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Meet the Teacher (Wednesday)
Thank you to parents/grandparents who were able to meet with me on Wednesday afternoon. If you weren’t able to make the meeting, please see the slides that I shared at our meeting. If you have any questions, please ask. Meet the Teacher slides.
Our award winners:
Golden Award (RESPECT) - Matilda
Writing Award - Macie
Maths Award - Alistair
Our learning this week…
In English the children have improved their 1969 lunar landing paragraphs. They’ve also been identifying tense and changing our writing between present and past tense. We’ve also been reading about Neil Armstrong and thinking about his character.
Our focus in maths has been reading, writing and partitioning 5- and 6- digit numbers.
In RE we have been learning about, and retelling, the key parts of the story of Moses and have learnt that the covenant with Moses is of great significance to people of the Jewish, Christian and Islamic faith.
This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Matilda and Jacob. Their liturgy was about God’s amazing love for all of us. In the Bible reading, Jesus tells us that God loved the world so much that He sent His only Son — not to punish us, but to save us. That means that no matter what, God’s love is always there for us.
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16
In science we have been learning about how day and night occur.
In Spanish we have continued to learn the seven days of the week.
In music we have listened to Livin on a Prayer by Bon Jovi and have dicussed the instruments used, found the pace of the music and identified the style of music. We completed some challenges and played along with the xylophone.
In PE the children are working with PE specialist Max from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust. The focus of their lessons this half term is hockey.
The new BEBCMAT Rock Stars Super League competition started this week and runs till the 24th October Good luck everyone!
Our school is currently in 4th place out of 15 schools in the trust and we have scored 570 points (school average score) so far.
This week’s Our Lady’s Top of the Rock’s Leaderboard:
1st Fionn Year 4 8013
2nd Luke Year 4 7157
3rd Freddie Year 4 2703
4th Matilda Year 5 2698
5th Matilda Year 4 2499
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 & Educators Need to Know about Snapchat This updated online safety guide examines Snapchat’s latest features, including AI tools, Snap Map, and subscription content, and the potential risks they pose to young users, from screen addiction to sextortion.
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…
(Please note that dates could be subject to change - I will post any changes as they happen.)
Thursday 25th September Year 5 Class mass 9.30am
Friday 26th September European Languages Day
In class we will mark this day by dedicating some time to talk about the importance of foreign language learning, learn about the culture of our chosen country (Spain) and use the language. Children are invited to come into school dressed in the colours of the Spanish flag: red and yellow.
Wednesday 8th October PTFA meeting at 6pm in the staff room. All welcome!
Thursday 10th October Autumn Disco Key Stage 2 will be at 6-7pm (KS1 disco 4.30-5.30pm) Payment can be made on parent pay for tickets (£2.50 inc a drink and snack)
Friday 24th October Close for half term
Tuesday 4th November Back to school
Thursday 6th November All Saints Day Whole school mass. 9.30am
Thursday 13th November Year 5 & 6 Liturgy for parents in the school hall 9am
Friday 7th November Dress as a firework (colourful) Bring donations of bottles/chocolates for prizes at the bingo event (any leftovers to be made into hampers for the Christmas Fair)
Friday 14th November Family bingo night
Friday 5th December KS2 Christmas movie night
Friday 12th December Christmas Fair (after school)
Friday 12th December Break the rules day/mufti day. Children can come dressed in clothes of their choice - perhaps festive wear for the school fair.
Friday 19th December Close for Christmas
Well done Year 5, we’ve had another good week. Have a great weekend!
Mrs McVey and Mrs Hodgkiss
