'The time is always right to do what is right.' Martin Luther King

This week has been wellness week in school with Year 4 leading the way! Year 4 visited Year 6 to boost their positivity and mental health by instructing them in a Just Dance session! Not only were we very happy at then end of the dance routine but we were exhausted!

Well done to the tag rugby group for representing our school.

This week year 6 were reminded to shine their lights bright as they move through the year.

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

In Maths we have been very busy with division, factors, division rules, prime numbers, squared numbers and cubed numbers!

In English we finished our dairy entries ready for us to display!

In RE we responded to questions about what values of God’s Kingdom he showed and through our presentations we demonstrated to Father that we were excellent advocates for Gods mission.

In History (and DT) we continued to develop our understanding of the battle of Britain and as historians we looked at primary resources to help us understand what happened in the Blitz.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Peter, Connie and Henry for their kindness to each other which resulted in an excellent presentation.

The Writing Award went to Harriet and Mia for creative rewriting of Parables.

The Maths award went to Oscar for his resilience.

Notices:

• School trip letter has been sent home

• We are collecting tins of for Harvest. Any contributions are more than welcome!

• 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.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Ormerod Mrs Owen

'See how much the Father loves us. He has made us children of God.' 1 John 3:1 (Copy)

In our class worship this week we have been reflecting on God’s love for us. His love is unconditional and the greatest love of all. Well someone who showed God’s love through his actions was Saint Maximilian Kolbe. He was such an inspirational man, who put others before himself, something that lead to his own death. He sacrificed his own life for that of a stranger!

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

In Maths we have covered prime numbers, square and cube numbers and order of operations!! It’s been a busy week. The class have done so well, and there have been some challenging questions we have looked at together as a class.

In English we are planning and starting to write our class diary. 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. They will be able to use our class write to help them to structure and organise their own piece of writing.

In Science we finished describing the different functions of the parts of the circulatory system .

In History we watched some news reels from the Battle of Britain and made notes on what daily life was like for an RAF pilot. We then used these notes to consider how an interviewer would ask questions of the pilot so that we can recreate the scene and record our findings. We also had the chance to read a genuine letter from a real pilot during the Battle of Britain-its was quite emotional to read!

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Zahra for her determination to improve her work

The Writing Award went to Hallie for a fantastic diary draft.

The Maths award went to Lily T for her amazing maths skills.

Notices:

• Reading books - the class have completed their STAR Reading tests and been given their new ZPDs. I have said that they can finish reading the book they were in the middle of, even if it is not within their range. However, once they have finished that book they must then pick books within their range. Please can someone from home sign their records any time they complete home reading. In Year 6, I would expect them to be reading at least between 3 and 4 times a week.

• All of Year 6 now have their appointed roles within school. I have been so impressed with how they have undertaken these roles with such maturity.

• 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.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Ormerod, Mrs Owen

"The Kingdom of God is in the midst of you.” (Luke 17:20-21)

This week in RE we have been continuing our work on ‘The Kingdom of God’. After looking at some of the values of the Kingdom of God, we then responded to the question Is the Kingdom of God in heaven? If not, where can I find it? We quickly realised that the Kingdom of God is not just in heaven, it is here on earth and it starts within us and grows the more we do good deeds. We focused on some of Jesus’ parables that he used to explain God’s Kingdom and referenced these to support our responses. We also looked at what Pope Francis had to say, highlighting the importance that the Kingdom of God is hidden within us like a seed in the ground, which grows and becomes great by the power of the Holy Spirit. I was really inspired by what the class had to share when we talked about how we could help the Kingdom of God to grow through the things we do every day. The class have decided to spread the word through different mediums in order for them to have a positive impact on their community.

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

In maths we have been looking at dividing numbers up to 4 digits by 2 digits using different methods and then solving word problems alongside missing digit problems.

In English we have continued to look at a dairy entry by Rose Blanche and have analysed the features the author has used to engage the reader. We then applied this knowledge to our writing so that we included emotive language, adverbials, parenthesis and a variety of punctuation. Our diary entry was from the perspective of a young boy we tried to escape capture. They are looking good!

In History we have continued to look at the Battle of Britain and today we investigated the disadvantages and advantages that both the RAF and the Luftwaffe faced.

In science we have begun to investigate the function of the heart and how the blood travels through this amazing organ.

We celebrated European language by taking a trip around Europe - investigating languages, culture and puzzling out from clues which country we had landed in.

Award winners:

Maths: Darcy

Writing: Elsie

Golden Award: Dominic

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Fantastic speech day

All the children who ran for the position of head boy and head girl did an amazing job: reading with confidence; engaging their audience by making eye contact and ensuring that their voice could be heard. Well done.

That being said it made it extremely difficult for the whole school to decide on 2 people!!

Mrs Mannix felt that as there were tied votes for head girl this year there will be two head girls and 3 deputies.

The results are (as voted by the school):

Head Boy: Alexander Deputy: Kurt

Head Girl: Mia and Lily T Deputy: Lilly Ch Grace and Hallie

Not only have year 6 been exceptional role models in school they have also taken their values into Church today for their class mass on The Kingdom of God. They were exploring and questioning as part of our RE topic- What is a kingdom? How do I contribute to this kingdom? How do my actions grow the kingdom?

