“What shall we say the kingdom of God is like?" Mark 4:30

Sky Arts ‘Access All Arts’ Week

This week has been Arts Week in school. Access All Arts week is a nationwide, week-long celebration of the arts, specially designed for primary schools. This week we’ve been on a creative adventure on the theme of ‘Connection’ exploring how the children can connect to themselves, each other and the world around them, through the arts. Drawing inspiration from Mr Doodle, on Monday the children doodled their favourite things onto a landscape. Yesterday, the children had to pick one of the selected landscapes from the art gallery, and using Colour Cards, they mixed different colours and recreated the landscape with a different mood. Today, using a picture of Blackpool cut up into 28 pieces, the children have painted a piece of the cut-up landscape, experimenting with the colours they use. Next week, we will finish it off and collage it back together into a triptych. We’ve had lots of fun! 👩‍🎨🎨🖌️🖼️👨‍🎨

Our award winners:

Golden Award (LEARN) - Peter

Writing Award - Kurt

Maths Award - Rosie

Our learning this week…

In English we have planned and started writing our own dilemma narrative.

In maths this week we have been adding fractions.

In RE we have been learning what the church teaches about other faiths.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Corben and Emelia. The theme of their liturgy was What is the Kingdom of God? Jesus helps us to understand these heavenly ideas by using down to earth stories - The Parable of the Growing Seed and The Parable of the Mustard Seed (Mark 4:26-34) . The children told that Jesus helps us understand that the Word of God (what the Bible teaches us) should produce a crop in our lives and it should change us. They challenged the class to think about the answer to…How can you let the Word of God change your life?

“What shall we say the kingdom of God is like?" Mark 4:30

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust.

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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.

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What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Popups  This free information guide addresses the online safety risks of pop-ups, letting you know how to make children aware of this prominent marketing technique.

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Friday 28th June (am) KS2 Sports Day - provisional subject to weather🤞🏻. Please note KS1’s will be the day before (subject to weather). Alternative dates have been arranged for Sport’s day if the weather is poor, but due to a clash with our taster day at St Bede’s on the 11th July, we won’t be in school.

Thursday 11th July Year 5 St Bede’s Taster day (More details will be posted nearer the time).

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

Friday 19th July 3.15pm Break up for Summer ☀️

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…

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Have a great weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

"Anyone who does the will of God, that person is my brother and sister and mother."

Edina Trust Bulb Project winner for England!!

As you already know, Year 5 were involved with the Edina Trust’s bulb project this year. During the year, we planted daffodil and crocus bulbs and were required to submit rainfall and temperature data daily and data for each bulb once it had flowered. We are delighted to have been picked as the winners for England and we will be able to use the prize money, up to the value of £500, to support science experiences in school. The data that we collected has been collated, alongside data from all the other schools that took part, to contribute to finding out the effects of climate change. Well done Year 5!

Our visit to St Mary’s

This week, Year 5 were given the opportunity to visit St Mary’s to experience what it would be like in High School. The children were put into six different groups to take part in different activities - a tour of St Mary’s, a Worship lead by their student chaplains, Science lesson on Space, geography lesson, PE session and a session where the children made their own Rosary beads. The children all enjoyed their visit and enjoyed working alongside other Year 5 children from other schools.

Thank you!

Thank you for contributing to the PTFA’s Summer Fayre collection with your generous contributions of bottles. The children all looked great today in their different colours and many of their favourite football teams were represented.

Our award winners:

Golden Award (LEARN) - Teddy

Writing Award - Harriet

Maths Award - Olivia S

Drumming

Well done to both Hallie and Harriet who have both passed their bronze medals for drumming - an amazing achievement in such a short time! 👏🏻🥁

Our learning this week…

In English we have been looking at using dialogue to move the action on and to show character in readiness for our big write.

In maths this week we have been developing our understanding fractions as division.

In RE the children have been learning how to pray the Rosary and have explored the beliefs that are contained with the mysteries.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Connie and Zahra. This week we have been praying with the help of the saints. The reading comes from Mark 3: 35

"Anyone who does the will of God, that person is my brother and sister and mother."

The saints of the Kingdom are our brothers and sisters who have gone before us. We are united with them through our love for God and we learn about how to make God our number one priority through their example.

In art we have learnt about the contemporary artist Chris Ofili and have been developing our own work using his style.

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust.

Tuesday 19th June 2024 Unfortunately no swimming today as the pool is being used for something else. Swimming will resume the week after.

Friday 28th June (am) KS2 Sports Day - provisional subject to weather🤞🏻. Please note KS1’s will be the day before (subject to weather). Alternative dates have been arranged for Sport’s day if the weather is poor, but due to a clash with our taster day at St Bede’s on the 11th July, we won’t be in school.

Thursday 11th July Year 5 St Bede’s Taster day (More details will be posted nearer the time).

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

Friday 19th July 3.15pm Break up for Summer ☀️

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…

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Have a great weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

Year 5 achievements

Wow! Here we are again at the end of another half term. Can you believe we only have one more half term before we reach the end of Year 5? Time flies when you’re having fun! The children have all been working hard and certainly deserve their well earned break. Please do, however, encourage your child to read daily and make time for spellings and times tables - it’s really important to keep up with these so they continue to progress as we reach the end of Year 5 and get ready for Year 6. Happy half term everyone!

Our award winners:

Golden Award (RESPECT) - Darcy

Writing Award - Zahra

Maths Award - Ronnie

Our Reading Champions…📚

Well done to our reading champions this half term who all completed bookmarks for reading regularly at home. 

Well done to Emelia, who is our golden ticket winner and has won a prize for her great home reading this half term.🤩👏🏻

Swimming

Well done to all of Year 5 for their efforts in swimming this year so far. They’ve achieved so much already we thought we better give the certificates out. We will swim all next half term but there will be no swimming in the last week - instead they will have a swimming safety talk with one of the swimming teachers. ⭐️

Our learning this week…

In preparation for our English write, the children have created a mood palette for their chosen beast and have used their ideas to create relative clauses.

In maths this week we have been looking at comparing and ordering fractions and mixed numbers.

