Firstly I just wanted to say a big thank you to all of you. It is a very difficult time that we are all living through at the moment but I have been amazed and proud of how resilient and hard working the children have continued to be. It has been a pleasure to see how hard Year 5 are all working, I know it’s not easy, and I’ve been particularly pleased to read the work that so many of you have been doing - Thank you parents for emailing those to me! Please do continue to send photographs/copies of the work the children are doing to our email address year5@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk I will look forward to receiving them, however, I will not be checking my accounts during the holidays until Tuesday 14th April.
Holy Week begins this Sunday with what would normally be our Palm Sunday service in Church. As this also marks the beginning of our Easter Holidays, I will not be setting a Home Learning Project this week but the sites can still be accessed if you wish - don’t forget the Sumdog Pre-Easter National Contest we have entered does not finish till 9th April 8pm. Instead, I have attached a pack of Easter home learning resources and some other activities for you to have a go at during the break. Please do not feel that you have to complete the whole pack, pick and choose what you would like.
Easter home learning pack Why do Christians explore Easter? Explore Easter through fun and creative activities. Please send photos of your creations so we can share them here!
Story of Easter Try this reading comprehension.
Easter Story writing Write up the Easter story and send me a copy to read.
Easter chocolate mystery maths game You are the detective and you have to solve the clues to to eliminate all-but-one of the suspects.
Easter code breaker Find the punch line to the Easter joke.
Easter mosaics Solve the maths problems to reveal the hidden picture.
Easter coordinates Write the coordinates of the Easter eggs.
Please don’t forget to take a look at Father Jim’s CHILDREN’S PAGE of the Church website. Year 5 can access this through the following link https://www.olablackpool.org/children-s-page Please take a look at the lovely video that Father has made for the children, giving them the opportunity to ‘Ask Father Jim’ questions just like they would normally do in school. There are great resources to keep the children linked with Fr Jim and our Church family, we are so lucky to have! Why not ask Father Jim something about the Easter story that you’re not sure of?
Resilient Moves Don’t forget, now more than ever it is important to look after our health and wellbeing during this time. Try to make as many resilient moves as you can over the next week and send your photos to me so we can share these. These resilient moves could be anything: reading a book, dancing to your favourite music, playing in the garden, baking, watching a film…
Blackpool FC Community Trust have also asked us to let you know about a new writing competition, #BlackpoolRhyme,that they have just launched. They are asking pupils, teachers, residents and those who work in the town, to write a poem based on Blackpool.
They’ve put together a short video which can be found on the link below, which has more details of topics the children could write about and information on how to enter.http://www.bfcct.co.uk/blackpoolrhyme-poetry-competition/
Finally, can I just say a massive thank you to all the many key workers, including many in our school community, who are working selflessly through this difficult time to keep us all safe. We are eternally grateful for everything you do…
I wish you all a Happy and Holy Easter. Take care, stay safe and enjoy the family time.
Mrs McVey
