Have a Happy and Holy Easter!

This week has been a busy one! Every morning this week we have had the privilege of watching Easter reflections from Year 3, 4 & 5. They depicted the events that led up to Jesus’ Resurrection, and, of course, we depicted Jesus’ resurrection. In contrast with the other reflections this week, ours was a joyous one! The class did so well at spreading this joy to everyone else in the hall. Thank you to the parents that were able to come and celebrate with us too. Jesus’ resurrection signified his victory over death, confirmed his divinity, and offers hope of eternal life and forgiveness of sins. 

We’ve also has an egg painting competition and an Easter bonnet parade!

Here is what else we have been up to….

In our Maths lesson our focus has been on co-ordinates. We have been plotting and reading co-ordinates, translating shapes, reflecting shapes and solving co-ordinate problems.

In English we have been focusing on GPS and particularly on spelling. The spelling rules we have focused on this week are: silent letters, suffix -able and -ible and plural rules.

In RE we reflected on the events of Holy Thursday. In particular, we looked at Jesus’ washing of the disciples’ feet. What was Jesus trying to teach them? How can we learn and grow from his actions? In what way can we serve others like Jesus did? These questions really had us thinking and reflecting on what Jesus was teaching his disciples through this gesture. We know that he was called a Servant King for this exact reason. He put others before himself and helped those in need.

In Science we continued with our topic on Light. Our focus this week was still on light reflectors, but with a particular focus on mirrors. We looked at how light can change direction when it bounces of a reflective surface. We put this theory to the test by making our own periscopes. We could see things out of our direct line of sight using our periscopes! This was because the light was being reflected on the mirrors on the inside of the periscope, until the reflected light reached our eyes.

Our Easter Relfection: He is Risen

Year 6 led a wonderful and joyeous reflection on Jesus’ Resurrection. Thank you to all parents who were able to join.

Lenten Challenge Book Club

Over Lent, we have been challenged with reading some books from our Year 6 Lenten Book Challenge. These books were: Holes, Coraline, Grandpa’s Great Escape and Millions. Today we gathered together in groups to discuss and review the book we read. In tue book club style, there was of course biscuits too!

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Lily T for being an incredibly respectful young lady.

The Maths Award went to Zahra for her resilience.

The Writing Award went to Teddy for his well-written piece of RE work.

Kooth: Mental health and well being support

Please find below an information letter from Kooth, which is a resource that  offers free, safe and anonymous mental health and wellbeing support for young people no matter what worries they are facing.

Kooth Parent Letter

Our Lady’s sponsored run to Rome–raising money for CAFOD

As a school we are together going to run the distance from our school to The Vatican in Rome. We will be doing this by running laps around our field. Together we will run a distance of 2180km.

Our running club have launched the event by running 122 laps and they have pledged to run 1000 more laps.

Year 5 & 6 pledged to run 1620 laps between us, to do our part of the total journey to Rome. This week we collectively ran 1729 laps!! Please sponsor us to help raise money for CAFOD!

📌NOTICES📌:

  • ⚽ PE day- Wednesdays.

  • 📝Homework- I have not set any homework over the Easter break but I do ask that the class keep up with their home reading and times table practice.

  • 📩 Contact information- if you need to contact me for any reason, please email using year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk.

  • 📆 We return to school on Tuesday 22nd April.

  • 📆 SATs begin on Monday 12th May and the last test will be sat on Thursday 15th May. I will be offering a further two SATs booster lessons after school; these session will be on Tuesday 29th April and Tuesday 6th May.

✝Wednesday Word and TenTen Newsletter

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word

This week’s Our Lady’s Top of the Rock’s Leaderboard:

1st     Matilda     Year 4 32,659. WINNER!

2nd   Elsie           Year 4      20,733

3rd     Annie     Year4 19,453

4th      Sienna       Year 4     18,559

5th    Priya             Year 4      17,672

Congratulations to Matilda who is Our Lady’s TTTRS champion and well done to all those from Year 4 on our leaderboard!

🖥Online Safety at Our Lady’s

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 Search Engines  This free guide highlights the risks search engines pose to children – such as exposure to inappropriate content, misinformation, and scams – and provides practical tips to help keep them safe online.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.

I hope you all have a happy and holy Easter break!

Mrs Murphy, Mrs Ormerod & Mrs Owen

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"For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you." (Matthew 6:14)

This week we went over to church for Reconciliation. We had time to reflect on what we would like to talk about with Fr. Frank, focusing on a missed opportunity: a time when we should have done something, but we didn’t. It was such lovely time for the class to go over to church and have some quiet time for prayer and reflection during this period of Lent. Fr Frank also mentioned how proud he was at how respectful the whole class was in church. During this year of Hope it was also a

Here is what else we have been up to….

This week the class have completed some mock SATs papers, in test conditions in the hall. I am SO proud with each and every single member of the class. They came in each morning with such positive attitudes and gave each of those papers their all. I could not ask for any more than that! Once I have gathered all of their scores, I will email parents with these up-to-date scores.

In our Maths lesson our focus has been on angles in a quadrilaterals and angles in polygons.

In English we have been focusing on GPS and particularly on spelling. We have been looking at the ie ei rule…i before e, except after c! We know that one of these spellings could well come up on our GPS test, so we need to know which one to choose!

In Science we contiuned with our topic on Light. Our focus this week was on light reflectors. We did an investigation to see which materials/surfaces reflected the most/least light, thus telling us which were the best reflectors. We had to plan our investigation first and then recorded our results in a table. Next week, we will write up our conclusion.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to the whole of the class! They have all shown incredible resilience and hard-work this week with their mock SATs. I am one very proud teacher!

The Maths Award went to

Year 6 Easter Reflection: Jesus’ Resurrection

We welcome Year 6 parents to join us, along with the rest of the school, as we lead an Easter reflection on Jesus’ resurrection. This reflection will take place in the school hall at 9.30am, on Friday 11th April. The refection itself is about 15/20 minutes long. As we will have all of the other year groups in the hall too , we must limit attendance to two adults per family.

Kooth: Mental health and well being support

Please find below an information letter from Kooth, which is a resource that  offers free, safe and anonymous mental health and wellbeing support for young people no matter what worries they are facing.

Kooth Parent Letter

In order to reassure parents of Kooth being a trusted resource fully funded and endorsed by the NHS and Local Authorities, they are also offering some webinars for parents to come and find out more about the service.  Below are the links for parents/carers  where you will find out what Kooth is, how your children can sign up and how we keep your children safe online.. Parents can keep their cameras off if preferred. 

 31st March 12:30 - 1:00

31st March 6:00 - 6:30
3rd April 6:30 - 7:00

Our Lady’s sponsored run to Rome–raising money for CAFOD

As a school we are together going to run the distance from our school to The Vatican in Rome. We will be doing this by running laps around our field. Together we will run a distance of 2180km.

Our running club have launched the event by running 122 laps and they have pledged to run 1000 more laps.

Year 5 & 6 pledged to run 1620 laps between us, to do our part of the total journey to Rome. This week we collectively ran 1729 laps!! Please sponsor us to help raise money for CAFOD!

📌NOTICES📌:

  • ⚽ PE day- Wednesdays.

  • 📝Homework- I have set homework this week, details of which can be found on the Year 6 Homework Page. Please can you encourage your child to complete all homework set, as I still have some children not completing all of their online homework.

  • 📩 Contact information- if you need to contact me for any reason, please email using year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk.

  • 📆 Year 6’s Easter reflection is at 9.30am on Friday 11th April.

  • 📆 We break up for Easter on Friday 11th April, and return to school on Tuesday 22nd April.

  • 📆 SATs begin on Monday 12th May and the last test will be sat on Thursday 15th May.