The children all brought an object that was important to them to demonstrate the Kingdom of God is not and object but a place we all contribute too, it is not and object but it is within us all and when we welcome this kingdom then :

The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.

Isaiah 11:6

Dates for Dairies

European Day of Languages 26th September - year 6 will be looking at Portugal

School Council Poster Competition- theme keeping our school tidy - closing date -18th October

Don’t forget that we are also part of the BEBCMAT Rock Stars Super League.

Each half term, the schools within the trust compete with each other on TTRS. This half term’s competition is already underway but we can still do our best to get as many points as we can from now till the 18th October. In addition to this, during our Celebration assembly on a Friday, our leaderboard will be announced. Please see the poster. Good luck everyone! See poster

Our school is currently in 4th place out of 12 schools in the trust. We have 414 points.

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

1st Aibhin Year 5. 9,194 points

2nd Natalia Year 5 9,042 points

3rd Ava Year 4 4,242 points

4th Ellenie Year 5 1,528 points

5th Alexander Year 5 1,332 points

Well done to everyone on our leaderboard this week!

Bikeability

Thank you to all those who have already filled in their Bikeability forms. If you have yet to send your child’s form back, please read and sign the forms as soon as possible and send back into school so that I can confirm numbers and allocate dates. Please be clear on your form whether your child will need to borrow a bike. If your child has not yet filled in their Bikeability form but does not wish to take part, please could you confirm this by email year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk Thanks for your support.

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Head Boy and Head Girl Speech Day Monday 16th September

This week, I have spoken to the class about preparing their speeches for Head Boy/Girl, should they wish to apply for the role.

We have practised the speeches in front of the class and I am impressed with the children’s confidence.

This year we are able to read the speeches in front of the whole school on Monday 16th September.

Please ensure you have your speeches perfected and at hand on Monday morning!

I am so pleased at the number of children in Year 6 that are applying for the Head Boy/Girl role….reading publicly, in front of an audience, is a huge skill and confidence boost in itself. In Year 6 ALL pupils will be given a role of responsibility, so even those who are not selected for the role of head girl/boy or deputy head girl/boy, and those who did not apply, will have a duty within the school. This could be digital leader, sports leader, prefect, classroom monitor, for example. We find that it is really important, and valuable, for the Year 6’s to be given roles of responsibility as part of the preparation for High School.

Here are some top tips for when you are writing your speech….

• Introduce yourself-not all children in school will know you by name!

• Talk about your time at Our lady’s so far-What responsibilities have you had? What have you achieved? What good qualities will you bring to the role?

• Talk about why you want the position

• What suggestions do you have to make Our Lady’s an even better place?

• How has the ethos at Our Lady’s help to shape you into the person you are? How will you inspire others in the school? (Growth Mindset-resilience?)

Good luck to all applicants…remember to speak eloquently and confidently and try not to look down at your speech-engage with the audience as must as possible. Remember DON’T RUSH !

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

In Maths we have been focusing on place value. We have been reading and writing 6-digit numbers, understanding the importance of zero as a place holder as well! There is a big difference between 604, 521 and 64,521!! We have also looked at multiplying and dividing numbers by 10, 100 and 1000.

In English we have focused aspects of grammar and vocabulary choice for effect. We have also had discussions about what nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs are…we will do more on this in our GPS lesson next week.

In RE we continued with our first unit ‘The Kingdom of God’. We talked about what we thought the Kingdom of God was.

In History we started our topic on ‘The Battle of Britain’ by using our concept map vocabulary to show what we already know about the BoB and WWII. We then ordered some key events from WWII chronologically and created a time line of key events.

Home work

Home work expectations:

Home work is a key part of learning progression in year 6 and it is essential that all home work is completed by Thursday. I am sure you will encourage them to stick to a deadline and begin to work independently in preparation for high school. If your child does not understand any of the concepts please do not hesitate to let me know and I can go over the work with them after school.

I will post the homework for the week on this page.

I will give the children spellings on a Friday to be tested on the following Friday.

Please make sure that your child is completing at least 2 Bedrock sessions a week as this improves their vocabulary which in turn supports their reading comprehension and writing skills.

I have given the children an Autumn term work book for maths which will be used both for home work and in school.

All the children are familiar with IXL and TT Rock Stars.

i am sure I do not need to tell you the importance of reading every day. The reading record books are checked on a daily basis so we can track their reading time.

HOME WORK for 13.9.2024 to be handed in on 19.9.2024

1. Maths work book page 6and 7

2. Bedrock

3. Times tables 7

4. IXL - English LL2 prepositions and their objects

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

Golden Award : Olivia S

English Award: Teddy

Maths Award: Emilia

Well done to the whole class for working extremely hard this week. Enjoy your weekend!!!

Welcome to Year 6 2024

A huge welcome to my new Year 6 class! This week I have spent time getting to know my lovely new class and hopefully the class now know me a lot better too! Although we have spent time getting to know the Year 6 routine and expectations, we have also hit the ground running, and made a good start to our learning.

