 5 1,332 points

Well done to everyone on our leaderboard this week!

Bikeability

Thank you to all those who have already filled in their Bikeability forms. If you have yet to send your child’s form back, please read and sign the forms as soon as possible and send back into school so that I can confirm numbers and allocate dates. Please be clear on your form whether your child will need to borrow a bike. If your child has not yet filled in their Bikeability form but does not wish to take part, please could you confirm this by email year5@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk Thanks for your support.

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 Final Fantasy XIV  This free guide covers the risks of the popular video game Final Fantasy XIV, as well as letting you know how to help young players safely enjoy this MMORPG.

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.

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Monday 23rd September School Photographs

Thursday 26th September European Languages Day

In class we will mark this day by dedicating some time to talk about the importance of foreign language learning, learn about the culture of our chosen country (Spain) and use the language.

Thursday 26th September Year 5 Class mass 9.30am

Thursday 10th October Whole School Wellbeing Day – we ecourage you to wear odd socks this day. The day will be lead by Year 4 who have taken on the new role as our Resilience Team this year.

Monday 14th October Parents meetings for every class – in school from 1pm (electronic appointment will be sent out separately)

Wednesday 16th October Whole school Harvest Celebration Assembly

Friday 18th October Whole School Science workshop followed by Year 5 and 6 separate workshops.

Friday 18th October 3.15pm close for end of half term

Well done Year 5, we’ve had another good week. Have a great weekend!

Mrs McVey, Mrs Hodgkiss and Miss Andrew

If you need to contact me or have any questions/queries, please contact me on  year5@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk and I will try to get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks.

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AuthorKay McVey

Our first week...

What a great week we’ve had! Year 5 have made a great start to this year and it has been lovely to spend time getting to know them a little better. The children are settling in nicely and learning the new routines - we are excited to be working with them this year!

📚Your child will have come home with a reading book and reading diary this week. At the start of the year we usually use an assessment tool called Star Reader to assess the ZPD of your child’s book (this gauges the level of challenge that your child should be reading), however it has been off line for some of this week so your child has brought a book based on their ZPD from Year 4 - this should align with their new ZPD anyway. ZPDs will be marked down in their diaries once complete. Bookmarks and diaries will be checked regularly so please encourage your child to read daily if they can and they must have their book and diary in every day. Children should aim to read at least 20 minutes a day and discuss their reading if possible with an adult - this will ensure progress is maintained and the expected standard is met.

🏊🏼🩲🩱On Tuesday afternoon, the children will begin their swimming sessions. Please remind your child to bring their costume and towel and if they have longer hair, boys or girls, they should also bring a swimming cap.

Our award winners:

Golden Award (CARE) - Natalia

Writing Award - Gabriel

Maths Award - Aibhin

Our learning this week…

In English we have begun a new unit of work which will come from the book, Where We Once Stood, which details first-hand accounts of the six moon landings. This week we have explored new vocabulary and phrases from the opening extracts of the book and have looked at strategies to help us with the meanings of these words. We’ve also discussed whether or not humans should return to the moon and the children have backed up their views by giving reasons and justifying their thoughts.

In Maths the focus has been on place value and the children have been reading and writing 5-digit numbers and recognising the value of each digit..

In RE the children are working with Mrs Mannix and have begun looking at their new topic on Creation.are we have been discussing how the world began and have compared their own views against those of their learning partner.

In Science we will be learning about aspects of Earth and Space. This week the children have shared their existing knowledge of this topic and they took part in a Space quiz to see how much they know already.

In our art lesson we have begun to look at the work of Hundertwasser and have used viewfinders to select and draw a section of his images into their sketchbooks.

PE days

Full PE kit will need to be worn on Tuesdays (swimming) and Wednesdays.

Homework

Year 5 will use online learning for their homework this year, alongside reading and spelling homework. We will spend a bit of time getting familiar with the websites we will use and then we will start next week. I will add more details next week.

Bikeability

Letters about Bikeability have now come home. Please read and sign the forms as soon as possible and send back into school so that I can confirm numbers and allocate dates. Please be clear on your form whether your child will need to borrow a bike. Thanks for your support.

Well done Year 5, you’ve made a great start! We hope you all have a lovely weekend with your families.

Mrs McVey, Mrs Hodgkiss and Miss Andrew

If you need to contact me or have any questions/queries, please contact me on  year5@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk and I will try to get back to you as soon as possible. This email is not monitored daily so if you need to get in touch urgently, please send a message via the school office or catch me at the door at the end of the day. Thanks.

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Welcome to Year 5!

Welcome to Year 5! I hope you have all had a wonderful Summer and are ready to start the new year in Year 5. I look forward to welcoming you into class and look forward to getting to know you all!

