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…
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.
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