I know Year 6 is a big year, not just for the children, but also for you parents too! Your (not so little) baby is getting ready to make that transition to high school next year and this is their last year of Primary school! With this is mind, I want to make sure that this is a successful and positive year for all. As a Year 6 team, we will work collaboratively with parents and children to ensure all of the class achieve their full potential and we will support you in any way we can. Yes, Year 6 is a challenging year, but it is also such an exciting year full of opportunity and responsibility. I look forward to starting this journey together.

Here is what we have been up to this week…

In Maths we started back with our ‘Fluent in 5’ from day one and I must say, I have been really impressed with the arithmetic skills in this class so far! In our Power Maths, our focus has been on place value up to 10,000,000. The class have done incredibly well with place value so far and we have looked at some challenging problems as a class too.

In English we made a start on our new unit focusing on the book ‘Rose Blanche’. We explored some key vocabulary and created descriptive sentences of scenes in the book using expanded noun phrases.. We also started with our ‘Grammar Warm-ups’ and reading comprehension, alongside our ‘Get Spelling’ activities.

In RE we have introduced our first topic, ‘The Kingdom of God’. We have explored and discussed some of the key values of the Kingdom of God and have written explanations as to why we think certain values are so important. We also used bible references to support our reasons. This week we also took part in daily class worships, and on Wednesday we had the chance to plan our own shared worships, ready to deliver to the class in future weeks.

In History we had an introductory lesson to our new topic, ‘The Battle of Britain.’ We looked at some key vocabulary and made links where we could and we have started to look at some key events of WW2, ordering them chronologically on a timeline…

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to the whole of year 6 for making a fantastic start to the new school year.

The Writing Award went to James for stunning descriptive work. Well done!

The Maths award went to Grace for an impressive start to her maths.

Notices:

PE days- Wednesdays this half term.

• Water bottles-these need to be filled and brought in each day and taken home to be cleaned at the end of each day. Each child in the class was provided with a school water bottle-please can you ensure these are the bottles that are brought in daily and not their own water bottle from home.

• Spellings- I gave the class a spelling test this week and they will come home with their spelling lists to practice next week. New spellings will be given on a Friday and they will be tested on them the following Friday.

• Reading books - we have not yet completed a STAR Reading test, so the children do not have their new ZPDs yet. As soon as they are complete, the class will come home with their reading book and record. This will need to be signed by an adult each time they read at home. However, the children have continued to take a reading book under their year 5 ZPD whilst we are waiting for the computer system to renew the data.

• Homework- I have not set any homework this week. From next week, homework will be set on a Friday and due for the following Wednesday (I check work has been complete on a Thursday morning). In terms of expectations, I will set Maths & English units on IXL , ask for at least one Bedrock lesson to be completed and spellings and times tables will be set too. Spellings and times tables tests will always be on a Friday.

• Head Boy & Girl - All those who have shown interest in being Head Boy or Girl this year will need to prepare a speech to deliver to teachers & KS2. I have asked that those interested write their speech at home and bring them in next week. I am happy to proof read any speeches and/or give tips/prompts!

  Other roles & responsibilities- In Year 6 every child in the class will have a responsibility. All of the class will be prefects and we also have roles such as librarians, dining hall monitors, assembly/prayer leaders, assembly set-up team…. I think it is really important for all the children to take on more responsibility as they enter Year 6; this is also good preparation for high school!

• Contact information- if you need to contact me for any reason, please email using year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk. I do apologise as I have not got access to this email address yet, but this is being sorted. I will hopefully have full access by early next week.

• Water Park- Year 6 will visit Water Park is in June. I will organise a parent meeting regarding cost, requirements etc before the end of this half term.

Thank you, Year 6, for a lovely first week back! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Owen

Goodbye Year Six Friday 19th July

Congratulations Year Six…

on finishing the year… we definitely went out with a bang!

Myself and the Year Six team are extremely proud of you all we hope you are proud of yourselves too!

Awards

Joseph, Charlotte, Lexi, William, Amy and Avie.

The Year Six Memory Slideshow

So, the slideshow used in the assembly this morning is very long. I will provide the link to the slide show and the instructions for playing it to fit the music. Please either screen-record this or record it on your phone, or take screenshots of the parts you want to keep.

The link will be accessible for two weeks. After this time please contact the school.

Please do not put it on social media.

LINK

Click slideshow - top right (the word slideshow will initiate the slideshow to start)

Hover your mouse bottom left and it should bring up numbers and arrows - Click the three dots

Click Autoplay

Click 3 Seconds

Then click play before closing the window - this will begin the slideshow to fit the music

Images below to assist

Thank you

Thank you all for all the amazing cards and gifts.

We wish you all success in the future.

Much love, the year six team.

Homework :)

Enjoy the Summer!!!!!!

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Leavers Assembly 9.15

Tomorrow, the leavers assembly is at 9.15 am

Summer begins at 3.15 pm

Friday 12th July

WE DID IT!!!!

