Year 5 have had another lovely week and have continued to work hard. The focus of our RE work so far has been Creation and we have talked a lot about how God gave us this beautiful world to live in and unfortunately we (humans) haven’t done a great job of looking after it.
Over the next few weeks we will explore this further and to support this work, I am going to set Year 5 a challenge to complete at home (with your help please 🙏) and then we will be sharing our work and our response to it, to the rest of the school in the coming weeks. I’ve not yet had the chance to talk about it with them but I thought to let you know so that you can get started.
The 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. Thanks for your support.
Reading
In class we have been talking about the importance of reading and I’m really pleased that so many children are reading daily. As Doctor Seuss says, “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” Please can I ask that parents continue to encourage your child to read at home and sign their reading diary. More recently, we have noticed that some children are already not reading as regularly as they should and some children are not bringing their reading diaries to school everyday. This is such a shame and it really is having an impact on their quiz scores in school and the progress they are making. The children should be reading for at least 20 minutes a day at home. To improve this, we will continue to check reading diaries weekly and in addition to the house points they receive, every time they read they will also earn golden tickets. At the end of this half term, we will count up the golden tickets and a winner will be drawn. Get reading Year 5! 📚
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 Gabriel 207 points
2 Kurt 171 points
3 Hallie 143 points
4 Elsie 139 points
5 Zahra 128 points
Well done to all the children who are on our leader board this week.👏🏻
Our award winners:
Golden Award - Emilia
Writing Award - Olivia S
Maths Award - Elsie
Our learning this week…
In English the children have explored new vocabulary and have thought of ways to describe the Earth and the moon in preparation for writing a contrast poem.
In maths we’ve been working with number lines to 100,000 and identified numbers that are between two points (for example multiples of 10,000), using mathematical language to describe the position. The children have also compared and ordered numbers to 100,000 using what they know about place value
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.
Our Computing topic this half term is all about the Mars Rover and this week the children have learnt about the automated motor vehicle and have explored how and why the Mars Rover transfers data. To get an idea of the distance that the Mars Rover had to travel, the children also researched the distance to Mars based on the length of other objects, such as the length of a double decker bus.
Art work from last week…
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 Dominic and Harriet this week. Their worship was on the theme of Courage and they challenged the children to be strong and courageous when things get tough and reminded us that God is with us wherever we go. Well done Dominic and Harriet!
“Here is what I am commanding you to do. Be strong and brave. Do not be afraid. Do not lose hope. I am the Lord your God. I will be with you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:9)
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.
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…
Live streaming - This free online safety guide profiles live streaming – a hugely popular activity among young people that’s certainly not without hazards.
Setting boundaries around gaming - This looks at the benefits of setting boundaries around video gaming to help young people learn healthy online habits.
WhatsApp - This is an updated examination of WhatsApp – the globally popular messaging platform which contains both old and new hazards for young users.
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…
Well done Year 5, have a great weekend.
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.