I just wanted to let you know our PE days will be Tuesdays (swimming) and Wednesdays.

Tuesdays will be swimming and this will start on Tuesday 10th September and take place each Tuesday afternoon throughout the year. If you haven’t already, please make sure that you have completed and signed the swimming forms given to you at the end of Year 4.

The children will be accompanied to the pool by me, Mrs McVey, and Mrs Hodgkiss and Miss Andrews our class Teaching Assistants. The children will need to come into school on a Tuesday with their school PE kit for the day and will need with them their swimming kit in a separate bag to their school bag. Children will need either a one-piece swimsuit or swimming trunks (please see photo of acceptable type as baggy swim shorts are not allowed) - swim vests are also acceptable for those who prefer to use them, a towel, swim hat for all girls and boys who have a longer hair style or fringe, and goggles (if you returned and signed the goggles letter). The children will not need shampoo or shower gel as they will only have time to rinse and get dressed quickly ready to return to school. If your child has asthma, inhalers will be taken to the pool by the teachers so please make sure your child has an up to date inhaler in school as soon as possible.

This week, please also look out for letters about Bikeability - a bicycle training scheme.

Your child’s new water bottle  will come home with them each evening to ensure that it can be washed and filled ready for the next day. Unfortunately we don’t have spares in school, or cups they can use, so it is important that they bring it in each day. Please also ensure your child brings a coat each day just in case of rain - we will still want to get outside for some fresh air even if it is a bit cold or just a bit of rain. 

Thank you,

Mrs McVey

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Our week...

Drummers

A big well done to our drummers, who performed in a showcase for parents and classes this morning. It was so lovely to see how much you have learnt and improved over the course of the year. Well done!🥁

Saint Bede’s taster day

The children had a lovely day yesterday at St Bede’s. The children spent the whole day doing PE challenges in groups alongside other Year 5 children from Catholic primaries. They did dodge ball, relays, athletic challenges, sprint races, long jump, javelin, throwing and more… They had a good day and were well behaved - Well done, Year 5!

Our award winners:

Golden Award (LEARN) - Corben

Writing Award - Peter

Maths Award - Lilly C

Our learning this week…

In English the children have been looking at the structure and language of balanced arguments and focused on conjunctions and the passive and active voice

In maths this week we have been multiplying fractions .

In RE we have been looking at Jewish celebrations.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Rosie and Mia. The theme of their liturgy was A Prophet Without Honour. In the Gospel (Mark 6:1-6) it tells us how Jesus was rejected by His neighbours. They would not believe that a person they thought they knew so well could have something extraordinary to say to them.

“A prophet is not without honour except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.” Mark

In art we have continued to work on our own drawings inspired by the work of Chris Ofili.

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust.

Monday 15th July Moving up afternoon - Year 5 will go up to Year 6 and spend some time with their new teacher in preparation for the new academic year.

Tuesday 16th July 9.15am Year 6 Leavers mass whole school and families in church

Tuesday 9th July Swimming as normal. This date has been added back on to make up for the swimming lesson that they had to miss in June due to the pool closure.

Friday 19th July 3.15pm Break up for Summer ☀️

Work coming home for the Summer…

In preparation for the end of term, please send in a strong bag (e.g.bag for life) so that all work can be sent home on the last day of term before the Summer holiday. Please label the bag with your child’s name. Thank you!

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, that some children are regularly using these games, Roblox and Minecraft, and these apps on social media, Snapchat and Tiktok. The following safety guides give some great advice about keeping your children safe online, please take the time to read them, check your child’s device settings and discuss them with your child so they know what to do if something happens and they don’t feel safe when using them.

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Roblox  This free online safety guide focuses on Roblox. It highlights a number of risks such as online daters, in-app purchases and contact with strangers.

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Minecraft  This free online safety guide focuses on Minecraft. It highlights a number of risks such as in-game purchases, addiction and chatting with strangers.

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Snapchat  This free online safety guide focuses on Snapchat. It highlights a number of risks such as sexting, visible location and contact from strangers.

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Tiktok  This free online safety guide focuses on TikTok. It highlights a number of risks such as age-inappropriate content, dangerous challenges and contact with strangers.

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.

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Have a great weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

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“You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Mark 16:16

Our award winners:

Golden Award (CARE) - Hallie

Writing Award - Lily T

Maths Award - Grace

Our learning this week…

In English the children have been considering the pros and cons of keeping animals in captivity compared to the wild. This will be the focus of our balanced argument writing. We’ve been watching videos, which highlight the issues, and have been discussing and sharing our own opinions.

