Today we celebrated International day of dance💃. The children looked fabulous in their dance outfits and in the morning they were treated to two dance sessions, Zumba and Country dancing, which the children thoroughly enjoyed. At the end of the morning, KS2 came together in the hall to watch children from Year 3 to 6 who had prepared a special dance to perform to the classes. A big well done to Alisha 👏🏻 and Ebony 👏🏻who performed from our class. Take a look at some photos and videos of our morning…

Our learning this week…

In English the children planned out their Greek myth from the point of view of Pandora ready to write their story.

In maths the children have been adding and subtracting fractions.

In RE we looked at the meaning of sin and reflected on how sin hurts us, others and our relationship with God.

In our Science lesson this week the children have identified the main stages of a baby’s development in the womb and have also compared the gestation periods of different mammals.

In history the children have begun to find out about the Maya civilisation and have explored events on a timeline.

In computing we have looked at the positive and negative effects of online communication and have explored different forms of communication including emojis, gifs and memes. The children also enjoyed creating their own memes

PSHE - In Bounce Forward the children identified emotions and learnt that they can link to the way we behave. They also explored positive coping strategies and created their own coping plan.

Spanish - The children consolidated the days of the week and the months of the year and found out about saints’ days and the Spanish custom of celebrating the day of the saint who has your name .

Our award winners:

Golden Award - Max

Writing Award - Alisha

Maths Award - Lillie S

Star Award - Idana

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:

Good housing - keep your bedroom tidy (Basics)
Take responsibility for yourself (Core self)

Please take a look at the new family version of the resilient framework which will help your family build resilience at home. There are some lovely ideas for resilient moves that you can make as a family.

Family version of the resilient moves framework

Our Lady receives prestigious National Award

We are delighted to announce that Our lady of the Assumption has received a prestigious national award for our role in giving young people access to cultural and creative learning as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) Associate Schools Programme (ASP). To find out more please read this letter.

Blackpool Beating Bullying Bronze award

Further to the appointment of 8 new anti-bullying ambassadors in our class, school is now working hard to achieve the Bronze award for Blackpool Beating Bullying. In order to achieve the relevant threshold, school needs to carry out surveys on different groups of people in school. There will be 4 surveys/questionnaires aimed at the following groups:

children - Year 5’s will complete theirs in class.
parents - below is a link and we invite you to complete the survey.
teachers
governors

All questionnaires are on line and only live for 2 weeks from the 3rd May.

Here is the survey link for parents, we would very much appreciate it if you could complete the survey to enable us to make steps forward to receiving the Bronze award for school. Thank you for your support.

Parents/Carers-

https://forms.gle/TP2A4mnpJwBwmT6R6

Enjoy your three day weekend and I’ll see you back at school on Tuesday. Swimming will take place as usual on Tuesday so don’t forget your swimming kit.

Mrs McVey, Miss Evans and Mrs Frost