✝Wednesday Word and TenTen Newsletter

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word

This week’s Our Lady’s Top of the Rock’s Leaderboard:

1st     Matilda     Year 4 30,952

2nd   Elsie            Year 4      19,317

3rd     Sienna     Year 4 17,827

4th     Annie          Year 4 17,592

5th    Alexander  Year 5      14,835

Well done to those on our leaderboard!

🖥Online Safety at Our Lady’s

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 Instagram. This free guide breaks down the latest risks on Instagram, including AI chatbots, scheduled messaging, and Threads. It offers practical tips for helping children stay safe on the app.

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.


I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Murphy, Mrs Ormerod & Mrs Owen

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“Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!” Matthew 21:11)

In RE this week we focused on Jesus’ journey into Jerusalem, which we celebrate on palm Sunday. We know that this event preceded the Passion of Christ, and it was a joyous moment for the people of Jerusalem who welcomed Jesus, their Messiah. Jesus was God’s promise of a saviour fulfilled and the people of Jerusalem acknowledge Jesus as this promise. Not everyone, however, was as excited by Jesus’ arrival. We focused on a image of Jesus’s arrival into Jerusalem and describe the thoughts and feelings of the different people in the image; this included the people of Jerusalem, the religious leaders and Jesus himself.

Here is what else we have been up to….

This week have continued with our SATS booster lessons on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday morning. Mrs Owen and Mrs Ormerod have continued to build and develop Year 6’s reading skills and GPS understanding. They are focusing on how to answer some of the questions, in order to achieve the marks. In Maths, I have focused on drawing angles using a protractor, time and nets of 3D shapes. We will be sitting some mock SATs papers every morning next week, up until Thursday. These will be sat in the school hall to give the class a real feeling of what it will be like on the actual week of SATs. I will communicate these SATs scores with each parent before we break up for Easter.

In our Maths lesson our focus has been pie charts and percentages and calculating the mean.

In English we started a new unit; this is on discovery narratives. We will be using two vehicle texts, centred around Charles Darwin’s life and discoveries, to help us to produce quality pieces of writing. This week we made predictions and explored some new vocabulary and phrases.

In Science we started a new topic on Light. We used a demonstration of a torch and a cardboard tube to prove that light travels in straight lines. When we had the tube straight we could clearly see the light through the both side, when we shone a torch through it. When we bent the tube, however, we could no longer see the light. This proved two things: light cannot bend (it travels in straight lines) and light cannot travel through opaque objects. We then drew some scientific diagrams in our books.

Here are some pictures of us with our Sacred Art pieces of work….


🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Elsie for being a caring and considerate member of the class. She not only cares about her peers she cares about her work and her learning!

The Writing Award went to Kurt for ensuring her included some of the key words and phrase in his wirtten prediction.

The Maths award went to.Connie for her superb work measuring and drawing angles.

CONGRATULATIONS to all that took part in the interschool cross country event on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Mannix was so impressed with their resillience. A special mention must go to Darcy, who came first place!! Well done, Darcy!

Year 6 Easter Reflection: Jesus’ Resurrection

We welcome Year 6 parents to join us, along with the rest of the school, as we lead an Easter reflection on Jesus’ resurrection. This reflection will take place in the school hall at 9.30am, on Friday 11th April. The refection itself is about 15/20 minutes long. As we will have all of the other year groups in the hall too , we must limit attendance to two adults per family.

Kooth: Mental health and well being support

Please find below an information letter from Kooth, which is a resource that  offers free, safe and anonymous mental health and wellbeing support for young people no matter what worries they are facing.

Kooth Parent Letter

In order to reassure parents of Kooth being a trusted resource fully funded and endorsed by the NHS and Local Authorities, they are also offering some webinars for parents to come and find out more about the service.  Below are the links for parents/carers  where you will find out what Kooth is, how your children can sign up and how we keep your children safe online.. Parents can keep their cameras off if preferred. 

 31st March 12:30 - 1:00

31st March 6:00 - 6:30
3rd April 6:30 - 7:00

Our Lady’s sponsored run to Rome–raising money for CAFOD

As a school we are together going to run the distance from our school to The Vatican in Rome. We will be doing this by running laps around our field. Together we will run a distance of 2180km.

Our running club have launched the event by running 122 laps and they have pledged to run 1000 more laps.

Each class has been given a target number of laps to run - Year 6 will be running 30 each before Friday 25th April, when we will celebrate reaching our total and will be sending Miss Heim Sarac off on her London Marathon Event. Miss Heim- Sarac is running for CAFOD  Please support us by sponsoring the run.

We would ask parents to collect sponsorship from friends and family and then pay the total amount through your child’s parentpay account. This event will be added to parentpay account ‘Run to Rome for Cafod’ in order for proceeds to be sent directly to CAFOD as we are now a cashless school. Please can all sponsorship forms be returned by Tuesday 22nd April 2025. Thank you for your support.

📌NOTICES📌:

  • ⚽ PE day- Wednesdays.

  • 📝Homework- I have set homework this week, details of which can be found on the Year 6 Homework Page. Please can you encourage your child to complete all homework set, as I still have some children not completing all of their online homework.

  • 📩 Contact information- if you need to contact me for any reason, please email using year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk.

  • 📆 Year 6’s Easter reflection is at 9.30am on Friday 11th April.

  • 📆 We break up for Easter on Friday 11th April, and return to school on Tuesday 22nd April.

  • 📆 SATs begin on Monday 12th May and the last test will be sat on Thursday 15th May.

✝Wednesday Word and TenTen Newsletter

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word

This week’s Our Lady’s Top of the Rock’s Leaderboard:

1st     Matilda     Year 4 27543

2nd   Elsie        Year 4      18801

3rd     Alexander    Year 5 14101

4th     Annie     Year 4 13094

5th     Frazer       Year 4      12955

Well done to those on our leaderboard!

🖥Online Safety at Our Lady’s

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 Bluesky Social App. This free guide discusses the growing popularity of Bluesky, a public-first microblogging social media platform, and explores what parents and educators can do to ensure children's safety when using the app.

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.


I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Murphy, Mrs Ormerod & Mrs Owen

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AuthorCatherine Slater

“This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!” Matthew 17:5

In RE this week looked at the story of Jesus’ transfiguration. We then reflected in its meaning for us and for Jesus’ disciples, who bore witness to this. In our books, we took on the role of one of Jesus’ disciples and recounted the events of the day, in the form of a diary entry. We also used this as an opportunity to outline the importance of Jesus’ transfiguration and what Jesus was telling his disciples: he truly was the Messiah and his glory will come about through his passion, death and resurrection.

Here is what else we have been up to….

This week have continued with our SATS booster lessons on Wednesday and Thursday morning. Mrs Owen and Mrs Ormerod have continued to build and develop Year 6’s reading skills and GPS understanding. They are focusing on how to answer some of the questions, in order to achieve the marks. In Maths, I have focused on negative numbers, parallel/perpendicular lines, angles on a straight line/circle and different types of angles.

In our Maths lesson our focus has been on statistics: line graphs, bar charts and pie charts. We also ended the week looking at the nets of 3D shapes.

In English we have used our time this week for some to finish off the last of their independent write, focus on our spellings and practice GPS questions.

In Geography we started a new topic on the Grand Canyon. We looked at where it was located in the world, how it was formed and how big it was. We used all of our research and learning from the lesson to create information leaflets all about it.

On Friday afternoon, we familiarised ourselves with our Easter reflection songs and script. If your children are anything like me, I am sure they have been singing ‘Resurrection Power’ in their sleep!

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Henry for being a respectful memeber of the class, both towards his peers and teachers alike.

