This Sunday 23rd May we celebrate the feast of Pentecost. Pentecost marks the very beginning of the formation of the church. On this day, the apostles were filled with the Holy Spirt and they began their mission to continue Christ’s work, on earth. On that very day, they baptised 3000 people! In our RE lesson we looked at the events of this day, and the class were then given the task to create a ‘freeze frame’ of Pentecost….
Here’s what else we have been up to….
In Maths, we have be doing some more algebra! This class really do love their algebra, and I can relate to this! There is something extremely satisfying about solving algebraic equations, by finding out the missing values…it is a bit like solving a puzzle!
In English, we have planned and written another biography. This time we have all been writing about Thomas Edison, as he links in nicely with our Science topic of ‘Light’. We did our biography unit way back before Christmas so it was a great way for me to assess whether they had remembered how to structure a biography, and include a variety of punctuation, sentence structures and vocabulary.
In Science, we have been presenting our PowerPoints, all about ‘refraction’. I was so impressed with the quality of these presentations; they were extremely informative and very well presented.
AWARD WINNERS:
This week’s Golden Award went to Caitlyn for her positive attitude towards school life-she brightens the classroom with her smile!
The Writing Award went to Liliana for her effective use of sentence starters in her biography.
The Maths Award was given to Vinny for his perfect scores on his mock papers. I also gave a Maths Award to Abigail this week for the amazing progress she has made with her Maths.
The winner of the class Bedrock competition, scoring an astounding 944 points(!!!) was Claire….well done, Claire, I am blown away!! I also gave a little runner-up treat to Reuben and Ryan who scored over 300 points! Well done, boys!
OTHER NOTICES:
School reopens on Monday 7th June-normal start time of 8.40am
As the restrictions are easing, Fr. Jim in encouraging those ( who can leave the house) to attend weekly Mass. It would be lovely to see many of you at Mass on Saturday evening or Sunday morning
Just a reminder that, as it stands, the Year 6 production will be recorded and available to watch virtually. Sadly, we are still not in a position to welcome people into the school hall, at one time. This will most likely be recorded at some point during the week beginning 5th July. After half term, the class will be coming home with songs and/or lines to rehearse
After half term, we will also have our Sport’s Day. Again, it is unlikely we will be in the position to invite parents along, but I will be sure to take lots of pictures
I have not set any homework over the half term, but please keep up with reading. You can access Bedrock lessons, whenever you like!
I can hardly believe we will be entering our very last half term together, upon our return to school. Your children continue to make me incredibly proud, and I am in awe of their sheer strength and determination over this past year. Despite all of the (many) challenges they have faced this year, they will be leaving Our Lady’s as resilient young learners, ready to embark upon their High School journey…I could burst with pride!
I hope you all have a lovely couple of weeks off. I will be savouring every moment of our last six weeks together, when we return!
Take care,
Miss Slater & Mrs Murray
