The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month marks the signing of the Armistice – an agreement to end the First World War. Yesterday, Year 5 spent time thinking about all those people in the armed forces who have sacrificed so much to protect their country.

Our learning this week…

In English, the children have been writing a biography about Anthony Horowitz and towards the end of this week they have been exploring similes in poetry with Mrs Gibbons.

In maths the children have been using the inverse to check their answers and have started to use bar charts, pictograms and tables to interpret and present discrete data.

In RE the children have looked at the life of St Martin de Porres and have thought about what he did to overcome the effects of Original Sin and what we can learn from him.

In Science we started our new topic on forces and have been identifying forces acting on objects.

In geography the children have invetsigated the link between longitude and time.

In art the children have made Space themed pictures using a variety of chalks and pastels..

In PE the children have continued to work on their dance with a space theme.

Our Award winners…

As I haven’t been in school over the last two days, awards will be given out next week.

Bedrock

Here is our TOP 5 on the scoreboard this week:

1 Francesca 136 points

2 Gabriella 126 points

3 Maisy 102 points

4 Alisha 97 points

5 Samuel 82 points

What a great start to this half term’s Bedrock competition. Well done to all the children who are on our leader board this week. Don’t forget Year 5, you need to earn 140 points by the 14th December to be entered into the Bedrock competition for a chance to win an amazing prize (see poster below). Don’t forget our in-class competition too - there will be a prize for the member of Year 5 who has the most points by the end of term.

Resilient moves…

Thank you to all the children who shared their resilient moves this week, it was lovely to see what you’ve all been up to...

What resilient moves will you make this week? Please email me photos of your resilient moves you make this week to year5@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk I look forward to receiving them.

Free E-Book ‘Arthur and the Magic Book’

We are happy to support local author Dina Elizabeth Slater (who has close links to Our Lady's school!) as she launches her fantastic new children's picture book, 'Arthur and the Magic Book'. We want to take the opportunity to share a link to the free eBook for you to enjoy. Below there are also links to Dina's website, should you wish to find out more information.
Website: www.artandetta.co.uk
EBook: https://bit.ly/3k6VI9O

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/artandetta