This week we were delighted to welcome Father Frank in to our class. During this time, Year 5 asked Father religious questions related to our learning that they had been wondering about. The questions the children asked were so thoughtful and it was a wonderful opportunity for all of us to deepen our religious understanding and faith. I was so pleased with how engaged the children were and we have let Father Frank know that we will continue to write down our difficult questions and invite him to come back next term. Thank you Father!
Our award winners:
Golden Award (LEARN) - Dominic
Writing Award - Lily T
Maths Award - Connie
Our learning this week…
In English we have worked to understand the difference between formal and informal language and we have been using our vehicle text to write in role.
In maths the children have been using the written column method to add and subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits.
In RE we have begun to look at what covenants are and have begun to look at the covenant that God made with Noah and all his descendants (us).
In history the children are continuing to learn about the Ancient Greeks.
In PE the children are working with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust. The focus of their lessons this half term is invasion games: Rugby.
Our Year 5 worship this week was led by Teddy and Gabriel. Their worship was on the theme of Taking care of animals. They spoke about how animals enrich the world and give us so much pleasure. They also reminded Year 5 how when God created the world, he called on humans to be good stewards of the Earth and look after all of God’s creatures. Teddy and Gabriel asked the children to think about how they could show care towards animals just as Saint Francis showed us.
“If you are a good shepherd you must really look after your sheep.” Ezekiel
Bedrock Competition!
Bedrock have launched a new prize draw competition for this half term with some fantastic prizes to win. You have all been entered into this competition and for a chance of winning, you just need to collect 20 points or more each week and earn 160 or more points in total using Bedrock from the 30th October to 24th December. If you go to the dashboard on your Bedrock account, you will find details of how you can collect points. Remember, you need to complete at least one Bedrock lesson for homework but to earn more points you can do more. However, please do not complete more than one lesson per day to ensure vocabulary retention. In addition to Bedrock’s competition, like last half term we will also have our own in class Bedrock competition too. The member of our class who has the most Bedrock points by the end of half term will win a prize at the end of this half term. Good luck Year 5!
Here is our TOP 5 on the scoreboard this week:
1 Kurt 370 points
2 Hallie 201 points
3 Elsie 116 points
4 Isaac 113 points
5 Dominic 85 points
Well done to all the children who are on our leader board this week.👏🏻
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 guide gives helpful advice about…
Smart TVs As these internet-enabled entertainment systems rapidly become standard, find out how to guide children in using such devices safely.
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.
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…
Dates for your diary…
29th November School nurse visit . The drop in is for any parent who might have an issue they wish to discuss, no appointment is necessary and they will be in the hall from 9am to 10am.
8th December Coffee afternoon in the church hall . This is a follow up from the successful SEND afternoon and will focus on deciding what professional parents would like to hear from and areas that they need support in. Mrs Ormerod will speak about how to navigate the FYI directory and how APDR/ graduated response works in school. There will also be members of the Blackpool parent forum in attendance. They will also look at support around the cost of living.
Wednesday 20th December Christmas meal & Christmas jumper day Children are invited to wear their own clothes for the day, and this can include Christmas jumpers, dresses or accessories if they would like - but please don't buy anything especially. We would like to support Save The Children with the Christmas jumper day, and will add a voluntary contribution of £1 to Parentpay for donations to this charity nearer the time.
Free opportunity for children - Parks Tennis
This runs every Saturday 10am-11am at Stanley Park. These sessions are free to play and all equipment is provided so a great opportunity for families to give tennis a go! Parks Tennis flyer
Have a great weekend everyone!
Mrs McVey and Mrs McCooey
