First Encounters of Shakespeare’s The Tempest
On Monday we had a great afternoon at the Grand Theatre watching The Tempest. The children really enjoyed the performance and represented our school and class beautifully.
Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker
Yesterday, the whole school went to church for the Feast of St Joseph the Worker. This celebration of St. Joseph the Worker was a response from the Church, instituted by Pope Pius XII exactly seventy years ago in the Year of Our Lord 1955, to mark the occasion of May Day, also known as Labour Day. Saint Joseph the Worker is revered for his dedication to labor and his humble example of providing for his family. Some key quotes about him emphasize his role as a model worker, protector, and intercessor. These quotes highlight his virtues, such as righteousness, obedience, and the value of work, and encourage others to follow his example. Year 5 accompanied their buddies to church and as usual behaved well and were great role models.
VE Day Celebrations - 8th May 2025
On Thursday 8th May Our Lady’s will join the rest of the nation in remembering the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. It is fundamental that our children understand what this day means and understand the sacrifices of those that have gone before them.
To mark this day we are asking all of our children to come to school dressed in red, white and blue - please do not feel you have to buy anything special - most of our uniform consists of these colours - we just want to mark the day out as something special and wearing different colours will help the children to understand that.
We will have different activities going on throughout the day in each of the classes to help the children understand the significance of VE Day and your support with this would be much appreciated.
Our award winners:
Golden Award (LEARN) - Florence
Writing Award - Zachary
Maths Award - Aibhin
Our learning this week…
In English this week, we have discussed Miranda’s response to the backstory and have written a diary and a message in a bottle.
The focus of our maths this week has been solving problems involving adding and subtracting fractions.
In RE the children have been working with Mrs Mannix on the theme of Inspirational people.
In geography the children have learnt about the importance of rivers and their uses.
In computing, we have been looking at online reputation and learning that online information about someone is often not always factually true.
In DT, we have explored how to reinforce a beam bridge to improve its strength.
The new BEBCMAT Rock Stars Super League competition started this week and runs till the 23rd May. Good luck everyone!
Our school is currently in 2nd place out of 12 schools in the trust and we have scored 1002 points (school average score) so far.
This week’s Our Lady’s Top of the Rock’s Leaderboard:
1st Priya Year 4 16036
2nd Matilda Year 4 13687
3rd Annie Year 4 11178
4th Ava Year 4 9034
5th Elsie Year 4 3308
Well done to everyone on our leaderboard this week!👏🏻🏆
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.
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…
Tuesday 6th May Blackpool Sings Pop 2025 auditions. You will need a backing track.
Thursday 8th May VE Day remembering the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day - wear red, white and blue.
Thursday 15th May Year 5 trip to Grand Theatre to watch Pig-Heart Boy.
Thursday 12th June Puberty talk with the School nurse
Till June 2025 Year 5’s in school workshops with experienced drama/dance practitioners as part of the Tales Retold project
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
Mrs McVey, Mrs Hodgkiss and Miss Andrew
If you need to contact me or have any questions/queries, please contact me on year5@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk and I will try to get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks.
