Yesterday, Year 5 had our first class mass for this school year and we were so proud of how respectful and reverent the children were. Well done to our readers, who read so beautifully and clearly.
Yesterday’s mass was all about forgiveness and Father talked to the children about what Jesus taught us about having mercy - forgiveness and compassion. He told the children that when someone does something unkind to us and they say sorry, then we should forgive. He told the children that this is really hard to do but it’s the right thing to do. Forgiveness doesn't necessarily mean that the person is not guilty of whatever they did to upset us. Forgiveness doesn't mean forgetting. Rather, forgiveness means letting go of the pain the incident is causing us. We forgive to give ourselves peace of mind, and in hopes that one day someone will return the favour if we ever offend them.
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 Kurt 299 points
2 Gabriel 294 points
3 Hallie 280 points
4 Isaac 205 points
5 Elsie 195 points
Well done to all the children who are on our leader board this week.👏🏻
Our award winners:
Golden Award (LEARN) - Olivia W
Writing Award - Isaac
Maths Award - Grace
Our learning this week…
In English the children have written some really descriptive contrast poems about the Earth and the moon using their words and phrases from last week. The children have also been learning about modal verbs and have been using these in sentences.
In maths we’ve been comparing, ordering and rounding numbers to 100,000 and been writing numbers to 10,000 in Roman numerals.
In RE the focus has been explaining the link between Scientific truths and theological truths .
In science we have been learning about the movement of the Earth around the sun.
In history the children are continuing to learn about the Ancient Greeks.
In Computing the children have been learning that due to the vast distance from Mars to Earth, information collected by Mars Rover has to travel as ‘data’ and be translated into binary code. The children then played a game to practice calculating binary numbers.
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.
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 Peter and Olivia. Their worship was on the theme of Thanks and they encouraged the children to think about what they are thankful for. Well done Peter and Olivia!
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.
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…
Well done Year 5, 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.