In RE the children have been thinking about the meaning of the Lord’s prayer.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Lily T, Olivia S and Olivia W. The girls’ liturgy celebrated Pentecost. After going up to heaven, Jesus sent His Holy Spirit to the disciples and all who believed. Their prayers echoed those of the first week of Eastertide and along with our other daily liturgies this week, they will help the children to grasp more deeply the reality and joy that Christ is alive and that the Holy Spirit lives within us and helps us. The girls’ challenged the children to think how the Holy Spirit can help them in their lives.

“Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.” John 20:22-23

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and are continuing to work on latitude and longitude.

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 rounders.

Friday 24th May Close for May half term

Monday 10th June School reopens for pupils

Thursday 13th June Year 5 St Mary’s Taster day. We will be there until 2.30pm when we will return to school. The children will need to wear their full school uniform and will need to bring a packed lunch for the day and their water bottle (usual school packed lunch rules apply).

Friday 14th June Non-uniform for PTFA theme EUFA Euros wear football Kit / a team colour and bring

an unopened bottle 🍾 (KS2) for summer fayre bottle tombola.

Friday 28th June (am) KS2 Sports Day - provisional subject to weather🤞🏻. Please note KS1’s will be the day before (subject to weather). Alternative dates have been arranged for Sport’s day if the weather is poor, but due to a clash with our taster day at St Bede’s on the 11th July, we won’t be in school.

Thursday 11th July Year 5 St Bede’s Taster day (More details will be posted nearer the time).

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

Friday 19th July 3.15pm Break up for Summer ☀️

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.

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What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Helldivers 2 This free Wake up Wednesday guide discusses the online safety risks of the video game Helldivers 2 and offers advice on how to safeguard younger players.

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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…

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Happy half term everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

"And they were filled with the Holy Spirit" Acts 2:4

Today we celebrated the Feast of Pentecost by going over to church and taking part in a liturgy. Pentecost is one of the most important feast days of the year that concludes the Easter season and celebrates the beginning of the Church. Pentecost occurs 50 days after the death and resurrection of Jesus, and ten days after his ascension into heaven. When the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles, they preached the Good News of Jesus Christ. Miraculously, people of many different languages and nations could understand the Apostles in their own languages. This miracle reflected God’s desire for the Gospel to be preached to all, and for all the peoples of the earth to be united in faith.

In church, some children from Year 5 were involved in reading out the readings from the Bible - they all read so beautifully, well done! Then, Father Frank invited each class to share the poster that we had all made which had the gifts of the Holy Spirit written on them. Our poster showed the gift of ‘understanding’. Each class also shared the word ‘Peace’ spoken in different languages, just as the disciples had been able to speak in different languages all those years ago. Year 5 shared the word ‘Peace’ in Ukranian - ‘мир’.

In class, alongside wearing bright colours to mark this wonderful joyous celebration, we did some Pentecost crafts to remind us of the coming of the Holy Spirit…

Our award winners:

Golden Award (LEARN) - Harriet

Writing Award - Mia

Maths Award - Dominic

Our learning this week…

In English we have been looking at devices to support cohesion within a text and we have been identifying the features of a dilemma narrative in preparation for our own writing.

In maths this week we have been looking at number sequences involving fractions with the same and with different denominators.

In RE the children have been thinking about prayer and they have read a number of Bible readings where Jesus told us about how we should pray. The children then made their own guide to prayer in response.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Dominic and Teddy. This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Dominic and Teddy. The Gospel this week shows Jesus’ prayer for believers - that we would be one with Him and the Father. We can live in this unity by trusting Jesus, keeping our focus on Him, praying as He did to God the Father, and remaining in His love. The Gospel reading is taken from John 17:11-19.

“Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one,”  John 17:11

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and are continuing to work on latitude and longitude.

In computing this week the children have continued to program a piece of themed music on Sonic Pi .

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 rounders.

Monday 20th May School nurse visit to talk about the changes to bodies in puberty. This is part of our Science curriculum in Year 5 and is also part of our HRSE.

Friday 24th May Non Uniform day – £1 for PTFA funds

Friday 24th May Close for May half term

Monday 10th June School reopens for pupils

Thusrday 13th June Year 5 St Mary’s Taster day (To be confirmed. More details will be posted nearer the time).

Friday 14th June Non-uniform for PTFA theme EUFA Euros wear football Kit / a team colour and bring

an unopened bottle 🍾 (KS2) for summer fayre bottle tombola.

Friday 28th June (am) KS2 Sports Day - provisional subject to weather🤞🏻. Please note KS1’s will be the day before (subject to weather). Alternative dates have been arranged for Sport’s day if the weather is poor, but due to a clash with our taster day at St Bede’s on the 11th July, we won’t be in school.

Thursday 11th July Year 5 St Bede’s Taster day (More details will be posted nearer the time).

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

Friday 19th July 3.15pm Break up for Summer ☀️

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 and Educators Need to Know about Helldivers 2 This free Wake up Wednesday guide discusses the online safety risks of the video game Helldivers 2 and offers advice on how to safeguard younger players.

We hope you find this guide 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 liturgy…

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Have a great weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

“After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God,” Mark 16:19

Yesterday we went to mass to celebrate the Feast of the Ascension. Year 5 took their buddies to mass and supported them throughout. Father Frank reminded us that the Good News is that Jesus loves us and we should live our lives by being kind, caring and loving towards others. After mass, Father Frank visited our class and congratulated the children on being great role models - it’s so lovely to see that others are noticing the great job their doing. Well done Year 5!

Pop Idol 🎤🎶🎶🤩

Well done to Lilly who took part in the Blackpool Schools’ final for Pop Idol yesterday. She gave a lovely confident performance and both Mia and Olivia were there to cheer her on - thank you girls. A big well done to Willow in Year 4 too! Mrs Parker and I were so proud of both of them, they performed beautifully!

Our award winners:

Golden Award (CARE) - Zahra

Writing Award - Henry

Maths Award - Lola Mae

Times Tables Rock Star Battle

Well done to all the children who took part and congratulations to Clifton who maintained their lead in the Times Tables Rock Star Battle! ⭐️👏🏻

Our learning this week…

In English we have identified effective verbs and adverbs within our text and the children have explored alternatives. We’ve also identified contrasting characters within the text and conveyed these differences through dialogue.

In maths this week we have been working on changing improper fractions to mixed numbers and vice versa.

