Our award winners:
Golden Award (CARE) - Leo
Writing Award - Matilda
Maths Award - Beaux
Our learning this week…
In English we’ve explored new vocabulary and synonyms for words in our text. We’ve begun to look at character and also the use of figurative language within the text to give it a more richness and depth, often comparing things to other things (using similes) to create an image in the reader's mind..
The focus of our maths this week has been identifying percentages and expressing equivalent fractions and decimals.
In RE the children have been working with Mrs Mannix.
This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Hallie Jayne, Gabriel and William. The theme of their liturgy was The Work of God’s Fingers (Psalm 8:1,3-8)
The Psalmist wrote that God is great - because He is! This week’s prayer created an opportunity for us to reflect on and explore the many ways that God is amazing, and to offer our own praises to God.
“Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!” Psalm 8:1
In Science we have looked at growth in children and have investigated different ways children’s growth is measured.
In art we have worked on our own drawings inspired by the work of Chris Ofili.
In Spanish we have learnt new vocabulary for items of food and drink in the cafe.
The new BEBCMAT Rock Stars Super League competition started this week and runs till the 18th July. Good luck everyone!
Our school is currently in 4th place out of 12 schools in the trust and we have scored 668 points (school average score) so far.
This week’s Our Lady’s Top of the Rock’s Leaderboard:
1st Macie Year 4 8346
2nd Matilda Year 4 5359
3rd Finlay Year 4 3779
4th Zachary Year 4 2962
5th Annie Year 5 2109
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 YouTube Kids This guide examines YouTube Kids, a child-friendly version of the video-sharing giant, and explores the risks that may still persist despite the platform’s safety-focused design.
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…
June 2025 Year 5’s in school workshops with experienced drama/dance practitioners as part of the Tales Retold project
Wednesday 2nd July Year 5 St Bede’s Taster day. More details to follow.
Friday 4th July Year 5 Drumming Showcase 11am to 12 pm. Change of date due to unforeseen circumstances - we're sorry for any inconvenience this has caused, and hope you're still able to join us at your child's performance.
Monday 7th July Year 5 trip to Grand Theatre for end of Tales Retold project - more details as they become available.
Tuesday 8th July (9.15am start) KS2 Sports Day - provisional subject to weather🤞🏻. (Please note KS1’s will be the day before.)
Thursday 10th July (9.15am start) Alternative KS2 Sports Day if it doesn’t go ahead on the 8th July. (KS1’s alternative date Wednesday 9th.)
Friday 11th July Year 6 Leavers mass whole school and families in church.
Friday 11th July Summer fair 3.15pm until 5.30pm
Thursday 17th July Our Lady’s Got Talent Contest.
Friday 18th July Close for Summer 3.15pm
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.
