Before half term, we looked at the events of Pentecost and what this meant for us, Jesus’ disciples today. As the feast of Pentecost was last weekend, we did not have a whole school mass to mark this special day. We marked Pentecost this week by having an extended break time on Wednesday. It was a lovely way to celebrate and rejoice the coming of the Holy Spirit! 🕊
Here is what else we have been up to….
In our Maths our focus has still been on problem solving. Our focus this week has been on time.
In English we continued with our Darwin discovery unit. We have looked at the example text in more depth, planned our own write and have started to draft our discovery narrative.
We also had a chance to further look at the Year 6 Production script that myself and Mrs Owen have drafted. In our Music lesson we have been listening and learning some of the songs that will be in the production. We have been revising the vocabulary such as tempo, rhythm, pitch and melody.
🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟
The Golden Award went to James for being incredibly respectful towards his learning partner in class.
The Maths Award went to Peter for his great problem solving with time.
The Writing Award went to Harriet for her powerful choices of vocabulary in her discovery narrative.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GIRLS’ FOOTBALL TEAM!!
Our Lady’s Girls Football team have bene playing in part of an inter-school tournament. Today they went along to the finals…..AND WON!!!! 🥳🥳 A huge congratuations to all of the girls who played and lead us to victory-you have made all of us incredibly proud!
This week’s Our Lady’s Top of the Rock’s Leaderboard:
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 5th place out of 12 schools in the trust and we have scored 326 points (school average score) so far.
1st Matilda Year 4 2550
2nd Finlay Year 4 1651
3rd Priya Year 4 977
4th Annie Year 4 939
5th Martha Year 5 799
Well done to everyone on our leaderboard this week!
Golden tickets and Extreme Reading Challenge
Just a reminder that during the Summer term, the whole school will continue taking part in our 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 start collecting their golden tickets.
We’re also asking the children to take part in our extreme reading challenge. Your challenge is to take a photo of yourself reading somewhere extreme (but safe!) and send it in to school. Thank you to those who have already sent theirs in - these will be uploaded soon to the website at the location shown in the photo below.
Please send your photos to admin@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk so we can display these in school and on our website. We can't wait to see your pictures! Thank you for your support!
📌NOTICES📌:
⚽ PE day- Wednesdays.
📝Homework-please check the Year 6 Homework Page for details of the work set this week.
📩 Contact information- if you need to contact me for any reason, please email using year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk
Please can I ask all children to bring in a labelled plastic bag. This will be for any costume outfits for our production.
📆 Dates for your Diary📆
📆 Waterpark dates: Monday 30th June-Friday 4th July
📆 Monday 7th July -Year 6 at St Bede’s transition day for pupils attending in September
📆 Tuesday 8th July 9.15am – KS2 Sports Day
📆 Thursday 10th July 9.15am – KS2 Sports Day Back up date if weather conditions
not good on 8th July
📆 Friday 11th July am - Year 6 Leavers Mass in Church (Time TBC)
📆 Friday 11th July 2.30pm – Year 5/6 Drumming Showcase (2 guests per child only)
📆 Tuesday 15th July 6pm – Year 6 Leaver’s performance for parents
📆 Wednesday 16th July 10am – Year 6 Trip to AirHop
📆 Friday 18th July 9.15am – Year 6 Leaver’s Assembly (2 guests per child only)
AirHop Trip-Wednesday 16th July
As an end of year rewards trip, we have booked for the class to go to AirHop (formerly Ascent) for the morning. As this is a Wednesday, the class will already be coming into school wearing their PE kit. We will be leaving school at 10am and our session will be 10.30am-12pm. AirHop have said that we can then have our lunch at their venue. Please can I ask that ALL children bring a packed lunch in on this day. The PTFA have very kindly funded the cost of the tickets, which has just left the cost of the transport to be covered. This has been set up on ParentPay.
✝Wednesday Word and TenTen Newsletter
Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…
WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.
🖥Online Safety at Our Lady’s
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 Generative AI Safety This free guide explores the risks and rewards of children using generative AI tools, highlighting dangers such as misinformation, privacy breaches, and reduced critical thinking, while offering essential tips for safe, positive use.
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What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Ofcom Media Reports 2025 This special edition unpacks key findings from Ofcom’s 2025 Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report on children’s digital habits, spotlighting trends in screen use, gaming, social media, and attitudes towards online safety.
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.