In RE the children have been thinking about the meaning of the Resurrection and what it means for us.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Oscar and Henry. Their liturgy was on the theme of The Ascension when we remember how Jesus was honoured by God and taken up to heaven. We also remember the instructions Jesus left His disciples: to share the good news and do incredible things through the power He would give. The Gospel reading is taken from Mark 16:15-20

“After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God,” Mark 16:19

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and are continuing to work on latitude and longitude.

In computing this week the children have used Sonic Pi to program a piece of themed music.

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 rounders.

PTFA Design a logo competition

Don’t forget the PTFA’s competition, ‘Design a logo’. The closing date will be the 17th May and there will be a £1 entry fee. There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Good luck everyone!

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…

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Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing,” John 15: 5

Pop Idol

On Monday, Mrs Mannix announced the finalists from our Pop Idol auditions which took place on Friday. It was a very difficult decision to make but our finalists are Lilly C, from our class, and Willow from Year 4. Congratulations to both girls, we wish you both luck in the competition next week. 👏🏻👏🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

A big well done again to all those children who took part in the auditions. If you would like to show your support for Lilly next week, the Pop Idol final will take place on the evening of Thursday 9th May at Montgomery High School. There is usually a small charge to go in and watch the performances, but it would be great to see you there.

Our award winners:

Golden Award (RESPECT) - Grace

Writing Award - Teddy

Maths Award - Hallie

Times Tables Rock Star Battle

At the end of yesterday, these were the results of our Times Tables Rock Star Battle. Well done to Clifton who are in the lead so far! ⭐️👏🏻 Remember, the battle will continue till Tuesday at 7pm. Good luck everyone!

Our learning this week…

In English we have been reading more of our text and have explored figurative language.

In maths this week we have begun working on fractions.

In RE the children have been thinking about what they know about the Resurrection of Jesus and have then compared their own ideas to those of others.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Darcy and Lilly. Their liturgy was on the theme of The Vine. The Gospel reading is taken from John 15: 1-8 and offers reassurance and encouragement to all alike: when we are part of the vine, Jesus, we can be rooted and bear good fruit. The girls’ challenged the class to show how they can bear good fruit, such as love, courage and patience each day this week.  “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing,” John 15: 5.

In Science we have looked at growth in children and have investigated different ways children’s growth is measured.

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and are continuing to work on latitude and longitude.

In computing this week the children have begun to tinker with a new software program called Sonic Pi which allows the children to compose their own music.

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 rounders.

PTFA Design a logo competition

The PTFA are running a ‘design a logo’ competition as they have never had their own logo before! There will be a letter coming home today explaining how it works - the closing date will be the 17th May and there will be a £1 entry fee. There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Good luck everyone!

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…

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Have a lovely long weekend everyone! See you back at school on Tuesday - swimming as normal.

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

“ I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and they know me,” John 10: 14

CAFOD social teaching workshops

This week a representative from CAFOD, the Catholic Agency For Overseas Development, came into school to deliver a social teaching workshop. The children heard about Pope Francis’ letter, the encyclical Fratelli Tutti, which he has written to everyone. In it Pope Francis is asking us to reach out to our sisters and brothers in need, whoever they are, wherever they may come from. We are all challenged to think of ourselves as a single global family living in a common home, and neighbours to all.  At CAFOD, they believe this means moving towards a world where everyone can be the best person they can be just like the Good Samaritan.

Pop Idol

Congratulations to all the children form Year 4 and Year 5 who auditioned for this year’s Pop Idol competition. The children all did themselves proud and we enjoyed their performances. It’s going to be a difficult decision to make but good luck everyone!

School council - we’re recycling batteries!

School council are asking the school to collect batteries for recycling. If you do have any, our council representatives Elsie and Oscar will be collecting them from Monday for the next 12 weeks. These batteries will be collected and then if we get enough, it could mean new books for our school.

Our award winners:

Golden Award (CARE) - James

Writing Award - Rosie

Maths Award - Kurt

Our learning this week…

In English we have continued to work on our text King Kong and have explored the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases and have explored synonyms.

In maths this week we have continued to use the short method (bus stop method) to solve division problems including those with remainders.

In RE we have developed knowledge and understanding of the religious signs and the steps involved in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Alexander, Kurt and Tommy. Their liturgy was on the theme of The Good Shepherd. Through listening to Him, the sheep know and recognise His voice and can confidently follow His instructions. The reading comes from the Gospel of John 10: 11 - 18.                             

“ I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and they know me,” John 10: 14

In Science we have investigated the differences in gestation periods between different mammals.

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and are continuing to work on latitude and longitude.

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 rounders.

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…

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Have a great weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

“ While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” Luke 24: 35 - 48

On Thursday, we all (except Year 6 who are out of school on their residential trip this week) attended church for a whole school mass. Year 5 demonstrated their leadership skills by being good role models and supporting their buddies in church. Some of the children also took part in the mass by reading the first and second readings and the responsorial psalm. Well done to the readers, who read beautifully, and to all of Year 5 by showing their respect and reverance in church.

Our award winners:

Golden Award (CARE) - Connie

Writing Award - Lilly Ch & Corben

Maths Award - Olivia S

Our learning this week…

In English the children have been exploring images from our text, KIng Kong, and have described him using similes and metaphors to create a list poem. The children have also predicted the sequence of pictures and have used fronted adverbials of place, manner and time to sequence and make the story flow better.

In maths this week we have continued to use long multiplication methods and have also begun looking at dividing 4-digit numbers using the short method (bus stop method).

In RE we considered what sin means and have been discussing the consequences of wrong choices. The children have also worked together in pairs to plan a liturgy, which they will deliver during this term up to the end of Year 5.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Hallie and Isaac. Their liturgy was on the theme of Seeing Jesus and how kind acts allow us to see Jesus in each other. The reading comes from the Gospel of Luke 24: 35 - 48 and tells how the disciples were shocked at Jesus’ appearance. They could not believe it when they saw He was real - eating ‘before their eyes’. 

“  While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” Luke 24: 35 - 48

In Science we have looked at the foetal development of human babies and compared anatomically correct models.

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 rounders.

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…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Have a fabulous weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

Eastertide

Welcome back to our third term of Year 5 - where has the time gone? I hope you all had a wonderful Easter and were able to spend some quality time together as a family. This week the theme of our class liturgies have been Eastertide. Just like Lent helps us to prepare for Easter, Eastertide helps us to prepare for Pentecost, when Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to the disciples. Eastertide is a wonderful time of celebrating Jesus - because He's alive!