Congratulations to all of the year six class. We worked so hard and the performance was a tremendous success.

The Golden Award was received by the whole class for their efforts.

Trip on Tuesday

Please ensure that the disclaimer forms are returned by Monday 15th July.

The year six team is excited to be taking the class to skateboarding and street art. Ralphy House is a special project set up by the House of Wingz team in Blackpool in remembrance of Ralph. Ralph’s House is a new skate facility designed to help beginners build their confidence and to give more advanced skaters a safe and creative space to hang out. Supported by Live like Ralph, the space is designed to encourage more young people to skateboard. Find out more here.

The year sixes have shown a keen interest in Art and I know they will enjoy letting their creative juices flow whilst producing some street art that they will bring home to show you.

Trust me… this is going to be great!

IMPORTANT DATES THIS WEEK

Tuesday 16th July 9.15 am Year 6 Leavers mass whole school and families in the church please wear school uniform

Tuesday 16th July 11.30am End of year trip an email will be sent detailing the information. Children will get changed into own clothes after Mass. Clothes need to be ones they do not mind getting dirty, no crocs, no shorts/skirts. We are doing a physical activity and joggers will be preferable.

Friday 19th July Leavers assembly 9.15am and 3.15 pm Break up for Summer ☀️

Friday 5th July

Rehearsals

This week we have focused on setting every scene in the production. It is coming together but it has been slow progress. Congratulations to every member of year six for showing determination, perseverance and resilience.

School Taster Days

We hope all students enjoyed their taster days! So far the students seemed to have enjoyed them and are feeling positive about their new schools.

Awards

The Golden Award: Congratulations Bobby!

Good News Gospel

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Wednesday Word

Diary Dates

Thursday 11th July Year Six End of year show 6 pm

Friday 12th July Summer Fair after school PTFA events

Tuesday 16th July 9.15 am Year 6 Leavers mass whole school and families in the church please wear school uniform

Tuesday 16th July 11.30am End of year trip an email will be sent detailing the information. Children will get changed into own clothes after Mass. Clothes need to be ones they do not mind getting dirty, no crocs, no shorts/skirts. We are doing a physical activity and joggers will be preferable.

Friday 19th July Leavers assembly and 3.15 pm Break up for Summer ☀️

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

Keeping children and young people safe online is one of the biggest challenges facing society today and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that children are educated to make positive, informed choices when they are online.

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

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Palworld  This free guide explores the immensely successful game, Palworld, detailing the risks it may pose to younger players and offering advice on how to let them enjoy this title safely.

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.

Friday 28th June

Rehearsals

This week we have focused on setting every scene in the production. It is coming together but it has been slow progress. Congratulations to every member of year six for showing determination, perseverance and resilience.

RE

This week we have continued with our new topic Faith in Action. We enjoyed our visitor on Monday and had a lively discussion about the book we are studying, Unstoppable by Dan Freedman.

Good News Gospel

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Wednesday Word

Sports Day

Congratulations to Year 6 for taking part in Sports Day. I was very proud of everyone’s exceptional behaviour. I was also really proud of students joining in, who maybe didn’t feel as confident about taking part. We celebrated with ice lollies. Congratulations also to any dads who took part too!

Awards

Congratulations to William who won the Golden Award.

Diary Dates

Thursday 11th July Year Six End of year show 6 pm

Friday 12th July Summer Fair after school PTFA events

Tuesday 16th July 9.15 am Year 6 Leavers mass whole school and families in the church

Friday 19th July Leavers assembly and 3.15 pm Break up for Summer ☀️

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

Keeping children and young people safe online is one of the biggest challenges facing society today and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that children are educated to make positive, informed choices when they are online.

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

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Palworld  This free guide explores the immensely successful game, Palworld, detailing the risks it may pose to younger players and offering advice on how to let them enjoy this title safely.

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.

Friday 21st June

What will the next few weeks look like?

As you are aware we are putting on our year six play in a few weeks. Our current classwork involves rehearsals, set design, singing and dancing. The class have adapted to a more loose schedule really well. They have all been working hard and putting in 100% effort which has been very impressive. Keep up the hard work year 6!

RE

This week we continued our new unit called Faith in Action. We have been discussing what it means to belong to a community.

PSHE: Every Monday this term we will have a visitor discussing our book Unstoppable by Dan Freedman.

Unstoppable Review

Secrets and lies . . . secrets and lies . . .
Fourteen-year-old twins, Kaine and Roxy, used to be close, but now they can hardly bear to be in the same room. Roxy hates the way her brother behaves - Kaine might be brilliant at football but he's always in trouble and cares nothing about his family. And Kaine despises the way his supposedly-perfect sister, dominates their parents in her ambition to reach Wimbledon.
But the twins are both hiding dangerous secrets of their own, secrets that could destroy everything they are working towards - and both Roxy and Kaine's survival hangs precariously in the balance.
Gripping, twisting, and real, this book is UNSTOPPABLE.

Kindness

A big shout out to Oscar Op for his kindness and honesty this week. Frankie helped Jacob up off the floor in football and he also helped him during rehearsals. Amy has been kind to all her classmates as has Joshua. Amelia spilt her tray and at least five people stopped to help her.