The Writing Award went to Oscar for remarked improvement with his written work. Beautifully presented too!

The Maths award went to.Hallie for her superb reasoning skills.

A huge congratulations to Olivia W for winning our internet safety poster competition. Mrs McVey and I chose Olivia’s poster as we thought it had a nice balanced of information as well as images. Well done, Olivia!

Thank you!

Thank you for meeting with me on Monday so I could give you an update on how your child is doing in the key areas of their learning. It was so lovely to meet you all officially. As mentioned in the meetings, when we have completed our next set of SATs practice papers (hopefully next week but it could be the week after), I will email you over their scores.

📌NOTICES📌:

  • ⚽ PE day- Wednesdays.

  • 📝Homework- I have set homework this week, details of which can be found on the Year 6 Homework Page. Please can you encourage your child to complete all homework set, as I still have some children not completing all of their online homework.

  • 📩 Contact information- if you need to contact me for any reason, please email using year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk.

✝Wednesday Word and TenTen Newsletter

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word

This week’s Our Lady’s Top of the Rock’s Leaderboard:

1st     Matilda     Year 4 25167

2nd    Elsie           Year 4    17089

3rd     Alexander    Year 5 11154

4th     Ava        Year 4 9871

5th     Annie      Year 4      9269

Well done to those on our leaderboard!

🖥Online Safety at Our Lady’s

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 Streamers. This free guide highlights the potential dangers children face when watching and engaging with streamers and the importance of staying informed so you can help mitigate the 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.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Murphy, Mrs Ormerod & Mrs Owen

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AuthorCatherine Slater

'Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.' Stephen Hawking

Science Week 2025

We have marked Science Week in many different ways this week, and what fun we have had in the process!

On Monday, a gentleman came in with a variety of birds for us to see and learn more about. We learnt all about the adaptations of an owl, a kookaburra, a kingfisher and a falcon. Many of us had the opportunity to hold one of the birds, and we all had the privilige of meeting their adorable therapy dog, named Poppy.

On Tuesday, it was fashion show day! The nine children from Year 6 that had designed and created a garment of clothing, by adapting recycled materials, showcased their outfits on the Our Lady’s runway. We have some natural cat walkers in Year 6, that’s for sure. I was so proud and impressed with each and every garment that was created and shared with the school. The winning two garments belong to Alexander and Harriet, who went to SJV to showcase their outfits along with other schools from the trust. Well done!

On Wednesday it was reptile/amphibian day! We had a meet and greet with several different animals, including snakes, lizards and frogs! We also learnt more about their adaptations and how they survive in their environment.

On Thursday we had a fun science lesson in the afternoon. We were each given a ball of clay and we had to create our own animals with different adaptations. We then had to explain the adaptations of our unique animals, and what their natural habitat would look like. I enjoyed seeing some animals with a combination of long necks, trunks and claws!

On Friday we gathered together, as a whole school, to reflect on the activities and events that had taken place over the course of the week. We saw lots of pictures of what each class had been up to and it was a lovely way to end our science week! Below are some of the pictures from Year 6’s week….

Monday (Birds)

Tuesday (Fashion Show)

Wednesday (Reptiles/Amphibians)

Thursday (Animal adaptation clay models)

Here is what else we have been up to….

In Maths this week our focus has been on counting cubes and/or using a formula to work out the volume of cubes and cuboids. We then went on to interpreting line graphs.

In English we completed our independent write. I look forward to reading and assessing all of these pieces of work!

In Science we continued with our topic on ‘Evolution and Inheritance’. This week we recapped what we learnt about Charles Darwin and his theories on evolution and Natural Selection. We then finished off our scientific reports.

In RE we completed our presentations, responding to the question, ‘How do we know that Jesus was truly human and truly God?’ I was so pleased with the children’s ability to use evidence from the bible to support their ideas.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award (LEARN) went to Darcy for being such a good listener. I know I can always rely on Darcy to be giving me all of her attention when I am teaching and this is refelcted in the work she produces.

The Writing Award went to Connie for her ability to reflect on her iwn writing and identify her areas for improvement.

The Maths award went to Lilly C for her great work using formula to find the area of cubes and cuboids.

📌NOTICES📌:

  • ⚽ PE day- Wednesdays.

  • 📝Homework- I have set homework this week, details of which can be found on the Year 6 Homework Page. Please can you encourage your child to complete all homework set, as I still have some children not completing all of their online homework.

  • 📩 Contact information- if you need to contact me for any reason, please email using year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk.

  • 📆 Monday 17th March - 1pm to 5.30 pm parent meeting with class teacher. I look forward to meeting with you all. Please note that the appointment slots are just 5 minutes long. With this in mind, I will give you an overview of how your child is doing in each area of their SATs learning and their writing. This may not leave me with much time (if any!) left, so I do apologise. If you do have anything else you wanted to discuss after the meeting, please either email me or arrange a separate meeting.

  • Please see the following information regarding water safety over the holiday.

    Seaside Safety Document

✝Wednesday Word and TenTen Newsletter

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word

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.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend! Let’s hope for more sunshine! 🌞

Mrs Murphy, Mrs Ormerod & Mrs Owen

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AuthorCatherine Slater

'Lent is a favourable time for letting Christ serve us so that we in turn may be more like Him.' Pope Francis

In RE we started our new unit on ‘Jesus, the Messiah’. In this week’s lesson, we have been working in pairs to explore the question ‘How do we know that Jesus is truly human and truly God?’. Some of us have created PowerPoint presentations, whilst others have presented it as an information poster. We also made our Lenten promises. Lent is a time for self reflection and repentance. It’s a time for us to closen our relationship with God, as we prepare for the death and resurrection of His son, Jesus Christ. We wanted to make sure, therefore, that our Lenten promises were meaningful and achievable; not just empty words.

📚World Book Day!!📚

'There is more treasure in books than all the pirate's loot in Treasure Island.' Walt Disney

Yesterday we celebrated World Book Day. The class looked absolutely fabulous, dressed up as their favourite book character. Such a great effort!! In class we started the day watching a Wizard of Oz performance arranged by a small group of girls and boys in the class. They were brill! In the afternoon, we had a carousel of activities that we made our way around. There were five stations, which included: book mark making; book scavenger hunt; guess the book emoji quiz; read and relax and book word searches. We had such a fun afternoon immersing ourselves into the world of books. Reading is so important as it helps us to grow and develop in so many ways! From Today, our Lenten reading challenge will begin too; this will give the opportunity for us to read the same books so we can have a book club at the end of the term. We can have a biscuit and have a chat about what books we read and what we thought about them.

Here is what else we have been up to….

In Maths this week our focus has been on finding thr area of any triangle. We have also spent more time in our maths booster lessons focusing on the reasoning papers.

In English we have planned our independent write and have now started writing our narrative. We have used our guided write to help and support us with this. I cannot wait to read the completed pieces of writing next week!

In Science we continued with our topic on ‘Evolution and Inheritance’. This week we studied Charles Darwin and his theories on evolution and Natural Selection. We started to write a scientific report on this,which we will finish off next week..

In Art we designed, outlined and then painted our piece of sacred art, centred around the theme of HOPE. This lesson was lead by Mrs Ormerod, who is a very talented artist herself. First the class thought about what images, symbols and/or scripture passages they wanted to be the focal point of their art and they then used their artistic flair to transform this into an inspirational piece of sacred art.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Olivia W for being such a good friend to all.

The Writing Award went to Lola-Mae for making sure the opening of her independent write was to a high standard.

The Maths award went to Tommy for the huge improvement with his arithemtic.

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 1130 points (school average score) so far.

