We returned to school to the sad news that Pope Francis had passed away on Monday of this week. Pope Francis was a compassionate, courageous and loving leader of our Church, who dedicated his life to helping those in need and living out the values of the Gospel. In class we have had a discussion about exactly what Pope Francis has done for the Catholic Church and we watched a short CAFOD video tribute to him. May he rest in peace. 🕊
In RE this week we have been reflecting on The Resurrection of Christ and what is means for us. We talked about the HOPE it give us all: hope that we too will receive eternal life in heaven; hope that our sins will be forgiven; hope that God loves us.
Here is what else we have been up to….
In our Maths this week we have looked at the last set of SATs paper. We will use these papers to see where any gaps are and that is what I will be coving over the next two weeks in our Maths lessons. I know that there are some areas that some of the class feel they could do with a bit more revision on, so these areas will be the focus of Maths lesson, moving forawrd.
In English we looked at the Shakespeare play, The Tempest. We read over a summary of the play and watch a short video too. Mrs Ormerod then led a lesson and we performed the whole play in 20 minutes! We now know the storyline, in preparation for our visit to The Grand Theatre on Monday afternoon, where we have the privilege of watching a stage perfromance by the RSC!
In Science we continued with our topic on Light. Our focus this week was shadows. We underastand that shadows are formed when opaque or translucent objects block light. Opaqe objects create darker shadows as they do not allow any light to pass through. We then did an investigation to see how the distance of an object from a light source effects the height of the shadow that is formed. We recored our results on a table and on a graph and wrote up our analysis and conclusion.
In HRSE we recapped Online Safey. This included ways to stay online as well as cyberbullying. We then completed the end of unit assessment activity.
🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟
The Golden Award went to Peter for being a cosiderate friend to all.
The Maths Award went to Olivia Welsby for the huge improvement with her arithmetic!
The Writing Award went to Darcy for her scientific explanation on how periscopes work. She include all of the key vocabualry from the board.
Our Lady’s sponsored run
Thank you so much for all of your sponsorships for our ‘Run to Rome’. As a school, we successfully ran all the way to Rome! Year 5 and 6 ran 1764 laps of the field track in total! Today each class did a final lap on the track to celebrate! All raised money will go towards Miss Heim Sarac’s sponsored London Marathon run for CAFOD; this will take place this weekend so please keep Miss Heim Sarac in your thoughts and prayers. Having spoken to her about it this week, I know she is excited and terrified in equal measures! She thanks you all for your support!
This week’s Our Lady’s Top of the Rock’s Leaderboard:
1st Ava Year 4 8114
2nd Priya Year 4 7537
3rd Matilda Year 4 7493
4th Annie Year 4 3993
5th Finlay Year 4 1100
Well done to everyone on our leaderboard this week!
📌NOTICES📌:
⚽ PE day- Wednesdays.
📝Homework-please check the Year 6 Homework Page for details of the work set this week.
📩 Contact information- if you need to contact me for any reason, please email using year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk.
📆 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…
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.
🖥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 Making Friends Online This free guide looks at the challenges of children forming friendships online, highlighting key risks such as grooming, privacy concerns and inappropriate content — and offers tips for staying safe.What Parents and Educators Need to Know about ZEPETO This free guide explores ZEPETO, a fast-growing virtual world app. It highlights the associated risks for younger users, such as chatting with strangers, exposure to inappropriate content, and spending real money.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.
Mrs Murphy, Mrs Ormerod & Mrs Owen