There have been some people arguing and having disagreements this week which has been such a shame. Myself, Mrs Owen and Ms McCooey are on the look out for more acts of kindness from year six next week.

Awards

Writing: Mickey

Maths: Oscar O’c

Golden: Amy

Congratulations to our award winners!

A special congratulations to Emma who won Musician of the Year and treated us all to a song on the drums during today’s assembly.

Diary Dates

Friday 28th June (am) KS2 Sports Day - provisional subject to weather🤞🏻. Please note KS1’s will be the day before (subject to weather). Alternative dates have been arranged for Sport’s day if the weather is poor.

Thursday 11th July Year Six End of year show 6pm

Friday 12th July Summer Fayre after school PTFA events

Tuesday 16th July 9.15am Year 6 Leavers mass whole school and families in church

Friday 19th July Leavers assembly and 3.15pm Break up for Summer ☀️

Good News Gospel

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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

TenTen Parent Newsletter

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

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.

Friday 14th June

Welcome back Year 6

We hope that you all had a wonderful half-term. I have enjoyed hearing about everyone’s favourite days out or activities.

Maths

This week we have been using our maths knowledge and applying it to real life problems. Which Supermarket is better to shop in? Which offers are better? If I have three different quantities of butter at different prices how do I know which is cheaper to buy? How do I apply my knowledge of percentages to offers found in the supermarket?

The class have found it very tricky but have persevered and shown true resilience in their learning this week.

English

Firstly we wrote accounts of our half-term activities and year six took turns to share what they had written with the class. Then we moved on to our project combining science and research with writing an argumentative piece of writing. The class is just completing their research on a topic of their choice about the Environment. Next week we will examine the language used when presenting two sides of an argument.

RE

This week we started a new unit called Faith in Action. We have been discussing what it means to have been made in God’s image. We have discussed how we can reflect God’s image in our actions and daily lives.

PSHE: Every Monday this term we will have a visitor discussing our book Unstoppable by Dan Freedman.

Unstoppable Review

Secrets and lies . . . secrets and lies . . .

Fourteen-year-old twins, Kaine and Roxy, used to be close, but now they can hardly bear to be in the same room. Roxy hates the way her brother behaves - Kaine might be brilliant at football but he's always in trouble and cares nothing about his family. And Kaine despises the way his supposedly-perfect sister, dominates their parents in her ambition to reach Wimbledon.
But the twins are both hiding dangerous secrets of their own, secrets that could destroy everything they are working towards - and both Roxy and Kaine's survival hangs precariously in the balance.
Gripping, twisting, and real, this book is UNSTOPPABLE.

Please help

With our end of year show approaching please help your child practice their lines at home.

Please note that if your child has no lines or a small part it is because they asked for this and we do not want to put any child under any extra pressure.

With the exception of Ayson who is our stage manager and will be running the whole production on the night, every other child will be in the play singing and dancing.

If you have any questions or issues please catch me at the end of the school day and I will be happy to discuss these issues.

Also does anyone happen to have a silver space outfit age 12/13 or adult size that we could borrow before we buy one?

Please ensure you have handed in your Poster Competition entries

 Smoke-Free Parks Campaign

Since 2012, Blackpool Council have implemented voluntary bans in Blackpool parks. The introduction of smoke-free parks provides an opportunity to help create a cultural shift towards ‘not smoking’ being the norm.  This establishes fewer public spaces where people can smoke, challenges the myth that smoking is a normal activity that most people do, and helps children and young people realise that it is not normal for people to smoke.  We will be implementing new and improved smoke-free park signs across Blackpool play parks and need your help to support this campaign which will empower children across Blackpool to reclaim their spaces.

Poster Competition

We would like to invite Blackpool Primary Schools Key Stage 2 to take part in a Public Health competition to design an A4 poster for Blackpool Smokefree Parks.  The winner will hopefully get to see their poster in Play Parks across Blackpool  and will also win £250 in vouchers for their school.  Please hand in your posters to school.

Kindness

As always we are on the look out for kindness and how we can reflect God’s image through kindness. This week Ayson helped Jacob when he was upset, Frankie also helped Jacob on a separate day. Mickey helped Jacob during Maths, Emma helped Amy during RE, Josh helped William during RE. Oscar O’c helped Chase during Maths, Hallie helped Elsie during Maths. This week I have been really impressed with our kindness - YEAR SIX PLEASE KEEP IT UP. When we are kind and caring it helps us have a more nurturing and loving classroom environment which is what I always strive to create, but it is only created if we work together as a team.

Awards

Writing: Emma and William

Maths: Hallie

Golden: Ayson

Congratulations to our award winners!

Diary Dates

Friday 28th June (am) KS2 Sports Day - provisional subject to weather🤞🏻. Please note KS1’s will be the day before (subject to weather). Alternative dates have been arranged for Sport’s day if the weather is poor.