This week’s Our Lady’s Top of the Rock’s Leaderboard:

1st     Matilda     Year 4 14280

2nd   Elsie         Year 4   10585

3rd   Ava     Year 4 6714

4th     Annie     Year 4 5944

5th     Frazer    Year 4       5703

Well done to those on our leaderboard!

📌NOTICES📌:

  • ⚽ PE day- Wednesdays.

  • 📝Homework- I have set homework this week, details of which can be found on the Year 6 Homework Page. Please can you encourage your child to complete all homework set, as I still have some children not completing all of their online homework.

  • 📩 Contact information- if you need to contact me for any reason, please email using year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk.

  • 📆 After school SATs Booster lessons will continue on Tuesdays, 3.15pm to 4.15pm

Science Week Year 6 Project

Any last minute garments MUST be bought into school on Monday.

✝Wednesday Word and TenTen Newsletter

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word

🖥Online Safety at Our Lady’s

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 TikTok. This free guide explores the potential online safety risks of TikTok, letting you know how to safeguard children and young people who use the platform.

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.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Murphy, Mrs Ormerod & Mrs Owen

Posted
AuthorCatherine Slater

“Those who hope in the Lord will be strengthened and will be able to run and walk without growing weary.” Isaiah 40:31

In RE this week we started by looking at Fr. Frank’s responses to the questions we asked him, before half term. We then reflected on his answers and wrote about what impact they had on us. We were then able to compare our personal responses to these questions with his own. We then used some time to reflect on the meaning of the word Hope, as we celebrate this special jubilee year as pilgrims of hope. We are going to produce some sacred art, inspired by this, and the class are alrwady thinking about how they want to present this.

Here is what else we have been up to….

This week we started our SATs booster lessons, which are taking place on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. The class spent the whole morning in smaller groups, spending 1 hour with each Year 6 teacher, focsuing on the three SATs papers: GPS, Reading and Maths. These mornings have been so successful and I really think the children have found them beneficial too. We will continue with this ever Tuesday and Thursday morning for the next few weeks.

In Maths our focus remained on area and perimieter but this weke we were finding missing lengths. We also went on to finding the area of triangles.

In English we finished our guided wirte!! We are now all ready and equipped with all of the writing skills to plan and produce our own piece of narrative writing next week.

In Geography we finished our topic on the UK by looking at some of the major rivers of the UK. We learnt new vocabulary such as: mouth, soure, tributary, meander and delta. See if we can remember their definitions by asking us at home!

In HRSE we had some very special visitors who came in to give us a very important talk about drugs. It was the police! Please see details on the poster below, in terms of what was discussed…

I am delighted to announce that Our Lady’s are taking part in the Young Seasiders Blackpool Art Competition! Each teacher was asked to put forward two pieces of work from their class into the exhibition which will take place at Blackpool and the Fylde College from 4-28th March. From others pieces of work one KS1 and one KS2 winner which chosen. In Year 6 Lily and Ronnie’s work was selected to be in the exhibition! Please support them by going to see the exhibition - see flier on the link below for details.

Young Seasiders Exhibition Letter

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Alexander for being a well-mannered and conscientious young man.

The Writing Award went to Mia for her valued contributions to our shared write.

The Maths award went to Peter for his great work finding the area of right-angled triangles.

📌NOTICES📌:

  • ⚽ PE day- Wednesdays.

  • 📝Homework- I have set homework this week, details of which can be found on the Year 6 Homework Page. Please can you encourage your child to complete all homework set, as I still have some children not completing all of their online homework.

  • 📩 Contact information- if you need to contact me for any reason, please email using year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk.

  • 📆 Thursday 6th March - World Book Day – dress up day and bring your favourite book

    to school

  • 📆 Monday 17th March - 1pm to 5.30 pm parent meeting with class teacher. Please book your slot, if you have not already.

Science Week Year 6 Project

If there is anyone that still has their garment at home, Mrs Ormerod needs in in school by Friday 7th March at the very latest!

✝Wednesday Word and TenTen Newsletter

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word

This week’s Our Lady’s Top of the Rock’s Leaderboard:

1st Matilda     Year 4 5397

2nd   Ava  Year 4 3053

3rd Matilda     Year 3 2806

4th Elsie Year 4 2599

5th Leo   Year 5    2425

Well done to those on our leaderboard!

🖥Online Safety at Our Lady’s

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 WhatsApp. This guide details the risks associated with popular messaging app WhatsApp, and lets you know how to safeguard younger users.

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about Marvel Rivals. This free guide breaks down the risks associated with the popular multiplayer title Marvel Rivals and lets you know how best to safeguard children and young people playing the game.

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.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Murphy, Mrs Ormerod & Mrs Owen

Posted
AuthorCatherine Slater

"Without Jesus there would be no salvation. God's gift of His son gives us all hope." Fr. Frank

In RE this week we were lucky enough to welcome Fr. Frank into our classroom for an “Ask Fr. Frank” Q&A. We had collectively prepared 4 questions, linked to our RE learning, to ask him and then we used the extra time at the end to ask our own questions. Fr. Frank is such an amazing RE resource and he really helps us all (teachers included!) to learn more about our faith and closen our relationship with God. During this special year of hope, Fr. Frank certainly instilled so much hope in us through our discussions about Jesus, our salvation. Thank you, Fr. Frank!

Here is what else we have been up to….

In Maths this week we continued with algebra and then spent the second half of the week looking at area and perimeter.

In English we finished planning our shared write and started to write our narrative together. We have started to produce a narrative piece of writing, based around The Wizard of Oz but with plot changes. After half term, the class can use their shared write to help and inspire them with their independent write!

On Tuesday, it was Safer Internet Day and in school we did some learning around the theme ‘Too good to be true? Protecting yourself and others from scams online‘. After completing some activities about how to identify an online scam, we then went on to produce some internet safety posters. These will be judge by Mrs Murphy and Mrs McVey (the computing lead) and the winning poster will receive a prize!

Today we also marked our ‘What I want to be when I’m older’ day by dressing up accordingly. It was so lovely to see a range of different prospective career choices among the Year 6 class. I (Mrs Murphy) came dressed as myself as, even as a little girl, I always wanted to be a teacher!!

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Zahra for working so hard to self-improve in all her learning.

The Writing Award went to Rosanna for her great innovation of our shared write.

The Maths award went to Layla for the improvements she has made with her arithmetic.

📌NOTICES📌:

  • ⚽ PE day- Wednesdays.

  • 📩 Contact information- if you need to contact me for any reason, please email using year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk.

  • 📆 We return to school on Tuesday 25th February.

  • After half term, a letter will be sent home with regards to an after school SATs booster club. This club will be on Tuesdays, with the first session being on Tuesday 4th March.

  • 📝Homework- I have not set any homework for over half term but I please ask that you continue to read regularaly and practice your times tables! Details of the Science project, which need to me completed over half term, are below. Good luck!

Science Week Year 6 Half Term Project

Mrs Ormerod was explaning to the class that we will be par-taking in a science fashion show based around the theme ‘Change and Adapt-reduce, reuse and recycle.’ She has explained that if anyone would like to be involved in this event, the project is to create a fashion garment that is wearable, using recycled/reused materials. This would need to be created at home and brought into school after half term. All entries will then be fashioned on a ‘catwalk’ in school, and the two winning garments will be taken to a fashion show at SJV with all other winning entires from the Trust. An overall winner will then be selected! This is optional however, the more entries we have, the better! So get your creative/eco thinking caps on!

