Today, Year 5 have all come home with a sponsorship form. This Lent, Our Lady of the Assumption is looking to fundraise for both CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development) in its campaign to ‘Walk Against Hunger’ and also our local children’s cancer charity – Brian House. We will make it our own ‘Pilgrimage’ during Lent knowing that each little step we take will make a BIG difference. Each class will set its own Lenten walking target and in Year 5 we have chosen to do our walk to the Solaris Centre and the glitter ball on the promenade. Whilst we are there, we thought it may be nice to take a packed lunch and sit and have a picnic before returning back to school. The date we will go has not yet been finalised but I expect it to be in the last two weeks of this half term before Easter. I will update you soon. In the meantime, school are asking parents/families to sponsor their child/children to undertake their special ‘Pilgrimage Walk’. Once we’ve completed our walk, we will add our kilometres to CAFOD’s ‘ Walk Against Hunger Totaliser’. The aim nationally is 40,000 km! This is a massive challenge, but by joining together we can all help stamp out hunger one step at a time. CAFOD is also supporting the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. Thank you for your support.
Our Lent book challenge 📚🌟
I’m delighted with the enthusiasm the children have shown this week for our Lent book reading challenge. This week I was pleased to see so many of Year 5 finishing their first chosen book, taking their quiz and then challenging themselves to reading another. This is amazing Year 5, keep up the great reading!
Much Ado About Nothing 🎭
Show time is almost upon us and we would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your children for your dedication and hard work. We are incredibly proud of all your children for the work they have put in and we really hope that you are going to enjoy their performance.
Just a reminder of the details for Monday and Tuesday…
Monday 14th March - Technical rehearsal
We will go to the Grand Theatre by coach for our rehearsal at 10am and will return to school around 11am. The children are asked to come in their costume - black jogging bottoms, black t-shirt, black socks and black school shoes with school PE jumper/hoody.
Tuesday 15th March - Performance day
Children should come to school wearing their costume (as above). During the morning the children will be having a full dress rehearsal and they will have the opportunity to watch the other schools perform..
The children will need to bring with them a packed lunch and a water bottle. No sweets or fizzy drinks. The children will remain in the theatre during this time with staff. As there will be quite a bit of time spent between scenes in the changing room, the children may want to bring with them some small activities to keep them occupied whilst they are waiting - for example a book, comic, colouring book, paper and pen… No electrical devices are allowed and nothing too noisy as the changing rooms are directly above the Grand Theatre stage.
After the first performance, you have arranged for your child to be collected from the stage door at Matcham Court at about 2.30pm (as soon as we can get the children out after the 1pm matinee performance).
During this break between performances, please make sure that the children eat before returning for the evening performance. Children need to return to the stage door in costume at 4:45pm for an ensemble workshop with the RSC. They will also need a water bottle.
The evening performance starts at 6pm and is expected to finish just over an hour after that - there is no interval. You will then be able to collect your child at the end of the evening. As there will be other schools leaving the theatre at this time, the children can be collected at about 7.30pm from the designated point not the stage door. Your child can be collected from outside the Body shop on Victoria Street. As we have duty of care at this time, please do not take your child without first signing them out from Our Lady’s staff. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Thank you all so much for your support.
Our award winners:
Golden Award - Evie
Maths Award - Izzy
Year 5 Star Winner - Evie and Gabriella
Bedrock Competition
Here is our TOP 5 winners on the scoreboard:
1 Maisy 258 points
2 Gabriella 214 points
3 Abigail 192 points
4 Franchesca 186 points
5 Ollie 181 points
Well done, keep up the great work!
Bikeability
Congratulations to the children from Year 5 and Year 6 who took part in the Bikeability training this week. The children spent two days outside with the Bikeability team, first on the playground and then out on the roads around our school, learning how to ride their bicycles safely on the road. The team were delighted with the behaviour of the children and the children were awarded their Level 1 and Level 2 badges. Well done cyclists! 👏🏻🚲
Resilient moves…
Thank you to those who have shared their resilient moves this week…
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.
This week’s resilient moves challenges are:
Highlight achievements (Learning)
More healthy the relationships the better (Belonging)
World Book Day at Our Lady’s - 25th March
A reminder that although World Book day took place nationally at the beginning of March, we are going to celebrate it on the 25th March. We would like the children to dress as your favourite character from a book. Start thinking about your favourite character and what you might wear! I will also be asking the children to bring in their favourite book to support some activities that we will be completing on the day.
Phew what a week this has been! It has been a really busy one and the children certainly deserve their rest this weekend - well done Year 5! Hope you all have a restful weekend, ready for your performance next week!
Mrs McVey, Miss Evans and Mrs Frost
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