Our award winners:

Golden Award (RESPECT) - Zahra

Writing Award - Rosie

Maths Award - Peter

Our learning this week…

In English we have begun our new writing unit using the text ‘King Kong’ by Anthony Browne. Before the text was revealed, the children predicted the story from picture clues from the text. Then the children described the character of King Kong based on an illustration and a line from the text. The children have also written their own expanded noun phrases to describe some images from the text.

In maths this week we have been using short and long multiplication methods.

In RE we considered the actions of the older son in the parable of the prodigal son and have started thinking about what sin means.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Lily T and James. Their liturgy was on the theme of 'Eastertide’. The reading comes from the Gospel of John 20:21 - 33 and the prayers helped the children to grasp more deeply the reality and joy that Christ is alive now and has risen from the dead..

“ Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.  If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.” John 20: 21-23

In Science we have looked at the life cycle of mammals.

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and have begun looking at latitude and longitude.

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 rounders.

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 and Educators Need to Know about Township This free information guide breaks down the popular online game Township: highlighting some online safety risks and offering tips on how to help children avoid them.

We hope you find this guide 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…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Have a fabulous weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

Happy Easter!

Here we are at the end of another term!  Take a look below at what the children have been up to this week and their achievements. I hope that over the Easter holiday you are all able to enjoy some down time and have a wonderful, happy and Holy Easter with your families. 🐣

Mrs McVey, Miss Evans and Mrs McCooey

We said goodbye to our ducklings 😢…

Sadly, the ducklings have now gone to their new home on a farm where they will be able to wander freely with other ducklings. We’ve really enjoyed watching them grow and getting to know them and we’re really going to miss them as they all have such loveable characters. The children particularly enjoyed watching the ducklings take a paddle in their own mini paddling pool. Yesterday, they paired up with their Reception buddies to share in the joy!

Book Lent challenge complete!📚

I am so delighted with all of Year 5 this week for completing their Lent challenge book. It’s been wonderful to see how enthused they’ve been and I’m impressed with how many children have read more than one of our challenge books - some reading all seven books from the selection. This morning each group sat together over a celebratory cake so that we could talk about the book we had read. It was really lovely to chat about the book and share our thoughts and opinions. Well done Year 5, I’m so proud of you all!

Our Good Friday liturgy

Yesterday, Year 5 led the whole school in a liturgy about Good Friday, the crucufixion of Jesus . This part of the Easter story is a difficult one to tell, as it is the saddest part of the Easter story, but Year 5 were able to reflect on the events so beautifully and showed great reverence - we were so proud of them!

Our award winners:

Golden Award (LEARN) - Layla

Writing Award - Dominic

Maths Award - Hallie

Our Reading Champions…📚

Well done to our reading champions this half term who all completed bookmarks for reading regularly at home. 

When the children read regularly, golden tickets are given out and then we do a draw at the end of each half term. Well done to Hallie, who is our golden ticket winner and has won a prize for her great home reading this half term.🤩👏🏻

Our learning this week…

In English we have been writing a diary entry from the point of view of Puck to conclude our work on A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

In maths this week we have been working on finding the area of shapes and comparing and estimating the areas of different shapes.

In Science we have been tracking the growth of our ducklings and learning more about them.

RE - In the parable of the Lost Son (the prodigal son), the children have identified the important message and have explored who the Father and the Son represent and what the the story tells us about them.

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and are looking at latitude and longitude.

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 rounders.

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 and Educators Need to Know about Clickbait This free information guide addresses clickbait – a widespread digital marketing strategy which carries several significant online safety risks for impressionable youngsters.

We hope you find this guide 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…

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“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows" Oberon (A Midsummer Night's Dream act 2, scene 1)

We had an amazing trip to Stratford Upon Avon yesterday. The road was long but enjoyable and well worth it nevertheless. The children were fantastic and all had the best time and thoroughly enjoyed the performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Shakespeare’s language can confuse many adults but our work on the play enabled the children to follow the story and delight in the humour - it was great to see the children’s smiling faces and hear them laugh out loud!

A big thank you to all the adults who joined us on our trip to help make it possible, especially Miss Haggerty, Mrs Veasey and Mrs Wilson - the children were delighted to see them and share the day with them.

Our little visitors…

On Monday we were all very excited to welcome five duckling eggs to our class and one by one on Tuesday our ducklings began to hatch. We arrived to school on Tuesday to find two had hatched over night - Puck and Titania - and then during our maths lesson our third duckling, Oberon, hatched. By the end of the school day, our fourth duckling, Hermia, had arrived and by Wednesday morning our fifth duckling, Demetrius, completed our little family of ducklings. All the ducklings are named after some of the characters from A Midsummer Night’s Dream and have settled into their new home. They will be with us until the end of term and we look forward to watch them grow and take their first paddles in water!

Year 5’s Lenten prayer reflection in church

On Wednesday we went to church take part in a Lenten prayer reflection. Father talked to us about different types of prayer and talking to God. Father Frank talked about bidding prayers and how when we talk to God ,we don’t have to say much because God knows what is needed. Father passed a candle around church and each person was able to ask God for a blessing for someone who they know in need.

We also went to church this afternoon to share in Reception and KS1’s liturgy. Their Palm Sunday liturgy was wonderful. 👏🏻

Our award winners:

Golden Award (CARE) - Hayley Marie

Writing Award - Connie

Maths Award - Zahra

Our learning this week…

In English we have explored the charcter of Puck and how his actions affect the other characters in the play

In maths this week we have continued looking at the perimeter of rectilinear shapes and have used known measurements to work out the measurements of missing sides.

In RE we have begun to look at the story of the Prodigal son and have started thinking about what it means.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Layla, Grace, Connie and Harriet. Their liturgy was on the theme of Sacrificing for others. The reading comes from the Gospel of John 12:20 - 33 and is about Jesus’ sacrificial love for us, and how children can emulate this in small ways in their day to day lives.

“Then a voice came from Heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again. ” John 20: 21

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and have begun looking at latitude and longitude.

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 rounders.

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…

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Have a great weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

Our week...

Thank you for supporting our “Dress up for Brian House day” today by sending in your donations. It’s still not too late if you’ve not yet contributed. The children all looked great today in their brightly coloured own clothes. Thank you!