✝Wednesday Word and TenTen Newsletter

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word

🖥Online Safety at Our Lady’s

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. Below are some links and safety guides which you may find useful:

UK Safer Internet Centre 

Tips for Parents and Carers: Keeping you and your loved ones safe online https://saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/safer-internet-day-2025/tips-for-parents-and-carers 

PARENTAL CONTROLS: Protecting young people from inappropriate online content. https://saferinternet.org.uk/online-issue/parental-controls

Internet matters.org  

See recommended online safety guides for parents:

https://www.internetmatters.org/resources/online-safety-guide-0-5-year-olds/ With so many websites and apps targeting pre-schoolers, find out the simple steps you can take to protect your young children.

https://www.internetmatters.org/resources/online-safety-guide-6-10-year-olds/ As internet use grows, learn about the steps you can make to establish positive behaviour and how you can teach your child to stay safe.

https://www.internetmatters.org/resources/online-safety-guide-11-13-year-olds/ As your child makes the important transition from primary to secondary school make sure your knowledge increases with theirs.

Activate parental controls with how-to guides https://www.internetmatters.org/parental-controls/ Parental controls can be used to manage screen time, block inappropriate content, prevent accidental spending, and keep strangers away. 

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 for your support.

Thank you

Thank you to the whole of my class for making this first half term back at school so rewarding. You have all worked so hard and shown me how much potential each and every one of you has. I look forward to the rest of this Year 6 journey with you!

I hope you all have a lovely half term!

Mrs Murphy, Mrs Ormerod & Mrs Owen

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AuthorCatherine Slater

"Hope is being able to see there is light, even in the dark." - Desmond Tutu

Year 6 lead our Candlemas assembly beautifully on Monday afternoon. They were all shining lights! 🕯

Here is what else we have been up to….

In Maths this week we started to look at a new maths concept: algebra. Although this has not been the easiest concept for us to get our heads around, we have done a really good job at finding rules and expressing them as algebraic formula. We had to identify patterns in order to find these rules. We also know that in algebra 3 x n is the same as 3n!

In English we used our inferential reading skills to find points and evidence in the introduction of The Little Princess. We then went on to use an extract from The Wizard of Oz to blend action, dialogue and description. We then used these skills to write a cohesive paragraph of our own. We are now at the point where we are planning our shared write, ready to start it next week! After half term, each of us will then do an independent write, using our shared write to help and guide us.

In RE we looked at the life and actions of Fr. Pedro Opeka. He was a strong, courageous man who stood up for what he believed in when he saw the unjust conditions that the poor were living in, in a town in Argentina. He used his own funds to buy land and plant crops and helped to build houses for the poor. His selfless actions had a huge impact on the people living in these areas. We then had to do some self reflecting, thinking about the ways that we can learn from his and Oscar Romero’s actions. How can we be inspired to work for justice in our everyday lives?

In Science we continued with our topic on ‘Evolution and Inheritance’. Our focus this week was on the adaptation of plants. We looked at some different plants and what adaptations they have to help them to surivive in their habitat. For example, some plants have poisonous leaves to protect them from predators and some plants, like the cactus, have spikes to prevent predators from eating them. The cactus also stores water in its leaves to help it to survive in dry areas. After researching and writing up on some plant adaptations, some children then got round to creating their own species of plant and labelling their adaptations.

In Geography our focus was on coastlines and beaches. We compared different beaches in the Uk-what was similar, what was different? The class aslo shared what beaches in the UK they had visited and what it was like there. They then used their dictionary skills to find definitions of geographical language.

In Computing we used Logo to create nested loops. We used coding to repeat a pattern/shape and learnt shortcuts to save us from writing out repeated lines of code over and over again.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Kurt for being such a kind and considerate member of the class.

The Writing Award went to Ronnie for a huge improvement in his wrriten work

The Maths award went to Darcy for her great work on ratio.

SCHOOLS ALIVE PHOTOS!

On Thursday 6th February, Dance club performed at the Winter Gardens as part of ‘Schools Alive’. Well done to everyone involved, you were fantastic! Please follow the link below to view some pictures of the event.

Schools Alive Slideshow

📌NOTICES📌:

  • ⚽ PE day- Wednesdays.

  • 📝Homework- I have set homework this week, details of which can be found on the Year 6 Homework Page. Please can you encourage your child to complete all homework set, as I still have some children not completing all of their online homework.

  • 📩 Contact information- if you need to contact me for any reason, please email using year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk.

  • 📆 Thursday 13th February The school council has decided to run 'What I would like to be when I leave school' day in order to raise funds for CAFOD. They are asking children to dress up as someone they would like to be when they grow up This can be anything so please do not feel like you have to buy a costume for this occasion, props from home or a simple paintbrush in hand (if they wish to be a painter) will do perfectly. 

    A contribution of £1 is now live to pay on ParentPay and will go towards raising money for CAFOD.

  • 📆 We break up fro helf term on Thursday 13th February (normal finishing time) and return on Tuesday 25th February.

Science Week Year 6 Project

Mrs Ormerod was explaning to the class that we will be par-taking in a science fashion show based around the theme ‘Change and Adapt-reduce, reuse and recycle.’ She has explained that if anyone would like to be involved in this event, the project is to create a fashion garment that is wearable, using recycled/reused materials. This would need to be created at home and brought into school after half term. All entries will then be fashioned on a ‘catwalk’ in school, and the two winning garments will be taken to a fashion show at SJV with all other winning entires from the Trust. An overall winner will then be selected! This is optional however, the more entries we have, the better! So get your creative/eco thinking caps on!

✝Wednesday Word and TenTen Newsletter

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word

🖥Online Safety at Our Lady’s

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 TikTok. This free guide explores the potential online safety risks of TikTok, letting you know how to safeguard children and young people who use the platform.

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.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Murphy, Mrs Ormerod & Mrs Owen

Posted
AuthorCatherine Slater

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure."

SATs Practice

This week, Year 6 have completed some practice SATs papers. I am so incredibly proud of each and every single one them, and their attitude towards these tests! I can see how hard they are all working and the effort they are putting in. Mrs Ormerod and I are using these tests to help gauge each child’s strengths and areas for development and it will certainly help us to plug any gaps in learning. After half term, we will be arranging intervention groups and each group will spend time focusing on each of the three papers. This will give them all an opportunity to focus on the areas they find trickier and ask questions! We will be doing this every Tuesday and Thursday for the whole of the morning. I will also be leading a SATs booster class (after half term), after school, for any children in the class that would like that extra little bit of help. A letter will be sent home about this shortly. I really want to prepare the children as much as possible, without overwhelming them or applying too much pressure. I want to get that balance just right! But again, a huge well done to all of the class for the work and effort they have put in this week.

Here is what else we have been up to….

In Maths this week we continued our work on ratio, followed by scale drawing and scale factors. We made the link between these two concepts. We now know that if something has been enlarged and doubled in size, is has been enlarged by scale factor two. If a shape was three times a big as the original, we can say it has been enlarged by scale factor three, etc….

In English we looked at formal letters and took on the role of Scarecrow. Our task was to write a letter to the Wizard of Oz, requesting a new brain. We had to ensure we kept the tone very formal, and used accurate punctuation. Later in the week we went on to comparing the introductions of four classic fiction texts and highlighting what devices/punctuation/clauses were commonly used in all of them. This then helped us to compile a list for our Classic Fiction Introduction toolkits.

In RE we looked at the life and actions of Salvadorian Archbishop, Oscar Romero. He was a strong, courageous man who stood up for what he believed in when he saw how unjustly the poor were being treated by the government. He was sadly killed for this but he did not fear death as he knew he was doing the right thing, and what God would want him to do, and he sought comfort in the knowledge that he would receive eternal life in heaven. We responded to questions about Oscar Romero, including how his actions were influenced by his beliefs.

In Science we continued with our topic on ‘Evolution and Inheritance’. Our focus this week was on adaptation. We pick a couple of animals of our choice and researched what adaptations they had that helped them to survive in their natural habitat.