Thursday 11th July Year Six End of year show 6pm

Friday 12th July Summer Fayre after school PTFA events

Tuesday 16th July 9.15am Year 6 Leavers mass whole school and families in church

Friday 19th July 3.15pm Break up for Summer ☀️

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

Keeping children and young people safe online is one of the biggest challenges facing society today and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that children are educated to make positive, informed choices when they are online.

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

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

We hope you find this guide informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all.

Good News Gospel

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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

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Wednesday Word

Friday 24th May

We made it!

Congratulations to all of year six as this was a tough term. Mrs Owen, Mrs Mckewie and I are all so proud of you, I hope you are immensely proud of yourselves.

Project Work

This week we explored aviation we completed computing, history and design based on this theme. Year six loved taking part, thinking of questions and researching their answers.

English

We have been completing writing tasks for our SATs writing assessment. The class chose someone who altered the course of history, researched them and made information leaflets about these people. Students chose to research many interesting figures such as; Martin Luther King Jr, The Wright Brothers and Ebenezer Morley.

RE

This week we have been deepening our understanding of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. We have been studying the Early Christian Community, the effect of the Holy Spirit and God sending angels to help those imprisoned. The class then looked into ways they could be a disciple of Jesus.

Drug Talk

On Thursday Lancashire Constabulary visited our class to inform us about drugs and how to stay safe as we grow up. PCSO Savage was very informative and provided us with lots of information and examples of what was illegal and how to protect ourselves.

Poster Competition

 Smoke-Free Parks Campaign

Since 2012, Blackpool Council have implemented voluntary bans in Blackpool parks. The introduction of smoke-free parks provides an opportunity to help create a cultural shift towards ‘not smoking’ being the norm.  This establishes fewer public spaces where people can smoke, challenges the myth that smoking is a normal activity that most people do, and helps children and young people realise that it is not normal for people to smoke.  We will be implementing new and improved smoke-free park signs across Blackpool play parks and need your help to support this campaign which will empower children across Blackpool to reclaim their spaces.

Poster Competition

We would like to invite Blackpool Primary Schools Key Stage 2 to take part in a Public Health competition to design an A4 poster for Blackpool Smokefree Parks.  The winner will hopefully get to see their poster in Play Parks across Blackpool  and will also win £250 in vouchers for their school.  Please hand in your posters to school.

Awards

Writing: Lexi and Oscar O’c

Golden: Mickey

Head Teacher Award: Jacob and Chase

Diary Dates

Monday 10th June School reopens for pupils

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

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

Friday 28th June (am) KS2 Sports Day - provisional subject to weather🤞🏻. Please note KS1’s will be the day before (subject to weather). Alternative dates have been arranged for Sport’s day if the weather is poor.

Friday 12th July Summer Fayre after school PTFA events

Tuesday 16th July 9.15am Year 6 Leavers mass whole school and families in church

Friday 19th July 3.15pm Break up for Summer ☀️

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

Keeping children and young people safe online is one of the biggest challenges facing society today and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that children are educated to make positive, informed choices when they are online.

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

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

We hope you find this guide informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all.

Good News Gospel

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Wednesday Word

Friday 17th May

SATS is over!!

Every student in year six worked extremely hard and tried their best. I am so proud of them and more importantly, I hope they are proud of themselves.

Our days this week were filled with exams and treats. Each day we had cakes, ice lollies and biscuits to celebrate the completion of another exam. In the afternoons we completed Art projects and got messy, we stayed outside for longer and played on the trim trail and played football, we completed team games and even built structures out of marshmallows and cocktail sticks. Every student excelled and achieved.

We rounded off the week with a SATs Party which was a great success. Thank you to everyone for contributing food.

Also, parents and guardians, thank you for supporting your child/children on their year six journey. We couldn’t do it without your endless support.

Photos of the week

Week beginning 20th May

This week students will be completing writing tasks for the writing part of the SATs assessment. The writing will be completed in a relaxed atmosphere and I will try to make it as interesting as possible.

Friday 10th May

English and Math

This week we have spent our time preparing for SATs. Year six have worked exceptionally hard and been extremely focused.

RE

This week in RE we have been discussing Peter the Apostle and the miracles he performed. The class have enjoyed these discussions and has been thinking about what miracles they might perform in today’s world.

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SATS Information

SATs begin on Monday, please ensure your child/children arrive promptly to school. Breakfast club will be open to year six, please drop off your child/children from 8.20-25am. It is a worrying and stressful time please try to ensure students get an early night. They do not need any extra equipment as this is all provided. Sometimes students fail for various reasons (mind block, paper was harder than usual, panic) and that’s okay. All we ask of them is to try their best. We are so proud of them and how far they have come. The hard work they have shown is second to none.

Kindness

Oscar Op has been extra kind and supportive of Jacob, Bobby has been kind to the class. Lexi helped Izzy when she dropped her tray. Avie helped Chase pick up his rubbish. Avie helped Izzy and Ason sort out a disagreement. Ola has been kind to the class too.

Student Awards

Golden Award: Ola

Math Award: Amelia

English Award: Jacob

Homework

The class have brought all their practice SATs papers home to read over the weekend in preparation for next week.

SATs Party

Bring in food on Friday 17th May only please.