In maths this week we have been adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators to solve problems.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Layla, Peter and Ronnie. The theme of their liturgy was Son of Man. In the Gospel (Mark 16:13-19) it explores what the term the Son of Man means. Through prayer we discover how the titles for Jesus connect us more closely to Him.

“You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Mark 16:16

In Science we have been testing the hardness of different materials.

In Spanish the children have been learning to talk about the pets they have.

In art we have continued to work on our own drawings inspired by the work of Chris Ofili.

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust.

Tuesday 9th July Swimming as normal

Thursday 11th July Year 5 St Bede’s Taster day. You will now have received a letter, by email, about the day from St Bede’s (see below for your information). It is a PE focused day so the children will need to wear their full school PE kit and will need to bring a packed lunch (usual school packed lunch rules apply) and their water bottle. Please also ensure your child brings a coat as we will be outside. St Bede’s letter

Friday 12th July Summer Fayre after school PTFA events

Monday 15th July Moving up afternoon - Year 5 will go up to Year 6 and spend some time with their new teacher in preparation for the new academic year.

Tuesday 16th July 9.15am Year 6 Leavers mass whole school and families in church

Tuesday 9th July Swimming as normal. This date has been added back on to make up for the swimming lesson that they had to miss in June due to the pool closure.

Friday 19th July 3.15pm Break up for Summer ☀️

Work coming home for the Summer…

In preparation for the end of term, please send in a strong bag (e.g.bag for life) so that all work can be sent home on the last day of term before the Summer holiday. Please label the bag with your child’s name. Thank you!

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, that some children are regularly using these games, Roblox and Minecraft, and these apps on social media, Snapchat and Tiktok. The following safety guides give some great advice about keeping your children safe online, please take the time to read them, check your child’s device settings and discuss them with your child so they know what to do if something happens and they don’t feel safe when using them.

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Roblox  This free online safety guide focuses on Roblox. It highlights a number of risks such as online daters, in-app purchases and contact with strangers.

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Minecraft  This free online safety guide focuses on Minecraft. It highlights a number of risks such as in-game purchases, addiction and chatting with strangers.

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Snapchat  This free online safety guide focuses on Snapchat. It highlights a number of risks such as sexting, visible location and contact from strangers.

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Tiktok  This free online safety guide focuses on TikTok. It highlights a number of risks such as age-inappropriate content, dangerous challenges and contact with strangers.

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.

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Have a great weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans


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“Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?" Mark 4:40

Sports Day

We had a lovely end to the week with Sports day. Thank you to all of you who were able to come and support the children in their races, I know the children enjoyed having you all there to cheer them on. Well done Year 5!

The results of the KS2 Sport’s day are:

1st Layton 432 🏆WINNERS🏆

2nd Newton 424

3rd Clifton 397

4th Marton 373

Well done everyone!

Our award winners:

Golden Award (RESPECT) - Emilia

Writing Award - YEAR 5 for great work on their own ‘Big write’ - a dilemma narrative.

Maths Award - Corben

Our learning this week…

In English the children finished their own dilemma narrative. We have also begun our new writing unit.

In maths this week we have been adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Grace and James. The theme of their liturgy was Jesus Calms the Storm. In the Gospel (Mark 4:35-41) , Jesus shows a small glimpse of His divinity through His voice calming the stormy sea. Through this we can see how Jesus can restore order where there is chaos and mend the broken. We see how we can be filled with wonder and awe at Jesus’ mighty presence over the stormy seas in our lives. Grace and James reminded the children that when life gets tough, it can be easy to forget that Jesus cares for us - even His close friends sometimes needed reminding! They asked the class to invite the Holy Spirit to increase their faith and hope by asking God to support them.

“Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?" Mark 4:40

In Science we have grouped materials according to their properties.

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust.

In art we finished off our work from Arts week and I think you’l agree, the children did really well. Each child was given a piece of a cut-up landscape picture of Blackpool to paint, experimenting with the colours they use. We then collaged it back together into a triptych. Take a look at their work…

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 and Educators Need to Know about Palworld  This free guide explores the immensely successful game, Palworld, detailing the risks it may pose to younger players and offering advice on how to let them enjoy this title safely.

We hope you find this guide informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all.

Thursday 11th July Year 5 St Bede’s Taster day (More details will be posted nearer the time).

Friday 12th July Summer Fayre after school PTFA events

Monday 15th July Moving up afternoon - Year 5 will go up to Year 6 and spend some time with their new teacher in preparation for the new academic year.

Tuesday 16th July 9.15am Year 6 Leavers mass whole school and families in church

Friday 19th July 3.15pm Break up for Summer ☀️

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Have a great weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

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