In Geography our focus was on mountains in the UK. We researched the elevation of several mountains in the UK and used this data to create our own barcharts.

In Computing we used Logo to create nesred loops. We used coding to repeat a pattern/shape and lesrnt shortcuts to save us from writing out repeated linds of code over and over again.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went ALL of Year 6. I am so proud of how they have all conducted themsleves this week. They have shown so much self-respect and respect for each other.

The Writing Award went to Harriet for her beautiful piece of RE wiritng.

The Maths award went to Rosanna for the huge improvement in her arithmetic skills.

📌NOTICES📌:

  • ⚽ PE day- Wednesdays.

  • 📝Homework- I have set homework this week, details of which can be found on the Year 6 Homework Page.

  • 📩 Contact information- if you need to contact me for any reason, please email using year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk.

  • 📆 Thursday 13th February The school council has decided to run 'What I would like to be when I leave school' day in order to raise funds for CAFOD. They are asking children to dress up as someone they would like to be when they grow up This can be anything so please do not feel like you have to buy a costume for this occasion, props from home or a simple paintbrush in hand (if they wish to be a painter) will do perfectly. 

    A contribution of £1 is now live to pay on ParentPay and will go towards raising money for CAFOD.

  • 📆 We break up fro helf term on Thursday 13th February (normal finishing time) and return on Tuesday 25th February.

Science Week Year 6 Project

Mrs Ormerod was explaning to the class that we will be par-taking in a science fashion show based around the theme ‘Change and Adapt-reduce, reuse and recycle.’ She has explained that if anyone would like to be involved in this event, the project is to create a fashion garment that is wearable, using recycled/reused materials. This would need to be created at home and brought into school after half term. All entries will then be fashioned on a ‘catwalk’ in school, and the two winning garments will be taken to a fashion show at SJV with all other winning entires from the Trust. An overall winner will then be selected! This is optional however, the more entries we have, the better! So get your creative/eco thinking caps on!

✝Wednesday Word and TenTen Newsletter

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word

🖥Online Safety at Our Lady’s

At Our Lady's we like to support our parents/carers in Online Safety matters. 

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Murphy, Mrs Ormerod & Mrs Owen

Posted
AuthorCatherine Slater

All of us can cooperate as instruments of God for the care of creation..” (Pope Francis, Laudato Si’ 14)

In RE we looked at an example of injustice that happened back in 2000 when a wealthy gold mining company set up work in Honduras, which hugely affected the local residents in the area. Not only did they have to move from their homes and life in (very poorly made) houses, they also had no land to plant their crops, were inflicted with air and noise pollution and had no clean water to drink so had to resort to drinking unsafe, contaminated water from the gold mine company. We linked this injustice to Pope Francis' and Jesus’ teachings and discussed how this company were not playing their part to be stewards of God’s creation-this also linked in nicely with Pope Francis’ words from Laudato Si.

Here is what else we have been up to….

In Maths this week we started the week on percentages and ended the week with ratio. We looked at comparing two quantities using ratio sentences and then went on to using the ratio symbol. I was impressed with how quickly the class picked this up!

In English we finished and copied up our descriptive cyclone poems. I was so impressed with the standard of these poems and so were the class. So much so that we made three copies-one to display in the classroom, one for our books and one to take home! We then moved on to looking at the introduction of one of the main characters in The Wizard of Oz : Scarecrow. We compared the introduction of Scarecrow in the novel with the film version, noting any similarities and differences. We then looked in more depth at the description of Scarecrow and innovated Frank L Baum’s description from the book.

In Science we continued with our topic on ‘Evolution and Inheritance’. Our focus this week was on adaptation.

In Geography we were identifying different towns and cities of the UK, on a map. We then chose a town and/or city to research and write up about.

In HRSE our focus was on Cyber bullying. We looked at the power of words and the impact they can have on others, whether they are spoken or typed. Quite often, cyber bullying takes place because the person on the keyboard cannot see the person they are targeting in person, which gives a sense of action without consequence. We talked about how important it is to report (and not reciprocate!) any instances of cyber bullying we may encounter when accessing the digital world.

⚽CONGRATULATIONS!!⚽

A HUGE! congratulations to our Year 6 girls Under 11s 6 aside! They came first place in thr BFCCT Utilita Girls Cup Tournament! We are all very proud!

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Hallie for being an inquisitive learner who is not afraid to ask questions when she does not understand.

The Writing Award went to James for his effective choices of vocabulary.

The Maths award went to Olivia W for her great work on ratio.

📌NOTICES📌:

  • ⚽ PE day- Wednesdays.

  • 📝Homework- I have set homework this week, details of which can be found on the Year 6 Homework Page.

  • 📩 Contact information- if you need to contact me for any reason, please email using year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk.

  • 📆 Thursday 13th February The school council has decided to run 'What I would like to be when I leave school' day in order to raise funds for CAFOD. They are asking children to dress up as someone they would like to be when they grow up This can be anything so please do not feel like you have to buy a costume for this occasion, props from home or a simple paintbrush in hand (if they wish to be a painter) will do perfectly. 

    A contribution of £1 is now live to pay on ParentPay and will go towards raising money for CAFOD.

  • 📆 We break up fro helf term on Thursday 13th February (normal finishing time) and return on Tuesday 25th February.

✝Wednesday Word and TenTen Newsletter

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word

🖥Online Safety at Our Lady’s

At Our Lady's we like to support our parents/carers in Online Safety matters. 


I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Murphy, Mrs Ormerod & Mrs Owen

Posted
AuthorCatherine Slater

“Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, and please the widow’s cause,” (Isaiah 1:17).

In RE we started a new unit on ‘Justice’. We looked at what Justice actually means and what God teaches us about justice. We also looked at examples of injustice happening in our wider world today and in our everyday life. We reflected on how God sent us Jesus to save us from our own sin and He wants us to work for justice in return. Year 6 then created posters/leaflets all about Justice.

This week we also had a class mass. Fr. Frank talked to us about justice too and how we all have a right to be treated justly. This includes a right to be educated, fed, clothed, cared for and loved!

Here is what else we have been up to….

In Maths this week we have been focusing on decimal, fraction and percentage equivalents. We then used our understanding of this to solve problems and answer reasoning questions.

In English we have continued with our Classic Fiction unit. We have been answering questions on cinematic choices of sound, based on the opening ‘cyclone’ film clip from the Wizard of Oz and choosing powerful words/phrases/sentences to describe the cyclone from the Wizard of Oz. We then used this descriptive language to draft a free verse poem all about the Cyclone. We copied up our descriptive cyclone poems. I was so impressed with the standard of these poems and so were the class. So much so that we made three copies-one to display in the classroom, one for our books and one to take home!

In Science we started a new topic on ‘Evolution and Inheritance’. Our focus this week was on inheritance. We looked at what inherited characteristics are and the influence our environment can have on certain characteristics. We know that offspring inherit some characteristics from one parent and some from the other parent and this leads to variance within a species.

In Geography we have been idenifiying counties of the UK. We labelled a blank map with as much information as we could, using an atlas to help us. We then used the laptops to further research some key facts and figures about the UK.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Emelia as she is an incredibly thoughful young lady and a great listener.

The Writing Award went to Isaac for his superb descriptive poem.

The Maths award went to Mia for her valued contributions to class discussion,

📌NOTICES📌:

  • PE day- Wednesdays.

  • Homework- I have set homework this week, details of which can be found on the Year 6 Homework Page.

  • Contact information- if you need to contact me for any reason, please email using year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk.