Yesterday, Year 5 had a class mass over at church. Father talked to them about what Reconciliation meant and what we need to do to ‘heal’ the relationship with our friends and with God, when things go wrong. Some of our children joined in with the mass by reading the bidding prayers and by taking up the offertry. All the children behaved beautifully and respectfully. Well done Year 5!

Our award winners:

Golden Award (RESPECT) - Olivia W

Writing Award - Grace

Maths Award - Alexander

Our learning this week…

In English we have explored the argument that takes place between Oberon and Titania, the King and Queen of the fairies, and have discovered the reasons why Titania won’t give up the changeling boy.

We also took part in a Live lesson from the RSC yesterday. This Live Lesson focused on the characters of Puck and Moth, looking at extracts from Act 2 Scene 1 and Act 5 Scene 1.  It explored how the actors and director approached these scenes in rehearsals, how they unlocked language and explored a variety of performing choices. 🎭

In maths this week we have continued looking at the perimeter of rectilinear shapes and have used known measurements to work out the measurements of missing sides.

In RE we have begun a new topic on Reconciliation. This week we have discussed the ripple effect and the consequences for others when making good choices. The children thought of times they were helpful towards others and then considered the ripple effect of consequences for others around them.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Hallie, Isaac, Lola Mae and Ronnie. Their liturgy was on the theme of Joy Forever In Heaven based on the reading from John 3: 14-21. Through prayer, the children explored what it means to rejoice that Jesus the light has come into the world. The children shared the message that believing in Jesus brings joy here on earth and forever in heaven.

“But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.” John 3: 21

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and have begun looking at latitude and longitude.

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 rounders.

In computing the children have created code to turn their microbit into a pedometer.

Wednesday 20th March Year 5 Lenten prayer reflection in church, 2.40pm - 3.15pm Parents are invited to attend and then they can collect their child at the end of the liturgy. The children will be dismissed from church on this day, so they will take all of their coats, bags etc with them. If you are unable to attend, we are now asking parents/carers to collect their child from church as this is now deemed the safest option due to traffic around school at this time. If your child is attending after school club, we will walk them back to school and take them to after school club once the liturgy is over.

Thursday 21st March School trip - Year 4 & 5 visit to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Thank you for sending back the reply slips and contributions for snacks and drinks. If you’ve not yet paid the contribution of £5 through Parent Pay, please can you do this as soon as possible so we know numbers for ice cream for the interval etc. A copy, with the day’s itinerary, is attached here. RSC visit letter.

A reminder that the children should wear full school uniform, school shoes and bring with them two packed lunches - one for lunch and one for tea time. Usual packed lunch rules apply - no sweets and no fizzy drinks. Food and drink will not be consumed on the coach. There will not be a toilet to use on board the coach so a stop will be made at a service station on both journeys.

To keep the children entertained on the journeys, we have requested a coach with a DVD player so we can watch films. If you’re not happy for your child to watch a PG certificate film, please let us know. The children are not allowed to bring any devices on the trip, but they can however bring a reading book and a notepad and pen if they wish.

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…

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Have a fabulous weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

World Book Day!📚

Yesterday we celebrated World Book Day. Thanks for supporting us with this event - the children all looked fantastic dressed up in the costume of their favourite book characters. In the morning we joined a live World Book Day event - Footy & Booky Quiz delivered by the National Literacy Strategy in conjunction with Premier League Primary Stars. The children really enjoyed the quiz with questions on books and football and many got all of them right! The children were also given the opportunity to share their book and character costume with the whole class and they wrote book reviews to place in our book corner. 📚

Lenten Book challenge📚

Year 5 have continued to amaze me with their eagerness to read our Lenten challenge books. This week many children have finished their books and elected to read another, which is amazing! If your child has still not finished their first Lenten book, please continue to encourage them to read their chosen book to enable them to enjoy our book club at the end of term.

Well done to those who have already completed some of the books!🤩👏🏻

Our award winners:

Golden Award (LEARN) - Lily T

Writing Award - Harriet

Maths Award - Darcy

Our learning this week…

In English we have explored some of the character relationships in a Midsummer Night’s Dream. From this work, the children have been writing diary entries from the point of view of one of the characters and have also had a go at “Agony Aunt” style letter writing.

In maths this week we have begun to look at finding the perimeter of rectangles.

In RE we have read about the truly inspirational Saint Bakhita, who lived out the Beatitude, “Blessed are the are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy”. We read about her difficult life and how when she started to learn about God, she understood that she had to forgive the people who treated her badly and to pray for them.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Gabriel, Kurt and Oscar. Their liturgy was on the theme of Jesus Clears the Temple Courts based on the reading from John 2: 13-25, where we hear that Jesus was upset with the money lenders in the temple so turned over the tables and drove them out. The prayers helped the children to reflect on injustice and how they can play their part in putting things right by choosing God’s way.

“Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.” John 2: 9

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and have begun looking at their new topic on latitude and longitude.

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 rounders.

In computing the children have continued to explore using a micro-bit to execute code.

Friday 15th March Dress up for Brian House Children can come in to school in something bright, something comfy, something stripy, whatever you want to wear and remember a contribution to our charity.

Wednesday 20th March Year 5 Lenten prayer reflection in church, 2.40pm Parents are invited to attend and then they can collect their child at the end of the liturgy. (The children will be dismissed from church on this day, so they will take all of their coats, bags etc with them. If you are unable to attend, your child will return to school with their class teacher as normal. For further information, please see email from Mrs Mannix that was sent home earlier this week.

Thursday 21st March School trip - Year 4 & 5 visit to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Thanks to those of you who have already sent back the reply slips and contributions for snacks and drinks. If you’ve not yet signed the letter to give permission or paid the contribution of £5 through Parent Pay, please can you do this as soon as possible so we know numbers. A copy is attached here in case you haven’t received it. RSC visit letter.

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…

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Have a fabulous weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

Lent Reading Challenge Update📚

I’m delighted with the children’s response to the reading challenge so far, we’ve really got off to a great start! Each day this week, we’ve had children coming in having read their book and have requested to move on to their next book. This is amazing Year 5, keep it up! Please continue to encourage your child to read their chosen book to enable them to enjoy our book club at the end of term.