After SATs are over we will be celebrating with a SATs party on Friday 17th May. We are having a jacob joint.

Each child has chosen what they would like to bring, they can bring additional items to share if they want to but can we ask that they please bring what they have chosen. If there are any problems or concerns please let us know after school on Monday.

Rules: No fizzy drinks please

Bread: Mrs Owen

Butter: Joseph

Ham: Avie and Emma and Amy

Cheese: Izzy and Charlotte

Tuna: Ayson (x4 tins)

Chicken (for sandwiches): Mickey and Jacob

Egg Mayo: Mrs Crizbasan

Crisps: Oscar and Oscar

Cakes: Hallie, Elsie and Frankie

Sausage Rolls: William, Mr Wells

Pork Pies: Amelia, Mrs Bland

Salad: Mrs Crizbasan

Mini Sausages: Ola

Mayo: Joseph

Cordial for juice: Chase and Bobby

Quiche: Lexi

BBQ Sauce: Joshua

Thoughts

As we approach SATs please remember SATs don’t measure everything. Here is a poem that went viral in 2019.

SATS don’t measure sports,

SATS don’t measure art,

SATS don’t measure music

Or the kindness in your heart.

SATS don’t see your beauty,

SATS don’t know your worth,

SATS don’t know the reason

You were put upon this Earth.

SATS don’t see your magic,

How you make others smile,

SATS don’t time how quickly

You can run a mile.

SATS don’t hear your laughter,

Or see you’ve come this far,

SATS are just a tiny glimpse

Of who you really are.

So sitting at your table

With your pencil and your test,

Remember SATS aren’t who you are,

Remember you're the best!

I read a letter on a blog, a mum wrote to her child after they had failed an important exam in school, I thought I would share an extract of it with you. I am a mum of two and sometimes I forget how stressful exams can be and how difficult growing up can be. It is easy for me to correct my children on their behaviour, sometimes I forget to tell my children just how wonderful they are and how proud of them I am.

I thought I would share it with you because I am proud of every child in year six. I have enjoyed getting to know them and helping them on their year six journey, they have each made so much progress and again I am just so proud of them.

A Letter to My Child Who Has Failed

January 2, 2024//  by Kari Patterson

I want you to learn.

I want you to learn that nothing could ever make me love you more, or less.

I want you to learn that you can always come to me with your tears, your shame, your guilt.

I want you to learn that there is Light that extends to the farthest reaches of any dark hole you ever find yourself in.

I want you to learn that everyone has felt this.

I want you to learn that you are never alone.

That God’s grace is bigger, bigger, bigger, bigger…

I want you to learn to courageously and humbly take responsibility for your part.

I want you to learn never to pass blame.

I want you to learn never to hide.

I want you to learn that everywhere there is failure, there is also forgiveness. 

I want you to learn that my love for you is deeper, wider, and fuller than you could ever fathom.

That I am so proud of you I can’t even pull together the words to express it to you.

Thank you to every parent and guardian for supporting your children on their SATs journey. All we ask is that you try to encourage a good night’s sleep.

Friday 3rd May

English and Maths

This week we have been fully focused on filling our knowledge gaps for our SATs. Every single year six pupil has worked hard and improved. I am extremely proud of year six and their approach to their learning.

RE

This week in RE we have studied Pentecost and written an article for a newspaper. Year six has enjoyed discussing what speaking in tongue means, how they would react if suddenly God gave us the gift of speaking many languages and how we would utilise that gift in today’s world.

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Pupil Awards

Golden Award: Hallie

Writing: Joseph

Maths: Frankie

Take note:

In preparation for the SATs we will be focusing on the students weaker areas of the curriculum. Year six will hopefully have a bit more free time outside (where possible) because of the intense learning taking place in the classroom.

Dates:

SATS begin on: Monday 13th May, please look out for information about breakfast next week.

Friday 26th April

Homework

Details in the homework section of the blog

English

Spellings and IXL

Math

Times tables and IXL

Class Awards

Star Writer: Chase and Jacob

Star Mathematician: Amelia

Star of the Week: Oscar O’c

Congratulations to all of Year 6 for their effort and teamwork.

Week 1 post Water Parks

We have spent the week adjusting back to normal life. I have been exhausted and the children have too but their determination to succeed in their work has been second to none. The teamwork and resilience they learnt last week have certainly carried us through this week.

English

This week we have been focusing on GPS and inference for our SATs. We also recapped how to write a diary entry ready for a cross-curricular unit in RE. Rounding off the week with spelling tests and reading tests.

Maths

This week we have been finishing off revising decimals and recapping fractions. We also learnt about pie charts and how to read the information presented in them. We rounded off the week with three math tests in preparation for SATs.

RE

We used our diary knowledge from English and we wrote a diary entry from the point of view of being a disciple on the day that Jesus ascended into heaven The year six work was outstanding, they all enjoyed getting back into our RE work after the week break we had at Water Parks.

PE

Year six had mixed feelings about PE this week as cricket is not the sport for everyone. Having said that they all tried hard and worked well as a team during the class. Erin was pleased with their teamwork and kindness.