Wednesday Word and TenTen Newsletter

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word

Online Safety at Our Lady’s

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 TikTok. This free guide explores the potential online safety risks of TikTok, letting you know how to safeguard children and young people who use the platform.

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.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Murphy, Mrs Ormerod & Mrs Owen

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'Let us adore Christ like the Magi.' - Pope Francis

Happy New Year!

Welcome back and Happy New Year to you all! I do hope you all managed to have a wonderful Christmas and New Year…let’s make 2025 the best year yet!

This week has been a joy getting to know my class and I hope they have enjoyed getting to know a bit more about me. This class have demonstrated what hard workers they are I am ending the week feeling very hopeful. Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Owen have done a wonderful job so far and I look forward to joining the class on the remainder of their learning journey in Year 6!

This Monday 6th January, marked the Feast of the Epiphany. The Solemnity of the Epiphany celebrates the arrival of the Magi — also known as the Three Wise Men or Three Kings — who came with gifts to worship the Child Jesus shortly after his birth. They travelled afar in acknowledgement that Jesus was a true King and Saviour. We celebrated this feast with a whole school mass yesterday.

In our RE lesson this week, we also offered up three gifts to Christ. We reflected on what gifts we would like to give to Jesus to show Him that we too believe that he is our King and Saviour. We then explained our choices of gifts, using Jesus teachings from the bible to support this. It was so lovely to see gifts such as charity, tolerance, courage and forgiveness being offered to Christ.

Here is what else we have been up to….

In Maths we started the week revising multiplying and dividing numbers by 10, 100, 1000 and multiples of 10,100 and 1000. We ended the week focusing on fraction and decimal equivalents.

In English we started our new unit: ‘Classic Fiction’. We started the unit by discussing the question, ‘Can modern literature be classed as Classic Fiction?’; the class were quite divided with their opinions on this! After a class debate, the children then wrote a balanced argument. We have also been exploring some archaic language from the opening of the Classic novel ‘The Wizard of Oz’.

In HRSE we have been looking at online safety . We have focused on sharing information online and when it is safe to and when it is not. Always remember, Take care when you share. If in doubt, speak out!

In Geography we have been idenifiying countires, cities and seas of the UK. We labelled a blank map with as much information as we could, using an atlas to help us. We then used the laptops to further research some kep facts and figures about the UK.

SNOW!!


🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Tommy for his positive attiude towards his learning and valued contribtuions to class discussion.

The Writing Award went to Lily T for a well-written and well-balanced discussion text.

The Maths award went to Olivia S for her growing cofidence in maths and her contributions to class discussion.

NOTICES:

  • PE day- Wednesdays.

  • Homework- I have set homework this week, details of which can be found on the Year 6 Homework Page.

  • Contact information- if you need to contact me for any reason, please email using year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk.

Wednesday Word and TenTen Newsletter

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word

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 JusTalk Kids This free guide breaks down the potential risks of JusTalk Kids and provides expert advice on how to safeguard young users as they navigate the app.

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.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Murphy, Mrs Ormerod & Mrs Owen

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Third Sunday of Advent....rejoice in hope!

This Sunday marks the third week of advent, when the Hope candle will be lit. During the third week of Advent we are filled with joy for the near arrival of Jesus on Christmas day. This Sunday is often called ‘Gaudete Sunday’ as we reflect on the joy the shepherd’s felt at the birth of Jesus.

We have continued opening our class advent calendar, which has been taking us on a journey to the birth of Christ. In our RE lesson we were reflecting on the true meaning of Christmas and Jesus as the Incarnation: God made man. God sent Jesus, who is truly God and truly human, as the fulfillment of His promise to send us a Saviour.

We also had the privilege of watch Reception’s and KS1’s nativities this week, when they showed us the story of Jesus’ birth through song, dance and acting!

Here’s what else we have been up to this week…

In Maths we have had another go at an arithmetic and reasoning paper. This will give me a good insight as to where each child’s strengths/areas of development are.

In English we have finished our shared write and the class have begun their independent write. Next week, we will be using every English lesson to complete this extended piece of write.….I am determined to read all of their completed stories before my last day! We also had another go at a reading and GPS SATs paper.

In Science we have completed our experiment!

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🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to lilly Ch for her caring attitude towards others.

The Writing Award went to James for working incredibly hard on his independent writing.

The Maths award went to Olivia W for trying so hard with her maths, even when she finds it challenging. Her hard work is paying off!

📌NOTICES 📌:

  • Dates for your diary:

    🗓 Tuesday 17th December - Christmas meal & Christmas jumper day.

    Children are invited to wear their own clothes for the day, and this can include Christmas jumpers, dresses or accessories if they would like - but please don't buy anything especially. We would like to support Save The Children with the Christmas jumper day, and will add a voluntary contribution of £1 to Parentpay for donations to this charity nearer the time.

    🗓 Thursday 19th December @ 2.00pm - KS2 Advent Service in Church.

    Parents are invited to celebrate the KS2 Advent Service over at Our Lady’s Church in the afternoon of the 19th December. We will be singing some Christmas carols as we tell the story of the Nativity. We do hope you can make it.

    🗓 Thursday 19th December - we break up for Christmas at usual finishing time, 3.15pm.

  • PE day- Wednesdays.

  • Contact information- if you need to contact me for any reason, please email using year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk.

Wednesday Word and TenTen Newsletter

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word

Almost there….

As this term nears the end, so does my journey with my Year 6 class as their teacher. I can hardly believe how fast these past four months have gone. In spite of this, we are still not ready to take our foot off the accelerator….we have plenty to fit into our last four days! I am so impressed with what each and every child has personally achieved so far and I will certainly be making the most of our last week together. I have already promised the class that I will give them ALL of me, and they need to give me ALL of them, before we break up for Christmas. Thank you to all of my Year 6 parents for your continued support this year and I look forward to giving them my continued support when Mrs Murphy returns in January.

Have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Ormerod, Mrs Owen

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AuthorCatherine Slater

'And on earth, peace to those on whom his favour rests.' Luke 2:14

This Sunday marks the second Sunday of Advent. On this day the Peace Candle, also known as the ‘Bethlehem Candle’, will be lit. The Bethlehem Candle is purple, signifying repentance and royalty. It recalls the preparations Mary and Joseph made for Jesus’ birth. As we’re getting ready for Christmas, let’s make our plans and carry them out. But, it is important not get so wrapped up in our own preparations that we’re too busy to appreciate what God is doing in our lives and that Advent is preparing us for the birth of Christ, our Saviour. Today, Fr. Frank led Year 6 in a lovely Advent reflection all about prayer.

Here’s what else we have been up to this week…

In Maths this week we began to complete our work on fractions looking at using bar models to help solve word problem.

In English we began our shared write and used Dickens’ style to describe the city of London on a foggy Christmas Eve as Scrooge makes his way home. We built tension and introduced the idea of phantoms and spirits through metaphor.

In RE we looked at the meaning and symbolism of the different parts of the Advent Wreath. We focused on the significance of each candle and their colour as well as the circular shape of the wreath. The class had a go at drawing the advent wreath in their own books and labelling each part.

Advent

On Thursday we attended an advent reflection in Church lead by Father Frank, this followed our reconciliation on Tuesday. It was a time to remember the meaning of advent as the world around us prepares for Christmas.

In Science completed writing our experiment ready to carry it out next week.

In History we listened to Emilia tell us about her great grandad who was an engineer during WWII. She very kindly brought in photographs, medals, newspaper articles and his air force wings. As a class we then went on to write about how we might feel being evacuated during Operation Pied Piper.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to

The Writing Award went to Alexander for a fantastic description in the style of Charles Dickens.

The Maths award went to Lola Mae for constantly thriving to improve.

📌NOTICES 📌:

  • PE day- Wednesdays.