Well done to those who have already completed some of the books!🤩👏🏻

Our award winners:

Golden Award (CARE) - Charles Emanuel

Writing Award - Corben

Maths Award - Henry

Our learning this week…

In English we have begun to explore William Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This week we have begun to explore the different ‘worlds’ of the play and have begun to look at some of the main characters.

In maths the children have been working on finding cube numbers and have been using the inverse operation to solve some problems.

In RE we read how Jesus described a true disciple, using Scripture from the Bible. The children then designed their own membership card for the “True disciple club” with the required rules to follow. The children then looked again at the life of Saint Damien and had to find evidence to show that he qualified to be a true disciple of Christ.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Hayley Marie, Lilly C and Mia. Their liturgy was on the theme of The Transfiguration based on the reading from Mark 9: 2-10, which is a beautiful one to read and reflect on during Lent. In it we see Peter, James and John experience something incredible, which deepens their understanding of who Jesus really is. Their lives are changed and they experience a new beginning!

“Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!” Mark 7

In Science the children have compared the lifecycle of a reptile and a bird. The children have then looked at and labelled the parts of an unfertilised egg.

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and have begun looking at their new topic on latitude and longitude.

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 rounders.

In computing the children have continued to explore using a micro-bit to execute code.

Thursday 7th March World Book Day Children can come into school dressed as their favourite book characters and will need to bring in their favourite book to share and enjoy. Please note: There is no need to go out and buy anything new for the day, it’s more important to bring in a favourite book and enjoy it.

Friday 15th March Dress up for Brian House Children can come in to school in something bright, something comfy, something stripy, whatever you want to wear and remember a contribution to our charity.

Thursday 21st March School trip - Year 4 & 5 visit to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Please see the letter that has come home today. A copy is attached here in case you haven’t received it. RSC visit letter.

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…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Have a great weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth" Matthew 5 : 5

Welcome back to a new half term! I hope everyone enjoyed their week at home despite the very wet weather. Thank you so much to everyone who was able to take their plant pot home and look after it last week - some of them are now beginning to flower and we are keeping the Edina trust updated with our results.

Although Ash Wednesday was during half term, on Monday we started this new half term by marking the start of Lent and receiving the ashes in church. Lent is a season of reflection and preparation before the celebrations of Easter. By observing the 40 days of Lent, or 46 if we count Sundays, we replicate Jesus Christ's sacrifice and withdrawal into the desert for 40 days. It is a time to refocus on Jesus as we look ahead to his death on the Cross at Easter and rejoice over his miraculous return. It is a time for reflecting on what we could do differently or maybe what we could do more of or less of during this time. The children have made their Lenten promises, linked to one of the Beatitudes, which are eight blessings recounted by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew . Please ask your child to share with you what their Lenten promise (linked to the Beatitude "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth" ) is and encourage them to keep this promise over Lent.

We have also decided to make some whole class promises too…

Year 5 will be collecting donations towards the end of Lent and it would be lovely if each one of us could donate just one item of clothing that is no longer needed. I will let you know when the children can bring their contribution in nearer to the end of this half term. We hope that you will be able to support us in this.

Lent Reading Challenge

We have also decided as a class to take on a class reading challenge for Lent. By the end of term, we - Year 5, Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans- will read one of three books (chosen by the children). In the last week before we break up, we will celebrate our reading achievement by sharing our thoughts on the book with a book club party. Please encourage your child to read their chosen book to enable them to enjoy our book club at the end of term. You never know, some children might even go the extra mile and end up reading all three (Now there’s a challenge!).

Our award winners:

Golden Award (RESPECT) - Elsie

Writing Award - Hallie

Maths Award - James

Well done to the children who took part in Schools Alive before half term and to Harriet for gaining her Bronze award music medal.

Our learning this week…

In English we have begun to explore William Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This week we have begun to explore the different ‘worlds’ of the play and have begun to look at some of the main characters.

In maths the children have been working on finding cube numbers and have been using the inverse operation to solve some problems.

In RE we have started looking at the Beatitudes, eight blessings recounted by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew. We also spent time making our Lenten promises.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Alexander and Henry. Their liturgy was on the theme of Lent based on the reading from Mark 1: 12-15 which describes Jesus’ temptation in the desert. The boys read prayers which helped the children to reflect on the ways they are tempted in similar ways to Jesus and how Jesus wants to help them to resist temptation and become more like the people God has created them to be.

“The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” Mark 1:15

In Science the children have been comparing the life cycles of insects and amphibians.

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and have begun looking at their new topic on latitude and longitude.

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 gymnastics.

In computing the children have been recognising coding structures and have used the micro-bit to create a polling program.

Thursday 7th March World Book Day Children can come into school dressed as their favourite book characters and will need to bring in their favourite book to share and enjoy.

Friday 15th March Dress up for Brian House Children can come in to school in something bright, something comfy, something stripy, whatever you want to wear and remember a contribution to our charity.

Thursday 21st March School trip - Look out for a letter coming home next week about an exciting trip we have planned…

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…

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Have a great weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

“Love is always patient and kind..." 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Can you believe it that we’re already half way through Year 5? I know I can’t! Time is flying and we’ve done so much already. The children are working hard and achieving so much. Well done Year 5 for all your hard work and I hope you all enjoy your well deserved half term holiday! 😊

Edina plant project

Thank you for looking after your bulbs over the holidays! We are part of a science investigation led by the Edina project. Your child’s pot contains a daffodil bulb on one side (indicated by the letter d) and a crocus bulb (indicated by the letter c). Alongside temperature and rainfall that we have been measuring each day, when one of the bulbs flowers, we need to record the date it flowered and the height from the soil. The pot needs to be placed outside in the garden and checked on each day to see if it has flowered. Please do not water it.

If your flowers bloom, please record it and bring the information back to school when you return so we can upload it to the national database.

Daffodil       Date flowered ___________________ Height (mm) ________

Crocus        Date flowered ___________________ Height (mm) ________

Please bring your pot back after half term as the investigation will carry on for a few months.

If you weren’t able to take your pot over the holidays, please don’t worry - I will take all remaining pots home with me.

Thank you for your support in this.

St Bede’s trip

We all had a great time at St Bede’s on Wednesday, the Lion King performance was great - so many talented young people. Year 5 really enjoyed the performance and they behaved so well. Thank you for contributing to the cost of the coach, your support is very much appreciated. After half term, I will be writing to you of details of another exciting trip that we are planning, which will take place in March!

