Our award winners:
Golden Award (CARE) - Hallie
Writing Award - Lily T
Maths Award - Grace
Our learning this week…
In English the children have been considering the pros and cons of keeping animals in captivity compared to the wild. This will be the focus of our balanced argument writing. We’ve been watching videos, which highlight the issues, and have been discussing and sharing our own opinions.
In maths this week we have been adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators to solve problems.
This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Layla, Peter and Ronnie. The theme of their liturgy was Son of Man. In the Gospel (Mark 16:13-19) it explores what the term the Son of Man means. Through prayer we discover how the titles for Jesus connect us more closely to Him.
“You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Mark 16:16
In Science we have been testing the hardness of different materials.
In Spanish the children have been learning to talk about the pets they have.
In art we have continued to work on our own drawings inspired by the work of Chris Ofili.
In PE the children are working with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust.
Tuesday 9th July Swimming as normal
Thursday 11th July Year 5 St Bede’s Taster day. You will now have received a letter, by email, about the day from St Bede’s (see below for your information). It is a PE focused day so the children will need to wear their full school PE kit and will need to bring a packed lunch (usual school packed lunch rules apply) and their water bottle. Please also ensure your child brings a coat as we will be outside. St Bede’s letter
Friday 12th July Summer Fayre after school PTFA events
Monday 15th July Moving up afternoon - Year 5 will go up to Year 6 and spend some time with their new teacher in preparation for the new academic year.
Tuesday 16th July 9.15am Year 6 Leavers mass whole school and families in church
Tuesday 9th July Swimming as normal. This date has been added back on to make up for the swimming lesson that they had to miss in June due to the pool closure.
Friday 19th July 3.15pm Break up for Summer ☀️
Work coming home for the Summer…
In preparation for the end of term, please send in a strong bag (e.g.bag for life) so that all work can be sent home on the last day of term before the Summer holiday. Please label the bag with your child’s name. Thank you!
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.
It has been brought to our attention, that some children are regularly using these games, Roblox and Minecraft, and these apps on social media, Snapchat and Tiktok. The following safety guides give some great advice about keeping your children safe online, please take the time to read them, check your child’s device settings and discuss them with your child so they know what to do if something happens and they don’t feel safe when using them.
What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Roblox This free online safety guide focuses on Roblox. It highlights a number of risks such as online daters, in-app purchases and contact with strangers.
What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Minecraft This free online safety guide focuses on Minecraft. It highlights a number of risks such as in-game purchases, addiction and chatting with strangers.
What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Snapchat This free online safety guide focuses on Snapchat. It highlights a number of risks such as sexting, visible location and contact from strangers.
What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Tiktok This free online safety guide focuses on TikTok. It highlights a number of risks such as age-inappropriate content, dangerous challenges and contact with strangers.
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. Thank you.
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 liturgy…
Have a great weekend everyone!
Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans
