This week we have been participating in the NSPCC’s Speak out. Stay safe. Programme. Speak out. Stay safe. is a programme for children aged 5-11 which aims to help children understand abuse in all its forms and to recognise the signs of abuse. Children are taught to speak out if they are worried, either to a safe adult or Childline.
This child friendly programme is aligned with the curriculum and consists of an age appropriate virtual assembly, which the children watched this week, and next week a NSPCC volunteer will lead a face to face workshop with Year 5. The content is delivered in an engaging and interactive way with the help of the NSPCC mascot Buddy. If you would like to know more about the Speak out. Stay safe. programme visit www.nspcc.org.uk/speakout.
Real-life science project
Year 5 are going to be involved in a special project with the Edina Trust called The 'Spring Bulbs for Schools' project which gives pupils the opportunity to be part of a real science investigation where they will contribute to the final result. This is a live experiment where there are no known outcomes and no "right" answers. We will be planting daffodil and crocus bulbs next week and then from now until March, the children will be recording the rainfall and temperature each school day.
Over the course of this project we will be taking photographs of the children and would like to share some of these photos (from time to time) with the Edina Trust. Therefore we are seeking your permission to share your child’s image with the Trust through X (formerly Twitter) and their websites and social media. If you are happy for your child’s image to be part of class photos throughout the project then please email me at year5@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk with your child’s name and for ease just copy and paste the following,
“I consent to my child’s image being shared with The Edina Trust as part of The 'Spring Bulbs for Schools' project.”
Thank you!
Our award winners:
Golden Award (LEARN) - Lily T
Writing Award - Olivia W
Maths Award - Lilly C
Bedrock Competition
Don’t forget Bedrock’s new competition to be in with a chance of winning some great prizes. You just need to collect 20 points or more each week and earn 140 or more points in total using Bedrock from now till the 22nd October.
Here is our TOP 5 on the scoreboard this week:
1 Hallie 511 points
2 Kurt 457 points
3 Isaac 404 points
4 Gabriel 354 points
5 Elsie 265 points
Well done to all the children who are on our leader board this week.👏🏻
Our learning this week…
In English the children have developed their understanding of parenthesis indicated by commas, dashes or brackets. They have also been exploring the features of a narrative text in preparation for our own writing.
In maths we’ve been continuing to work with Roman numerals and the children have been developing their understanding of place value up to the 100,000s, learning to read and write numbers accurately. They have been counting in steps of 100,000, 10,000, 1,000, 100, 10 and 1.
In RE, Year 5 have explored the story of the Fall and the consequences that it has had for humans.
In science we have been learning about the movement of the moon around the Earth and the phases of the moon.
In history the children are continuing to learn about the Ancient Greeks.
In Computing the children identified the computer architecture of the Mars Rover
In Spanish we have revised the vocabulary previously taught on presenting ourselves and have begun to learn how to say the various nouns for family members.
Art - the children enlarged their work inspired by the work of Hundertwasser.
In PE the children continue to work with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust. The focus of their lessons this half term is leadership.
Our Year 5 led worship this week was led by Lola Mae and Connie. Their worship was on the theme of Friendship and they asked the children to think who had been a good friend to them and what they had done. Well done Connie and Lola Mae!
Everyone is welcome in the people of God! Reading from Luke 14:16-21
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 the end of Tuesday ready for spelling and times table tests.
A reminder about our RE challenge: To email two photos which I will print out to put on display in school and I might also display these here on our blog. One photograph should be of something Year 5 consider beautiful in this world and another photograph of something which is ruining the beauty of our world. For example, they might have a photograph taken with a sunset and the other photograph might be of rubbish on the beach. Year 5, it would be great if we can have lots of different ideas on display so please try to think of your own ideas. Please email photos as jpegs, if possible, to year5@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk as soon as possible. Thank you to those of you who have already sent in photos. Thanks for your support.
Thank you to those children who have already sent their photos in, we have started putting them on display in school…
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 guides give helpful advice about…
Among Us: a futuristic murder mystery that’s found an enthusiastic audience of young gamers.
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.
Black History Month Competition
Blackpool FC Community Trust in partnership with Blackpool FC would like to invite you to take part in their Black History Month competition. For Black History Month this year they are asking pupils to produce a newspaper front cover on an Inspirational Black Person. KS2 should use this Front Cover as well as a supporting fact sheet should you need some prompts.
Pupils are invited to submit a piece on an inspirational black person from any field that has inspired them in any way. This competition is to celebrate and honour the achievements of black people such as Martin Luther King, Bob Marley, Rosa Parks or even those closer to home such as teachers and family members. Once judged the work will be returned back to school.
The competition winner will receive a Blackpool FC kit and BFC goody bag as well as a BFC player visit for your school, to receive their prize.
To enter this competition, please complete the Tangerine Times newspaper front page on someone you think is inspirational and why.
Include a picture and stats to justify why your subject is so inspirational.
The text itself can be either factual or emotive, but it must say why this person is inspirational to you and others.
The competition will run through October.
Competition entries should be returned to school by Thursday 26th October. Winners of the competition will be announced by Blackpool FC Community Trust and Blackpool FC on Tuesday 31st October.
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…
We’ve had a good week Year 5. Hope you have a lovely weekend with your families.
Mrs McVey and Mrs McCooey
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.