Our award winners:

Golden Award (LEARN) - Alexander

Writing Award - Dominic

Maths Award - Lily T

Our Reading champions

Well done to our reading champions this half term, who all completed bookmarks for reading regularly at home. Don’t forget to keep up with your reading regularly and get your diaries signed. We will update bookmarks after half term.

When the children read regularly, we give them extra points for reading and then we do a draw at the end of each half term. Well done to Lily T, who is our golden ticket winner for this half term.

Bedrock Competition!

Well done to all of Year 5 who achieved 160 points or more on Bedrock over this last half term. I wish you all luck for the Bedrock prize draw, which will be drawn on 18th February! A big congratulations goes to our class Bedrock Champion, Hallie,  and well done to all the other children on our TOP 5 scoreboard!

Here is our TOP 5 winners on the scoreboard :

1 Hallie 419 points ⭐️Bedrock Champion ⭐️

2 Kurt 298 points

3 Gabriel 257 points

4 Layla 158 points

5 Lily T 155 points

Our learning this week…

In English the children have been planning and writing their own first person narrative setting.

In maths the children have been using factors to solve problems and been working on square numbers.

In RE we have learnt about how Jesus described a true disciple. We then looked at 1 Corinthians 13, where St Paul explains what Jesus meant by love. We read about the inspirational Saint, Saint Damien, and the children thought of examples of how he lived out this teaching.

“Love is always patient and kind; it is never jealous; love is never boastful or conceited; it is never rude or selfish; it does not take offence, and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins but delights in the truth; it is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes.” (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Darcy, Elsie, Emelia and James. Their liturgy was on the theme of Let Us Pray based on the reading from Mark 1: 29-39 . In the reading Jesus was invited to Simon and Andrew’s house. The children challenged the class to practise inviting Jesus to come to us in prayer, take us by the hand and help us. The children then wrote their own prayers.

“Everyone is looking for you!” Mark 1:37

In Science the children have been learning about the life cycles of mammals - placental, monotreme and marsupial mammals.

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 gymnastics.

In computing the children have used the micro-bit as a polling program to record people’s feelings about a topic.

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.

On Tuesday we celebrated Safer Internet day, which takes place every year with thousands of people across the UK working together to champion youth voice and engage in conversations about how we can all work together to make the internet a great and safe place. This year’s theme was ‘Inspiring change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online’.

For more information, click on the link Safer Internet Day for parents/carers

This month’s online safety guide gives helpful advice about…

What Parents and Carers Need to Know about Monkey - This free online safety guide examines the video chat service Monkey, highlighting several risks and suggesting ways to minimise them.

We hope you find this guide 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…

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Hope you all have a lovely half term!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

"Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times." Mark 18: 21-22

Yesterday, we went to church for a class mass. Thank you to our readers, who all read beautifully. Father Frank talked to the children throughout the mass, explaining each part to them and explained the meaning of the Gospel reading. He had challenged the children before we went to church to think about what reconciliation means. The reading came from Mark and was about the importance of forgiving those who wrong us in order to reconcile with them and with God.

“Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.” Mark 18:21-22

Trip to St Bede’s High School - 7th February

Reminder that Year 5 will be going to St Bede’s High school to watch a matinee performance of their school production of 'The Lion King' on Wednesday 7th February. We will be travelling by coach to watch the performance, which starts at 1.30pm, and will return to school after the show finishes at about 3pm. (Please note that arrival at school will depend on traffic so we may be a little delayed beyond 3.15pm.) As we hold general consent, we do not need to send out permission forms. There is no charge for the performance but we are we are asking for a travel contribution of £3.00 per child for the cost of the coach, which can be paid through Parent Pay as soon as possible. Thank you for your support.

Our award winners:

Golden Award (CARE) - Rosie

Writing Award - Emelia

Maths Award - Mia

Our learning this week…

In English the children have continued to focus on an illustration from the book FArTHER and have used personification to describe it and have created their own personification poem . They’ve also been identifying the language features of a narrative setting in readiness to plan and write their own..

In maths the children have continued to find factors of numbers and have been identifying prime numbers.

In RE we have begun our unit on inspirational people. We have been thinking about what an inspirational person is and the qualities that they have. The children have thought about someone who they believe is an inspiration and have described why.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Lily T, Olivia W, Rosanna and Zahra. Their liturgy was on the theme of Listen to His Voice Today based on the reading from Mark 1: 21-28 “Jesus Drives Out an Impure Spirit”. The girls asked the class to reflect on the teaching and to think about how to respond to Jesus when we hear His voice. The children were all asked to write their own prayer to thank Jesus for always being there and to ask for help to follow His teachings. The girls have made a lovely book to hold all the prayers, which will be displayed on our worship display.

“I know who you are - the Holy One of God!” Mark 1:24

In HRSE the children have learnt that emotions change as they grow up (including hormonal effects). They have deepened their understanding of the range and intensity of their feelings and we have discussed how feelings are not good guides for action. The children have also recognised that openness with trusted parents/carers/teachers when worried ,helps with healthy emotional well-being.

In Science the children have thought about the process of asexual reproduction in plants. The children have investigated bulbs, runners, tubers and cuttings. We also planted a spider plant each, which had been growing off runners in our classroom and from one that I had at home. To do our bit for the planet, we have reused the milk cartons to grow our plant in - we can thank Emelia for that fabulous idea! The children will be coming home with their spider plant next week and they will be asked to look after it. We’d love to be updated with photos over the coming months to see how they are getting on!

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and have begun looking at their new topic on latitude and longitude.

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 gymnastics.

In computing the children have used the micro-bit to work out how an animation is created before programming their own.

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 the start of January till the 18th February. We’ll also have our own competition in class - 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 Hallie 232 points

2 Gabriel 205 points

3 Kurt 159 points

4 Layla 135 points

5 Elsie. 84 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…

What Parents and Carers Need to Know about Persuasive Design Online - This free online safety guide provides insight on persuasive design – highlighting its potential effect on behaviour and providing some tips to minimise its impact.

