Our ducklings …
On Monday morning our 5 duckling eggs arrived in school and we were all very excited. Our first duckling hatched early Tuesday morning and then one at lunchtime, two more arrived on Wednesday and we still wait to see if the final egg will hatch. We will enjoy looking after the ducklings till next week when they go to their new home. Over the course of the week, we will observe them as part of our Science work. Meet River, Río, Amazon and Nile…
Our learning this week…
In English the children have been identifying formal language used in the model text and have changed it to informal language. The children have also been working on using relative clauses in their sentences.
In Maths the children have continued to work on prime numbers and using factors.
In RE the children learnt about the knot of disobedience and how we can pray to Our Lady to ask for help.
Yesterday, we were also visited by Father Frank who led us in a class liturgy. He talked to the children about how to pray and brought in a lovely small wooden holding cross that the children can hold whilst praying to God. A holding cross, or a comfort cross, as it is sometimes called, is an asymmetric cross that is made to fit ergonomically into the palm of one's hand and is used during prayer. Father also brought in his moon lamp which he has lent Year 5 to use during prayer throughout our last week in school during Lent.
In Science we have compared the gestation periods of different mammals.
In Geography the children have learnt about the main features of rivers and have identified our local rivers on a map.
In Computing the children have planned their own short stop motion video using salt dough characters.
In our resilience session the children played bench ball. The children worked so well as part of a team and showed great resilience.
Please don’t forget our Lenten challenges…
Lent Reading Challenge📚
Well done to those who completed some of the books this week! Keep up the good work with the reading challenge Year 5! 🤩👏🏻
If you haven’t finished reading your first Lenten challenge book, please make sure that you have read it by Wednesday so that you can take part in our book club in the final week.
CAFOD “Walk against hunger”
Thank you to those of you who have already sent in your completed sponsorship forms for our Lenten sponsored “Walk against hunger” for CAFOD. Sponsor money can now be paid through the Parent Pay link you were sent this week to set up your account - if you have any problems with this, please contact the school office. Please note you are sponsoring your child for the WHOLE challenge, not each individual, daily walk! Year 5 will complete their walk during the final week of half term before Easter. By joining together we can all help stamp out hunger one step at a time. Thank you for your support.
Year 5 Barnardo’s collection
It would be lovely if Year 5 could each bring in an item of clothing that we can then donate to Barnardo’s charity. Barnardo's is a British charity founded by Thomas John Barnardo in 1866, to care for vulnerable children. Thomas Barnardo is mentioned in our Lent book “Street Child” and although the story itself is fictional, the character in the story, Jim Jarvis, is based off a real Victorian boy who met Barnardo and was helped by his charity. Please send in donations from Monday and these will be taken to Barnardo’s on Cherry Tree Road at the end of this half term. Together we can make a difference.
Our award winners:
Golden Award - Frankie
Maths - William
Writing -
Star Award -
Resilient moves…
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:
Be brave (Coping)
Get enough sleep (Basics)
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…
Lenten reflections
Throughout Lent, children and families have joined us in the school hall for a short Lenten reflection led by Father Frank. The last one will be held on Tuesday at 8:30am. We do hope you can join us for this opportunity to gather as a faith community to reflect on the true value and meaning of Lent. ⛪️
Good luck to Ayson…
We wish Ayson good luck this evening. He is participating in the Streetlife's annual Big Sleep Out, this Friday 31st March. He is the only Cub representing 8th Blackpool scouts. He will be sleeping in the playground of St Johns primary school in Blackpool town centre for 12 hours. 7pm-7am. Well done Ayson, we’re very proud of you and we hope you enjoy it! If you’d like to support Ayson, then please donate to his justgiving page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/aysonbain
Hope you all have a lovely weekend with your families Year 5.
Mrs McVey, Miss Evans, Mrs McCooey and Mrs Hodgkiss
