Fit2Go Festival and Mini Olympics

Welldone to all of Year 4 for representing our school beautifully on their two afternoon trips last week. The children had a wonderful time and they came 3rd in the Mini Olympics event! Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Dunford were extremely proud of them all.

VE Day Celebrations

Last Thursday, we celebrated the 80th anniversary of VE Day in school. Everyone looked great dressed in red, white and blue (our PE kit was perfect for this) and our school was decked out with flags. We enjoyed an extended play all together on the KS2 playground and listened to music from that time. To help the children understand the significance of VE Day, in class we listened to the radio broadcast from Winston Churchill and watched videos. The children also coloured VE day posters.

Exciting News from the Vatican!

We are pleased to share that a new Pope, Pope Leo XIV, has been chosen to lead the Catholic Church. This is a very special moment for Catholics around the world. The new Pope will continue the important work of spreading messages of love, kindness, and peace.

Let’s keep him in our thoughts and prayers as he begins his new journey.

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 worship…

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Blackpool Sings Pop 2025 Competition

Well done to everyone who took part in our auditions, it was a really difficult decision! Congratulations to Aibhin in Year 5 and Ava in Year 4, who will be representing our school. Good luck!

The Blackpool Sings Pop 2025 competition will be held on the evening of Tuesday 20th May at Montgomery Academy in Bispham. If you’d like to show your support, please come and cheer them on!

Golden tickets for reading!

A reminder that during the Summer term, the whole school will be taking part in a reading challenge. Children will receive a golden ticket each time they read and get their reading diary signed three times. At the end of each half term, during our celebration assembly, we will draw a golden ticket from each class’s box, and one winner from each class will receive a reward. Please encourage your child to read regularly and bring in their signed reading diary so they can continue collecting their golden tickets. Thank you for your support.

This week..

We are back to our normal timetable this week,

In English, the children are writing their own refugee narrative and they have made a brilliant start to them.

In Maths, we are comparing and estimating amounts of money and converting money from pence to pounds and pounds to pence.

In Science, we have started an evaporation experiment.

Please see the Y4 Homework webpage for the updated spellings and homework.

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.

On Friday 9.5.25, our school was in 3rd place out of 12 schools in the trust and we have scored 1156 points (school average score) so far.