We hope you find this guide 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…

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Have a great weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” Mark 1:14-20

Swimming next week…

Next week the focus of the swimming is life saving skills. For this lesson, the children will need to bring with them a pair of pyjama style long trousers/ leggings and long sleeved pyjama style top/t-shirt. (NO jeans, NO onesies and NO fur /fluffy items are allowed as these will weigh heavy in the pool. They will need to wear their usual swimming costume/trunks underneath as they will remove the items of clothing during the lesson.

Trip to St Bede’s High School - 7th February

Year 5 have been invited to St Bede’s High school to watch a matinee performance of their school production of 'The Lion King' on Wednesday 7th February. We will be travelling by coach to watch the performance, which starts at 1.30pm, and will return to school after the show finishes at about 3pm. (Please note that arrival at school will depend on traffic so we may be a little delayed beyond 3.15pm.) As we hold general consent, we do not need to send out permission forms. There is no charge for the performance but we are we are asking for a travel contribution of £3.00 per child for the cost of the coach, which can be paid through Parent Pay as soon as possible. Thank you for your support.

Our award winners:

Golden Award (RESPECT) - Lilly C

Writing Award - Charles Emanuel

Maths Award - Hallie

Our learning this week…

In English the children have been focusing on an illustration from the book FArTHER and have used alliteration to describe it. The children then used these to create an alliteration poem of the chosen illustration. They’ve also been exploring unfamiliar words from a setting narrative which they will use as a model for their own writing in the coming weeks.

In maths the children have begun working on multiplication and have been looking at multiples and factors of numbers.

In our RE lesson this week the children got into groups to plan a liturgy each, which they will lead during the rest of Ordinary time up to half term and then each week of Lent leading up to Easter. This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Corben, Dominic, Peter and Tommy. Their worship was on the theme of Called to Follow. This week we heard about how Jesus called up his ten disciples to follow him and share the Good News. The boys challenged the class to think about how they could follow in Jesus’ footsteps this week.

“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” Mark 1:14-20

In HRSE the children have deepened their understanding of the range and intensity of their feelings and that ‘feelings’ are not good guides for action. They have also learnt that some behaviour is wrong, unacceptable, unhealthy or risky .

In Science the children have dissected a flower to label the parts of a flowering plant and have described the process of pollination.

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and have begun looking at their new topic on latitude and longitude.

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 gymnastics.

In computing the children have had fun this week learning about a device called a Micro:bit. They explored the blocks within the code editor to create a simple animation.

Today some children also continued to work on their sculptures inspired by the work of Alberto Guacometti. They used modroc to cover their wooden frame, which they made last week, and once each child has completed theirs over the next few weeks, they’ll be painted bronze and we’ll put them on display.

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 the start of January till the 18th February. We’ll also have our own competition in class - 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 Hallie 156 points

2 Layla 107 points

3 Gabriel 112 points

4 Lily T 46 points

5 Dominic & Isaac 45 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…

Smartphone Safety Tips for Young People This information guide has tips to help young smartphone owners stay safe while enjoying using their device.

We hope you find this guide 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…

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Hope you all have a great weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey and Mrs McCooey

Our week...

What a joy to wake up to snow on Tuesday! The children had a great time playing in the snow at break time…

Our award winners:

Golden Award (LEARN) - Darcy

Writing Award - Lola Mae

Maths Award - Olivia W

Our learning this week…

In English we have created mood palettes to describe different illustrations from the book, FArTHER, and the children have investigated the meaning of unfamiliar words from the story.

In maths the children have been interpreting and drawing line graphs.

In RE we have been making links between the commandments and our lives.

In HRSE the children learned to recognise that images in the media do not always reflect reality and can affect how people feel about themselves. They also learned thankfulness builds resilience against feelings of envy, inadequacy etc, and against pressure from peers or the media

In Science the children have recapped and demonstrated their learning on Forces and we have begun our new Science topic and have looked at labelling parts of a flowering plant and the process of pollination.

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 gymnastics.

In art the children have begun to make their sculptures, from the drawings they did last week (see their drawings below) inspired by Alberto Giacometti.

Our Year 5 prayer and liturgy this week was led by Olivia and Oscar. Their worship was on the theme of Being faithful and loyal.

“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.”

Matthew 24

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 140 or more points in total using Bedrock by 18th February. 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 Layla 79 points

2 Hallie 70 points

3 Kurt 29 points

4 Oscar 27 points

5 Dominic 26 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…

Smartphone Safety Tips for Young People This information guide has tips to help young smartphone owners stay safe while enjoying using their device.

We hope you find this guide 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…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Hope you all have a great weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey and Mrs McCooey

Epiphany "We saw his star in the East and have come to worship him." Matthew 2:2

Welcome back and a very happy new year! We hope you all had a lovely Christmas and wish you all a great new year.

Yesterday we celebrated Epiphany by going to church for whole school mass. Epiphany is celebrated 12 days after Christmas on the 6th January and is the time when Christians remember the Wise Men who visited Jesus in Bethlehem after his birth.

Our award winners:

Golden Award (CARE) - Harriet

Writing Award - Zahra

Maths Award - Gabriel

Our learning this week…

In English we have begun to explore the story FArTHER, which we will use to support our development of writing a first-person setting narrative. This week the children have considered different pieces of evidence from the text to write a prediction and in small groups they have made mood palettes to describe different illustrations from the book.

In Maths this week the children have extracted information from tables and two-way tables to solve a range of problems involving four operations.

The focus of our work in RE has been on the Ten Commandments and why God gave us them. The children reflected on their importance and the difference they make to our lives.

In Science we have explored gears, levers and pulleys and have investigated how these mechanisms can allow a smaller force to have a greater effect.

In art the children have begun to look at the 3D work of Alberto Giacometti and have had a go at drawing figures inspired by his sculptures.

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 gymnastics.

Our Year 5 prayer and liturgy this week was led by Hallie and Layla. Their worship was on the theme of Using your gifts from God. The girls reminded the class that the Bible encourages Christians to be “faithful stewards” of our God-given gifts. Using your talents for God can help you share God’s love.

“Yet each person has a special gift from God, of one kind or another." 1 Corinthians 7:7 

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…

Top Tips for Managing Screen Time - This guide provides some practical tips for helping to reduce your family’s screen time and promote healthier use of their devices.

What Children & Young People Need to Know about Free Speech vs Hate Speech - This free information guide has tips to help combat hate speech online, while still respecting people’s right to free speech.

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…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Mrs McVey and Mrs McCooey