Kindness

As always we are looking for students who are kind and caring towards each other. The whole school has noticed a positive change in the year six behaviour since returning from Water Parks. Oscar Oc has been exceptionally kind towards Jacob this week, Amelia saw a year five being mean to someone and she stepped in to sort the situation out, Joshua has been kind to Hallie in class, Lexi has been kind to her classmates who were feeling left out, Emma has been kind to William and Josh.

Keep it up Year 6! Kindness is so important.

As Lexi and Oscar Oc have told me:

Enemies has seven letters, so does friends.

Liars has five letters, so does truth.

Hate has four letters, so does LOVE.

Day 5 Water Park

Coniston

We met our group leaders and we decided to climb the high ropes. We climbed to the Leap of Faith and each child faced their fears and jumped off the platform attempting to hit a large floating ball. Mickey had a wobble on the pole on Tuesday yet here he climbed up and jumped off the platform without hesitation, we were all so proud of him. We climbed the tallest tree on the grounds, all pushing ourselves and achieving great things. Lexi froze at the top and after a little coaxing, let go of the tree to abseil down. Avie needed coaxing up to the top and made it, Hallie and Ameilia were both at the top in a blink of an eye. Joseph climbed till he felt comfortable then we coaxed him up five move bars which was amazing!

Wetherlam

Our last day has sadly arrived. The weather was glorious even though it was a little chilly. We put on our waterproofs and got ready to canoe across the lake. We worked as a team and canoed to Peel Island where we ventured out of the canoe to have an explore. We played some games our favourite was sardines, we had so much fun. Time flew by and suddenly it was time to canoe back to Water Park to have lunch.

Swirl Howe

This morning was dry and sunny. The last activity we took part in was kayaking. We played games and a few of us fell into the lake including Miss Evans. After showers for those who fell in, we had an early lunch and waited for the other groups to meet and discover who had won the cleanest changing rooms.

Star of the Day

Coniston: Avie for pushing herself to climb to the top of the tree

Wetherlam: Shout out to Chase whom we missed very much

Swirl Howe: Oscar Oc for perseverance and helping others who were struggling

Star of the Week

Coniston: Joseph for getting stuck in, facing his fears, staying positive when he was struggling, persevering and pushing on with a smile

Wetherlam: Frankie for trying everything, persevering, helping others when they were scared

Swirl Howe: Izzy, who had a wobble at the start of the week, put it behind her and through determination shone in all she did

Winner of cleanest room

Water Park staff said everyone had kept their rooms tidy so congratulations to you all. Teachers chose one room in particular… Congratulations to Jacob and William.

Winner of cleanest changing room

For five years the boys have won this title…. this time it went to the girls! Congratulations to all the girls!

The end of the trip

We all had a wonderful time. It was an absolute pleasure to take this group to Water Park.

Thank You

On behalf of all of us who went thank you to each student for adhering to the school values of; care, learn and respect. You were all amazing and we all had so much fun.

Day 4 Water Park

Coniston

Today we enjoyed our breakfast of cereal and toast followed by sausages and eggs. We needed it as we knew we were in for a wet day. In the morning we went sailing on fun-boats. It was fantastic once we made it to the middle of the lake because the wind picked up. All the children had to chase Mrs Bland back and forth across the lake. We had some near collisions and by the end of the session we were all pros! We then had lunch back at the house and got kitted out in wet suits and water proofs ready ghyll scrambling. After a short mini-bus ride we began the long journey up to the top of the waterfall. The group showed great teamwork, determination and perseverance. We all fell over many times but it didn’t stop us as after an hour and a half we finally made it to the top of the waterfall. By the time we got home we were all ready for a hot shower and dinner - burger and chips!

Wetherlam

Today we’ve had such a fun day. We started by kayaking in the lake. We then did seal launches off the jetty which was amazing. Mrs Owen fell off her kayak playing kayak football too! Again there was lots of perseverance and encouragement. We kayaked back to the shore and jumped off the jetty. We were so cold by this point. We all had a hot shower and then lunch. In the afternoon, the children abseiled down the big tree and then spent some time on the indoor climbing wall.

Swirl Howe

Well the weather hasn't been great today. This morning we did high ropes on Water Park’s ground, we did the floating ladder and the leap of faith. We then had lunch and got ready. We put so many layers on we could hardly walk to the Ghyll for Ghyll Scrambling. The group worked hard and had a lot of fun! We were falling in water, swimming, climbing up waterfalls and sliding on rocks. It was very cold but we just got on with it and enjoyed it so much.

Evening Activities

The talent show was a huge success I had no idea we were all so talented! Congratulations to all who chose to take part.

3rd place: Oscar Oc on piano

2nd place: Emma drawing

1st place: Lexi dancing

The disco was another successful event. The children enjoyed dressing up in their disco clothes and showing off their dance moves.

Star of the Day

Coniston: Amelia for not giving up, and having such a positive attitude

Whetherlam: Ola for perseverance and resilience in the face of completing tasks she struggled with

Swirl Howe: Oscar Op for helping everyone who was struggling and being so kind