  • Homework- I have set homework this week, details of which can be found on the Year 6 Homework Page.

  • Contact information- if you need to contact me for any reason, please email using year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk. at the moment i have trouble accessing this account. Please email the school office and they will forward the email on. Alternatively you can speak to me before or after school.

Wednesday Word and TenTen Newsletter

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Ormerod, Mrs Owen


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AuthorCatherine Slater

"Advent is a time of waiting for our Lord, who will visit us all in our own hearts." Pope Francis

This Sunday 1st December marks the first Sunday of Advent and the start to the Church’s new liturgical year. On this day, the Hope candle will be lit. Advent comes from the Latin word meaning "coming." Jesus is coming, and Advent is intended to be a season of preparation for His arrival. While we typically regard Advent as a joyous season, it is also intended to be a period of preparation and penance. In Year 6 this week we made our Advent Promises. As we were writing these, we were mindful of the ways in which we can use our promise to help spread the Kingdom of God.

WELL DONE TO THE GIRLS FOOTBALL TEAM!!!!

The girls football team played exceptionally and due to their team work and resilience, plus a huge amount of skill, won the tournament. We are so proud.

Here is what else we have been up to this week…

In Maths we have had a big focus on fractions particularly division. We also had a look at SAT paper questions on this topic . This was a good way to ease us into the reasoning papers and give the class an idea of the styles of questions we could be asked.

In English we look looked at A Christmas Carol. To introduce the text we put the novel into 10 scenes and acted them out so that we all had an overview of the story. We then used our active approaches to delve into the character of Scrooge in order to create a character profile so that we could compare his initial characterisation to the person he becomes after his ghostly encounters.

In Science we looked at the role of the circulatory system during exercise and we worked scientifically to design an experiment to support our theory.

In Art we began working with acrylics to create a night sky and we began to draw robins.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Emilia for constantly striving to be her best self

The Writing Award went to Darcy

The Maths award went to Connie for her go get it attitude.

📌NOTICES 📌:

  • Dates for your diary:

    6th December Christmas Fayre.

    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 Snapchat. This free guide brings you up to date with the risks associated with Snapchat, and lets you know how best to safeguard young people who use the app.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.

    Monitoring tips and strategies for parents of young children (Ages 5-10)

    1. Keep children’s devices in shared spaces: Children should use the internet and social media in common areas, such as the living room, where parents can easily keep an eye on their activities. To that end, set family ground rules that prohibit device usage in bedrooms and bathrooms, which allow opportunities to engage in risky behaviors.

    2. Establish clear rules and communication: Set clear expectations about appropriate online behaviour, time limits, and the types of websites or apps they can access. Maintain open lines of communication, so your child feels comfortable discussing any concerns or encounters they may have had.

    3. Parental controls and filtering: Make use of the parental control settings available on devices, web browsers, games and apps to restrict access to inappropriate content. Install child-friendly search engines and age-appropriate apps that offer a safer online experience.

      Top Tips for Using & Reviewing Parental Controls. This free guide provides expert advice on how to effectively activate and maintain parental controls on children’s devices.

    What Parents Need to Know about Sharing photos online. This free online safety guide explores sharing photos on social media – and what we should consider in avoiding possible harm.

    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.



  • Homework concerns

    I have started to notice that more and more children each week are failing to complete either the Bedrock lesson or the IXL units, and in some cases both! I really do not want the standard of homework completion to slip. Please can I politely ask parents to remind their child at home that all online homework has to be completed by Wednesday evening. I will reiterate this in school too.

  • PE day- Wednesdays.

  • Homework- I have set homework this week, details of which can be found on the Year 6 Homework Page.

  • Contact information- if you need to contact me for any reason, please email using year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk.

Wednesday Word and TenTen Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word



I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Ormerod Mrs Owen









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" When Jesus dwells in us as our friend and leader, we can bear all things." St Teresa of Avila

This week was the last in the Church year and Wednesday was the feast of Christ the King. It is a time for us to reflect and remember that jesus’ kingship is not one of splendour, crowns and glory, but one of peace - his kingdom is Heaven.

“Jesus leads us to go out from ourselves more and more, to give ourselves and to serve others, leading us on journey towards eternal life.”

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word

Here’s what else we have been up to this week…

In Maths we have been extending our knowledge of fractions to multiplication and division..

In English we finished our Biography and are excited to start looking at A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens .

In RE we continued with ‘Justice’.

In Science we looked at the components of our blood and the differences between veins, arteries and capillaries in order to understand their function.

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Authorfiona ormerod

"At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.” Laurence Binyon (Copy)

Monday marked Armistice Day: November 11th. Year 6 led a special remembrance assembly. Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed since the end of the First World War in 1919 to honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. We wanted to gather as a school as a mark of respect to remember and pray for all those fallen soldiers, who have bravely fought for our country in past wars, and also for those who are still fighting for our country now. Year 6 led this assembly so beautifully-many members of staff commented on how well they led this reflection and how respectful they were. Our

Remembrance Assembly

Here’s what else we have been up to this week…

In Maths we have been using our knowledge of fractions to add and subtract mixed numbers to solve word problems.

In English we are planning and starting to write our class Biography. We are planning each paragraph together and then drafting each paragraph as a class, before the children then innovate our class write into their books. Our focus person for our Biography is Usain Bolt. Next week, the children will then plan and write a biography independently. They will be able to use our class write to help them to structure and organise their own piece of writing.

In RE we started a new unit on ‘Justice’. We looked at what Justice actually means and what God teaches us about justice. We also looked at examples of injustice happening in our world today but also examples in our everyday life. Year 6 then created posters/leaflets all about Justice.

In Science we looked at the components of our blood and the differences between veins, arteries and capillaries in order to understand their function.

In History we have continued to investigate the effects on children during World War II and enjoyed handling artefacts from this period. In fact we are considering creating a pop up museum in the hall so that we can share our knowledge! Watch this space!

Children in Need

For Children in Need we dressed in colourful clothes to raise money and we would like to say a huge well done to Paddy Mc Guinness for his contribution to Children in Need.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Ronnie for always acting with respect.

The Writing Award went to Tommy for his understanding of tricky grammar concepts.

The Maths award went to Corben for concentrating on his work this week.

NOTICES:

  • Friday 16th November is Children in Need Day. To mark this day in school we would like to invite children to come to school in their own clothes that day, Pudsey ears and all, for a donation of £1 to Children in Need charities.

  • KS2 disco is on Friday 16th November

  • PE is on Wednesdays.

  • Homework- I have set homework this week, details of which can be found on the Year 6 Homework Page.

  • Contact information- if you need to contact me for any reason, please email using year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk.

  • Bike ability dates

  • Year 6 dates:

    21st & 22nd November 2024 

    28th & 29th November 2024 

    5th & 6th December 2024 

Wednesday Word and TenTen Newsletter

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word


Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Ormerod & Mrs Owen

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Busy Week!

This has been a very busy week for year six: with a football tournament for the boys on Monday, a trip to Hangar 42 on Wednesday, a girls football match on Friday plus preparations for our Remembrance Assembly on Monday and that is without mentioning all the learning we have been doing!

As you can see from the photographs we had an extremely interesting day building on our knowledge of the Battle of Britain. At the end of the day there was a competition and the winner was able to sit in the cockpit of a spitfire! Well done Elsie.

Well done to the year six girls football team for winning their match.

The year 6 boys played well but unfortunately lost their match, however they demonstrated great sportsmanship.

Well done to all the player!

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Lilly for her respectful attitude to all.

The Writing Award went to Amelia for her beautiful presentation of her work.

The Maths award went to Zahra for his resilience.

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Authorfiona ormerod