What a fantastic week we have had! This week has been Science week and each day the children have been treated to some wonderful experiences. On Monday, we had a visit from Falconry UK and we got to meet some wonderful birds. On Tuesday, we got to see Year 6’s fashion show. Some children from Year 6 were tasked with designing outfits using recycled materials. Their outfits were truly amazing and everyone in school got to vote for the best two designs and they will go to compete with children from other schools - good luck Alexander and Harriet from Year 6! On Wednesday, the children had a talk on reptiles and got to meet some…
Our award winners:
Golden Award (LEARN) - Zachary
Writing Award - Brooklyn
Maths Award - Gabriel
Our learning this week…
Our Tales Retold workshop with Sarah and Lawrence was fun this week. Due to Science week, we were in the church hall. They continued to play games that developed the children’s movement and voices and they worked together to create freeze frames of different scenarios.
In our other English work this week, we have used the new vocabulary from last week along with conjunctions to create complex sentences. We have also explored the emotions and physical reactions of the characters at different points in the text.
In maths this week we’ve begun working on equivalent fractions.
In RE the children have been working with Mrs Mannix on the theme of Inspirational people.
This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Hallie and Gabriel. The theme of their liturgy was God always.... Their liturgy encouraged us to think about lots of different ways that we can trust God because His love is always constant! When we spend time with God, it helps us in our journey to become closer to Him, and so builds our trust in God too.
‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ Luke 4:12
In Science we explored adaptation and the children had to match up different animals and their adaptations. We finished off our Science week by designing a dog for an island with a particular environment - Survival pup game. The children were given choices of features, for example, short tail or long tail, pointy ears or floppy ears, and they had to choose wisely based on the given environment. Points were awarded for each chosen feature and the dog with the best adaptations for the environment, won. Well done to William, who created the ultimate island dog 🐶🐕👏🏻🏆.
In art the children have continued to work on their Sacred art inspired by the Jubilee Year of Hope.
The BEBCMAT Rock Stars Super League competition runs till the 11th April. Good luck everyone!
Our school is currently in 4th place out of 12 schools in the trust and we have scored 733 points (school average score) so far.
This week’s Our Lady’s Top of the Rock’s Leaderboard:
1st Matilda Year 4 17633
2nd Elsie Year 4 13574
3rd Ava Year 4 8219
4th Annie Year 4 7154
5th Frazer Year 4 6351
Well done to those on our leaderboard! 👏🏻
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…
What Parents & Educators Need to Know about Roblox. This free guide highlights the potential risks of Roblox, including online encounters, inappropriate content, scams, and in-game purchases, and offers expert advice on how to mitigate these risks.
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 worship…
17th March 1pm to 5.30pm parent information afternoon in school hall – booking link to follow soon
18th March - Shakespeare Club performance at Grand Theatre. Good luck everyone! 🎭
21st March - be bright and fun for CAFOD – own clothes day voluntary donation
26th March Key Stage 2 Blackpool Cross County competitive team event
March – June 2025 Year 5’s in school workshops with experienced drama/dance practitioners as part of the Tales Retold project
7th April - Easter Egg Competition Deadline – all children can enter – details to follow
11th April - Easter Bonnet parade in school – details to follow
11th April - Close for Easter
22nd April - School reopens
Thursday 15th May Year 5 trip to Grand Theatre to watch Pig-Heart Boy. Payment for the trip can be made on Parent Pay (this can be done in instalments if you wish). Thank you to those who have already paid in full.
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
Mrs McVey, Mrs Hodgkiss and Miss Andrew
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.
